Vodafone is teaming up with IBM to offer businesses a
way to link different cloud computing systems to support the next wave of
digital advances, such as machine learning, on super-fast fifth-generation
telecoms networks.
As part of the deal, the UK-based telecoms operator will pay
$550 million to IBM under an eight-year managed-services agreement that will
offer tools such as artificial intelligence (AI) and automation to networked
businesses.
The two companies are pitching the venture as a combination of
cloud computing and connectivity that would, for example, enable super-fast
communication between robots on a factory floor without the need for a big
‘pipe’ back to a data centre.
And, with an estimated 70 percent of organisations using up to
15 different cloud systems, the ability to link them should make it easier for
firms to adapt and innovate without having to redesign their networks from the
ground up.
“Businesses
are beginning to embrace digital ... as they do that they get a lot of
complexity,” Greg Hyttenrauch of Vodafone, one of the co-leaders of the
project, told Reuters in an interview.
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