Technology transformation and organizational change are a matter of diversity. One company, Magento Inc., a commerce platform that powers one-third of digital transactions (over $50 billion in gross merchandise volume) across the globe, decided to execute and deliver diversity. “We put a focus on diversity and inclusion, and by doing that we’ve increased the percentage ...

During IBM Interconnect 2017 this week, “The Cognitive Story,” a project that partners IBM Corp. with the Darwin Ecosystem, LLC, held a presentation on their research.  The compelling story is about a 29-year-old woman who suffers from Rhett’s Syndrome, a rare disease that mainly affects women. In her condition, she is an advanced quadriplegic without the ...

IBM Corp. is all-in on artificial intelligence and machine learning. The company provides a broad range of cognitive products for businesses of all sizes. However, it is also using its other product lines, such as its storage business, to assist customers in developing products around Internet of Things and machine learning. “We provide the storage platform with ...

There is no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to designing user experiences in the digital transformation, but IBM Global Business Services is offering organizations the opportunity to take advantage of its global reach, outcome-focused methodologies, domain skills and deep industry expertise today, according to Jason Kelley (pictured), vice president and partner, global business leader, solutions and design, at IBM ...

In the world of big data, storage plays a major role in how the enterprise can move forward with deriving insight into the business. IBM Corp. is making tape cool again with storage products that offer scalability, reliability and security at a lower price point. The company is also promoting “Flape” as the combination of ...

If bitcoin is the new currency then blockchain is the new bank. IBM Corp. recently made investments in developing blockchain technology and is working with the open-source project Hyperledger to advance the concept of blockchain throughout the enterprise. “Blockchain is all about trust in business transactions. There is an opportunity for the first time for ...

Data recovery is a 24/7/365 business. A simple tagline of “IT JUST WORKS!” led a 10-year-old company down a fast, high-growth path into the data availability market. Veeam Software Inc. can attribute its growth to its “always-on” availability for applications and data. Partnering with the heavy hitters of technology like VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud, the ...

In any regulated industry, moving to the cloud is a complex process. Many financial firms are running hybrid data centers and have an abundance of legacy systems they are trying to migrate to the cloud to capitalize on speed and agility. One worldwide financial services holding company, State Street Corp., is making the move to ...

Machine learning and analytics platforms are offering real-time insights to business stakeholders, and a growing partnership between Hortonworks Inc. and Microsoft Corp. is advancing the ability to achieve cognitive solutions for customers working in a hybrid world, according to Hortonworks’ Wei Wang and Microsoft’s Oliver Chui. The partnership between the companies had them betting big on Apache Hadoop and ...

IBM Corp. has made big investments into its Watson Internet of Things business. The company is producing real business outcomes and delivering insights through its billions of sensors embedded into a large number devices scattered around the globe. In addition to IoT, the company is doubling down on its artificial intelligence investment on the Watson platform. There ...