Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue: Thoughts from Arvind Krishna’s keynote at IBM Think – SiliconANGLE

At this year’s IBM Think, Chief Executive Arvind Krishna’s keynote focused on artificial intelligence’s impact on the modern enterprise. Instead of the usual tour through features and roadmaps, his talk challenged information technology leaders.

The real divide in the next decade won’t be between those who do and don’t use AI, but between those who rebuild their operating models around AI and those who stay stuck in pilots and proofs of concept. Viewed through the lens of the old wedding rhyme — something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue — Krishna’s themes on AI, first operations, hybrid cloud, quantum and sovereignty become a practical checklist for chief information officers deciding where to place their next big bets.

Something old: Operating models, not pilots

Krishna’s core message is that the gap between “who’s winning and who’s falling behind” is widening, not because of budgets or team size, but because some…