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IBM Announces Watson, Networking, Storage Updates

Key Points

  • IBM Watson Orchestrate has partnered with This Way Global to let talent‑acquisition teams use a digital employee (“Digi”) that automatically creates job postings, pulls matching candidate lists, updates repositories, and emails candidates—freeing recruiters to focus on strategy and relationship‑building.
  • IBM is expanding its Enterprise Networking portfolio with full lifecycle services (rack‑and‑stack deployment, hardware configuration, performance assessments, optimization, and refresh) to support enterprises integrating on‑premises infrastructure with hybrid multi‑cloud environments.
  • IBM Storage reinstates its price‑and‑supply‑chain guarantee and deferred‑payment program, promising shipment of eligible flash systems by the end of 2022 or providing customers a complimentary one‑year license for IBM Storage Insights Pro.

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# IBM Announces Watson, Networking, Storage Updates **Source:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynt6GnrtLwQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynt6GnrtLwQ) **Duration:** 00:03:46 ## Summary - IBM Watson Orchestrate has partnered with This Way Global to let talent‑acquisition teams use a digital employee (“Digi”) that automatically creates job postings, pulls matching candidate lists, updates repositories, and emails candidates—freeing recruiters to focus on strategy and relationship‑building. - IBM is expanding its Enterprise Networking portfolio with full lifecycle services (rack‑and‑stack deployment, hardware configuration, performance assessments, optimization, and refresh) to support enterprises integrating on‑premises infrastructure with hybrid multi‑cloud environments. - IBM Storage reinstates its price‑and‑supply‑chain guarantee and deferred‑payment program, promising shipment of eligible flash systems by the end of 2022 or providing customers a complimentary one‑year license for IBM Storage Insights Pro. ## Sections - [00:00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynt6GnrtLwQ&t=0s) **Watson Orchestrate Integrates with Way Global** - The segment details how IBM Watson Orchestrate partners with Way Global to enable a digital employee that automatically creates job requisitions, sources skill‑matched candidates, and initiates outreach, streamlining and fair‑ranking talent acquisition. ## Full Transcript
0:00IBM Watson orchestrates integration with 0:02this way Global new life cycle Services 0:05added to Enterprise networking and the 0:07IBM storage price and Supply guarantee 0:10all on this episode of IBM Tech now 0:13what's up y'all my name is Ian and I am 0:15back to bring you the latest and 0:17greatest news and announcements about 0:18IBM technology 0:20to get the ball rolling this week IBM 0:22Watson orchestrate has partnered with 0:24this way Global to help Talent 0:26acquisition professionals accelerate the 0:28process of sourcing candidates 0:30users work with their very own Watson 0:32orchestrate digital employee which is 0:34called a Digi to quickly create and post 0:36open job requisitions 0:38using the integration between Watson 0:40orchestrate in this way Global your Digi 0:42can pull a list of hundreds of 0:44candidates whose skills match the 0:46posting obtain your job posting from 0:48your local repository and input the 0:50information into this way Global 0:52sourcing platform 0:53Digi can then save the output of 0:55candidates back to the same repository 0:57and start the dialogue by emailing the 0:59candidates on the list with an approved 1:01template 1:02simply put this integration will help 1:05you expand the resource pool discover 1:07strong existing candidates optimize 1:09reach identify the best candidates and 1:12use Fair recruitment practices 1:14and by handing off tedious and 1:15repetitive tasks to a digital employee 1:17you can focus on higher level work like 1:20setting Talent strategy interviewing and 1:22building relationships 1:24to learn more about how IBM Watson 1:26orchestrate in this way Global can help 1:28you find the perfect candidate and get 1:29more time back in your day hit the link 1:31below 1:33next up as part of the IBM mission to 1:36address the market demand for 1:37Accelerated hybrid Cloud adoption we are 1:40pleased to announce IBM has added life 1:42cycle services to its Enterprise 1:43networking business 1:45as Enterprises integrate their on-site 1:48it infrastructure with their hybrid 1:49multi-cloud architecture Advanced 1:52networking services and support become 1:54increasingly important to meet their 1:55users performance expectations 1:58to that end IBM is building out 2:00comprehensive life cycle Services 2:01spanning deploy support optimize and 2:05refresh service offers 2:06these Services include rack and stack to 2:09help you deploy and refresh Network 2:10Hardware basic or lawn configuration 2:13implementation to help you deploy 2:14configure Network equipment and 2:17performance assessments to provide you 2:18with a comprehensive view of your 2:20network identify present or potential 2:22issues and suggest steps to mitigate or 2:25optimize them 2:26to learn more about IBM's plan for 2:28technology lifecycle Services check out 2:30the link I've got in the description of 2:32this video 2:34to wrap things up the folks over in IBM 2:36storage are excited to announce that 2:38we're bringing back our price and supply 2:40chain guarantee and the why weight 2:42deferred payment program 2:43IBM storage is underwriting our 2:45commitment that if we do not ship your 2:47new eligible flash system purchase by 2:49the end of 2022 we will provide you with 2:52a one-year license to use IBM storage 2:54insights pro at no charge 2:57we also pledge to not increase prices 2:59for any flash System model through the 3:01end of 2022 to give you confidence to 3:03move your purchasing decisions forward 3:05additionally with the why wait financing 3:08program when you purchase an eligible 3:10IBM flash system product you can accept 3:12delivery immediately and make no 3:14payments for three months after that we 3:16put together a payment structure of 33 3:19equal monthly payments over a 36 month 3:21period based on competitive interest 3:23rates 3:24to learn more about the specific terms 3:26and eligible products for the price and 3:27supply chain guarantee hit the link 3:29below 3:30thanks so much for joining me today for 3:32this episode of IBM Tech now if you're 3:34interested in learning more about the 3:35topics I've covered make sure you 3:36explore the links in the description of 3:38this video and again please don't forget 3:40to subscribe to our channel to stay up 3:42to date on what's going on in Tech now