TECHNOLOGY new opportunity areas like Watson Health , Watson Internet of Things and hybrid cloud , and through a broad ecosystem of strategic alliances and partnerships .
The company also offers industryspecific expertise to a number of sectors , including banking , retail , telecommunications and various public sector and government institutions . Underpinning its market-leading products , services , and solutions are a range of customer support functions from direct customer hotlines and education tools to online support communities .
“ I look after IBM Global Technology Services sales for the UK and Ireland and in particular our very largest size deals by value ” says Brierley , “ so my focus is primarily on making sure that we drive the sales that we need . We do this by creating value propositions that will address our clients ’ business challenges and therefore drive increased value for their organisations .” “ That involves IBM delivering projects such as large hybrid cloud deals , taking costs out of our clients ’ organisations through IT consolidation , IT rationalisation and , in some cases , taking over clients ’ IT infrastructure , transforming it , and then running it on behalf of the
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Number of employees at IBM client for several years .” He also explains that a number of shrewd acquisitions made in recent years have enabled the company to offer a very strong cloud platform to businesses – a key aspect of the business that IBM is looking to grow in the future . Brierley says : “ Some of our clients will be moving 100 percent of their IT function from their current insolvent state , located in a data centre somewhere in the UK , into a managed cloud environment .
“ This gives variability , flexibility , and better price point function – and
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