IBM says the technology is ready for commercialization, just in time for the era of Big Data.
Facebook was either an amazing driver of purchases and traffic over the holiday shopping weekend or a complete non-factor. So which is it?
iPhones and iPads may be losing ground to Android-based smartphones and tablets, but iPad is still king of online content. And online sales.
Holiday shoppers didn't totally forgo long lines and early call times on Black Friday, but they did grab their smartphones and iPads to help them navigate to the best destinations, online or off.
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IBM has selected 31 cities for its Smarter Cities Challenge 2013. Seven IBM experts will be deployed to these cities to work hand-in-hand with local officials to inspire entrepreneurship, and implement a strategy for economic development.
Big Blue is getting even bigger with today's release, which takes aim and the biggest systems of them all.
Guest Post As we move into the cloud-dominated world, the issue of integration is made more prominent as enterprises realize just how many different systems are being used throughout their organization.
Even though 90% of our users are on Facebook, it doesn't mean they want to work there.
IBM is announcing today that it has taken the first real steps toward commercial fabrication of carbon nanotubes on top of a silicon chip.
It's time to understand those who are different. The global economy depends on it.
The company is positioning Watson as a smarter successor to Siri, Apple's popular (but often ditzy) iPhone virtual assistant.
IBM has agreed to acquire major HR software player Kenexa for about $1.3 billion.
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U.K.-based social gaming startup Playdemic has received significant funding, including $3 million the Watson family.
RIM is wounded, and predators are starting to pick up the scent.
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Imagine a functional, live, operational database living on separate servers scattered around the globe in say, San Francisco, London, Dubai, Moscow, and Johannesburg, simultaneously. Not synced, replicated, or cloned — but a single database without a single location.
Now …
While the world economy has been jittery in recent months, IBM was still able to pull off decent Q2 earnings with net income up but revenue slightly down.
IBM reported Q2 net income of $3.9 billion, up 6 percent versus …
Medical and technological advancements of the recent decade have finally paved the way to cure one of the most malevolent diseases: the common cold.
Scientists in Australia are using IBM supercomputing technology to simulate the 3D motion of the human …
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