IBM's Roger Premo on reshaping the organization for cloud's third wave

Hybrid by design: IBM’s Roger Premo on how to reshape your organization for cloud’s “third wave”

In this episode, Mike Kavis talks with IBM’s Roger Premo about Roger's upcoming publication, “Are You Ready for the Cloud’s Third Wave?” They discuss the principle of hybrid by design and its philosophy of intentionality. According to Roger, designing for the next generation of cloud involves cultivating a product-development mentality for IT, removing organizational silos, redesigning the operating model, and planning for a future that includes the ubiquity of Generative AI. 

Building an intentional architecture that has the notion of being able to...have flexibility now is super important.

Roger Premo is IBM’s general manager, corporate strategy and ventures. His team is responsible for shaping the overall IBM strategy, including the company’s focus on hybrid cloud and AI, across all of IBM’s business units.

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