Q&A with IBM CEO Arvind Krishna on why there's no AI bubble, his view that Watson's health care push was “inappropriate”, IBM's quantum computing bet, and more
Today, I'm talking with Arvind Krishna, the CEO of IBM. IBM is a fascinating company.
How quick fixes and old code in systems compound technical debt and raise hacking risks, requiring an estimated $1.52T to fix and costing the US $2.41T per year
Old code piles up and raises the risk of hacks and other breaches, even on new devices. Our compounding ‘technical debt’ X: @lessin and @humancell LinkedIn: Vincent Delaroche , Alan Balutis , Donald ...
Current and former insiders shed light on IBM's missteps with Watson, as IBM takes a less ambitious approach to commercializing Watson in the corporate market
IBM's artificial intelligence was supposed to transform industries and generate riches for the company. Neither has panned out. Tweets: @counternotions , @leapingrobot , @scottnations , @patentology ...
Sources: IBM's company-wide email migration, 18 months in the making, has left many employees unable to use email or schedule calendar events for several days
IBM's planned company-wide email migration has gone off the rails, leaving many employees unable to use email or schedule calendar events. Tweets: @markham , @jalajboy , @kebelledonne , @benedictevans...
Sources: IBM is exploring a sale of its IBM Watson Health business, which has roughly $1B in annual revenue and isn't currently profitable
WSJ reports IBM exploring sale of Watson Health business https://www.wsj.com/... Jeffrey Snover / @jsnover : I always considered Watson a pixie dust marketing ploy aimed at the low tech-competent exec...
As pandemic-related budget cuts come to call centers, organizations turn to chatbots like IBM's Watson to filter calls, reducing the need for human operators
Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review : Tweets: @_karenhao , @digi_ad , and @cortnie_cdo Tweets: Karen Hao / @_karenhao : Call centers have long been a frontier of workplace automation, but the pandemic ...
With its acquisition of Red Hat, IBM refocuses on its core strengths, rather than Watson, an AI push that was always more hype than reality
With its latest $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat, IBM may have found something more elementary than “Watson” to save its flagging business.
Twitter partnering with IBM's Watson team to “identify abuse patterns” among users on Twitter before the behavior starts, says VP of data strategy Chris Moody
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IBM, Salesforce announce strategic AI partnership where Salesforce customers will gain access to Watson services, and IBM will use Einstein internally
All these partnerships are making my head hurt. Ian Barker / BetaNews : IBM and Salesforce partner to help businesses make smarter decisions WebProNews : Einstein and Watson Team Up Andrew Nusca / For...
IBM integrates Watson into its security operations platform
IBM's Watson has ingested more than 1 million security documents and been tested by about 40 customers in a bid to make the cognitive technology a sidekick to cybersecurity analysts. — IBM said Wats...