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Chief Technology Advisor - @TheFuturumGroup | Top 5 in @arinsights Power 100 | #Podcast Host @OpenMFProject | Watch Nerd | 🐯Rugby

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Joined May 2011
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I am honoured to rank #1 on the @ARInsights Power 100 list of analysts globally. AR Insights has over 8,000 analysts in its database, so this is not some influencer list, but rather a list of analysts from the likes of Gartner, IDC and Forrester amongst many other firms.
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Happy Birthday @IBM 109 years young!
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@nytimes Only the 2nd largest donor to the Dems, the optics of this look bad.
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Serverless computing unmasked.
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Sadly this is so true of senior IT leadership
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@RealEmirHan West Wing.
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Happy 59th birthday to the Mainframe. Launched on April 7th 1964 the mainframe is still going strong with the latest version launched this week. For my coverage of the latest @IBMZ developments:
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@rugbyworldcup Er @fijirugby is it even up for debate?
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Check out my new column in @Forbes After a rigorous interview process, I have become a contributor to Forbes. This is not the paid version but rather the full-fat contributor version. To say I am excited doesn't capture it. Check out my view on the state of hybrid-cloud &
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After 10.5 years I am leaving @IBM With a heavy heart I am no longer going to be the on-staff cheerleader and employee advocate for @IBMz @IBMSystems and #LinuxONE although these brands will always be dear to my heart. Watch this space to see what my future holds.
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Arvind Krishna announced as new @ibm CEO #IBM #leadership #Executive
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65 to go to 8k... we got this Twitter fam
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Made me chuckle
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@RealEmirHan First 10 minutes of Baby Driver
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The obligatory mainframe selfie!
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@JuddLegum Is $5k a limit? Why would a huge corporation donate only $5k?
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@JoePompliano At Tiger's zenith his caddie was the highest-paid sportsman in New Zealand.
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This #podcast is a Phd level analysis of #Bitcoin Kudos ⁦ @danheld ⁩ & ⁦ @APompliano
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Just listen to this podcast before you react - IMHO @ZubyMusic is one of the smartest commentators on the current state of the world. Great discussion @APompliano
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Always great to get time to hug a #mainframe
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Good morning to everyone except those who think COBOL is a dead language
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This is so much funnier than the original clip
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Attention to detail by @LEGO_Group this Saturn V rocket has 1969 pieces #goodjob #welldone 👏
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Tesla's Dojo Supercomputer: A Paradigm Shift In Supercomputing? My latest on Forbes 👇 My article dissects @Tesla 's Dojo Supercomputer. Far from being just a corporate diversification move, Dojo represents Tesla's innovative approach to vertical
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6-years ago today I started work for @IBM in Poughkeepsie, NY - Been a wild ride so far and met some great people along the way!!! Long may it continue !!
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Big week for @IBM with the launch of the z16 on Tuesday. Beyond the technology the z16 launch is vital to @ArvindKrishna ’s growth ambitions. IBM is ~25% smaller than when the z15 was launched, so any positive impact from the launch will be amplified. A 🧵👇
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@visegrad24 The UK has to step up nuclear energy production and investment to take advantage of this misguided policy by the EU.
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Russia invades Ukraine, NATO countries cut off Russian access to SWIFT payments network, Russia starts trading oil and gas denominated in BTC, and Bitcoin price breaks $100k - Tell me I am wrong…
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Finally cracked the top 10 of the @ARInsights Power 100 list The list ranks the 8,000+ technology analysts that track and advise the technology sector. The list is dynamic and changes daily and if you don’t put in the work daily you drop down the list and drop off pretty quick.
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Check out my latest @Forbes article Tech titans @Microsoft & @Google are on🔥based on the latest earnings results reported this week with AI-fuelling their success! Also, find out how @awscloud is rocking the AI game too with announcements this week. Read more here 👉
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WOMEN +51% of the population +70% of the poor +83% of single parents +66% of the work earn just +11% of the pay and only own 1% of the land In case you wondered why we still need to focus on this issue. #InternationalWomensDay   #IWD2020
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Big day... big watch required #Rolex
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Love this... Simple cartoon explains why you need @IBMLinuxONE in your corner #cybercrime #cyberattacks #ITsecurity #CISO - thanks to @MichaelJordaan for the picture and he has a #LinuxONE in his corner defending the data of @BankZeroSA
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Always good to be backstage at @SixFivePodcast @PatrickMoorhead and @danielnewmanUV are interviewing @markbarrenechea and I expecting a lot of AI. #OpenTextWorld
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Lego servers at #IBMThink
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“The Bank of England effectively went off the gold standard in 1914 and only returned in 1925 on a gold bullion standard, which it abandoned in 1931. The US abandoned the gold standard in 197 but restored it in 1922 and abandoned it again in 1934. Britain and the US adopted a
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The New York Times Is Planning to Experiment With Blockchain Publishing via @CoinDesk #blockchain #technology #copywriting #publishing
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@RyanMorrisonJer @far__el It’s still a bit of a cop out for Apple to not create its own LLM’s - heck IBM has created its own with Granite. I am continually surprised by the lack of innovation at Apple.
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Loving the new clarity around where @IBM will compete and offer solutions. This level of clarity and transparency has been long overdue.
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Great to connect with @Fazendo_Nerdice and spend an evening talking about mainframe and LinuxONE Thanks Livio Sousa from @IBMZ for arranging an interesting conversation.
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Today, #IBM announced new hybrid cloud capabilities that will help enterprises tackle their top challenges: integration, management and security. at #Think2019 #HybridCloud #CloudComputing #IBMThink2019 #IBMLinuxONE #OpenSource #Linux #LinuxONE #IBMSystems @IBMSystems
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Wonders of the world 🌎 clouds parting around Mount Fuji in 🇯🇵
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In 2000, @IBM became the first enterprise IT company to go all in on Linux—opening up @IBMZ to the open Linux operating system. Celebrate 20 years: #Linux #OpenSource
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@NoContextBrits In order: 1) Birmingham 2) Birmingham 3) Birmingham
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Meet the new #z15 - The new IBM Z integrates with your hybrid multicloud delivering encryption everywhere, Instant Recovery and cloud native development. Find out more here #IBMz @IBMZ @IBM
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Join us IBM at #think2019 - February 12-15, San Francisco, CA Get your hands on the latest technology and have fun doing it! Register to be there: #technology #investinyourself #AI #ML #ArtificialIntelligence cc: @dez_blanchfield @NeilCattermull
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Approve the @vaneck_us ETF first even if just by 5-minutes @gaborgurbacs has been so patient...
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Biggest patch panel room in the world? 200 mainframes require a LOT of storage and that means a HUGE amount of cables. 200,000 SAN connections in one room. @IBMZ takes system testing VERY seriously!!! #cableporn
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To say I am excited to be on the main stage with my dear friend @ich408i is an understatement. I get to work with a lot of innovative companies and chat with some inspirational executives, but it is very rare for me to co-present with a person I have long admired and who lives
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Excited to announce that I will be presenting the Wed morning keynote @gseukc with my friend @StevenDickens3 , VP and Practice Leader at @FuturumResearch . Look out for more details. #gseukc
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Struggling with how to deploy #SWIFT and do #payments modernisation? Worry no more... check out what #EBPI did with #LinuxONE technology #bankingtech #Fintech #bankingregulation
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Check out my 2018 Mainframe year in Review - #mainframe #blockchain #cloud #chipset
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@swoph Not really. Mature country… we need this to happen globally so the population growth tails off.
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Amazon announces new partnership to invest in #LinuxONE servers following #AmazonPrimeDay outage. @StevenDickens3 “what attracted Amazon to LinuxONE was the server’s ability to instantly scale up to 377 billion transactions per day..." Read more here
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Kudos to the @RedHat events team for the live sign language of the keynote of #RHSummit I probably attend 20 tech events a year and this is the first time I’ve seen this. Saying you are community focused is easy, living and breathing it takes effort.
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2 years ago I left @IBM after 10 years to embark on a journey to become an Industry Analyst covering the cloud, infrastructure and operations domain. Today I ranked 8th on the @ARInsights list that ranks 8,000 Industry Analysts… Work still to do but got to take a moment to
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Super excited to be the new host of a @linuxfoundation monthly #Podcast series - check out the new show with my first guest @sujaysolomonCA from @CAinc here - #mainframe #DigitalTransformation #opensource
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In the build up to the z16 rack mount launch today I had the pleasure of getting a factory tour of @ibm Poughkeepsie. Here are a few pictures.
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Good morning to everyone except those who think Kyndryl is a nasal spray brand...
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Mainframes are data servers designed to process billions of transactions quickly with the highest levels of #security and reliability. They are a big deal. via @IBM #Technology #tech #mainframe cc: @NeilCattermull @danielnewmanUV @IBMZ @OpenMFProject
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I’m pleased to announce my new role as Chief Technology Advisor at @TheFuturumGroup . Over the past three years, I've had the privilege of working with a team of the best creative and deeply technical minds to service the needs of the largest names in technology. In this new
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Easy work: 1 complaining 2 pretending 3 blaming 4 judging 5 resenting 6 ignoring 7 lying 8 cheating 9 controlling 10 bullying Hard work: 1 inspiring 2 learning 3 mentoring 4 trusting 5 empowering 6 building 7 connecting 8 growing 9 helping 10 influencing
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A few #Think2019 highlights from today: #WatsonAnalytics . Businesses can now deploy #AI across any #cloud Platform #ProjectDebater . #IBM 's AI Machine lost to a human #HybridCloud . Expansion that will help enterprises tackle top challenges. #IBMThink2019 #IBMLinuxOne @IBMSystems
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Moving day! Been a wild 24-hours, thanks to everyone who reached out and sent a Slack, Tweet, DM, text or just old fashioned called me, your words of support and encouragement mean the world to me. You can take the man out of the Mainframe, but not the Mainframe out of the man!
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Check out my 2-part blog series on #Tokenization & #DigitalAssets and why @IBMLinuxONE should be your server of choice: Part 1 - Part 2 - CC: @NeilCattermull @danielnewmanUV @dez_blanchfield @Shirastweet @AudreyDesisto
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Congrats to the @IBMZ and @IBMLinuxONE team Q4 Systems revenues of $3.0 billion, up 16.0 percent (up 16.5 percent adjusting for currency), led by IBM Z, up 62 percent (up 63 percent adjusting for currency) Great job by the teams reporting to @rossmauri & @Castano6Jose #IBM
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Good to see the @IBMZ team launch a portfolio of services based on the S390x chip architecture in the @IBMcloud My Take: We are at the very beginning of IBM realising that mainframe-based cloud services are a huge opportunity for the company to drive the growth of the cloud.
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Check out my post on the @IBMServices partnership with @CAinc around #IBMz as a Service #ibminterconect #cloud
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Great to bump into these superhero’s of tech @sallyeaves and @NeilCattermull at #MWC22 - Been too long
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To all of my American friends and colleagues hope you enjoy your celebration of the anniversary of your treasonous rebellion against the wonders of royal leadership. #HappyFourth #HappyFourthOfJuly #HappyBirthdayAmerica #LongLiveTheQueen
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The #LinuxONE team of @apmcfadden @JosephDuva and little old me at the @Nasdaq building in NYC here with our friends at @MongoDB - #DezVideoChallenge #MDBW18
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Can’t wait to present at #AMPlifySocial in 90-minutes - presenting to a crowd of #socialmediamarketing execs I am either brave or mad!
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Interested in how to secure your tokenised assets? Want to build the most secure Crypto Currency exchange possible? @IBMLinuxONE is the platform of choice for millitary grade security built from the chip up to be pervasievly encrypted at every level in the stack. #blockchain
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On this day 56 years ago IBM launched the IBM System/360, the predecessor of today's IBM Z with a print advert calling it "The Computer with a Future". 56 years later, modern IBM z15 systems run a multitude of hybrid cloud workloads... #IBMZ #mainframe
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Looking forward to a packed day at #LenovoTechWorld Should be a great event based on the agenda. Personally I am looking for to the AI updates and the obligatory Jensen keynote drop in as well as the industry momentum insights.
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Join us at #Think2019 for The Open Mainframe Session today. In Theatre B from 4:30p to 5:10p - (16:30 to 17:10) AMC at Metreon, Level 3 - Theatre 8 I will be co-speaking alongside @jmertic from @ODPiOrg #IBMThink2019 #IBMLinuxONE #opensource #Linux @IBMSystems
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My dear friends Frank & Mary Valentino lost everything this past week in a house fire. Please help in any way you can. #GoFundMe
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Proud father moment... Oldest daughter picks up flute and plays #StarWars Throne Room, then when I ask her to play it on the piano she converts the flute sheet music to the piano on the fly... #ProudDad
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6 years
Obligatory new box picture on launch day #ibmz @IBMZ
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This is spot on 👇
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7 years
About to learn how #blockchain is shaping the next generation of the Internet...only at #ibminterconnect
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2 years
I am old… New profile pic. The last one was from 2017 so I felt it was straying into false advertising territory for anyone booking me for a video interview.
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@GoodwinMJ @andie1105 Why do they want to escape France?
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Interested in #blockchain but paranoid about #security and #hackers ??? - Then check out this video that outlines how to secure a blockchain network using @IBMLinuxONE
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Every IT Professional Should Work in a Mainframe Environment (…at some point) Read why: via @PlanetMainframe #mainframe #IoT #IT #technology #TechTuesday cc: @NeilCattermull @danielnewmanUV @dez_blanchfield
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@cb_doge The 5m impressions criteria is too high IMHO. Drop it to 1m @elonmusk and let smaller creators get things rolling…
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Excited to announce that @ArvindKrishna the CEO of @IBM be kicking off the Six Five Summit. Should be a great start to what will be a fantastic event!!!
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Big day for the @IBMSystems community...20 years of Linux on the @IBMZ platform. Check out this link for the full story: #OpenSource #Linux
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Want your #mainframe in the #cloud ? then @Gartner has one clear leader @IBMServices #IBMz
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Good morning to everyone except those who don’t celebrate the birthday of @IBMZ
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My dog Kiki is glad to have me back… And yes I have a chair in my office just for the dog.
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#Zowe - where the worlds of #OpenSource and #mainframe collide to drive #DevOps innovation - check out my latest blog - @OpenMFProject @IBMZ @CAmainframe @RocketSoftware
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Big day for @IBMSystems and @Ibm - new Mainframe day is always a big day for #IBM #z15 #IBMz
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