IDG Contributor Network: IBM promotes IT infrastructure for cognitive workloads

Over the past century, IBM has reinvented itself again and again. This evolution is in stark contrast to one-trick ponies in the information technology business. Companies like LinkedIn do one thing, maybe quite well, until they reach the end of their run, in this case a purchase by Microsoft. IBM, on the other hand, has been forced to remake its business a number of times — moving from typewriters to mainframes, from mainframes to PCs, from PCs to infrastructure, and now, building on that