Lots of amazing things happen when you pack 5,000 people in a conference hall to talk about technology innovation and entrepreneurship.
With the ability to process up to 2.5 billion transactions per day, IBM z Systems mainframes are data-generating powerhouses: that’s why they’re favoured by large-scale enterprises. But massive quantities of data without intelligent analysis is the equivalent of speed without control.
From healthcare to education, IBM Watson is helping to shape the future of many data-rich industries. Now, in partnership with H&R Block, the cloud-based cognitive computing system will bring its capabilities to a process that affects almost everyone—the tax preparation process.
Across agriculture, automotive, healthcare, and beyond, IBM’s inventors filed a record 8,088 patents in the U.S. in 2016, cementing the company’s top spot on the patent charts for the 24th year in a row.
Cars are rapidly becoming one of the biggest components of the IoT. With their vast array of sensors and electronics, and inclusion of 4G data connectivity, they have become rolling data platforms.
Major companies like Uber and Under Armour are putting data to work, and the emerging partnerships and new app developments are having a bottom-line impact.
Five years after winning Jeopardy! on American televisions, IBM Watson can now become part of the television itself, thanks to the new experimental platform Project Intu.
It’s been just two weeks since IBM showed off the power and future of Watson in Las Vegas, and the company is at it again. This time in San Francisco, and this time with a deep developer focus.
The IBM Watson Developer Conference kicks off November 9th in the heart of San Francisco, and TechPORTFOLIO will be there delivering live insights.
IBM’s marketing, design and engineering teams are using Slack to collaborate and create new cognitive solutions.
“It isn’t a world of Watson: it’s a world with Watson,” said IBM’s Chairman, President, and CEO Ginni Rometty at the company’s World of Watson (WoW) conference.
Launched at the IBM World of Watson conference, the new platform makes machine learning simple with an intuitive, self-service interface for cross-company data collaboration.
Think about what’s in front of you, not behind, says author Amy Wilkinson at IBM World of Watson 2016.
Heart-SIGN will act as a data resource for arrhythmia research and clinical practice to help researchers identify specific needs, track patients, and measure outcomes.
IBM Watson, long touted for its potential in healthcare, is being put to work finding a drug to treat Parkinson’s disease.
Collecting 2.3 trillion GB of healthcare data is one thing, but analyzing it is the priority.
Dedicated campus in Munich, Germany will forge links between IBM Watson and the Internet of Things and employ 1,000 experts.
Province’s future depends not only on embracing disruptive technology, but also on producing and exporting new ideas, says Ontario Centres for Excellence head Dr. Tom Corr.
Incubator is focused on startups that harness cognitive computing and cloud technology.
‘China’s MIT’ ahead of Harvard and UCLA among the world’s top schools for surrounding tech ecosystem investment.