Announcements
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• 66% of UK enterprises are already experiencing significant AI-driven productivity improvements
LONDON (UK) 28 Oct 2025 – A new IBM study reveals that 66% of UK enterprises are experiencing significant AI-driven productivity improvements, with 63% of senior leaders citing increased...
Oct 28, 2025 -
LONDON (UK) Sept 30, 2025 – A new study commissioned by IBM (NYSE: IBM) has revealed that nearly three-quarters (74%) of people surveyed in the UK and Ireland are comfortable with AI-powered...
Sep 30, 2025 -
Two AI-powered robots played hide-and-seek in space – the first-ever direct collaboration between astronaut assistance systems from different space agencies
July 31st 2025 - Today, the German Space Agency at DLR and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced a robotics milestone aboard the International Space Station (ISS), paving the way...
Jul 31, 2025 -
AI/Automation Slashes Breach Costs by Over £600,000 for UK Firms
LONDON, UK, 30 July 2025 - IBM today released the UK edition of its 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report, revealing that UK organisations using AI and automation extensively across their security...
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Jul 8, 2025
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New IBM integrations to help businesses keep their agentic AI – and other generative AI systems –secured and responsible at scale
London, UK, June 18, 2025 - Today, as enterprises scale AI agents across their organisations, IBM is announcing the industry’s first software to bring AI security and AI governance teams...
Jun 18, 2025 -
- New 'Match Chat' assistant allows tennis fans to ask for and receive real-time insights and analysis during ladies’ and gentlemen’s singles matches
London 17 June 2025 - The All England Lawn Tennis Club and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new and enhanced AI-powered digital experiences coming to The Championships, Wimbledon 2025. Making its...
Jun 16, 2025 -
• Almost two thirds of CEO respondents in the UK and Ireland (65%) say their organisation is actively adopting AI agents and is prepared to implement them at scale
LONDON, UK – 3 June, 2025 – A new study by the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Institute for Business Value confirmed the era of AI experimentation is over — with two-thirds of UKI CEOs firmly believing...
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• Build AI agents in 5 minutes with industry’s most comprehensive set of agent capabilities
Today at the company's annual THINK event, IBM (NYSE: IBM) is unveiling new hybrid technologies that break down the longstanding barriers to scaling enterprise AI – enabling businesses to build...
May 6, 2025 -
Data Communications Company has announced its partnership with IBM to modernise the infrastructure that powers Great Britain’s smart meter network. As the Data Communications Company (DCC) works...
May 2, 2025 -
• UK received 25% of attacks IBM monitored in Europe, which dropped below Asia Pacific and North America to third most-attacked region
LONDON, UK. Apr. 17, 2025 -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today released the 2025 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, which reveals the UK remained the most-attacked country in Europe, accounting for 25% of...
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UK, London, March 20, 2025 – Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced the EMEA geography winners of the 2025 IBM Partner Plus Awards, which celebrate IBM partners who advance businesses, reshape...
Mar 20, 2025 -
IBM Consulting will deliver comprehensive, cost-effective managed services supported by IBM’s watsonx to Finastra clients in North America and Europe
London, UK – March 19, 2025 – Finastra, a global provider of financial services software applications, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled their collaboration on an enhanced cloud-based lending...
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• 80% of IT decision-makers across the UK, France, Germany and Spain (EMEA) reported their organisations have already made positive progress on their AI strategies in 2024
The IBM study, conducted by Morning Consult and developed in collaboration with Lopez Research, surveyed over 2,400 IT decision makers (ITDMs) around the world to assess the progress of their 2024...
Feb 10, 2025 -
• New data show quantum computing could increase productivity across the UK economy by up to 7% by 2045, potentially delivering £212 billion of gross value added to UK GDP
Oxford, U.K., 6 February 2025 – New research from Oxford Economics, published today, predicts that quantum computing could give the UK an economy-wide productivity boost of up to 7% by 2045 -...
Feb 5, 2025 -
Global survey reveals 75% of surveyed organisations pursuing a consolidated approach to security agree better integration across security, hybrid cloud, AI and other technology platforms is crucial
LONDON, UK - Jan. 28, 2025 - New global research from the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Institute for Business Value (IBV) and Palo Alto Neworks® (NASDAQ: PANW), found that surveyed organisations are facing...
Jan 28, 2025 -
Report finds 60% of UK workers’ skills are mismatched for their job and 43 million will need upskilling by 2030
Milan and London, January 24, 2025 As the global adoption of AI is poised to revolutionise industries worldwide, a new report titled "Educational Pathways for the AI Transition in Skills and Jobs"...
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Applications Software Technology’s deep US and UK public sector skills support clients' Oracle Cloud Application transformations
LONDON, U.K., January 16, 2025 - IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced its intent to acquire Applications Software Technology LLC1, a global Oracle consultancy. Applications Software Technology brings...
Jan 16, 2025 -
• IBM selected as supplier for major new network to connect emergency services communications
London, 15 January, 2025 – Frontline emergency services will benefit from a new communications network that will modernise how they work together, as the government announces a new partnership...
Jan 15, 2025 -
London, 6 January 2025 – IBM today announced that Leon Butler has been named General Manager, IBM in the UK and Ireland. He succeeds Dr Nicola Hodson, who will become Chair, IBM in the UK and...
Jan 6, 2025 -
New co-packaged optics innovation could replace electrical interconnects in data centers to offer significant improvements in speed and energy efficiency for AI and other computing applications
LONDON, UK, 9 Dec, 2024: IBM (NYSE: IBM) has unveiled breakthrough research in optics technology that could dramatically improve how data centers train and run generative AI models. Researchers...
Dec 9, 2024 -
LONDON, UK, 5 November, 2024 - Today, Moor Park High School and Sixth Form in Preston, Lancashire announced it was awarded a grant by IBM valued at £396,113.50 in-kind. The grant was created to...
Nov 5, 2024 -
Dublin and London, 4 November, 2024 – IBM today announced that Nathan Cullen has been appointed Country General Manager and Technology Leader, IBM Ireland. He succeeds Deborah Threadgold, who...
Nov 4, 2024 -
IBM Software Portfolio on the Azure Marketplace Expands Globally
LONDON, UK, 29 October, 2024 - IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that it is bringing the Apptio portfolio of enterprise agile planning (EAP), IT financial management, and cloud FinOps solutions to...
Oct 29, 2024 -
New location in the UK to help clients explore generative AI, hybrid cloud and other Microsoft technologies
LONDON, UK – Sept. 19, 2024 - Today, IBM and Microsoft announced the official opening of a new IBM-Microsoft Experience Zone within IBM’s Leicester-based Client Innovation Centre. These...
Sep 19, 2024 -
As quantum computers rapidly advance, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publishes new algorithms developed by IBM, in collaboration with industry partners, to secure data against potential quantum attacks
Two IBM-developed algorithms (NYSE: IBM) have been officially formalized within the world's first three post-quantum cryptography standards, which were published today by the U.S. Department of...
Aug 13, 2024 -
Stolen credentials and phishing were the two most prevalent initial attack vectors representing 27% of breaches in the UK; The use of AI/Automation cut breach costs by £1.06 million.
LONDON, UK, 30 July, 2024 -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today released its annual Cost of a Data Breach Report revealing the average cost of a data breach in the UK reached £3.58 million in 2024, as...
Jul 30, 2024 -
By Mohamad Ali, SVP, IBM Consulting and Rahul Kalia, Managing Partner, United Kingdom and Ireland
IBM announced it has acquired SiXworks Limited (Ltd.), a UK-based consultancy serving the UK defence sector and specialising in digital transformation in highly secure environments. SiXworks is a...
Jul 9, 2024 -
• Two-thirds of UKI CEOs say they are pushing their organisation to adopt gen AI more quickly than some employees are comfortable with
LONDON, UK, 29 May 2024 – A new study by the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Institute for Business Value found that CEOs face workforce, culture, and governance challenges as they quickly implement and scale...
May 29, 2024 -
IBM Security’s Martin Borrett shares his thoughts on how cybersecurity will be impacted in the age of generative AI. Please see the full article here in AI Journal: https://ibm.biz/BdmpVT
May 23, 2024 -
Dr. Nicola Hodson, Chief Executive, IBM UK & Ireland introduces a UK based IBM study on female leadership in the age of AI Advances in Artificial Intelligence have brought a wave of excitement and...
Apr 30, 2024 -
• New program increases the lifetime of storage investments with purchase protection and flexibility
LONDON, UK, April 25, 2024 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new storage capabilities that give clients choice and control in the data center to maximise performance. A new IT life cycle...
Apr 25, 2024 -
Strategic collaboration will strengthen Spain’s open and ethical AI initiatives to stimulate economic and technical efforts
Madrid, Spain – April 5, 2024 — The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Senior Vice President of IBM and Director of IBM Research, Darío Gil, met this afternoon at the...
Apr 5, 2024 -
London, UK, March 26, 2024 – Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced the EMEA geography winners of the 2024 IBM Partner Plus Awards, which celebrate IBM partners who advance businesses, reshape...
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• In 2023, 50% of UK cyberattacks used valid accounts as to gain initial entry
LONDON, UK, Feb 21, 2024 – IBM today released the 2024 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index highlighting an emerging global crisis as cybercriminals double down on exploiting user identities to...
Feb 21, 2024 -
• Newest IBM LinuxONE system is engineered to deliver cybersecurity, resiliency, scalability and AI inferencing for hybrid cloud environments.
LONDON, U.K., February 6, 2024 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced IBM LinuxONE 4 Express, extending the latest performance, security and AI capabilities of LinuxONE to small and medium sized...
Feb 6, 2024 -
By John Granger, Senior Vice President of IBM Consulting
Today, IBM is announcing that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Modern Systems and other application modernization capabilities from Advanced, bringing a combination of talent, tools...
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Jan 17, 2024
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• 37% of UK enterprise-scale companies (> 1,000 employees) report having actively deployed AI, vs. 59% in India, 58% in the UAE, 53% in Singapore and 50% in China
LONDON and ARMONK, N.Y., January 10, 2024 — New research commissioned by IBM (NYSE: IBM) found that more than a third of UK organisations with over 1,000 employees are actively using AI, placing...
Jan 10, 2024 -
LONDON, UK, December 13, 2023 - Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) signed a contract with the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) to help strengthen the Alliance’s cybersecurity posture...
Dec 13, 2023 -
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