Covid-19 has accelerated importance of AI, hybrid cloud computing: IBM CEO

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna has announced a range of new AI-powered services and hybrid cloud computing initiatives to help clients recover from Covid-19 pandemic.

Addressing stakeholders, which numbered 90,000 at its Think Digital virtual conference, Krishna underlined that history would look back on this as the moment when the digital transformation of business and society suddenly accelerated.

The IT landscape is changing as a result of the pandemic, and this is also putting a lot of stress on existing systems- from addressing the delivery to regulatory aspects. “With this crisis, the importance of hybrid cloud and AI has accelerated. IT transformation journeys that would have lasted a few years are being packed into months,” he said.