UPDATED 19:22 EDT / FEBRUARY 24 2016

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The digital transformation picks up steam | #IBMInterConnect

The IBM InterConnect conference at the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas wrapped up its final day this afternoon. Guests had a chance to weigh in on many aspects of digitization and how it affects their own platforms, businesses, clients and operations.

“It’s been all about the digital transformation,” according to John Furrier, host of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, who spoke about the event’s highlights.

IBM pushing for digitization

The guests all spoke enthusiastically about the prospects of digitizing everything, as well as how IBM is pushing for that digitization. The increasingly sprawling Watson cognitive system, the API economy, DevOps, Bluemix, and integration were all explored.

Furrier cited IBMgo.com as an excellent digital place to go for real-time content from the event, live feeds, people and more.

theCUBE gems has been the highlight of the show as far as I’m concerned,” Furrier said. To see what he’s talking about, go to Twitter.com and search #cubegems.

Watch the full interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE and theCUBE’s coverage of IBM InterConnect 2016. And join in on the conversation by CrowdChatting with theCUBE hosts.

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