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Chief Operating Officer of IBM Infrastructure, Barry Baker, oversees the world’s most critical systems – including the iconic IBM Z.
Category: Business
Duration: 00:43:36
Publish Date: 2026-04-29 10:00:00
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Ever wonder how your bank transaction really gets processed without a hitch? Barry Baker, Chief Operating Officer of IBM Infrastructure, oversees the world’s most critical systems – including the iconic IBM Z. Barry has spent over 25 years building mission critical technology. We’ll dive into everything from mainframe modernization and AI acceleration to the future of cloud and enterprise-grade solutions!

  • 01:35 Meet Barry Baker
  • 03:42 Biggest Infrastructure Challenge
  • 04:59 True Mainframe Modernization
  • 14:03 Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste
  • 18:33 The Move to Cloud
  • 22:43 AI in Infra
  • 25:40 IBM Spire
  • 28:05 Successful AI Clients
  • 33:53 Experimenting on the Mainframe
  • 36:45 Rapid Fire Questions
  • 39:06 Production-grade AI

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/barrymbaker

Website: https://www.ibm.com/solutions/it-infrastructure

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