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Sep 23, 2020
By Kristine Long, 23rd September 2020 - We are currently living in an altered world. COVID-19 has shown the fragility of businesses across all industries, but particularly in the fashion and...
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Sep 18, 2020
Sep 4, 2020London, 4th September 2020 - Today, the British Fashion Council (BFC) is delighted to announce the provisional schedule for London Fashion Week (LFW) September 2020. The gender neutral showcase...
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Aug 14, 2020Incumbent Bill Kelleher becomes Chairman, IBM in the UK and Ireland
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Sreeram Visvanathan has been named Chief Executive, IBM in the UK and Ireland. He succeeds Bill Kelleher, who led UK and Ireland business operations since mid...
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Aug 11, 2020● Modernize applications using Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
London, 11 August 2020 - Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), the world’s largest Coca-Cola bottler based on revenue, has signed a multiyear agreement with IBM to accelerate its transformation to...
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Aug 5, 2020
London, 5th August 2020 - Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (“Health Board”) has today announced the launch of its Welsh and English speaking virtual agent, using IBM Watson Assistant....
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Jul 29, 2020Collaboration intended to enable government to design new cloud-based citizen services
London, 29th July 2020 - Crown Commercial Service (CCS), the UK Cabinet Office executive agency and trading fund, is taking another step towards breaking down the barriers to public sector cloud...
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Jul 2, 2020
London, 2nd July 2020 - The Royal Marsden, a world-leading cancer centre with hospitals in London and Surrey, has announced it has launched its first ever virtual agent called Ask Maisie, using...
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Jun 25, 2020The partnership renewal means IBM and Wimbledon will be able to seize new opportunities, with the next phase of their long term partnership centring on driving value from innovation with digital transformation, AI and cloud capabilities.
London, 25th June 2020 - IBM and the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) recently put pen to paper on a new long term contract. It was a natural development for a partnership that has...
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Jun 25, 2020New tech can get fans closer to action and help with a safe return
As live sport broadcasting returns to our screens, the British public believe live events should only resume when it is safe to do so, and they aren’t in a rush to get back to action according...
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Jun 15, 2020• Nationwide trains IBM Watson Assistant virtual agent Arti to handle common Covid-19 mortgage holiday queries
London, 12 June 2020 - Britain’s biggest building society is using its virtual agent, based on IBM Watson Assistant, to answer questions about mortgage support for those impacted by coronavirus....
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Apr 30, 2020Reach, IBM and Xandr offer cutting edge technology to increase brand-safe advertising opportunities for UK businesses with AI-powered solution Mantis
30th April 2020 - A collaboration between the UK’s largest commercial news publisher Reach, IBM and Xandr, AT&T’s advanced advertising company, heralds a major breakthrough for the news...
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Apr 30, 2020• Customers can ‘chat’ live online with TSB staff for the first time
London, 30th April 2020 - TSB has launched a new Smart Agent function on its website (www.tsb.co.uk), to give customers immediate access to the measures the Bank has introduced during the...
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Apr 16, 2020
Rolls-Royce, 16th April 2020 - Rolls-Royce has invited a group of leading companies to collaborate on Emer2gent, a new alliance of data analytics experts challenged with finding new, faster ways...
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Apr 9, 2020Free Cisco Webex tool offered with free training from IBM so that schools and charities can continue their essential work during the global pandemic
London 9th April 2020 - IBM and Cisco have joined forces to offer teachers in over 24,000 schools and staff in over 185,000 charities across the UK free access to video conferencing through use of...
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Apr 9, 2020
London 9th April 2020 - IBM staff with 3D printers are volunteering to turn their devices and skills to help alleviate the shortage of protective face visors for hospitals. Within just the first...
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Apr 7, 2020UCL and IBM collaborate to develop education programmes that bring new skills to the next generationUCL students develop projects using Watson Technologies on IBM Cloud to address challenges posed by COVID -19
London 7th April 2020 - University College London is pleased to announce the creation of the IBM Industry Exchange Network (IBM IXN), in collaboration with IBM University Programs and University...
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Feb 25, 2020
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Feb 9, 2020Next Big Thing: ‘Watson’ the AI tech that puts you on the pitch and predicted Mahrez’s move to Man City
The Athletic, 9th February, 2020 - The Leicester City right-back has taken up a decent defensive position alongside Jonny Evans when he suddenly dashes past me and out towards the touchline to...
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Feb 6, 2020
Nearly half of sixth form and college students feel "pressure" to go to university. Research polling 189 youngsters in further education found nearly two-fifths would even feel like a "failure" if...
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Feb 3, 2020Digital & Technology Solutions degree apprentices are making an important contribution to IBM and the digital economy.
At IBM, we have over 50 Digital and Technology Solutions degree apprentices, studying at University of Exeter, Manchester Metropolitan University and the Open University. Our first cohort of...
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Jan 30, 2020
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Jan 15, 2020IBM Cloud to help roll out new digital offerings at pace, while reinforcing security and compliance readiness
London, 15 January, 2020 - TSB today announced it has selected IBM Services as its partner to accelerate the Bank’s ambition to become a truly digital business with IBM cloud capabilities. The...
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Nov 26, 2019Two teams, sparring on a controversial topic — whether artificial intelligence would bring more harm than good — the Thursday night debate in front of 300-strong audience seemed rather typical for Cambridge Union, the world’s oldest debating society.
Except it wasn’t. It was the first-of-its-kind for this ornate, 150-year-old Debating Chamber that once hosted British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, US President Theodore Roosevelt, the...
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Oct 17, 2019
London 17th October 2019. Today Reach, Britain’s largest commercial publisher and IBM team up to launch Mantis, a new brand safety platform underpinned by IBM Watson Natural Language Processing...
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Oct 16, 2019
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Oct 16, 2019Following the P-TECH launch earlier this year, the new SkillsBuild platform reinforces IBM’s commitment to life-long learning in the UK
Around the globe, new technologies are rapidly transforming the world of work, and – as a result, the skillsets people need to be successful. To ensure an inclusive workforce, we must change the...
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Oct 14, 20192019 IBM Privacy study, conducted online by The Harris Poll finds that half of Britons have personal experience with data breaches
IBM today launched results from its 2019 IBM Privacy study across 11 countries in the Americas, Europe, and East Asia, revealing that consumers across the globe are savvy about what happens to...
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Sep 11, 2019In a world-first, students at the University of the Highlands and Islands will be able to earn a four-year Applied Software Development degree via the IBM Cloud
London, UK - 11 September 2019: The University of the Highlands and Islands is launching a new, first of a kind Bachelor of Science Applied Software Development degree in partnership with IBM to...
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Aug 1, 2019- IBM software products now cloud-native for public and private clouds
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it has transformed its software portfolio to be cloud-native and optimized it to run on Red Hat OpenShift. Enterprises can now build mission-critical...
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Jul 17, 2019Growth in Software, Consulting and Cloud Revenue; Continued Margin Expansion
Highlights Second Quarter: GAAP EPS from continuing operations of $2.81 Operating (non-GAAP) EPS of $3.17 Revenue of $19.2 billion, down 4.2 percent (down 1.6 percent adjusting for currency)...
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Jul 9, 2019Acquisition positions IBM as the leading hybrid cloud provider and accelerates IBM's high-value business model, extending Red Hat's open source innovation to a broader range of clients
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Red Hat announced today that they have closed the transaction under which IBM acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Red Hat for $190.00 per share in cash,...
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Jul 2, 2019
London - 02 Jul 2019: Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Moorfields) has launched a new virtual assistant specially designed to engage with patients and the public by providing round...
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Jun 28, 2019Only co-creation method supporting companies from idea generation to enterprise scale adoption
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that more than 500 businesses around the world have chosen the IBM Garage to help them power their digital reinventions with hybrid cloud and artificial...
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Jun 13, 2019
London, UK - 13 Jun 2019: The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) and IBM today continued the pledge of their partnership to leverage disruptive innovation to elevate and differentiate the iconic...
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Jun 12, 2019
12 June, 2019 | Written by: Jenny Taylor By 2020 the digital skills gap will have grown to a huge 500,000 people according to Europe’s Digital Progress Report 2017. At the same time, UK school...
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Jun 11, 2019Forty Recipients from Fifteen Different Countries Honored at Inaugural AI Women Leadership Event Hosted by IBM In New York City
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the first recipients and list of global women leaders and pioneers in AI for business. The list recognizes and celebrates women across a variety of industries and...
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Mar 12, 2019UK’s Care Response becomes first care provider to benefit, helping older people to stay in homes for longer
London, UK - 12 Mar 2019: Every day millions of people around the world take on caring responsibility for loved ones which can have a detrimental impact on the quality of life for the whole family...
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Feb 19, 2019
London, UK - 19 Feb 2019: BBH will be tasked with re-imagining all digital touchpoints, while IBM iX will take responsibility for the digital transformation of all Audi channels. The two agencies...
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Feb 14, 2019Ava answers 200 common questions to help first-time-buyers ease their way onto the property ladder
London, UK - 14 Feb 2019: Ava was created to handle the significant increase in inquiries from first time buyers looking to take advantage of the Government’s help-to-buy scheme and the added...
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Feb 13, 2019IBM's AI enterprise assistant is helping brands across 20 industries around the world reimagine customer relationships
London, UK - 13 Feb 2019: Watson Assistant helps companies manage the large and often wide range of customer and employee service inquiries they field on a daily basis. Companies across more than...
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Feb 12, 2019Tools and services designed to help businesses deploy new applications across hybrid cloud environments with security and efficiency
London, UK - 12 Feb 2019: The IBM Institute for Business Value estimates that by 2021, 98 percent of organizations surveyed plan to adopt hybrid architectures, but just 38 percent will have the...
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Jan 17, 2019Speeds adoption of cloud technologies and innovative business applications enabled by 5G, Edge and Software Defined Networking
London, UK - 17 Jan 2019: Building on more than two decades of collaboration between the two companies, IBM and Vodafone have entered into a new strategic commercial agreement. It will provide...
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Jan 8, 2019IBM to Open Quantum Computation Center for Commercial Clients in Poughkeepsie, NY
London, UK - 08 Jan 2019: IBM Q systems are designed to one day tackle problems that are currently seen as too complex and exponential in nature for classical systems to handle. Future...
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Jan 1, 2019Margin Expansion Year to Year in Fourth Quarter; Return to Full-Year Revenue Growth
London, UK - 01 Jan 2019: Fourth Quarter: • GAAP EPS from continuing operations of $2.15 -- Includes charge of $1.9 billion related to the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 • Operating...
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Nov 18, 2018
London, UK - 28 Nov 2018: A major part of this new relationship is the Joint Study Agreement between IBM Research and the University of Liverpool. This makes the University a key research partner...
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Oct 31, 2018
London, UK - 31 Oct 2018: The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has today announced that it has signed a new agreement with IBM for four years as an official partner of England Rugby. The union will look...
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Oct 28, 2018
London, UK - 28 Oct 2018: IBM and Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source cloud software, announced today that the companies have reached a definitive agreement under which IBM will...
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Oct 18, 2018Universities, Law Enforcement, NGOs and Financial Institutions Use AI and IBM Cloud-Based Traffik Analysis Hub (TAHub) to More Rapidly Analyze Incidents of Human Trafficking
London, UK - 18 Oct 2018: Despite an increased awareness of human trafficking efforts to manually track and counter the issue through legislation, preventative measures and enforcement, these...
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Oct 16, 2018Best Year-to-Year Gross Margin Performance in 3 Years, Reflecting Higher Value Business
London, UK - 16 Oct 2018: Highlights GAAP EPS from continuing operations of $2.94; Operating (non-GAAP) EPS of $3.42 Revenue of $18.8 billion, down 2 percent (flat adjusting for currency)...
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Sep 24, 2018New Watson solutions pre-trained for industries help people accomplish more on farms, in factories, and in offices globally
ARMONK, N.Y. - 24 Sep 2018: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today introduced new Watson solutions and services pre-trained for a variety of industries and professions including agriculture, customer service,...
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Sep 19, 2018New cloud-based, bias-detection and mitigation controls address need for more transparency in AI decision making
London, UK - 19 Sep 2018: The software service, which automatically detects bias and explains how AI makes decisions – as the decisions are being made – runs on the IBM Cloud, and helps...
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Jul 30, 2018- Managed platform to provide access to DLT-based services for financial processes on a single, secured network - Barclays and Citi among the nine financial institutions participating in the initiative
London, UK - 30 Jul 2018: On LedgerConnect financial institutions will be able to access services in areas such as, but not limited to, know your customer processes, sanctions screening,...
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Jul 11, 2018Study for First Time Calculates the Full Cost of "Mega Breaches," as High as $350 Million
London, UK - 11 Jul 2018: IBM (NYSE: IBM) Security today announced the results of a global study examining the full financial impact of a data breach on a company's bottom line. Overall, the study...
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Jul 3, 2018Koopman Logistics, Crédit Mutuel, Osram AG and other leading European companies tap IBM Cloud for AI, blockchain and analytics technologies
London, UK - 03 Jul 2018: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced agreements with six leading European companies that rely on the IBM Cloud to access advanced technologies such as AI, blockchain and...
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Jun 26, 2018AI pervasive throughout the organisation driving fan engagement & business efficiency
London, UK - 26 Jun 2018: In 2018, Wimbledon and IBM will put AI to work to change the way fans perceive and enjoy the game of tennis. By delivering unique and authentic content, in the moment...
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Jun 7, 2018RS Components launches DesignSpark Marketplace with IBM Cloud to accelerate design and market testing for small businesses and makers
London, UK - 07 Jun 2018: Created via an agile Design Thinking process in the IBM Cloud Garage in London, DesignSpark Marketplace enables makers, start-ups and small businesses to promote, test...
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May 16, 2018
London, UK - 16 May 2018: ARA new study from IBM (NYSE: IBM) reveals that nearly 60 percent of organizations surveyed are embracing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as an opportunity...
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May 1, 2018Digital strategy introduces artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to interconnect products, value chains and business models
London, UK - 01 May 2018: Wood and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced they have entered into an agreement to conceive and offer compelling new digital products and services that will advance...
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Apr 23, 2018
London, UK - 23 Apr 2018: The Ministry of Defence is to invest up to £80 million in an Air Command and Control System. Known as Project Guardian, the system will support the continued early...
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Apr 17, 2018Revenue Up 5 Percent Year to Year; Improving Gross Margin Trajectory
London, UK - 17 Apr 2018: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced first-quarter results. "In the first quarter we maintained momentum in our business, with reported revenue growth in total and across our...
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Feb 22, 2018UK-based online fashion retailer taps into IBM Cloud Data Centres in London to process thousands of orders per day for 4 million active global customers
London, UK - 22 Feb 2018: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that N Brown Group (LSE: BWNG), one of the UK’s leading online retailers, whose retail brands include JD Williams, Simply Be, and...
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Jan 29, 2018• Young adults lax on passwords, more comfortable with biometric and multifactor authentication
CAMBRIDGE, MA - 29 Jan 2018: IBM (NYSE: IBM) Security today released a global[1] study examining consumer perspectives around digital identity and authentication, which found that people now...
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Jan 10, 2018
London, UK - 10 Jan 2018: BT customers can now directly access a wide range of high-value IBM Cloud services BT today announced the launch of a new service to provide global businesses with direct...
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Jan 9, 2018IBM Inventors Receive Record 9,043 Patents in 2017 in Areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Blockchain, Cybersecurity and Quantum Computing
ARMONK, NY - 09 Jan 2018: IBM (NYSE: IBM) inventors received a record 9,043 patents in 2017, marking the company's 25th consecutive year of U.S. patent leadership and crossing the 100,000-patent...
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Nov 17, 2017New Quad9 DNS Privacy and Security Service Designed to Protect Users from Millions of Malicious Websites
ARMONK, NY - 16 Nov 2017: IBM Security (NYSE: IBM), Packet Clearing House (PCH) and The Global Cyber Alliance (GCA) today launched a free service designed to give consumers and businesses added...
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Nov 1, 2017New IBM Cloud Private software – based on containers, microservices and APIs –bridges Public Cloud and traditional IT environments
ARMONK, NY - 01 Nov 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a new IBM Cloud Private software platform to help companies unlock billions of dollars in technology investment in core data and...
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Oct 26, 2017Data Center Modernization Solutions Deliver Support for Public Cloud, Containers and Machine Learning
ARMONK, NY - 26 Oct 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced sweeping advances in its all-flash storage solutions and software to significantly drive down the costs of data and extend its solutions...
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Oct 17, 2017
ARMONK, NY - 17 Oct 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced third-quarter earnings results. Highlights Diluted EPS from continuing operations: GAAP of $2.92; Operating (non-GAAP) of $3.30 Revenue of...
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Sep 17, 2017The two companies have launched a new service that makes it easier and quicker for enterprises to move VMware workloads between on-premises environments and IBM Cloud
BARCELONA - 12 Sep 2017: Through a new agreement with IBM (NYSE: IBM), Vodafone announced today that it is offering an international service that enables enterprises to support the movement of...
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Sep 6, 2017A New Collar Approach to Help Fill Security Skills Gap
London, UK - 06 Sep 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today launched its latest cybersecurity training course for military veterans in the UK, in partnership with the Corsham Institute (Ci) and SaluteMyJob....
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Sep 6, 2017Army’s Logistics Support Activity signs on with IBM for Watson IoT, predictive analytics and cognitive computing for better visibility into equipment readiness
ARMONK, NY - 06 Sep 2017: IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced today that the U.S. Army’s Logistics Support Activity (LOGSA) awarded IBM a contract to continue providing cloud services, software development...
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Aug 10, 2017Working with IBM, HSBC has developed a new technology to help automate and simplify the processing of millions of documents used daily in international commerce
ARMONK, NY - 10 Aug 2017: HSBC, the world’s leading trade finance bank, is working with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to develop a cognitive intelligence solution combining optical character recognition with...
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Jul 21, 2017Pioneering research in “computational psychiatry” uses AI to explore disease prediction and assessment
YORKTOWN, N. Y. and EDMONTON, CA - 21 Jul 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists and the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, have published new data in Nature's partner journal, Schizophrenia1,...
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Jul 19, 2017• New data centers, including two in London, England; one in San Jose, California; and one in Sydney, Australia, are part of IBM Cloud’s global expansion, bringing IBM to nearly 60 data centers across 19 countries
ARMONK, NY - 19 Jul 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that four new IBM Cloud data centers are now open, including two in London, England; one in San Jose, California; and one in Sydney,...
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Jul 19, 2017Previously thought to only occur in the early stages of the universe and within neutron stars and black holes
ZURICH - 19 Jul 2017: An international team of physicists, materials scientists and string theoreticians have observed a phenomenon on Earth that was previously thought to only occur hundreds of...
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Jul 17, 2017• Breakthrough: Pervasively encrypts data, all the time at any scale • Addresses global data breach epidemic; helps automate compliance for EU General Data Protection Regulation, Federal Reserve and other emerging regulations • Encrypts data 18x faster than compared x86 platforms, at 5 percent of the cost [1] • Announces six IBM Cloud Blockchain data centers with IBM Z as encryption engine • Delivers groundbreaking Container Pricing for new solutions, such as instant payments
ARMONK, NY - 17 Jul 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled IBM Z, the next generation of the world’s most powerful transaction system, capable of running more than 12 billion encrypted...
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Jul 12, 2017Watson IoT Platform on IBM Cloud Recognized for Cognitive Analytics, Multilayered Security, Innovative Blockchain Technologies and Global Availability to Local and Multinational Customers
ARMONK, NY - 12 Jul 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that IBM Watson Internet of Things (IoT) has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide IoT Platforms 2017 Vendor Assessment...
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Jul 11, 2017
NEW YORK, NY - 11 Jul 2017: In a study published today in the July 11, 2017 issue of Neurology® Genetics, an official journal of the American Academy of Neurology, researchers at the New York...
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Jul 10, 2017Researchers worldwide challenged to propose up to five environmental science projects, for which IBM will provide cloud resources, weather data, and crowdsourced supercomputing
ARMONK, NY - 10 Jul 2017: As climate change accelerates, IBM (NYSE: IBM) is galvanizing the global science community with a massive infusion of computing resources, weather data, and cloud...
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Jun 27, 2017
London, UK - 27 Jun 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), today unveiled new technologies for The Championships 2017, marking the next phase in the AELTC’s journey,...
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Jun 15, 2017Watson Ads Experience For Prius Prime Available On The Weather Channel App and weather.com
New York, NY - 15 Jun 2017: The Weather Company, an IBM Business (NYSE: IBM), announced today the launch of the first cognitive ads for the auto industry. Toyota and The Weather Company have...
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Jun 15, 2017Combined platform for AI, bots and messaging advances customer care for large brands from analog voice calls to intelligent digital interactions
NEW YORK CITY - 15 Jun 2017: LivePerson, Inc. (Nasdaq: LPSN), a leading provider of cloud mobile and online business messaging solutions, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have announced LiveEngage with Watson,...
