The Rise of the Health Cloud
In a world of increasingly connected patients and devices, the global healthcare and life sciences community has a renewed – and some would say sharpened – focus on improving patient engagement and health outcomes. As a result, many are exploring how an enterprise health cloud can support these efforts. What are they looking for? Health […]
Minding the Tech Gap for Women
We live in an age when technology is transforming every facet of our society. In addition to innovations and inventions that are fundamentally changing lives and spawning new business, tech is also creating entirely new careers in areas such as security, blockchain, AI and health care. But while tech opportunities abound in our global economy, […]
Sears Home Services, Golden State Foods Turn to IBM IoT
Experts predict there will be 20.4 billion “connected things” deployed by 2020. The billions of sensors on these Internet of Things (IoT) devices are already generating tons of data. Through exciting new innovations in data management and analytics, companies are beginning to exploit this data to cull critical insights that can be used to positively […]
Q&A: Accessibility Researcher, Peter Fay, On Leveraging Cognitive
Peter Fay is an Accessibility Researcher at IBM and is working on a number of cognitive projects, including one dedicated to helping people “age in place.” The IBM THINK Blog caught up with Peter recently to get his views on accessibility research, innovation and the next generation of researchers. The following is an excerpt and is […]
Connecting Innovations to Support the New Retail Experience
As customers walk into retail stores today some of the first things they notice are interactive kiosks and screens offering convenience and fast new ways to find and pay for items. These electronic displays serve a very useful, customer-specific purpose, but there’s much more to this story than what meets the eye. Recent data from the U.S. […]
The Digital Experience Kicks in at Atlanta United’s Training Field
In professional sports the experiences of players, staff and fans occur well beyond the game – from game day to non-game days. And increasingly, each one of those groups demand better digital experiences, from the moment they leave their homes. This understanding was at the core of our work to design and implement an infrastructure for […]
Class Act: The Move from Boardroom to Classroom
You simply cannot ignore the passion in Robert Hazlehurst’s voice when he talks about his job: engineering teacher at Castle View High School in Castle Rock, Colorado. “I love teaching!” he beams. “Seeing the way their (students’) minds work, influencing their direction, and watching them thrive. To be a part of that is just…great.” For […]
Bringing Cognitive to Bear in the Fight Against Poaching in South Africa
I’ve always wanted to be a large-animal vet. As a child, I was caretaker to Russell, the Dutch rabbit, two guinea pigs named peanut butter and jelly, more than 100 rats, mice and more blue-belly lizards than my long-suffering, but supportive mother could count. I’ve always felt a connection to animals and though my path […]
Introducing a Fast, Simple Way to Transport Data to the IBM Cloud
While cloud continues to transform industries and become the foundation for digital innovation, there is still a good majority of organizations that experience obstacles when moving data from their on-premises servers to the cloud. Speed is of the essence when it comes to data migration, but transferring large data sets can typically take weeks or […]
How Consumer Demand is Driving Media Companies to Get Personal
With an ever-increasing array of devices and over-the-top direct-to-consumer platforms, connected consumers are now clearly demanding high quality and personalized anytime, anywhere content experiences. Media and entertainment firms are now competing for three things – with each and every consumer – their time, advocacy and money. Consumers are spending more time watching video on their […]
Introducing Teacher Advisor with Watson: By Teachers, For Teachers
When it comes to education, data shows that deep knowledge and practical skills in science and math levels the playing field of opportunity for a diverse population of young people, regardless of zip code. Despite the fact that success in math in the elementary grades connects directly to achievement across all subjects, elementary school teachers […]
Bringing Transparency to Reinsurance with Blockchain
At IBM we have been demonstrating the increasing role of blockchain across industries. From finance, to shipping to food safety, we’ve shown the real value of bringing transparency and monitoring to the supply chain. We’re now bringing that same level of tracking and visibility to the insurance and reinsurance industries. Reinsurance serves, in part, to […]