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Walmart, IBM and Tsinghua University Explore the Use of Blockchain to Help Bring Safer Food to Dinner Tables Across China

By Guest PostOctober 19, 2016Technologyblockchain, bridget van kralingen, China, chinese consumers, frank yiannas, hyperledger project fabric, ibm, linux foundation, safer food, tsinghua university, walmart

Global retailer joins pilot project with academics and technology experts to showcase leadership in food traceability efforts

BEIJING – 19 Oct 2016: As Walmart opened its new Walmart Food Safety Collaboration Center in Beijing today, IBM, Walmart and Tsinghua University announced a collaboration to improve the way food is tracked, transported and sold to consumers across China. By harnessing the power of blockchain technology designed to generate transparency and efficiency in supply chain record-keeping, this work aims to help enhance the safety of food on the tables of Chinese consumers. (more…)

IBM’s Watson Helps Employees Tackle Cancer

By Guest PostOctober 11, 2016Health, Technologybest doctors, cafewell concierge, employees, ibm, kyu rhee, network, tackle cancer, watson

IBM makes Watson available as health benefit to help employees fighting cancer, in collaboration with Best Doctors

Armonk, NY – 11 Oct 2016: IBM today announced that many IBM U.S. employees fighting cancer will be able to tap into Watson for insights into their cancer treatment as well as potential clinical trial options. Through a unique collaboration with Best Doctors, an expert clinical consultation provider, qualifying IBMers and their family members will have access to Watson’s suite of oncology offerings for insights on cancer treatment options, when covered under IBM’s U.S. medical plan. The benefit will be available as of January 1, 2017. (more…)

IBM Announces Planned Acquisition of Promontory to Transform Regulatory Compliance with Watson

By Guest PostSeptember 29, 2016Technologyacquisition, bridget van kralingen, eugene ludwig, financial group, ibm, promontory, watson

Promontory’s 600 professionals and offerings will form the foundation of new Watson Financial Services portfolio from IBM’s Industry Platforms business

ARMONK, N.Y. – 29 Sep 2016: IBM today announced plans to acquire Promontory Financial Group, a global market-leading risk management and regulatory compliance consulting firm. Upon close, the capabilities of Promontory combined with IBM’s deep industry expertise and Watson’s cognitive capabilities will directly address the massive operational effort and manual cost of escalating regulation and risk management requirements. (more…)

IBM Lab-on-a-Chip Breakthrough Aims to Help Physicians Detect Cancer and Diseases at the Nanoscale

By Guest PostAugust 1, 2016Health, Technologybiological particles, cancernanoscale, carlos cordon cardoseparate, chip breakthroug, detect, gustavo stolovitzky, ibm

IBM scientists will collaborate with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to test on prostate cancer

Yorktown Heights, N.Y. – 01 Aug 2016: IBM scientists have developed a new lab-on-a-chip technology that can, for the first time, separate biological particles at the nanoscale and could help enable physicians to detect diseases such as cancer before symptoms appear. (more…)

IBM Intensifies Fight Against Zika

By Guest PostJuly 27, 2016Health, Technologyaedes aegypti larvae, brazil, fight against zika, ibm, openzika project, oswaldo cruz foundation, primary mosquito

Shares cloud and analytics technology and expertise with science and public health community

ARMONK, NY – 27 Jul 2016: IBM today announced that it is committing powerful resources, technology and pro bono expertise to help scientists, the public health community, and humanitarian agencies in the fight against the Zika virus. As part of its IBM Impact Grant programs, IBM is providing technology and talent to Brazil’s Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), a research institution affiliated with the Brazilian Ministry of Health and one the most prominent science and technology health institution in Latin America. Fiocruz plans to help track the spread of Zika by using technology developed by IBM to analyze clues ranging from anecdotal observations recorded by the general public on social media, to official data about human travel patterns. (more…)

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and IBM Collaborate to Build Brain-Inspired Supercomputer

By Guest PostMarch 29, 2016Technologybrain inspired, dharmendra s modha, ibm, jim brase, lawrence livermore, llnl program, sequoia supercomputer, supercomputer

Chip-architecture breakthrough accelerates path to exascale computing; Helps computers tackle complex, cognitive tasks such as pattern recognition and sensory processing

LIVERMORE, Calif. and ARMONK, N.Y. – 29 Mar 2016: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) today announced it has purchased a first-of-a-kind brain-inspired supercomputing platform for deep learning inference developed by IBM Research. Based on a breakthrough neurosynaptic computer chip called IBM TrueNorth, the scalable platform will process the equivalent of 16 million neurons and 4 billion synapses and consume the energy equivalent of a tablet computer – a mere 2.5 watts of power for the 16 TrueNorth chips. The brain-like, neural network design of the IBM Neuromorphic System is able to infer complex cognitive tasks such as pattern recognition and integrated sensory processing far more efficiently than conventional chips. (more…)

Tuberculosis Study Launched, Powered By Citizen Scientists on IBM’s World Community Grid

By Guest PostMarch 24, 2016Health, Technologyhelp stop tb, ibm, project, tuberculosis

Crowdsourced research project led by University of Nottingham will help scientists better understand and address one of world’s deadliest diseases

ARMONK, NY & NOTTINGHAM, UK – 24 Mar 2016: IBM’s World Community Grid and scientists at the University of Nottingham are launching a study to address tuberculosis, one of the world’s most deadly diseases. It is expected that hundreds of thousands of volunteers will donate vast computing resources to aid this effort facilitated by IBM. (more…)

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