Re: The IBM Strategy

2014-03-27 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
l...@garlic.com (Anne Lynn Wheeler) writes: 02: We are remaking enterprise IT for the era of cloud re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014d.html#106 The IBM Strategy Attack of the killer clouds and the coming IT storm http://www.infoworld.com/t/cringely/attack-of-the-killer-clouds-and-the-coming

Re: The IBM Strategy

2014-03-27 Thread Thomas Berg
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John Gilmore Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 2:48 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: The IBM Strategy Frank Swarbrick wrote: | Meaningless nonsense buzzwords

Re: The IBM Strategy

2014-03-27 Thread John Gilmore
Who needs|will need IT pros? Anxiety about this is misplaced. Circa 1910 an automobile trip from Boston to Philadelphia, London to Birmingham, or Paris to Lyon was a high adventure that usually ended badly. There was no infrastructure in place for such undertakings, and the skills required to

Re: The IBM Strategy

2014-03-27 Thread Scott Ford
John: That's how I got into Systems Programming - Network Engineering - Development. No regrets … Regards, Scott From: John Gilmore Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎March‎ ‎27‎, ‎2014 ‎7‎:‎22‎ ‎PM To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Who needs|will need IT pros? Anxiety about this is misplaced.

Re: The IBM Strategy

2014-03-27 Thread Scott Ford
l...@garlic.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 11:29 AM Subject: The IBM Strategy URL recently showed up in (ibm employee) linkedin group http://www.ibm.com/annualreport/2013/strategy.html The IBM Strategy: Waer remaining a new future for our clients, our industry

The IBM Strategy

2014-03-26 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
URL recently showed up in (ibm employee) linkedin group http://www.ibm.com/annualreport/2013/strategy.html The IBM Strategy: Waer remaining a new future for our clients, our industry and our company. This is how. 01: We are making markets by transforming indusries and professions with data 02

Re: The IBM Strategy

2014-03-26 Thread zMan
://www.ibm.com/annualreport/2013/strategy.html The IBM Strategy: Waer remaining a new future for our clients, our industry and our company. This is how. 01: We are making markets by transforming indusries and professions with data 02: We are remaking enterprise IT for the era of cloud 03: We

Re: The IBM Strategy

2014-03-26 Thread Ted MacNEIL
IBM: We make mistakes so you don't have too! - -teD -   Original Message   From: zMan Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 14:58 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Reply To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Subject: Re: The IBM Strategy IBM has a strategy? Wow, that's a huge leap forward from what we've seen

Re: The IBM Strategy

2014-03-26 Thread Itschak Mugzach
: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 14:58 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Reply To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Subject: Re: The IBM Strategy IBM has a strategy? Wow, that's a huge leap forward from what we've seen in recent years! (Yes, I'm being snide/unfair/whatever, no need to point that out) On Wed

Re: The IBM Strategy

2014-03-26 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Meaningless nonsense buzzwords. From: Anne Lynn Wheeler l...@garlic.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 11:29 AM Subject: The IBM Strategy URL recently showed up in (ibm employee) linkedin group http://www.ibm.com/annualreport

Re: The IBM Strategy

2014-03-26 Thread John Gilmore
Frank Swarbrick wrote: | Meaningless nonsense buzzwords. and it is easy to sympathize with his reaction; but he is wrong, dead wrong. IBM has, for example, made a large substantive and financial commitment to the cloud. Rhetorical conventions differ from one context to another, and in the