IIT-B and IBM team up on AI research
Published in AI
Thursday, 13 September 2018 11:18

IIT-B and IBM team up on AI research


IBM’s Artificial Intelligence Horizons Network now comprises eight top universities

The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) and IBM Research have announced a multi-year collaboration on research in artificial intelligence.

IBM still waving blockchain flag
Published in Cloud
Friday, 10 August 2018 11:58

IBM still waving blockchain flag

 

Despite corporates losing interest

Interest in Blockchain technology is fading according to new Gartner research.  

IBM Power 9 scales to enterprise server
Published in Cloud
Thursday, 09 August 2018 10:18

IBM Power 9 scales to enterprise server


32 to 192 core for enterprise cloud 

Data and making sense of data is one of the most valuable currencies for the modern enterprise and IBM plays big in that market with its Power 9. Now the company has announced a Power 9 solution for enterprise customers.

IBM Power 10 expected in 2020
Published in AI
Thursday, 09 August 2018 09:26

IBM Power 10 expected in 2020


48 core 10nm new architecture

IBM Power 9 is capturing a lot of business momentum and has recently launched in the enterprise market and it looks like the company is getting ready to launch its next generation Power 10  in 2020.

IBM tests blockchain with major banks
Published in Cloud
Monday, 30 July 2018 14:07

IBM tests blockchain with major banks


New platform

Big Blue along with foreign exchange settlement provider CLS, Barclays ad Citigroup and several other banks are testing a platform to access blockchain-based applications.

IBM's Watson still not Dr House yet
Published in AI
Thursday, 26 July 2018 10:55

IBM's Watson still not Dr House yet


Made a few mistakes

Hopes that AI might prove useful in medical diagnosis have received a bit of a set back after it was found that IBM's Watson supercomputer had been coming up with "multiple examples of unsafe and incorrect treatment recommendations".

Big Blue is back and beating Wall Street
Published in News
Thursday, 19 July 2018 10:57

Big Blue is back and beating Wall Street


Turn around looks established

IBM reported second-quarter profit and revenue that topped analysts’ expectations as it benefited from growth in higher margin businesses including cybersecurity and cloud computing.

IBM launches PowerAI Enterprise
Published in AI
Thursday, 21 June 2018 18:50

IBM launches PowerAI Enterprise


One software pack to rule them all

AI - Artificial Intelligence -  is certainly the IT business word of the year as almost every company is working on it, or at least thinking about working on it. IBM has just announced a new software platform simply called IBM PowerAI Enterprise alongside with AI infrastructure reference architecture.

IBM steps up AI efforts
Published in AI
Thursday, 14 June 2018 12:04

IBM steps up AI efforts


Digital brains boom coming

IBM is focusing its efforts on developing AI and cloud application solutions, seeking to explore immense application opportunities ranging from manufacturing, transportation, smart cities and healthcare.

IBM expands its cloud capabilities
Published in Cloud
Tuesday, 12 June 2018 12:01

IBM expands its cloud capabilities


New availability zones

Big Blue has announced that it is expanding its cloud capabilities with plans to launch 18 new availability zones across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.