1. Skills for a Smarter Planet Institute of Engineering and Technology
IBM Academic Initiative
Skills for a
Smarter Planet
Institute of Engineering and Technology
University of NSW
September 10, 2012
John Schilt
Lead, IBM Academic Initiative
Australia / New Zealand
Charts and other reference material : bit.ly/ANZAI

4. The IBM Business IBM Products IBM Global Technology Services
Steve Mills
04/07/11
The IBM Business
IBM Products
IBM Global Technology Services
IBM Global Business Services
IBM Research
The IBM business is complex , and wide ranging. Included are
Products :
Hardware (POWER (p) servers, Intel (x) Servers, Mainframes (z), PoS devices,
Software : many brands, thousands of products (WebSphere, IM, Tivoli, Analytics, Security, Rational, ICS)
Leasing, other industry assets
Global Technology Services
Global Business Services
IBM Research
Each of these has an interest in Cloud Computing. Hence, answering the question, What is IBM’s Strategy around Cloud Computing does not have an easy answer.
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5. Todays Topics 1
Smarter Planet
Skills for a Smarter Planet 2

6. We are experiencing the reality of global integration.
The world is connected ECONOMICALLY.
SOCIALLY.
TECHNICALLY.
A series of shocks:
Climate change
Energy geopolitics
Global supply chains
Financial Crisis
Plus rapidly evolving and ongoing significant trends:
Changing demographics
Empowered consumers and citizens
Impact of technology

7. …because intelligence is being infused into the way the world works.
Our world is becoming
INSTRUMENTED.
Our world is becoming
INTERCONNECTED.
Virtually all things, processes and ways of working are becoming
INTELLIGENT.

8. We now have the ability to measure, sense and monitor the condition of almost everything.
30 billion
1 billion
85%
30 billion RFID tags are embedded into our world and across entire ecosystems.
There are more than 1 billion camera phones in existence.
Nearly 85% of new automobiles contain event data recorders.
Instrumented
Interconnected
Intelligent

9. 2 billion 4 billion 1 trillion
People, systems and objects can communicate and interact with each other in entirely new ways.
2 billion
4 billion
1 trillion
There are an estimated 2 billion people on the internet.
There are an estimated 4 billion mobile phone subscribers worldwide.
Soon, there will be 1 trillion connected devices in
the world, constituting an “internet of things.”
Instrumented
Interconnected
Intelligent

10. 15 petabytes 1 petaflop 1 square kilometer
We can now respond to changes quickly and accurately, and get better results by predicting and optimizing for future events.
15 petabytes
1 petaflop
1 square kilometer
Every day, 15 petabytes of new information are being generated. This is 8x more than the information in all U.S. libraries.
Scientists are working to prevent influenza pandemics by modeling the viruses with a supercomputer that can operate at one petaflop, or one quadrillion operations per second.
New analytics enable high-resolution weather forecasts for areas as fine as 1 to 2 square kilometers.
Instrumented
Interconnected
Intelligent

11. An opportunity to think and act in new ways.+ + =
An opportunity to think and act in new ways.

12. Source : IBM Economists survey 2009 ; n=480
Why do this ?

13. Smarter cities are working to infuse intelligence into each of their core systems.
Government Services
Transportation
Public Safety
Education
Energy and Utilities
Healthcare
Telecommunications

14. Smarter transportation: An opportunity to improve the transit experience, reduce congestion and encourage a modal shift among users
In one section of Los Angeles, looking for parking generated the equivalent of 38 trips around the world, burned 47,000 gallons of gas, emitted 730 tons of carbon dioxide in 1 year !
Congested roadways cost $78 billion annually in the form of 4.2 billion lost hours and 2.9 billion gallons of wasted gas.

15. Smarter transportation: Influence traffic patterns and increase use of public transportation
The Innovation:
A smart toll system uses cameras and sensors positioned throughout the city, along with a central computing system that processes vehicle identification data, to charge drivers varying rates depending on the time of day.
Embed
transponders in vehicles.
The Benefits:
• Less traffic
• Lower emissions
• Increased city revenue
• Greater use of public transit
• Increased roadway safety
Record
license plate numbers, time of day and toll rates.
Process
data and charge drivers accordingly.

16. Smarter energy and utilities : transformations
CenterPoint Energy in Houston is installing over 2 million smart meters and in some cases an energy controller for household devices. Homeowners will be able to access their usage information in home displays or on a personal website to make smarter consumption decisions.
DONG Energy in Denmark installed monitoring devices across their distribution network. The increased insight into the grid’s performance will potentially lessen outage times by up to 50% and reduce maintenance investments by up to 90%.

17. Our world is becoming …
INSTRUMENTED
We now have the ability to measure, sense and see the exact condition of everything.
INTERCONNECTED
People, systems and objects can communicate and interact with each other in entirely new ways.
INTELLIGENT
We can respond to changes quickly and accurately, and get better results by predicting and optimizing for future events.
WORKFORCE
MANUFACTURING
SUPPLY CHAIN
CUSTOMERS
TRANSPORTATION
FACILITIES IT

18. Skills for a Smarter Planet
T – shaped skills
Soft Skills
Technical Skills

19. T-Shaped Skills

20. What are T – Shaped skills ?
Complimentary skills
Project Management
Business / Management
Accounting / Finance
Politics
Selling
Legal
Specific Skills
Deep
Technical
Specific to trade or profession
Certification
Professional recognition
What shape are you ?

21. What are the right skills for this economy ?
Technical Skills
What are the right skills for this economy ?
Too generic
Well balanced
Too technical

22. Soft Skills Aptitude Attitude It’s about As well as Communication
(the what and the how)
Communication
Presentation
Leadership / Teaming
Persistence
Passion
Longing for learning
Confidence (*)
Listening
Ability to accept feedback
Organisation
Selling / Negotiation
“Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion”
Hegel,

23. Technology – Alphabet Soup
PHP
.NET
Java
JEE
XML
HTML
DHTML
XHTML
Ruby on Rails
PERL
Python
CSS
VMWare
USB 3.0 W3
RDBMS
Web Services
ReSTFul Services
Open Source FOSS
Linux
IDE
DHCP, DNS
Frameworks
MVC
Cloud Computing
Analytics
Infrastructure as a Service
Software as a Service
Platform as a Service
Business Process as a Service
Storage as a Service
IP V6
ERP
SCM
Web 2.0, Web 3.0
VOIP
Javascript
AJAX
BPM
Big Data
Always need to be in the know –
be aware of what is happening in your industry, in your area of expertise.

24. Key Skill Areas Analytics / Big Data Business Process Management
Cloud Computing
Social Business
others

25. Career Roadmap: Information Management and Analytics: The number of roles are rapidly expanding. Few schools are preparing students for these job roles
DB Admin
Content Admin
Application Developer
Data Analyst
Technical
Specialist
Warehouse
Content on Web
Data Architect
Content Architect
Governance Architect
CIO, CTO
Enterprise
C-level
Architect
Information Architect
Management
Structured and
Semi-Structured
Data
Analytics
Applications
Information
Governance
Line Management
Business Analyst
Solution Developer
Information Integrator
ETL
Analytics Architect
Application and Solution Architect
Master Data Mgmt
Data Quality
Director
Enterprise Solutions Architect
Enterprise Analytics Architect VP GM
Metadata Design
Security
Team Lead
Current focus area

26. Process = BPM + SOA People BPM Integration Systems BPM Rules SOA
Executive
Management
Customer
Service
Invoice
Reconciliation
Teams
Finance
& Ops
Account
Administration
People
BPM
Rules
BPM
Integration
SOA
ERP
Systems
Imaging
CRM
Billing
Systems 26 26 26

27. IBM uniquely positioned with end-to-end capabilities:
Steve Mills
04/07/11
IBM Cloud
IBM uniquely positioned with end-to-end capabilities:
Consulting and Implementation Services
Leading Hardware, Software and Research
Managed Services across workloads
Leading industry and process expertise
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28. The IBM Cloud Computing Reference Architecture
IBM Confidential 28

29. Social Business / Social Media

30. Skills for a Smarter Planet
Our world is becoming
INSTRUMENTED.
Our world is becoming
INTERCONNECTED.
Virtually all things, processes and ways of working are becoming
INTELLIGENT.

31. Todays Topics 1
Smarter Planet
Skills for a Smarter Planet 2

32. Thank You