IBM and the city of Seoul, South Korea, have launched an AI-based virtual assistant for Seoul citizens using IBM Watson Assistant. The virtual assistant is part of the city’s “I Care You” project, which is designed to survey the changes to daily life and difficulties that citizens are experiencing due to the COVID-19 pandemic to…
Workday and IBM announced an expanded partnership and the availability of a joint solution to help business and community leaders plan, schedule, and monitor a safe return to the workplace for employees. As organizations begin to address how to prioritize safety in bringing employees back to the workplace, they must consider a myriad of factors,…
IBM announced the launch of Watson Advertising Social Targeting with Influential, a new solution that harnesses artificial intelligence (AI) to help brands identify influencers that best align with their brand values. The new solution within the Watson Advertising suite of targeting products marks an expanded collaboration with Influential, a leader in advanced social media technology. …
Verizon Business and IBM announced that they are entering into a collaboration to work together on 5G and edge computing innovation to help enable the future of Industry 4.0. The companies plan to collaborate on solutions combining the high speed and low latency of Verizon’s 5G and Multi-access Edge Compute (MEC) capabilities, IoT devices and…
EY and IBM announced an enhanced, global multi-year alliance designed to help organizations accelerate digital transformation and improve client outcomes, including leveraging the hybrid cloud capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift, as well as IBM Watson, IBM Blockchain and IBM’s 5G and edge technologies. Together, IBM and EY professionals will focus on helping clients modernize and…
Tata Consultancy Services, a leading global IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization and IBM have expanded their global alliance to help clients accelerate their digital and cognitive enterprise transformations to IBM public cloud using IBM Cloud Paks. As part of this relationship, TCS will establish an IBM Enterprise Cloud Architecture Unit, which will include…
Shell and IBM launched Oren, a global B2B Digital mining services marketplace platform, co-developed by the companies aimed at helping mining companies find solutions related to safety, sustainability, mine planning and operational efficiency. Oren aims to accelerate the digitization of the mining industry, speed up the transformation of mining workflows and build in more operational…
IBM, an IT technology and consulting firm providing computer hardware, software, and infrastructure and hosting services, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Spanugo, a US-based provider of cloud cybersecurity posture management solutions. The company said that the addition of Spanugo software will help accelerate the availability of a security control center…
Wipro Limited, a global information technology, consulting and business process services company, announced a collaboration with IBM to assist Wipro customers embark on a seamless and secure hybrid cloud journey. The company said that the alliance will help Wipro in developing hybrid cloud offerings that can support businesses migrate, manage and transform mission-critical workloads and…
Persistent Systems, a global solutions company that excels at delivering digital business acceleration and enterprise modernization for businesses across industries and geographies, announced that it has collaborated with IBM to help accelerate IBM Cloud Pak deployments to speed clients’ enterprise modernization. The company said that more than 2,000 Persistent engineers and technical professionals have been…
Computer hardware company IBM or International Business Machines Corp recently announced that it is planning to lay off an unspecified number of employees across five states in the United States. Incidentally, this is the first time the global tech giant is executive layoff exercise under the new Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna’s leadership. The company…
IBM announced that Vodafone Idea Limited has delivered the first major production milestone for core network functions on its Open Universal Hybrid Cloud, powered by IBM and Red Hat. The platform enables IT and network applications to run on a common cloud architecture – designed to deliver breakthrough ROI improvements through optimization of CapEx, OpEx,…
Bharti Airtel, one of India’s largest integrated telcos, announced it has selected IBM and Red Hat to build its new telco network cloud. Under the agreement, Airtel will build its next generation core network, analytical tools and new consumer and enterprise services on top of this cloud platform based on open standards. With the new…
IBM, at its Think Digital conference, unveiled its list of ‘women leaders’ in AI. It recognized 35 exceptional female business leaders from 12 countries, who are using artificial intelligence to drive transformation, growth and innovation across a wide variety of industries.  Research from a recent IBM global AI survey indicates that 34 % of businesses…
The challenges that today’s Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are facing are more complicated and critical than ever before, as these leaders look to help their businesses recover and restart in the wake of a global pandemic. To help them out, IBM announced at its ‘Think Digital’ conference a broad range of new AI-powered capabilities and…