‘Data is now more valuable than oil’ – IBM channel VP>
CRN – Trevor Treharne
The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil but data, and resellers need to tailor their conversations towards this fact, IBM’s storage channel VP has told CRN. “The most valuable asset today is not oil, not gold, not uranium, it is data,” Eric Herzog, chief marketing officer and VP of worldwide storage channels at IBM told CRN. “It does not matter if a [channel] partner is selling to a giant enterprise account or selling to a small account, data is the most valuable asset.” Herzog said a number of its global partners have created their own cloud business on the side and it is “not that difficult” for them to do so. IBM has also bolstered its software-defined storage (SDS), data protection, and storage systems offerings today. The vendor claimed the additions underscore its focus on multi-cloud and cognitive/AI applications and workloads.
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