Meeting the Needs of 21st Century Parenting
There have been debates about paid family leave in the U.S. since the 1950s, when my company pioneered paid-time-off for IBM moms at a time when women represented only 30% of the workforce. Fast forward to 2016, and nearly two-thirds of households in the U.S. had women as either the primary or co-breadwinner. The share […]
IBM, Zelle Look to Advance Peer-to-Peer Payments
The future of banking is fast, intuitive, and personal. In today’s digital world, it’s also a race to provide real-time transactions to consumers accustomed to instant communications and immediate access to information. It makes sense that as our everyday lives are transformed to reflect this instantaneous need, the payments industry is focused on bringing simplicity […]
Drawing the Cognitive Enterprise Blueprint
This week, at the IBM Chief Data Officer Strategy Summit, Fall 2017, we unveiled the Cognitive Enterprise Blueprint to showcase how IBM is approaching its transformation to a cognitive enterprise. In the Global Chief Data Office (GCDO), we have been focused on optimizing cognitive projects that are being infused across IBM business processes. We can […]
Transitioning to Retirement Pays Off, and Not Just for the Retiree
One day a week and one week a month, Nancy Knuckles gets to play the role of retiree. She has been working on her golf game, experimenting with the game of pickle ball, and she’s also been busy planning her two daughters’ weddings. “I wasn’t sure if I was ready to retire, and it didn’t […]
Breaking Through a Major Quantum Barrier
Quantum computing is at the threshold of tackling important problems that cannot be efficiently or practically computed by other, more classical means. Getting past this threshold will require us to build, test and operate reliable quantum computers with 50 or more qubits. Achieving this potential will require major leaps forward in both science and engineering. […]
Design-Driven Approach Geared for Government Agencies
Every day, U.S. government entities interact with millions of citizens in the execution of their core missions. And while missions vary among organizations, one thing remains constant: serving the citizen – the taxpayer, the traveler, the veteran, the student. Serving the citizen is and always has been the foundation of our government. But rapidly advancing […]
Migrating to the Cloud is Today’s Business Imperative
With some analysts projecting that within the next two years almost 85 percent of companies are expected to adopt a hybrid cloud infrastructure, enterprise CIO’s have a big job in front of them. CIO’s need to find an approach that enables them to migrate workloads in real-time and integrate their existing infrastructures to the cloud. […]
Faster, Easier, and More Reliable Digital Transactions with Blockchain
Digital payments have fundamentally changed how many of us conduct our financial affairs, from day-to-day purchases to international transactions. Consider the following scenario. From my home in London, I search online for present for a friend. I find the perfect gift; it’s from an American retailer, and once I enter my credit card information, the […]
How Poland’s Central Securities Depository Uses IBM Blockchain to Revolutionize AGM Voting
The advent of the Internet and mobile technologies has resulted in the emergence of unconventional economies, and dramatic changes in human behavior. Just think how often we now check our phones to engage with friends, share experiences, and connect with businesses using mobile apps. Digital transformation is forcing organizations to rethink their businesses in response […]
Paving the Road to Self-Sovereign Identity with Blockchain, Open Standards
Imagine a world in which you always have peace of mind that your personal information is safe. Imagine a world in which your information cannot be shared without your clear, explicit consent at the time of the transaction; where you decide who can access what information, when, and for how long. In this world, you […]
Bringing the Power of Deep Learning to More Data Scientists
New AI technologies like machine learning and deep learning are fitting ever more snugly into the shifting enterprise landscape. Deep learning in particular is being adopted by an increasing number of enterprises for expanded insights and with the aim to better serving their clients. Thanks to more powerful systems and graphics processing units (GPUs), we […]
Interested in Blockchain? Start Thinking About Talent
As more companies across a wide range of industries move from trying blockchain, to starting blockchain-based networks, demand for the technology’s skills is exceeding supply. Blockchain has been around for years but the tech itself is just a fraction of any blockchain solution. Companies working with blockchain are looking to hire more than merely software developers; they’re looking […]