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ASEAN Summit & the New Era of Computing
This week, President Obama hosted leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations – or ASEAN – in Southern California. The meeting was historic; the first-ever stand-alone summit between a U.S. President and the heads of state from all 10 ASEAN countries. As part of a broader strategic pivot towards Asia, the Obama Administration has focused […]
Watson A.I. XPRIZE, a Cognitive Computing Challenge
The partnership between humans and technology has produced some of society’s most groundbreaking modern achievements. Today as we enter into the next great era of technology driven by advancements in A.I. and Cognitive Computing that can learn, think and understand like humans, we’re seeing firsthand the power these technologies hold when it comes to making […]
Reinventing Securities Trading with Blockchain
Unlike some of my colleagues in our banking and financial markets teams, I’m no securities expert, but I’ve learned more about securities trading in the past six months than I ever would have thought possible. That’s because I spend many hours on the phone each week with leaders from securities exchanges and financial services companies […]
IBM’s Watson: Helping Sports Teams Make Talent Decisions
It is June and the the NBA’s draft looms large. The management and coaching staff of the Toronto Raptors gathers to consider potential draft picks and possible trade scenarios. Their strategy is to select players who will form a cohesive unit. No prima donnas. In the past, the staff would have gathered in a room […]
Video: The Preferred Medium of Communication, Learning, and Engagement
The emergence of video as a primary medium of communication is one of those trends whose impact we may only begin to comprehend after it has already transformed the way we perceive, learn, engage, and transact. Marshall McLuhan in the 1960’s introduced the ideas that the “medium is the message” and that everyone was going […]
Tapping Cognitive to Build a Culture of Heart Health in the Workplace
The U.S. spends more on health care than any other country, yet we are far from achieving optimal health across our population. Prevention is critical to changing this dynamic, particularly by addressing risk factors for chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and American employers can play a crucial role in achieving this. This […]
IBM and The Weather Company: An IoT Platform for Enterprises
When IBM announced last October that we were going to buy The Weather Company’s product and technology businesses, reactions were all over the map—from “IBM’s buying a TV station,” (not true), to “IBM is buying into cloud computing,” (not necessary; already there in a big way), to “Watson is going to predict weather,” (sort of). […]
It’s Time to Radically Overhaul Approaches to Data Privacy
It’s an article of faith among many that Millennials aren’t concerned about privacy, but a recent survey of people between the ages of 16 to 35 in the United States and the United Kingdom showed just the opposite. Eighty percent told interviewers from Atomik Research that it was “vital” or “very important” that personally identifiable, […]
How Weather-Commerce Mashups Are Empowering Retailers
On the heels of the National Retail Federation (NRF) annual convention and EXPO, the retail industry is abuzz about what trends will dominate 2016. One of the fastest growing trends in retail today isn’t a new shirt, shoe or accessory, it’s the “data mashup.” This is the process of combining, correlating and analyzing different internal […]
IBM Design Thinking: A Framework To Help Teams Continuously Understand and Deliver
Two years ago, after IBM executives decided to build a new application development platform for cloud computing, we tore up our old product development playbook. In its place, we developed a new approach: IBM Design Thinking. Following this new framework, IBM’s designers, developers, marketers and others combined forces to create Bluemix, which reimagines the cloud […]
Analytics-based Insights from Experimental Retail Lab in Shanghai
This week at the National Retail Federation’s annual “Big Show,” thousands of retailers are coming together to meet with and learn from their peers. Much of the conversation will focus on the future of this industry, which has already shifted so dramatically in the recent decade as technology has changed both business models and consumer […]
How Mobile Apps Are Improving Government Engagement
More than 90 percent of American adults own a cell phone, most of which are smartphones. On average, we have about 40 mobile apps on our phones, helping us search for things like where to eat and shop, or what the day’s forecast will bring. Government agencies are getting in the game too. Want to know […]