Tag: IBM

April 7, 2017

A recent press release out of IBM reports, “Cognitive technology has far reaching implications in Human Resources – from hiring through onboarding to HR operations, employee engagement and performance. According to an IBM report, HR executives are already recognizing the […]

March 31, 2017

At the company’s recent InterConnect conference, IBM announced the release of IBM Blockchain as a Service. This service is based upon the Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Fabric version 1.0 and runs on IBM’s high security network which is underpinned by LinuxONE. […]

March 28, 2017

Each new release of DB2 for z/OS contains “autonomic” features that allow the subsystem to diagnose potential issues in real-time. These include the gathering of data distribution statistics in real-time, the ability to reorg databases based on performance criteria, and […]

December 20, 2016

IBM has reported first-quarter (Q1) revenue of $18.7bn, down 5% compared to 2015 – its 16th consecutive quarter of revenue decline. On a more positive note, the company stated its cloud revenuegrew 34% during Q1 2016 to $5.4bn, while sales […]

November 24, 2016

T-Systems, along with IBM and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), is being sounded out by Cern as a potential supplier of its €5.3m Helix Nebula hybrid cloud platform for the European science community. Twenty-eight firms from 12 countries are understood to […]

November 23, 2016

IBM was the only top security supplier to show growth in 2015, bouyed by the rapid growth in the Siem market, says Gartner Security information and event management (Siem) was the fastest-growing segment of the global security market in 2015, […]

November 3, 2016

When it comes to enterprise data visualization, IBM Software Engineer Rosstin Murphy thinks augmented reality trumps virtual reality. In his view, VR’s “transportational” nature makes it less suited to business applications. “It takes you and it sends you to the […]

November 2, 2016

Helping to address complex analysis problems, IBM has announced the general availability of IBM Graph, a Bluemix service that allows users to set up graph databases in the cloud. Previously offered in beta earlier this year, release was made public […]

October 26, 2016

IBM has announced with little fanfare that its Bluemix cloud development platform will gradually assimilate all of the SoftLayer portfolio of public cloud services, making them part of the Bluemix brand. Initial details were announced on the SoftLayer blog over […]

October 5, 2016

A massive DDOS attack and weaknesses in critical systems have put security concerns front and center in the internet of things. IBM thinks a technology best known from the world of bitcoin could lock down at least one use of […]

August 9, 2016

IBM Security announced a new app for its IBM QRadar security algorithm that analyzes the usage patterns of insiders, including employees, contractors and partners, to determine if their credentials or systems have been compromised by cybercriminals. IBM QRadar User Behavior […]

July 27, 2016

As more organizations adopt the cloud for their applications, developers and administrators are tasked with working with security tools that weren’t designed specifically for the cloud. Former IBM executive Lance Crosby’s latest venture is StackPath, a startup delivering cloud-focused security […]

July 14, 2016

IBM is cranking up the security on its cloud-based blockchain service. On Thursday it began beta testing a new high-security service plan for IBM Blockchain, with dedicated infrastructure for each customer. Until now, it has offered only a starter cloud […]

July 12, 2016

IBM and Cisco are partnering to form a suite of cloud-based workplace tools and applications infused with IBM Watson. As part of the transformation, the Cisco Spark and WebEx collaborative workspace platforms will be integrated with IBM’s cloud collaboration solutions, […]

June 15, 2016

The bad news is that data breaches are becoming ever more common. The worse news is that the cost they represent for companies is going through the roof. Those are two conclusions from a study released Wednesday by IBM Security […]

June 7, 2016

Building on its $300 million investment in Apache Spark a year ago, IBM is announcing new initiatives including an environment where data scientists can learn, create and collaborate with peers using whatever data science language they prefer, donation of new […]

June 3, 2016

IBM announced an expansion in its software-defined infrastructure lineup that is able to manage a wider array of data center hardware and software platforms, and turn up the performance of high-end workloads like Apache Spark. IBM Spectrum Computing uses a […]

May 10, 2016

It’s no secret that much of the wisdom of the world lies in unstructured data, or the kind that’s not necessarily quantifiable and tidy. So it is in cybersecurity, and now IBM is putting Watson to work to make that […]

April 18, 2016

It turns out world domination can take a long, long time. Back in 2014, Network World’s Brandon Butler declared that NoSQL was “giving SQL database vendors and users a scare,” and a year later InfoWorld’s Andy Oliver quipped that “the […]

March 10, 2016

Robert Bosch is taking on U.S. technology rivals by launching its own cloud computing network to connect up anything from cars to dishwashers via the Internet. Traditional German industrial companies like Bosch are looking to transform themselves from manufactures of […]