#innovation

http://techrights.org/n/2025/11/13/Under_IBM_Red_Hat_Isn_t_a_Linux_Company_It_s_Sold_to_Clients_as.shtml

As a dedicated employee with over two decades of service in Verizon's Global Technology Services (GTS), I've weathered countless layoffs and economic shifts, proving my commitment and resilience. I'm no benchwarmer—I've poured my energy into this company, and it's heartbreaking to watch talented, hardworking colleagues depart year after year. My own time may come soon, but I'm not deterred; I'll land on my feet with a great opportunity. What truly saddens me is the thought of leaving Verizon in its current state, as I'm deeply passionate about our customers and the potential we hold.
Through my experiences, I've observed patterns in leadership that undermine our strength. When leaders aren't rooted in this country—even if they're citizens—they often lack a deep connection to its values and economy. They surround themselves with like-minded individuals who prioritize loyalty over innovation, creating echo chambers of "yes-men" rather than diverse, challenging teams. In GTS, the prevailing strategy seems limited to layoffs and rebadging, with little investment in developing talent here in the U.S. While global recruitment for top skills is essential, it shouldn't come at the expense of local communities. You hire an American employee,he buys car in local dealship who in turn buy Verizon services. True economic growth thrives on a cycle: Hire locally, and those employees become customers who fuel the business.
The principle is simple: Be local and stay local. If we're expanding hiring in India, we must pair it with strategies to grow revenue there—selling services and building markets to create a balanced, self-sustaining ecosystem. Unfortunately, this shortsighted approach is spreading beyond GTS into our Business Organization, where Indian leaders are bringing in H1B visa holders as Directors and Senior Directors from VDSI India. Many of these appointees lack strong technical expertise or effective communication skills, yet they rise due to unquestioning allegiance rather than merit.
I hope this trend reverses. Our CEO has the opportunity to champion a bold vision: Prioritizing American talent, fostering genuine diversity, and investing in people who drive innovation. With or without me, Verizon can emerge stronger. I love my job and this company dearly—let's rally behind leaders who can guide us out of this mess and toward a brighter future.

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-ceo-pushes-back-on-elon-bold-plans-to-build-a-chip-fab/

The manufacturing landscape will experience paradigm shifts as Elon makes moves that are incomprehensible from your narrowly defined viewpoints

First ATT has the left over timewarner so called leaders that made a bad decision got stock , bonuses and millions. Second many in power have less than I say 8 years but more like 5 years with ATT. Third they broke the foundation that made ATT work meaning the New bee executives to the point that Innovation is now creeping along because the hours from managers are now focused on 8hrs only. Fourth the BIG mistake was instead of hurting the company which they are doing likely listening to a consultant company on RTO( same as our executives going to a psychiatrist) follow their advise. Fifth MAKES sense newly hired 5 days and in a hub. Existing managers remain as they were especially if status has been for 20 years. Sixth and final do Hybrid 3 days office, 5 days remain for marketing and sales. Those at ATT handle break and fix and part of the guarantee flow a few days a month office……I think spot on, oh by the way just fire the ones everyone knows that have nothing to do and don’t use color, ethnic, or male/female/ confused as an excuse
Recently T-Mobile and Verizon booted their CEO is ours next?

How many years before they're not needed?

Founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem, NVIDIA began as a graphics processing company focused on improving video game visuals. Its breakthrough came in 1999 with the launch of the GeForce 256, the world’s first GPU, revolutionizing computer graphics and parallel computing. Over the next two decades, NVIDIA expanded beyond gaming into high-performance computing, data centers, and artificial intelligence. Its CUDA platform, introduced in 2006, enabled GPUs to accelerate AI and scientific workloads, cementing NVIDIA’s role at the heart of the AI revolution. Today, NVIDIA is a global leader in GPUs, AI chips, and data center solutions, shaping industries from gaming to autonomous vehicles and generative AI.

I've not found even one good use case so far in my line of application engineering. What are people's opinions on how much of the current "AI will change the world like steam engine" sentiment is reality vs marketing?

AI Ambassador does what?

https://www.livescience.com/technology/communications/science-history-first-computer-to-computer-message-lays-the-foundation-for-the-internet-but-it-crashes-halfway-through-oct-29-1969

This is a time I wish I could have been a part of. It started out as 4 nodes. Had I been a bit older I would have been a part of the beginning. It was 6 years later that I did become a part of implementing the ARPANET which would become the internet. It's likely most on this board weren't even born yet.

Fortran is a computer language that is for the most part ridiculed (unjustly) now, however it was used to get us to the moon and back, and was used to implement the first packet switching.

"From there, the military agency funded a project to create such a network. For the system to work, it needed a way to break up messages from a sender into smaller portions that were then reassembled at the destination. Boehm and Baran simulated this process, which would eventually become known as packet switching, using a program written in the computer language Fortran."

Those were exciting times never to be had again.

Dan is big proponent of AI. We need to create a of excellence for AI. Whoever is going to win AI war is going to be the next leader in this space.

This seems to be a brilliant strategy. If we can pull it off it could be a game changer. There is a HUGE financial commitment to make it happen. I hope it does. 🙏

with the latest AI tools, people can develop a payments application in 10 minutes...
How do they explain having so many people in the office 24 x7 , and supporting old terrible products for years. any logical explanation?

They block all these AI tools from office laptops!

Micromanagement, no innovation in person 5 days 9 hours, for what? for the stock to drop 50%!
even now they didn't learn anything, we were told not to day trade in the office.
work on innovation , learn from paypal. just silos, too much process for years. too many slackers , just talking non stop 9 to 6 in the office, how will that create Next Gen Products ?

they said all is well but there will be silent RIFs. thats the only way to pumpup the stock.

1. Rehaul of management, not just top level, but middle management as well. There are so many dept with a high turn over rate and that's not just a legal liability but also affects our products, ethics and the workers motivation. The best indicator of a problem are not surveys it turn over.

2. Get better tech. You cannot expect efficiency and better quality in our products when we have terrible tech. Idk which genius thought it was a good idea to buy surface or Microsoft products for a fintech company that handles large data. We don't need Apple products but Microsoft is barely a top

   5.FIG/MS should have more collaborations since both deal with clients and may need similar softwares.

3. Better inner mobility. Some people have amazing talents that are being wasted in certain depts and may do better in another. This goes back to point 1, but I have seen amazing talent leave because their managers blocked them from moving depts.

The best indicator of a company's future is the company's inner work culture.

SAP bid twice but failed to acquire BlackLine in 2024 and 2025...maybe SAP will eventually succeed due to PE investors in BlackLine!
https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/blackline-m-a-sap-three/
https://www.marketscreener.com/news/germany-s-sap-mulls-new-bid-for-software-firm-blackline-sources-say-ce7d5ddfdd8af324

This comes after SAP's acquisition of SmartRecruiters to compete against Workday which has taken away bulk of its business in HCM domain!

Happy Oracle AI World 2025!
https://www.oracle.com/ai-world/

Will BoD replace Stankey? We all see huge decline in the stock value, stagnant innovations and network rollouts, stagnant cNPS, artificially driven Q results driven by soft layoffs, no obvious acquisition ahead and all time low employee morale after forced 5 days RTO....

I am seeing all sort of initiatives along this line, I am not sure if it is just managers trying to show how much they align with the latest buzzwords or it is a genuine and desperate search for ideas to make us competitive in this field.

It does sound and look like "when you only have a hammer everything looks like a nail"

Trying to play in AI and Quantum Computing with no credidibility.

SAP keeps getting rid of all the seasoned employees because they’re too expensive and wants fresh, young people to fix the company. Problem is, nothing about the way SAP works changed after any layoffs. They just swapped people and called it innovation. And now it's shocking it's not working out.

If you've tried automating or using AI for this company you will know just how painful it is to try and push innovation. Multiple tiers of leadership, so many boundaries to break down, etc. Etc.

I find it funny that the company is choosing to use AI and technology advances as the message for headcount reduction. In my experience those outsourcing moves just adds to the body count while doing nothing to automate. There is no future in technology for this company because it continues to distance itself from the people who can offer those options. I have been pushing a solution that would reduce two entire departments, instead or pursing they just keep adding bodies to the BSC's.

XOM will be left in the dust by its competitors as they choose to advance technology while XOM looks to outsource and reduce its expertise.

Watch and see.

Generally curious... how is the skunk works team doing from anyone on the inside? Is it genuinely a contender?

Clearly CVS made the right choice if the anecdote is to be believed.

I personally LOVED the digs about not doing AI for flashy headlines and to focus on the basics.

Also kind of interesting with all of the "the whole system is broken and should be remade" [in brackets is how we eliminate the broken Payer/reimbursement system rather than just put AI bandaids on it]

Who else is putting in an application at CVS today??

EH can evangelize “we’re all about sport” all day long. Duh.

Wall St street and former shareholders like me are over it.

Tired of the excuses. Just Innovate! Without it Nike is uncool in this era.

Where are we with must win technologies???

what are you all harping at BH about, mundane work, restrooms full and ppl waiting .

no innovation, keeping lights on, getting the 2 % raises , even then GBS isnt doing great and there will be more Layoffs..

For years Nike has been in the habit of re-orging to a new formation, then clamping down on hiring so the vision is never fully resourced or executed. When the results don’t meet expectations, they respond with another re-org, leaving teams in a constant spin cycle of change. It’s hard to bring your best innovative thinking when you’re just trying to figure out WTF is going on.

Credit: @e8+1k66ft7cz

https://www.reworked.co/information-management/why-opentext-fired-its-ceo-after-13-years-the-end-of-the-shopping-spree/

Another industry professional was more blunt: "My personal opinion is that they only make enough investment to justify their maintenance costs to their legacy customers."

Jeff Simon, CIO @ T-Mobile:
Proud to share that T-Mobile landed on Fast Company’s 2025 list of Best Workplaces for Innovators. This recognition reflects our Un-carrier culture — where teams have the space to think creatively, challenge how things are done, and build experiences that move our industry forward. https://lnkd.in/g5cwnx3w

Chipotle's on this same list. 😂💩😂

A merger between HP and Dell could create a global technology powerhouse with unmatched scale, operational efficiency, and market reach. By combining their strengths in personal computing, enterprise solutions, and supply chain management, the merged company could drive innovation, reduce costs through economies of scale, and better compete with major players like Apple and Lenovo. Additionally, aligning their R&D efforts and customer service infrastructures could enhance product offerings and improve customer experience across both consumer and enterprise markets. The current administration may allow such a merger if it demonstrates clear benefits to U.S. competitiveness in the global tech industry, promotes domestic job growth, and does not significantly reduce competition in key market segments. Given the strategic importance of maintaining leadership in technology, regulators could view the merger as a way to strengthen the nation’s position in a rapidly evolving global economy.

~30min. of AK touting quantum. Rather than starting at the beginning of the video, just start here at 17:55 "Competing for top AI talent".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SY4Ttpoldc

Sep 11, 2025
After spending much of the 2010s in the doldrums, IBM has made something of a comeback in the past five years under the leadership of CEO Arvind Krishna. That's thanks to a lot of the success in its hybrid cloud business, as well as its consulting services. All of this has led to a surge in the company's share price. Now, IBM is betting that quantum computing will be the next big thing. But will Big Blue succeed against rivals like Microsoft and Google who are racing to make their own quantum breakthroughs? And how is the company learning from its past mistakes with Watson AI? Arvind Krishna speaks to WSJ’s Christopher Mims and Tim Higgins on the latest episode of the Bold Names podcast.

stock falling to double digits, forget double digit growth. Too many SVPs with no work from GBS fired, yet no difference. some one in leadership should ask, instead of bull dozing on the employees, what is the company doing to grow and make life better.
layoffs, forcing people to do mundane work, no innovation, what more?

Oracle’s stock just exploded 40% in one day, the biggest move by any company this size in over 30 years. Why? Because they’re winning massive AI and cloud deals, building the future, and actually innovating. They’re projecting half a trillion in revenue backlog, and Wall Street is rewarding them for results.

Notice what they aren’t doing: forcing employees to waste hours commuting just to swipe a badge and sit in fluorescent-lit cubes. Oracle isn’t obsessed with RTO and control theater, they’re obsessed with delivering value.

Meanwhile, AT&T and other RTO-obsessed dinosaurs are draining morale, bleeding talent, and still struggling to grow. Employees are exhausted, productivity hasn’t improved, and customers don’t care if their rep is in Dallas, Atlanta, or their kitchen. All they care about is service that works.

Let’s be real… badge swipes don’t drive revenue. Results and innovation do. Oracle just proved it to the world. AT&T “leadership” could learn something here stop pretending RTO is about collaboration. It’s about control, and it’s ki-ling this company. Do something innovative instead!

If Oracle can ignite history-making growth without dragging people back into cubes, then what’s AT&T’s excuse?

I thought the Innovation without disruption strategy made a lot of sense and was confident it going to work, especially with the hybrid connect strategy (allowing legacy systems to connect into new cloud services/analytics seamlessly). When PD came on as CEO, that seemed to quickly change, and any legacy seemed to become a bad word to be thrown away like garbage. I investigated what PD did at previous CEO role at Aspect, and it seemed to be a complete distain for anything legacy there as well. Only now, I see that company (Alvaria) seems to recognize the mistake and trying to restore Aspect legacy as a business after it was decimated by PD. AM seemed like a pretty smart guy and the team under him as well. They all came up with this Innovation without disruption strategy (after actually talking to customers) and I thought it was going to work. I am disappointed that the company is being flushed down the toilet now by PD.

Front line RSM Nov 2.

Foundational Services is keeping promotions for new directors at only 3 people (for a group of 8000). So, not only will we see more promotions to MDs (assume more than 3), only 3 Directors, and who knows how few AT will ‘allow’ to be promoted for the people actually do the work. Another nail in the coffin for Citi and their hopes for innovation and growth.

It's sad to see that Ford has nothing new to offer to the consumers. They are too busy working on repairs and recalls.

All of the Ford 2026 vehicles are still look the same as they were the past 4 years. No new innovations and no new designs that would interest the consumers.

My question is this: What is happening with our IP? Why is this happening in a country that didn't come up with a single innovation in tech or science and for the size of its population only has 12-13 Nobel prizes (just a single measure of non innovation, but there are many others we can quote) and most of the 12-13 in the likes of literature... (nothing against literature, but irrelevant in tech and science)

Andhra Pradesh govt issues orders to establish IBM quantum computer at AQCC

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/andhra-pradesh-govt-issues-orders-to-establish-ibm-quantum-computer-at-aqcc/articleshow/123641275.cms

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh govt has issued formal orders to establish an IBM quantum computer at the Amaravati quantum computing center (AQCC). The project is part of the development of a quantum valley in Amaravati, for which the CRDA has allocated 50 acres.

According to the order issued by IT dept secretary Katamaneni Bhaskar, AQCC will house a 133-qubit, 5,000-gate quantum computer in a 2,000 sq ft facility. The infrastructure will include secure networking, advanced cooling systems, and an uninterrupted power supply to support the high-performance machine. As part of the agreement, IBM will operate from the facility at a concessional rent of ₹30 per sq ft. In exchange, the govt will receive 365 hours of free computing time per year for four years, which will be allocated to govt institutions and for educational use.

In addition, the govt has approved a proposal to set up a smaller quantum computer at Wits University campus at a cost of ₹6 crore, in partnership with AI on the Queue, a Bengaluru-based startup. Amaravati quantum valley is planned as a govt-supported ecosystem to serve universities, research bodies, startups, and industries across multiple fields.

Chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is giving top priority to the project with the aim to make Amaravati the country's quantum computing hub. The CM earlier announced that the quantum computing center in Amaravati will be operational by Jan 1, 2026. "The state govt is aiming to produce 100 ‘use' cases by Aug 15, 2026 and emerge as a global player in the quantum-artificial intelligence (AI) movement," he had said.

The state govt aims to generate huge employment in the state with this initiative. IT minister Nara Lokesh said bringing top players to the AQCC is the top priority and hoped that the project will gain pace with the entry of IBM.

At what point do all these "ideation" sessions and powerpoints revolving around AI amount to actual working products in production and increased productivity? We are on year 3 of the company mindlessly pushing this cr-p on people, and all we have to show for it is document summarizing and code review "agents".

When is the board going to ask Candyman when these multiplicative productivity increases that he promised are going to materialize? When will there be an expected return on investment for all this money lit on fire for AI? Cuz right now its all just charlatans making GPT wrappers and demoing to clapping seals while it bugs out

Same playbook happening this coming earnings report. New revitalisation exercises (cost cuttting actually) to reward shareholders, drive innovations (long dead decades ago). 10% cost cutting expected, mainly in the Print space. PC is undergoing massive challenges as well from lack of excitement in the "AI PC" space. Print is embarking into AI Print space as well (actually all BS, trying to stoke and ride the AI wave).