IBM

Sanjay Brahmawar will become QAD's new CEO on March 17, succeeding Anton Chilton, with a focus on driving growth through product innovation and customer success, while the company continues to enhance its offerings with integrated solutions and advanced technologies like AI.

Cloud Platform and Technology

IBM Acquires HashiCorp, Enhancing Hybrid Cloud and AI Capabilities

IBM has completed its acquisition of HashiCorp for $6.4 billion, aiming to enhance its hybrid cloud and AI capabilities through the integration of HashiCorp's automation and security products, ultimately helping clients optimize and secure their cloud infrastructure.

abstract image of lights | integration strategy

Data and Data Management

The Quantum Leap: How Quantum Computing Will Transform Enterprise Software

Enterprise software is poised for a transformation due to quantum computing, which enables faster data analysis and optimization that outpaces traditional computing, with major companies like IBM, Google, and Microsoft spearheading research and pilot programs while addressing challenges such as hardware limitations and talent shortages.

Cloud Platform and Technology

AWS Aims to Speed Cloud Adoption with Trust Center

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched the AWS Trust Center, a comprehensive online resource that provides essential security insights, compliance certifications, and real-time updates to enhance transparency and trust for customers transitioning to cloud-based systems, addressing key security concerns that influence cloud adoption.

Diriyah Company Embraces a Smart City Future with IBM Maximo

Enterprise Asset Management

Diriyah embraces a Smart City future with IBM Maximo

Diriyah Company has selected IBM Maximo Application Suite for asset management in its $63.2 billion Diriyah Project, a smart city development near Riyadh, leveraging AI-driven capabilities for optimized performance and predictive maintenance to enhance operational reliability and sustainability.

Accenture invests in Workhelix to prepare workforces for Gen AI

Analytics and AI

IBM and e& collaborate to enhance AI ethics and compliance

e& partners with IBM to create a multi-model AI governance solution aimed at enhancing AI compliance, ethical oversight, and transparency, leveraging IBM's watsonx.governance platform to address risks and optimize AI performance as part of their ongoing collaboration.

image of person and robot at computer | AI in HR

Analytics and AI

HR, Diversity and GenAI: The dream team of the future

Reshma Mahapatra of IBM UKI emphasizes the transformative role of GenAI in HR, advocating for diversity and ethical innovation to reshape technology's impact on organizations, where GenAI serves as a partner to enhance human potential rather than replace it.

IBM office building | IBM announces expansion to its software portfolio in AWS marketplace

Product Lifecycle Management

IBM and L’Oréal to Build AI Model to Advance Sustainable Cosmetics

IBM and L'Oréal have partnered to utilize IBM's GenAI technology for enhancing sustainable cosmetic formulations, aiming to create a custom AI model that will improve product development and reduce waste while meeting L'Oréal's sustainability targets.

IBM building | IBM earns AWS Generative AI Competency award

Cloud Platform and Technology

IBM raises Oracle public sector reach with Applications Software Technology deal

IBM intends to acquire Applications Software Technology LLC, enhancing its Oracle cloud solutions expertise for public sector clients and building on its previous acquisition of Accelalpha to drive digital transformation across North America, the UK, and Ireland.

Supply Chain Management

Walmart and IBM accelerate last-mile delivery in new collaboration

Walmart GoLocal has partnered with IBM to integrate its last-mile delivery services into IBM Sterling Order Management, providing retailers with enhanced delivery solutions and streamlined operational workflows.

Cloud Platform and Technology

The IBM-Oracle-Accelalpha partnership poised for the era of business transformation

The recent partnership between IBM and Accelalpha, finalized with IBM's acquisition of the Oracle-services provider, aims to enhance client success through improved business vitality and expanded capabilities in finance and supply chain across key global markets, while also leveraging Generative AI to drive innovative solutions.

ERP Strategy and Planning

The ERP Today Awards 2024: Celebrating Leaders and Disruptors

The ERP Today Awards 2024, held at The Park Plaza London Riverbank, celebrated innovations and leaders in the enterprise technology sector, with Codestone winning Transformation Project of the Year, SAP being named Vendor of the Year, and various companies recognized for excellence in areas including customer experience, finance solutions, HR tech, and operational innovation.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Alpha acceleration in digital transformation: The IBM-Accelalpha deal

What synergies will IBM’s recent acquisition of Accelalpha bring to clients and the Oracle ecosystem?

Enterprise Asset Management

IBM Maximo: what’s the latest buzz for Big Blue EAM?

IBM Maximo is enhancing its Enterprise Asset Management capabilities through the acquisition of Prescinto, introducing advanced AI-driven solutions for asset performance monitoring and management, while its latest software updates support sustainability efforts in line with environmental goals.

Human Capital Management

Embracing the future of enterprise UX with Oracle Redwood UI

Oracle has introduced Oracle Redwood, a user experience framework to transform business interactions with technology.

futuristic 3D render of letters "AI" in blue colour with yellow background | IBM AWS GenAI partnership

Analytics and AI

IBM and AWS partner to scale responsible GenAI

IBM and AWS will reveal their collaboration at AWS re:Invent, focusing on integrating IBM Granite AI models within AWS platforms like SageMaker and Bedrock to enhance responsible AI adoption and showcase new governance and automation capabilities.

Image of a red Person looking up at a tangled web of string with different keys hanging throughout. | Accelalpha Oracle implementation

Cloud Platform and Technology

“No implementation is the same” says Accelalpha partner, shares three Oracle stories

Accelalpha partner Joe Spear shares three different Oracle Cloud implementations across various industries, highlighting unique transformation challenges faced by a consumer packaged goods company, a global shipbuilding firm, and a billion-dollar advertising agency.

Watch out for SAP silos in your cybersecurity

Human Capital Management

IBM-Oracle: Skills Gap biggest hurdle for AI Adoption

Computing costs and data privacy concerns are not the only barriers for AI adoption in this so-called "Age of GenAI".

Cloud Platform and Technology

NTT and IBM’s SimpliZCloud to support data for financial services

NTT Data and IBM launched SimpliZCloud ,a hybrid cloud service designed to enhance cloud transformation for financial institutions by optimizing costs and supporting critical workloads with a secure and scalable infrastructure on IBM’s LinuxONE.

Data and Data Management

Salesforce unveils new Agentforce solutions at Dreamforce

Salesforce launched new Agentforce solutions at Dreamforce 2024, showcasing AI capabilities through an Agentforce Launch zone where attendees can build AI agents, utilizing a new low-code interface, with plans to empower one billion agents by the end of 2025.

Small ships heading towards bigger ship in the ocean | IBM Oracle Accelalpha

Cloud Platform and Technology

All aboard IBM: Big Blue to acquire Oracle consultancy Accelalpha

IBM has announced its intention to acquire Accelalpha, a global Oracle Cloud Applications consultancy, to enhance its capabilities in supply chain, finance, and cloud application adoption, marking its fifth acquisition this year.

image of hand holding leaf | JLL and IBM Envizi team up to supercharge CRE sustainability

Enterprise Asset Management

IBM and real estate company JLL launch sustainability solution

BM and JLL announced a global sustainability solution using IBM Envizi software to enhance JLL's decarbonization services for commercial real estate, addressing ESG requirements.

Cloud Platform and Technology

IBM earns AWS Generative AI Competency award

IBM Consulting has earned the AWS Generative AI Competency, highlighting their expertise in using AWS AI services to drive business transformations and innovation.

From Roger Federer’s opening match in the 2018 Championships at Wimbledon against Dusan Lajovic of Serbia. | Wimbledon

Analytics and AI

IBM serves Wimbledon with GenAI app to enhance the fan experience

IBM and The All England Lawn Tennis Club have launched a new feature for the Wimbledon digital experience that leverages match data with GenAI from watsonx

image of mountain in clouds with pine forest in foreground | IBM and SAP

Analytics and AI

Up in the clouds: IBM and SAP expand long-standing collaboration

IBM and SAP have announced plans to expand their over 50-year collaboration and unveil new GenAI capabilities and industry-specific cloud solutions to help clients unlock business value.

Image of a couple on top of a snowy mountain, looking out at the landscape | SAP and IBM

Application Development and Integration

A long marriage made in innovation: What’s next for IBM and SAP?

IBM’s global head of SAP, Mike Perera, shares the wins and next step wonderings of an over 50-year-strong partnership, with cloud migration and emerging GenAI and Quantum technologies high on the roster.

Digital Commerce

IBM expands its software portfolio in AWS marketplace

IBM expands software portfolio in AWS Marketplace to 92 countries, offering AI, data tech and professional services for streamlined procurement and innovation.

the word "AI?" written on a whiteboard | generative AI

Application Development and Integration

Here’s how Oracle users can unlock greater value with generative AI

Organizations can better harness the power of ecosystem innovation in their Oracle ERP transformation journeys, Anindya (Andy) Chaudhuri, senior partner at IBM Consulting UKI, shares.

Cloud Platform and Technology

IBM signs agreements to boost Canada’s semiconductor industry

IBM and the governments of Canada and Quebec have announced an agreement to help further strengthen the country's semiconductor industry.

Human Capital Management

The Phoenix Group ignites digital future with HR ‘Thunderbird’ solution

Phoenix Group, alongside their partners at IBM, unveiled their transformation journey within the HR function, aptly named "Thunderbird."

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Analytics and AI

IBM and Spanish government to advance Spanish-language AI models

The government of Spain and IBM executives have met at the Moncloa Complex to reach a new agreement in the field of AI and supercomputing.