At Think conference, IBM puts AI and hybrid cloud to work - SiliconANGLE

IBM Corp. is pushing the envelope on hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence with a number of key announcements early Tuesday ahead of its Think 2021 event, chiefly aimed at accelerating its customer's digital transformation strategies. One of the main highlights of today's announcements is a new Auto SQL capability within IBM's Cloud Pak for Data offering that automates data access and management without needing to move it first. The company also unveiled a new, AI-based tool for modernizing applications and workloads to run in hybrid cloud environments, plus new AI capabilities in Watson and advancements that should help to scale up quantum computing to more use cases. Available Tuesday, the new AutoSQL capability for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is a big deal because it enables companies to automate access, integration and management of their data no matter where it resides, the company said. IBM said it's addressing one of the most critical pain points customers face as they attempt to reduce the complexity of curating data for AI.