Marcel Ribas

Black Tech Street (BTS) is bringing transformative AI innovation education to Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District with the help of microchip maker NVIDIA. The partnership aims to help Tulsa become a national model for tech-driven economic empowerment and community advancement. NVIDIA, the world’s most valuable company, will collaborate with the organization to lead efforts in integrating cutting-edge technologies. As a member of Tulsa’s Tech Hub coalition (led by Tulsa Innovation Labs), Black Tech Street has played a significant role in the city’s designation as a Tech Hub for Autonomous Systems by the US Economic Development Administration.

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Great to see this showcase as I prepare for my session with Texas A&M University System tomorrow. ARMOR is enabling organizations globally to drive their AI journey securely! Remember that you get access to the full framework, for no cost on the WWT platform at: https://lnkd.in/gYkCWuPs #ARMOR #AIsecurity #Cybersecurity #WWT

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Today’s announcements at #IBMTechXchange perfectly represented why IBM holds the prestigious position of Leader in my most recent Signal report on Software Development Platforms. There’s a very vibrant builder, operations, and infrastructure ecosystem underpinned by IBM’s decades of research and innovation. IBM clearly isn’t leaving the move into agentic AI to others in the industry. My video highlights some of the announcements I see as #strategicForIBM moving forward. The Futurum Group, Bradley Shimmin, Nick Patience, Dion Hinchcliffe IBM Anthropic Techstrong.ai DevOps.com #AgentDLC #AgentOrchestration Tiffani Bova, Alex Smith, Daniel Newman, Dan O'Brien, Alan Shimel, Fernando Montenegro, Guy Currier, Keith Kirkpatrick, Olivier Blanchard, Ray Wang

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IBM Tech shared limits of AI at https://lnkd.in/gvR7PEvD I outlined the highlights of what AI is capable of and NOT yet, as of 2025. Looking at the right column, I see a few elements that educators can help students cultivate further. For example, holding up goals is uniquely human and can lead to motivation, authenticity, and even critical thinking.

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Intel, IBM, And Google Halt Thousands Of Future Hires As AI Poised To Reshape Careers, Automate Tasks, And Transform Workforce Dynamics In The Next 5 Years Key Insight: Intel is set to cut over 25,000 jobs by the end of 2025 as part of a survival-driven restructuring in response to intense financial pressures and market competition, while IBM and Google are primarily reducing hiring and reshaping their workforce to adapt to the transformative impact of AI on business operations and job functions. Background: In 2025, Intel, IBM, and Google have all announced major hiring freezes or layoffs, but with different motivations: Intel’s moves are largely driven by a need to stay viable amid severe business and market headwinds, whereas IBM and Google are focusing on restructuring to take advantage of AI technologies and automate certain roles. Top Three Reasons This Matters: 1. More than 100,000 tech jobs are being impacted sector-wide in 2025, illustrating how both existential financial challenges and rapid AI adoption are together reshaping the employment landscape. 2. Intel’s workforce cuts include consolidating manufacturing and shifting operations internationally as core parts of their survival strategy—not just a response to AI—marking a strategic realignment to stay competitive in a tough global market. 3. As IBM and Google retool their hiring practices in anticipation of widespread AI automation, tech workers are facing new pressures to upskill and adapt, with organizations also needing to re-balance their talent strategies for sustained innovation. Credit WCCF tech

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I’m excited to share that Microsoft launched Microsoft Teams optimization for Amazon WorkSpaces. This new capability, developed in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), significantly enhances the Teams experience for Amazon WorkSpaces users by optimizing audio and video streaming performance. #euc #vdi #remotedesktop #amazonworkspaces #awseuc #amazondcv #aws #uc https://lnkd.in/dxd6fTzs

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Microsoft today unveiled our second Fairwater AI super factory, located in Atlanta. Each site coming online will be connected to the others via a dedicated AI network, allowing AI super factories located in different states to work together in nearly real time to train new generations of AI models. https://msft.it/6040tRXZO

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AWS to Demo VirtualZ Computing's Lozen™ Integration with Rocket Software® Enterprise Developer in its November 11, 2025, PartnerCast. https://lnkd.in/geJ47yu6 The Amazon Web Services (AWS) and VirtualZ Computing collaboration is also highlighted in the recent AWS blog post, Transforming Hybrid Mainframe Data Access with VirtualZ Lozen and AWS: https://lnkd.in/eS8q9Xbc

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As generative AI continues to revolutionize industries, solutions architects face unique challenges in designing and implementing enterprise-scale AI solutions. The integration of foundation models (FMs) and AI workflows into existing cloud infrastructures requires a specialized skill set that goes beyond traditional cloud architecture. In this post, we’ll delve into 7 essential AWS services and architectural patterns that solutions architects need to know to successfully design and implement AI-powered solutions in the cloud.

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