With all the chaos and innovation that came out of 2022, we saw some incredible advances in enterprise software and growth in the leaders that continue to drive these innovations. It’s been quite a year charged with talks of a recession, a down market, the metaverse, Web 3.0, and, of course, crazy news stories like Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter and the downfall of FTX. And with that here’s our enterprise tech version of “Spotify’s Wrapped” for 2022…

Is there a paradigm shift coming? The most important developments in our industry — Self-Sovereign Identity, the FIDO Alliance, and verifiable credentials — are really not about identity at all, but authorship, provenance, integrity, and control. Let’s move beyond identity and imagine a world where cryptographic infostructure is as universal as electricity or clean water. All the data we need is hallmarked, traceable and trustworthy thanks to authentication technologies.

Customers are already benefiting from the IBM relationship. In one case, FinnAir migrated 70 apps on 400 servers to AWS in partnership with IBM.  Many customers are moving on-premises applications such as SAP into AWS.  Moreover, customers and partners now have an access to IBM offerings on AWS via the AWS Marketplace. 

Having the IBM software and services portfolio accessible to the AWS ecosystem gives stakeholders access to IBM automation. IBM Data and AI, IBM Sustainability Software, IBM Security Software, IBM Security Services, and IBM Storage. This shift in strategy provides both a customer and partner-centric approach that will help accelerate cloud migration and acceleration.