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Apple And IBM Team Up To Use Mobile Data To Save Lives

IBM has announced a partnership with Apple which will look to use artificial intelligence to gather medical insights from the huge quantities of health data collected by personal devices.

Big Blue Has Interesting New Mid-Size Box

Today, IBM has announced a new mainframe, aiming to bring more security to mid-sized organisations, without slowing down system performance - the IBM z13s.

Big Blue May Have Figured Out Way To Lodge Cloud Data Where You Want It

IBM's new cloud technology could allow organisations to comply with the data regulations in multiple countries by letting them choose where their data is stored.

Big Blue Opens New Dedicated IoT Arm

In fact IBM has announced the creation of two new business units, both to be led by Harriet Green, formerly CEO and executive director of the Thomas Cook Group and of Premier Farnell.

Big Blue Reveals Sluggish Third Quarter Performance

IBM has posted disappointing financial figures, with revenue falling more than expected and profit forecasts cut.

Big Blue Schedules UK Job Losses

IBM is expected to let go a lot of staff in the UK, the media have reported yesterday, including 123 out of 900 workers in its UK Labs team.

Big Blue's Mixed Figures Give Market Something To Chew Over

IBM has announced its 4th quarter results for 2015, which showed a slightly better than expected performance, still had a few shocks for Wall St.

Big Data Innovation Hubs Brought To UK By IBM And STFC

The new facility is in North West England and uses IBM Big Data and Analytics technology to provide companies the chance to solve problems and build a system to meet their needs.

Case Study: University of East Anglia's New HPC System Open For Use

Fujitsu & IBM HPC system hosts around 800 applications and 500 users, with an aim to attract 'non-traditional' supercomputer investigations.

China Approves Lenovo And IBM Server Deal

The $2.3bn deal has moved a step closer to reality, and Lenovo hopes to close it by the end of the year, once the stamp of approval from the US is also obtained.

Cloud Computing Likened To Running A Restaurant

Richard Garsthagen, director of cloud business development for EMEA at Oracle, spoke at Internet World 2014 about how to exploit the cloud to grow your business.

Giants Stand Against Net Neutrality

Sixty companies involved in building the internet we know today have sent an open letter to the American Federal Communications Commission, warning that killing Net neutrality might also kill thousands of dollars of investments in infrastructure projects.

Government And IBM Partner Up For £300m Investment In Big Data

The government has announced a major partnership with IBM, ploughing a load of cash into big data research in the UK.

Has IBM Found A Way To Game Moore's Law?

Big Blue's rocket scientists at IBM have come up with a way to create thinner, lighter and more energy efficient computers which are, at the same time, faster and more powerful. In the shortest and simplest possible terms, we're told.

HP and Google To Offer An 'Enterprise Siri'

HP and Google have struck a new partnership for the creation of a brand new digital assistant – not dissimilar to Siri – aimed at the enterprise.

IBM announces new European Bluemix garage to help businesses with cloud

IBM today announced the opening of a new Bluemix Garage in Nice, France. It is the first in Europe outside of the UK – intended to help enterprises of all sizes on the European continent to accelerate the design and development of cloud applications using IBM Cloud technologies. [see_also] The initiative is based upon making IBM’s cloud...