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This extended edition video captures Director of Portfolio Management & M&A, Ben Hickey and Program Director, Sanil Nambiar, from IBM discussing how IBM Network Intelligence is bringing automation, predictive insights, and trust into next-generation network operations.

Ben Hickey from IBM introduces IBM Network Intelligence, a new product designed to enable autonomous network operations that can identify and remediate issues before outages occur while optimizing capital expenditure and achieving cloud-like utilization rates of 90-95%. The solution combines analytical AI for handling network telemetry scale with generative AI capabilities to cut across siloed data and systems.

Andrew Coward, GM, Software Networking at IBM, outlines three categories of AI offerings at Mobile World Congress: cloud providers with AI models, equipment vendors with integrated AI stacks, and end-to-end solution providers. IBM stands in the third category, focusing on solutions that leverage multiple AI models across vendor ecosystems while enabling specialized capabilities for specific tasks.

Andrew Coward, GM of Software Networking at IBM, explores the application of AI in networking, emphasizing the need for diverse AI methods and distributed algorithms to process extensive telco network data.

Andrew Coward, GM of Software Networking at IBM, emphasizes the potential of AI in managing and operating telecommunications networks, but noted the industry's lack of necessary analytics and orchestration infrastructure. To bridge this gap, IBM is partnering with GSMA to create a training academy focused on AI and supporting technologies.

Andrew Coward, GM of Software Networking at IBM, discusses the integration of AI into networking, emphasizing its potential in managing networks end-to-end and improving application performance. An effective AI must have access to all network data and the ability to make changes across the network infrastructure.

David Coffey, Chief Product Officer at IBM NS1, discussed IBM's advancements in networking, including their efforts to help customers manage dynamic networking resources and operate applications more efficiently.

Has the supply chain shortages for digital storage reversed and become an excess inventory situation? IBM's Shawn Brume makes their predictions for storage in 2023.

Murali Gandluru, Vice President of Strategy (Product & GTM) at IBM, addresses the challenges enterprises face in managing distributed cloud environments and emphasizes the importance of agility in DevOps, NetOps, and Cloud operations teams. Gandluru introduces IBM Hybrid Cloud Mesh, a solution designed to simplify, scale, and secure access to applications and data domains across heterogeneous environments, including VMs, Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, and bare metal environments.

Andrew Coward, GM, Software Defined Networking at IBM, shares predictions for 2022. Download AvidThink's 2021 Select Report Collection to explore strategies and opportunities in the Telco, Private Mobile Networks, Service Assurance, SD-WAN and Open RAN space.

The SI ecosystem emerging with open RAN will accelerate adoption and innovation. Craig Wilson, VP Global Telecom Industry at IBM, talks about the early deployments of Open RAN, emergence of a system integration-based model, and the three areas IBM is focused on, including an open hybrid cloud architecture based on Red Hat. Download AvidThink's 2021 Open RAN Report to explore key infrastructure considerations for Open RAN and O-RAN adoption.

O-RAN has the potential to democratize mobile networks, allowing operators to deploy infrastructure much more cost-effectively. In this video, Marisa Viveros, VP Strategy and Solutions, Global Telecommunications, Media and Entertainment at IBM, talks about key system integration capabilities across the O-RAN ecosystem. She discusses Telecom Argentina’s proof-of-concept O-RAN project with IBM. Download AvidThink's 2021 Open RAN Report to explore key infrastructure considerations for Open RAN and O-RAN adoption.

Bill Lambertson, Vice President, 5G, Edge & Cloud Business at IBM, gives an overview of the IBM Cloud for Telecommunications, and why Red Hat OpenShift is a strategic advantage.

Marisa Viveros, VP of Strategy and Solutions, Global Telecom at IBM, discusses the challenges telecommunication providers are facing today. She discusses the key role that automation and orchestration will play and how IBM aims to bring that to customers.