At Think 2019, IBM brings AI to the multicloud but confronts formidable challenges - SiliconANGLE

The cloud wars are rapidly separating public cloud leaders from the rest of the pack. Where does IBM Corp. stand now in the cloud market? Considering how far behind its public cloud is against Amazon Web Services Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in market share, the technology giant has wisely chosen to step up its focus on hybrid and multicloud management as its next best hope for deep differentiation. At this stage in the development of the cloud economy, it's not clear whether enterprises will adopt multicloud as a long-term architectural end-state, or simply as a way station on the road to reliance on strategic public cloud providers. Nevertheless, the multicloud option is becoming more prominent in enterprise information technology strategies, as we've seen recently in moves by VMware Inc., Cisco Systems Inc. and others in this arena.