IBM: A Glimmer, or Just Polished Brass?

Artificial intelligence, that modern chimera, is, predictably, the current animating force. IBM’s mainframes, those once monolithic structures, are now tasked with the rather undignified labor of accelerating AI ‘inference’ – a term that sounds suspiciously like a polite euphemism for frantic calculation. The ‘watsonx’ platform, a name that evokes a particularly fastidious detective, governs these digital proceedings, while Red Hat OpenShift, a cloud-based deployment system, flits about like a busy stage manager. Clients, it appears, are seeking guidance in translating these experimental ‘AI pilots’ into something resembling actual production – a process not unlike attempting to domesticate a particularly elusive butterfly.







