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IBM ‘Considering Sale’ Of Watson Health AI UnitIBM ‘Considering Sale’ Of Watson Health AI Unit

IBM ‘Considering Sale’ Of Watson Health AI Unit

IBM may reportedly sell off Watson Health AI analytics business as it seeks to refocus around more profitable areas such…

4 years ago
IBM Pledges ‘Net Zero’ Greenhouse Emissions By 2030IBM Pledges ‘Net Zero’ Greenhouse Emissions By 2030

IBM Pledges ‘Net Zero’ Greenhouse Emissions By 2030

Big Blue going green. IBM announces 2030 target, and becomes one of 20 new companies to join the 'Climate Pledge'…

4 years ago
Hackers Target Covid-19 Cold Chain, Warns IBMHackers Target Covid-19 Cold Chain, Warns IBM

Hackers Target Covid-19 Cold Chain, Warns IBM

Firms involved with the specialist “cold chain” infrastructure required for several Coronavirus vaccines, have been targetted by hackers

4 years ago
IBM To Axe 8,000 Staff In Europe – ReportIBM To Axe 8,000 Staff In Europe – Report

IBM To Axe 8,000 Staff In Europe – Report

Big Blue is reportedly planning to lay off 8,000 staff across Europe, with 2,000 positions expected to go in the…

4 years ago
IBM Warns Global Business Services Staff Of RedundanciesIBM Warns Global Business Services Staff Of Redundancies

IBM Warns Global Business Services Staff Of Redundancies

More job cuts are looming at Big Blue as employees of Global Business Services division are warned of headcount reduction

4 years ago
IBM Hit With Another Age Discrimination LawsuitIBM Hit With Another Age Discrimination Lawsuit

IBM Hit With Another Age Discrimination Lawsuit

Big Blue once again accused of axing older staff, after another age discrimination lawsuit is filed against grandfather of tech…

5 years ago
Renault Rolls Out Blockchain-Based System For Auto Industry ComplianceRenault Rolls Out Blockchain-Based System For Auto Industry Compliance

Renault Rolls Out Blockchain-Based System For Auto Industry Compliance

Renault's XCEED system uses Hyperledger Fabric blockchain technology to create neutral compliance-tracking platform for auto components

5 years ago
Microsoft Bans Facial Recognition Sales To PoliceMicrosoft Bans Facial Recognition Sales To Police

Microsoft Bans Facial Recognition Sales To Police

Software giant follows IBM and Amazon with police facial recognition ban until there is national regulation of the technology

5 years ago
IBM Cancels All Facial Recognition Programs, Urges Police ReformIBM Cancels All Facial Recognition Programs, Urges Police Reform

IBM Cancels All Facial Recognition Programs, Urges Police Reform

Big Blue cancels its facial recognition programs and calls for reform and new ways to work with law enforcement, "to…

5 years ago
IBM To Cut Thousands Of Jobs, But Will Still Pay ShareholdersIBM To Cut Thousands Of Jobs, But Will Still Pay Shareholders

IBM To Cut Thousands Of Jobs, But Will Still Pay Shareholders

Another round of layoffs is on the cards for IBM employees, as new CEO swings the headcount axe, but insists…

5 years ago
IBM Launches Quantum Programming ChallengeIBM Launches Quantum Programming Challenge

IBM Launches Quantum Programming Challenge

Four years after IBM put its first quantum computing resources online, company opens access to those who want to try…

5 years ago
Coronavirus: IBM Pulls Annual Forecast As Client Priorities ChangeCoronavirus: IBM Pulls Annual Forecast As Client Priorities Change

Coronavirus: IBM Pulls Annual Forecast As Client Priorities Change

Worldwide pandemic hits software sales, as IBM warns that its customer priorities are changing and it withdraws its annual forecast

5 years ago
IBM Looks To Have Settled Age Discrimination LawsuitIBM Looks To Have Settled Age Discrimination Lawsuit

IBM Looks To Have Settled Age Discrimination Lawsuit

Big Blue looks to have settle an age discrimination lawsuit after it allegedly axed mostly older staff and move jobs…

5 years ago
Coronavirus: Folding@Home Volunteers Merge Home PCs For Fastest SupercomputerCoronavirus: Folding@Home Volunteers Merge Home PCs For Fastest Supercomputer

Coronavirus: Folding@Home Volunteers Merge Home PCs For Fastest Supercomputer

Folding@Home volunteers utilise home PCs to create world's fastest supercomputer to help tackle deadly Coronavirus pandemic

5 years ago

IBM Targets COBOL Skills Shortage Brought On By Pandemic

US states are struggling to find programmers skilled in 60-year-old COBOL programming language as coronavirus puts pressure on ageing government…

5 years ago

New IBM CEO Takes Over, New Cloud Boss Appointed

Big Blue appoints new cloud boss Howard Boville, as new CEO Arvind Krishna takes over the running of the IT…

5 years ago

IBM To Build Europe’s First Quantum Computer In Germany

IBM to build Q System One quantum computer at Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart, allowing European researchers local access the tech

5 years ago

IBM’s Outgoing CEO Ginni Rometty Pockets $20m

Nice golden handshake for long-serving CEO and chairman Ginni Rometty, after she ends stint at IBM with $20.1 million payout

5 years ago

Honeywell Plans To Launch Powerful Quantum Computer

High performance computing. Quantum computer to be build by Honeywell this year, and it claims it will be more powerful…

5 years ago

Vatican Joins With Microsoft, IBM In Call For AI Ethics

Pope Francis warns of commercial AI's potential to exacerbate societal 'asymmetry', joins with tech giants to call for regulation of…

5 years ago

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Steps Down, Arvind Krishna To Take Over

Long serving CEO and chairman of Big Blue, Ginni Rometty, is to retire on 6 April, and will be replaced…

5 years ago

TSB Owner Sabadell Signs IBM Deal After Botched Migration

Spain's Banco Sabadell sign $1 billion deal with IBM for it to manage the bank's IT and cloud systems for…

5 years ago

IBM’s New Battery Design Utilises Seawater

No heavy metals. New battery design from IBM boffins does not use cobalt and instead uses minerals extracted from sea…

5 years ago

Microsoft, IBM Join Forces With Linux Foundation To Fight Patent Trolls

Don't feed the trolls. Partnership to fight 'Patent Assertion Entities', otherwise known as patent trolls

5 years ago

Google Claims “Quantum Supremacy”, But IBM Disagrees

Google and IBM publicly clash after the former claimed to have achieved a quantum computing breakthrough

5 years ago

IBM Profit Slumps As Tech Services Struggles

Big fall in profits at Big Blue as tech services division declines, as does IBM's systems division

6 years ago

Judge Orders IBM To Hand Over Documents In Age Discrimination Case

Big Blue CEO Ginni Rometty ordered to hand over memos as part of age discrimination lawsuit

6 years ago

Google Claims ‘Quantum Supremacy’ Breakthrough

'Sycamore' quantum computer successfully carries out a task the fastest conventional supercomputer would take 10,000 years to complete

6 years ago

Hybrid cloud round table: Openstack, IBM, Rubrik, Scality, Capgemini

As the hybrid cloud continues to develop, Silicon spoke with several leading experts to gain their insights into current hybrid…

6 years ago