The digital journeys of the past decade are now becoming cognitive journeys driven by the maturity of IoT, AI, blockchain, automation, 5G, edge computing and other exponential technologies. As these capabilities are applied at scale, they increasingly result in change to the core of organizations - and their mission-critical capabilities - to reshape their competitive positions, rather than remaining on the experimental periphery.
Software driven innovation will be a key capability for the high-tech industry as we see traditionally product focused propositions transforming into eco-systems of solutions and services, elevating software to a cornerstone of their future innovation. Moreover, with the resulting digital reinvention, and data-driven process improvement, further investment is required in building software capabilities to modernize applications in a flexible, open, and secure manner, ready for the open hybrid cloud world.
IBM joined over 30 software companies as a new technology partner in the High-Tech Software Cluster (HTSC), a project of Brainport Development. The High-Tech Software Cluster is located on the Brainport Industries Campus (BIC) in Eindhoven and focusses on technological innovation for the manufacturing and smart systems industry. IBM aims to collaborate with other HTSC member companies on building innovative and smart solutions for manufacturing, automotive and electronics companies, supporting their digital transformation.
"Participation in ecosystems is among the strong drivers for innovation in a high-tech environment" said Edwin van Vianen, Electronics Industry leader Benelux, "We share the vision with HTSC that software innovation will be a key driver for new innovation, the improvement of user experiences and building operational agility. Open source and hybrid cloud readiness will enable the industry to innovate at scale and speed. We plan to trigger an extreme curiosity amongst our cluster partners on the opportunities that exponential technology could unleash, combined with technical enablement education for both developers and top management".
Technical enablement
Together with IBM Developer, IBM aims to work closely with HTSC member companies to help software and cloud developers deepen their understanding on various cloud and AI technologies, including open source. IBM will focus on how to overcome technical challenges, whether you're building locally or deploying to a complex hybrid cloud environment. Our Developer team is all about open source code; everything built is built and maintained on GitHub following open source best practices. The IBM Developer team will provide technical hands-on workshops, tech talks or demos to explore the different innovation engines, making available IBM Developer Advocates to enhance developer capabilities at no cost.
Hybrid cloud & AI
About the High Tech Software Cluster
IBM
IBM is a leading cloud and cognitive solutions company, living at the intersection of technology and business. Having already focused on clients for over one hundred years, we are now helping them to transform their industries and thrive in the digital world through new exponential technologies such as AI, Automation, blockchain, IoT and Quantum.