Backlash

Chinese firms are starting to review their contracts with US companies such as Big Blue and Oracle.

EU tips hat

Biggish Blue is set to get bigger are securing unconditional EU approval for its $34 billion bid for software company Red Hat.

Anti-trust issues

IBM has withdrawn an application for antitrust approval for a mainframe computing venture with T-Systems, the IT services arm of Deutsche Telekom, after the German cartel office took a closer look at the transaction.

Adding AI and more data science

IBM is planning to improve its Db2 database by bringing in more data science and AI functions.

AI and IOT could detect diseases early

IBM is using artificial intelligence and connected devices to find new ways to help people stay healthy, according to the outfit’s Japanese office.

IBM 360 Model 20 mainframe

Adam Bradley and engineer Chris Blackburn have rescued an IBM 360 Model 20 mainframe from an abandoned building "in the backstreets of Nuremberg, Germany".

Expanding research and careers in quantum computing

IBM has expanded its IBM Q Network to include several global universities to accelerate joint research in quantum computing and develop curricula to help prepare students for careers that will be influenced by this next era of computing, across science and business.

The cloud grows as people lose interest in mainframes again

IBM reported a bigger than expected drop in its first quarter revenue due to falling mainframe demand and a stronger dollar.

Another one

IBM's Chair, CEO and President Ginni Rometty, has said that the fourth Industrial Revolution is underway and it is shaping up to be one of the most significant challenges and opportunities of our lifetime.

For banking clients

IBM is taking its banking clients a step closer to cryptocurrency.