Unleashing regional Australia’s potential with IBM Cloud Satellite
Author: Jason Price, Vice President IBM Technology A/NZ The current focus on – and migration – to regional Australia has been a long time coming. As working from home became the norm last year, many Australians quickly learned that they could work away from offices in the cities. “Tree change” is no longer a pipe […]
Using AI to improve the game-day experience for Manly Warringah Sea Eagles fans
By Jason Price, Vice President & General Manager – IBM Technology – Australia & New Zealand If you’re a footy fan, there’s a good chance you’re familiar with the feeling you get when your team finally scores– just when you’re queuing to buy a meat pie… That’s why we’re backing a new mobile digital wallet […]
EthiXtension wins Call For Code 2021 ANZ Hackathon!!
Author: Ally Haire, Developer Advocate, Hybrid Cloud Build Team, IBM The Cause “What humans do over the next 50 years will determine the fate of all life on the planet” – David Attenborough This powerful call-to-action to build a more positive and sustainable future is the driving force behind Call For Code. Founded by David Clark in 2018, Call […]
Three ways we can be better LGBTQ+ allies
By Katrina Troughton, Managing Director, IBM Australia & New Zealand A very happy Pride Month to everyone! This year’s celebration is particularly special for me since I recently received the CEO of the Year award at the 2021 Australian LGBTQ Inclusion Awards. Thank you to ACON’s Pride Inclusion Programs for the work they do every […]
Here’s how we clean up our oceans
Author : Tara Moody, Chief of Content & Marketing Culture, IBM APAC “It’s the most obvious thing in the world that no one had ever thought of.” That’s how Pete Ceglinski described the garbage can that Seabin built for the ocean. And now here I am, so inspired by Pete’s talk at IBM Think that […]
Australia’s first generation of P-TECH students join IBM
Jade Moffat, Corporate Social Responsibility Lead, IBM Australia & New Zealand When I first met Gabriel five years ago, I was introduced to a young, shy teenager with an infectious enthusiasm for all things tech, who happens to be visually impaired. Over the past five years I’ve had the privilege of watching his shyness melt […]
Technology and Ecosystems: What next for ANZ’s regulated industries in the race to transform?
Author: Jason Price, Vice President, Technology, IBM Australia & New Zealand Just over three months into my new role leading our Technology Sales organisation in Australia and New Zealand, and spending a lot of time listening and learning from colleagues, clients and partners, I’ve been struck by what an important juncture we are at in […]
Where are you on your Journey to Cloud?
Author: Dev Mookerjee, CTO Red Hat Synergy, Asia Pacific, IBM Global Markets Chances are last year you were working from home with a broadband connection being your work and social lifeblood. You have likely spent more hours meeting people on Zoom, Webex, Whatsapp, BlueJeans or other video conferencing applications than ever before. While we all […]
So your personal information has been hacked. What now?
Author: Chris Hockings CTO & Master Inventor, IBM Security So you’ve checked what your friends are up to on Facebook, ordered a new outfit online and just opened an email to find an urgent alert from your favourite charity. The email says your name, address and other sensitive information may have been compromised due to […]
Fractals – a way to see infinity
Ever wonder why a river, looks like a tree, looks like a leaf? IBMer Benoit Mandelbrot did. His quirky way of looking at the world led to the discovery of fractal geometry. Fractals have made it possible to mathematically explore the kinds of rough irregularities that exist in nature. Clouds are not perfect spheres, mountains […]
Why quantum deserves your attention
Author: Dr Mohammad Choucair, CEO Archer Materials If I say to you that quantum computing represents the next generation of powerful computing, does that seem realistic? Will it happen? Or is it simply the dream of theoretical physicists? I believe that quantum deserves our urgent attention today, not in some distant future. There are huge, […]
Deliver in months what used to take years
Author: Jason Price, Vice President IBM Technology A/NZ It’s easy to remember 2020 for what went wrong. But in many ways, the crises of last year are already creating hope and transformation opportunities, both for society and business. Over the last year, businesses have developed new partnerships, capabilities and ways of working. And from IBM’s […]