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Breaking down the State of the IT industry with two IBM Champions

November 30, 2022 • IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub • Season 6 • Episode 41

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I took extended time to learn from two IBM Champions on the state of the IT industry. Welcome Heather Cole, President and CEO at Lodestar Solutions and Steven Perva, Sr. Mainframe Innovation Engineer at Ensono. Special guest, Libby Ingrassia, Program Director for IBM Champions joins us.

03:21 Individuals whose first language is binary
13:17 What is an IBM Champion?
19:34 Why Z Systems?
26:00 ITs #1 Challenge!
29:04 Move from FAQs to Should Ask Questions
31:50 IT Time to Value
36:22 Trends in Data
40:28 Business Intelligence Bullseye
42:24 Value of Social Eminence
47:31 Special Guest :Libby Ingrassia
50:00 IBM Champions Program

LinkedIn:

linkedin.com/in/heatherlcole,

linkedin.com/in/stevenperva,

linkedin.com/in/libbyingrassia

Website:

Lodestarsolutions.com,

Ensono.com,

developer.ibm.com/champions/

Blog:

www.lodestarsolutions.com/blog

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