The very cynical would say it's about "We have computers and software to sell you, some of which can arguably be made to sound like it's Big Data-related".
The slightly less cynical would say "It's about IBM's Big Data on z offerings". The realistic (where that differs from the cynical--let's not go *there*) would say "It's the same old, same old". On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Ed Gould <edgould1...@comcast.net> wrote: > I got this email in and was wondering if anyone had an insight what it > might be about... > > Every day, we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data—so much that 90% of the > data in the world today has been created in the last two years alone. This > data comes from everywhere: sensors are used to gather climate information, > medical information, digital pictures, to purchase transaction records, and > to process cell phone transactions, just to name a few. All this data must > be provided in a cloud environment, on mobile devices—really anytime, > anywhere. > Listen to Ray Jones, IBM Vice President System z Software Sales, discuss > how IBM's new announcements create the perfect environment for managing > this explosion of data. Hear how customers have used System z solutions and > the value they realized with the use of System z. > > > ANyone? > > Ed > ------------------------------**------------------------------**---------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN