With the cacophony of announcements around Artificial Intelligence (AI) from many of the leading software vendors, you’d be forgiven for believing that each presents a unique direction to be investigated. The reality though is that while there are clear signs for differentiating focus, the hurdles and barriers for AI are common and the intentions and [...]
A hot topic in technology right now is Artificial Intelligence (AI). Many will have seen Google's recent Duplex demo or the work that IBM has been doing in healthcare. Vendor keynotes have been packed with AI capabilities and customer success stories. However, there are some other stories that should sound a note of caution, and [...]
IBM and Cisco have announced that they are to collaborate and better integrate their solutions to improve cybersecurity. In their press release announcement, the collaboration move will include: “IBM Security's QRadar, Watson for Cybersecurity, App Exchange, X-Force Threat Intelligence, Resilient IRP and managed security services, and Cisco's Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW), Next-Generation Intrusion Protection System (NGIPS) [...]
On Monday 6th March 2017, IBM and Salesforce announced they will form a strategic partnership centred on their Artificial Intelligent (AI) and cognitive computing products: IBM Watson and Salesforce Einstein. While many of the details around the integration are unclear this is neither a one sided, nor a Marketing announcement. A strategic relationship for strategic [...]
In recent years I have become very familiar with IBM's partnership with the Wimbledon tennis championships. Only this February I saw Wimbledon present at the IBM MobileFirst event at Mobile World Congress. Having heard so much it was great to actually see the IBM operation up close at this year's championships. It was also rather [...]
Watson finally gets to play Holmes IBM has announced plans to strengthen its security product line with Watson for Cyber Security. Augmented skills: a new path towards closing the gap Part of the challenge for many companies when it comes to cyber security has been the lack of staff. Even when they do find qualified [...]
We are entering a time of "cognitive computing" – the start of what some call the 3rd era that will include Artificial Intelligence (AI). Cognitive has been brought to the public conscious by IBM and its IBM Watson program. From winning the game show Jeopardy on US TV to advising Oncologists with patient treatment plans [...]
A few weeks ago, I was at the IBM Systems and Technology Group Analyst Insights conference in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. This is IBM's annual opportunity to lay out where it sees the future for STG. As part of the visit, analysts were given an opportunity to meet with a number of the Watson engineers at [...]
