by Angela Guess Eyragon Eidam recently wrote in GovTech, “While the images of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which an intelligent computer famously thwarts a human’s attempts to power it down, spark an unavoidable conversation, those working in the cognitive space say there is real potential for governments in a range of applications. […]
Escaping the Productivity Trap with Cognitive Computing
by Angela Guess Jacques Pavlenyi recently wrote in CMSwire, “The amount of time employees spend on collaborative business activities is estimated to have increased by 50 percent over the last two decades. Most of us feel crushed under a barrage of meetings, emails, chat, activity streams and more. Despite the endless barrage of productivity tricks […]
IBM Enables Brands to Deliver the Next Wave of Consumer Experiences
by Angela Guess According to a new article out of the company, “IBM today announced an expanded set of solutions and features including cognitive technologies that allow brands to help deliver relevant customer experiences. With these offerings marketers, merchandisers and e-commerce professionals can learn, predict and guide customer engagement at each step in their brand […]
IBM Demos Intelligent Data Storage System
by Angela Guess Robin Harris recently wrote in ZDnet, “For IBM, a world leader in AI, as their Watson project has demonstrated, applying intelligence to storage is a natural. We’re facing a data onslaught like never before. We’ll be generating more data than we have capacity to store once IoT gets rolling. Just as any […]
IBM and UMBC Collaborate to Advance Cognitive Cybersecurity
by Angela Guess A new article out of the companies reports, “IBM Research and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) today announced plans for a multi-year collaboration to create the Accelerated Cognitive Cybersecurity Laboratory (ACCL), which will be housed within the College of Engineering and Information Technology at UMBC. Opening in the fall of […]
Expert System and MarkLogic Join Forces for Cognitive Information Management Applications
by Angela Guess According to a new article out of the company, “Expert System, the leader in multilingual cognitive computing technology for the effective management of unstructured information, today announced a partnership with MarkLogic Corporation, a leading operational and transactional Enterprise NoSQL database provider. The integration of Expert System’s Cogito multilingual cognitive software will enable […]
Press Release: Smart Data Online Conference Includes Talks on Machine Learning, Cognitive Computing, and Artificial Intelligence
DATAVERSITY Education, LLC announced the agenda and opened registration for the company’s newest online conference, Smart Data Online (SDO). The event will be held online at smartdataweek.com on July 13th, 2016 from 8:00 am to 2:20 pm Pacific Time. Registration is free and attendees will receive access to the on demand recordings, slides, and materials […]
How Cognitive Computing is Reshaping the IT Landscape
by Angela Guess Scott Crowder recently wrote in Data Informed, “When most people think about artificial intelligence and cognitive computing, they think of futuristic technological landscapes overrun with evil robots. But a growing number of business and IT leaders are beginning to grasp how cognitive computing is radically reshaping the present IT landscape. This next […]
Cognitive Computing, Recovery, and Resiliency
by Angela Guess Mijee Briana Walker of IBM recently wrote in InformationWeek, “In the cognitive era, organizations are using technology to process data more quickly than ever and correlate results that could be difficult to imagine in the past. These capabilities are crucial for resiliency. Cognitive computing is changing how industries do business by providing […]
Natural Language Processing Poised to Have a Big Impact on the Data Economy
The stakes are large in the Natural Language Processing (NLP) market: It’s the high ground in the battle for control of the data economy and the key to turning silicon into gold, according to a report issued this quarter from market intelligence firm Tractica. Report authors Bruce Daley, the Principal Analyst, and Clint Wheelock, the […]