by Angela Guess A new press release out of the company reports, “IBM today announced it will empower professionals with the first-of-its-kind ability to combine enterprise mobile apps with IBM Watson for superior decision making. IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps can now be integrated with a broad set of conversational and cognitive capabilities to help […]
IBM and Quest Diagnostics Launch Watson-Powered Genomic Sequencing Service
by Angela Guess A recent press release out of the company reports, “IBM Watson Health and Quest Diagnostics today announced the launch of IBM Watson Genomics from Quest Diagnostics, a new service that helps advance precision medicine by combining cognitive computing with genomic tumor sequencing. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) will supplement Watson’s corpus […]
IBM Invests in The Internet of Things
Per PRNewswire, IBM has unveiled a $200 million USD investment in the new global headquarters for its Watson Internet of Things (IoT) business in Munich, new IoT capabilities around Blockchain and security and an array of clients that are driving real outcomes by using Watson IoT technologies to draw insights from billions of sensors embedded […]
Finland and IBM Partner to Develop Personalized Healthcare with Watson
by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “[T]he Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation (Tekes) and IBM today announced a partnership that will enable Finland to utilize Watson cognitive computing to help doctors improve the health of its citizens, and strengthen and develop the Finnish innovation and business ecosystem in the fields of health and […]
IBM Fuels Digital Marketing Transformation with THINK Marketing
by Angela Guess A new press release out of the company reports, “IBM today announced THINK Marketing, a new one-stop destination for marketers to gain knowledge, learn skills and ultimately drive a digital transformation within their business. Designed to help Chief Marketing Officers (CMO) and their teams build proficiency and experience, THINK Marketing delivers news […]
Visit Orlando’s New App a First for Travelers, Utilizes WayBlazer’s IBM-Watson Tech
by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “The No. 1 most visited destination in the U.S. – known for innovative vacation experiences – unveiled another ‘first’ for visitors today with the beta launch of a destination mobile app that uses WayBlazer’s IBM Watson-enabled technology. The new app taps Watson’s artificial intelligence to understand conversational […]
Columbus Collaboratory Announces CognizeR, an Open Source R Extension
by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “Columbus Collaboratory, an advanced analytics and cybersecurity company, today announced the release of CognizeR, an open-source R extension that can enhance and simplify how more than two million data scientists using R can access and build with IBM Watson. Now, data scientists can bypass having to code […]
21 Hospitals Across China to Adopt Watson for Oncology
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “IBM and Hangzhou CognitiveCare today announced 21 hospitals across China plan to adopt Watson for Oncology trained by Memorial Sloan Kettering, a cognitive computing platform for physicians to help them deliver personalized, evidence-based cancer treatment options. The initial 21-hospital introduction is part of a far-reaching, multi-year […]
American Diabetes Association and IBM Watson Health Join Forces
by Angela Guess A recent article out of the company reports, “The American Diabetes Association and IBM Watson Health today announced a long-term collaboration to bring together the cognitive computing power of Watson and the Association’s vast repository of clinical and research data. The organizations aim to build a first-of-its-kind diabetes advisor for patients and […]
Turning Human-Computer Interaction into a Conversation with Cognitive Computing
by Angela Guess Jacob Serebrin recently wrote in TechVibes, “As applications become smarter and more adaptive, user experience is about to undergo a massive change, one that will make the way we interact with our computers and devices a lot more natural. For IBM, whose Watson cognitive computing platform powers a variety of applications, the […]