IBM’s Concert Cuts Patch Time by 10x — Deutsche Telekom Goes All-In on AI Automation

International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) is one of the Top 10 AI Stocks in the Spotlight. On July 2, the company announced that Deutsche Telekom, a leading provider of telecommunications and IT services, will implement the AI-powered solution IBM Concert, enabling intelligent automation in patch management and making security tasks smarter and more automatic.

Patches help systems stay secure, relevant, and functional. Without them, there is a chance that software becomes obsolete, unstable, or even vulnerable. While patches are important, handling them can be a challenge. This is where IBM Concert comes in, helping companies reduce their operational costs and the effort needed for patching vulnerabilities. Doing so, they accelerate the speed of response and improve security.

Deutsche Telekom will be using IBM Concert to leverage intelligent resilience for complex IT operations. The solution combines all relevant data and specializations, creating contextual information to enable end-to-end AI-powered automation.

IBM’s Concert Cuts Patch Time by 10x — Deutsche Telekom Goes All-In on AI Automation

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Deutsche Telekom reported a successful pilot implementation of IBM Concert, achieving a 10x reduction in a key metric “Median Time To Patch,” and going from 80 hours per critical vulnerabilities to eight hours.

“Security and trust are the cornerstones of success for all telecommunications companies. IBM Concert incorporates modern AI and automation technologies so that Deutsche Telekom can stay ahead of the dramatically escalating number and complexity of critical vulnerabilities across their Hybrid Cloud platform.” -Steve Canepa, Global Managing Director at IBM.

International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) is a multinational technology company and a pioneer in artificial intelligence, offering AI consulting services and a suite of AI software products.

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