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IBM to Acquire Instana as Company Continues to Advance its Hybrid Cloud and AI Strategy

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– Acquisition to help businesses use AI to better manage complexity of modern applications that span hybrid cloud landscape; Builds on IBM’s industry-leading AI-powered automation capabilities

ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 18, 2020 — IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Instana, an application performance monitoring and observability company. The acquisition will help businesses better manage the complexity of modern applications that span the hybrid cloud landscape. Today’s news further advances IBM’s Hybrid Cloud and AI strategy and strengthens its AI-powered automation capabilities. Financial details were not disclosed. (more…)

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Columbia University and IBM Establish New Center to Accelerate Innovation in Blockchain and Data Transparency

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NEW YORK, July 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Columbia University and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a new Center devoted to research, education, and innovation in blockchain technology and data transparency. To advance compelling new ways to apply blockchain and help address growing demands around data transparency, the Center will also include an innovation accelerator to incubate business ideas from entrepreneurial students, faculty and members of the startup community. (more…)

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IBM Brings Identity-as-a-Service to Hybrid Cloud Environments

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New Service Enables Enterprises to Speed Business Agility in Adopting Cloud Applications Across On-Premise and Cloud Environments, and Helps Improve Employee Productivity with Single Sign-On from Any Device

ARMONK, NY – 13 Jun 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a new service, delivered via the IBM Cloud, designed for managing how employees gain access to their preferred business applications.  IBM Cloud Identity Connect is a new Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS), which helps provide users with rapid access to thousands of popular cloud apps while enabling single sign-on (SSO) to their applications, whether from the cloud or on-premise. (more…)

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ATV “Georges Lemaitre” soll am 12. August die Raumstation erreichen

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Mit dem fünften Raumfrachter endet die Ära der europäischen ISS-Transporter – Interview mit DLR ATV-Programm-Manager Volker Schmid

Nach seinem Bilderbuchstart am 30. Juli 2014 ist das fünfte und letzte Versorgungsraumschiff der europäischen ATV-Reihe auf dem Weg zur Internationalen Raumstation ISS. Der nach dem belgischen Begründer der Urknall-Theorie “Georges Lemaitre” benannte Frachter, der ungefähr so groß ist wie ein Londoner Doppeldeckerbus und inklusive Gepäck mehr als 20 Tonnen wiegt, soll am 12. August um 15.34 Uhr Mitteleuropäischer Sommerzeit an der Raumstation andocken und für mindestens fünf Monate die ISS mit Treibstoff, Nahrung und neuen Experimenten versorgen. Deutschland war federführend am ATV-Programm der Europäischen Weltraumagentur ESA beteiligt und hat rund 48 Prozent der Beiträge des rund 3 Milliarden schweren Programms finanziert. Die Rolle und Bedeutung dieses komplexesten jemals in Europa gebauten Raumtransporters erläutert Volker Schmid, ATV-Programm-Manager beim Raumfahrtmanagement des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR). (more…)

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