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David Spurway

Jun 30, 2026

1:10
Could you just draw the link between the two?
1:13
Sure.
1:13
Okay.
1:14
Yeah, so as you say, uh, Bob has come around through, uh, but through a couple of iterations.
1:18
We originally had a product that was actually called, uh, Watsonx Code Assistant, which was particularly designed for the package called IBM i. IBM i is, is a kind of a group, a fif- of 50-plus different, uh, elements of software packages brought together to run industries, uh, and solutions for industries all over the world.
1:36
They run the, uh, all sorts of different computing systems for companies all over, but they have been around for 30-plus years.
1:43
And so where we are is that there's some of this code has been around for a very long time, and the people that wrote it may have now moved on or retired, and so some of it can be a little bit on the impenetrable side.

7 MINS LATER

9:10
[laughs]
8:48
I mean, what kind of support do I then get? Is it from IBM or through a partner to ensure that my people can understand the new ways of working?
8:56
Yes, yes, very fair.
8:57
Absolutely.
8:58
Yeah, because as you say, IBM i with this kind of legacy around, there can be a perception, maybe a new CIO comes in and says, well, dear, that looks a little bit like it's got this green wording on a black screen.
9:08
Whoa, I don't like that anymore.
9:10
I must wholesale change it.
9:11
I must get off the whole thing and do it all new, maybe in a cloud, for example.

9 MINS LATER

18:32
But how can they access it if they're interested?

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