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The AI consortium is built from the United States-European Union Trade and Technology Council’s Talent for Growth Task Force Technology powerhouses including Cisco Systems, IBM, Accenture, Microsoft, Google and Intel have formed a new group called the AI-Enabled Information and Communication Technology Workforce Consortium to help...

IBM has purchased Boston-based network and IT infrastructure automation company Pliant for an undisclosed fee. Pliant offers a platform to simplify infrastructure automation for software developers to quickly deploy API-enabled workflow automation in response to IT demands. It is its second acquisition of 2024,...

IoT is hard, man. Even talking about it, in any proper detail, is hard. Except if you’re talking with Ray Ozzie – over a breakfast croissant at MWC in Barcelona last month. Ozzie, the avuncular former tech chief at Microsoft, who steered the US...

BARCELONA—Artificial intelligence is dominating conversations and sessions at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2024, with telecom companies and their vendors all working to figure out—or support the exploration of—just what AI can do for telecom, both in terms of benefits and risks. "It's the most...

The big announcement last week from IBM and the GSMA about teaching telcos in the ways of the force – as in generative artificial intelligence (AI) – is not just about telcos. Or rather, it is not just about showing telcos how to use...

IBM Global AI Adoption Index finds three biggest barriers to AI success are limited skills/expertise, data complexity and ethical concerns Enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is on a major ramp and communications service providers (CSPs) are no exception. In fact the IBM Global AI...

For enterprise AI, “Flexibility of deployment is key,” according to IBM CEO Arvind Krishna IBM this week reported a 4% year-over-year increase in revenue to $17.4 billion in the fourth quarter, and full-year revenue up 2% to $61.9. In prepared remarks, CEO Arvind Krishana primarily...

Employee re-skilling and regulation are key AI considerations; the CEOs of Accenture, IBM and Qualcomm share AI outlooks form the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Generative artificial intelligence (gen AI), how it works, how it should work, who should care, why and what it all...

Software AG, the second biggest Germany-based provider of business software after SAP, has agreed the sale of its StreamSets and webMethods businesses to IBM for €2.13 billion ($2.3 billion). The firm, sold to private equity group Silver Lake in October for €2.6 billion, retains...

Where are some starting points for telco investment? Stephen Rose, IBM's general manager for Telco, Media, Entertainment and Distribution, recently outlined three areas where telecom network providers can begin to target investments and focus their strategies to bring AI into their operations -- and all...

Sixty-four percent of surveyed CEOs face pressure to adopt Generative AI Artificial Intelligence has been with us in various forms for decades. A decade ago, IBM Watson seemed to have a lock on AI with this new technology. Then, it all slipped through their fingers...

With AIOps growing in the telecom space, many are wondering just how much autonomy these tools will be given To keep up with growing network complexity, telcos are applying automation techniques enabled by AI and ML in as many network operations as possible. As a...

The project is supported by IMDA’s 5G Innovation Program, which helps enterprise adopt and commercialize 5G technologies Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) announced a new 5G project, which it is collaborating on with Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX), the Singapore Civil Defense...

Design, data, network and organizational strategies are key to effective telco AI adoption Under its current CEO, IBM has put artificial intelligence (AI)—along with hybrid cloud, automation and security—at the center of its software and services strategies. Speaking with RCR Wireless News for the Telco...

IBM said the acquisition of Apptio is a 'continuation of  deep focus and investment in hybrid cloud and AI' IBM this week announced plans to purchase Apptio, a financial and operational IT management and optimization (FinOps) software company, for $4.6 billion. According to IBM, the acquisition...

AI and hybrid cloud drive IBM Consulting’s growth platforms The types of generative AI solutions drawing investor and media hype at the moment—ChatGPT-4 and MidJourney, for instance—are huge models with broad capabilities. But for enterprises looking to add generative AI to their technology strategy in...

What is the next move for Meta? Three short years ago Mark Zuckerberg, head of Facebook was so excited about the metaverse and how it was going to impact everything going forward, that he renamed his company. Ever since, he has been investing billions...

It’s hard to imagine an application today that isn’t reliant on connectivity to different clouds, multiple microservices and highly distributed users. To paraphrase the poet John Donne for our modern IT world — “No application is an island, entire of itself.” A simple migration...

The 5G project, which required the investment of over £10 million ($12.4 million), was completed at the end of March The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) carried out a demonstration of what it claims to be U.K.’s first, fully operational 5G Standalone...

CFO lays out how ‘hybrid-cloud platform-centric strategy’ is driving growth for IBM In 2022 IBM grew revenue by 12% to $60.5 billion with its software, consulting and infrastructure businesses all posting double digit growth, 12%, 15% and 14% respectively. For 2023 CFO and SVP Jim...

Many companies, including telecom operators, have been voluntarily producing annualenvironmental, social and governance (ESG) reports based on various standards for some time. The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) largely guides ESG reporting, with other metrics and standards added over time....

Telecom Egypt will adopt IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps deployed on RedHat OpenShift and implement IBM Robotic Process Automation Telecom Egypt (TE) working with IBM to adopt intelligent automation technologies for the operations support systems (OSS) on its mobile, fixed and core networks. Automation will allow TE to innovate...

Danish shipping company A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has announced new smart logistics and warehouse facilities in China, Norway, and Pakistan. Each site puts focus on innovation and environmental sustainability. Maersk has also confirmed the acquisition of Danish project logistics specialist Martin Bencher Group...

Ericsson has agreed to sell its IoT business, including its IoT Accelerator connectivity management platform and Connected Vehicle Cloud platform, to California-based IoT provider Aeris. The Swedish firm said its IoT business, expected to post net sales of SEK 0.8 billion ($76.85 million) in...