Vijay Vijayasankar
General Manager of AI,Analytics,IOT and Watson Health for North America in IBM GBS . Proud Alum of University of Kerala . Geek, Engineer , Blogger and dog lover . Previously senior executive at SAP and MongoDB.
The future isn’t all what it used to be anymore
This is really difficult for me to say since optimism about technology making our future better is what has kept me going all my adult life. It’s why after a degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA , I chose to be a programmer . It’s also why despite multiple leadership opportunities on sales and […]
12 questions that I get asked the most about social media
A lot of people know me primarily through social media – this blog ( and SAP blogs in past) , LinkedIn , Facebook and Twitter . This has generally been a net positive experience for me. I have been stopped for conversations at airports around the world by random folks. I have walked into meetings […]
Math and Science in daily life – Part 2
Last time, we discussed how Pythagorean theorem helps us in every day life. Today, I would like to invite your attention to Pi , a beautiful constant (yet one we cannot fully measure) that is in practically everything we see and use. So, what is Pi ? The common definition is that it is […]
Math and Science in daily life – Part 1
In my job, I spend a lot of time explaining technology topics to my clients in simple english. Off late, a lot of such conversations are about AI, Data science, Quantum Computing etc . Those topics are rooted in maths and physics (amongst other things), and I often find there is some fear about math […]
Looking ahead – what jobs will technology take away ?
As with a lot of things like politics, religion and so on – the world is sharply divided between people who believe AI and Robots (or automation in general) will take more jobs away than it creates. I was drawn into this debate yet again by a few friends couple of weeks ago – so […]
Microservices – What have we learned ?
Yesterday, I shared some of my thoughts on serverless architecture and ended up getting a lot of feedback and a lot of it went back to SOA and then logically on to Microservices. So I thought it may be worth penning some thoughts on this topic as well. Microservices are not a fad – they get […]
Is Serverless for you ?
One of the more recent architecture choices we can play with is the idea of serverless aka FaaS (Function as a Service). Thankfully, it is not hyped like say Machine Learning is. But nevertheless, it is widely misunderstood – often leading to bad design choices. I am just going to list a few questions I […]
Hopes and Dreams of a new CTO
On Friday 1/19/2018, I got a new role in IBM services as the CTO for North America. It was an honor and privilege leading the CBDS business and I am very grateful to our team and our clients for a very fulfilling time. Pat Eskew and Rafi Ezry will lead it to greater heights and […]
Ten enterprise technology industry predictions for 2018
As of now, vacation has ended and I am back at work. I am starting a new role at work this year – more on that later. The last couple of weeks gave me some time to think about what is in store for our industry in 2018 . Despite my own misgivings on making […]
Technology in 2018, through lyrics of popular songs
I have been listening to a bunch of old songs this morning, while also taste testing different coffee beans I bought over the holidays. I am not sure why, but the lyrics keep giving me hints about technology. So here we go 🙂 1.Artificial Intelligence I can hear the sound of violins long before it […]
