According to a new study by IBM and the National Retail Federation, nearly all members of Gen Z (98 percent) prefer to shop in-store over online.

UAE to open region’s first AI summer camp
UAE students will soon be able to attend an artificial intelligence-focused summer camp following Minister of State for Artifical Intelligence Omar bin Sultan Al Olama's announcement that the government is collaborating with number of leading national and international technology and education companies in the private sector to open such programme in the country.0 4771
GSD GM shares plans to be top IBM VAD in GCC
Gulf Software Distribution’s General Manager, Philippe de Mazieres, outlines the company’s first year of operations and plans for 2017. Gulf …
IBM inventors received over 8,000 patents in 2016
The company’s 2016 patent output covers a diverse range of inventions in artificial intelligence and cognitive computing, cognitive health, cloud, cybersecurity and other strategic growth areas for the company.

The potential of cognitive IT: IBM World of Watson 2016
Glesni Holland reports from World of Watson 2016 in Las Vegas, where IBM executives unveiled the latest innovations in cognitive computing and demonstrated the impact that Watson can have – and is already having – on some of the world’s most important industries.

IBM, General Motors introduce new cognitive mobility platform
General Motors and IBM have announced a partnership to bring the power of OnStar and IBM Watson together to create OnStar Go – the auto industry’s first cognitive mobility platform.

IBM, Teva Pharmaceuticals expand global partnership with Watson
IBM and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries have announced a significant expansion of their existing global e-Health alliance, with a focus on discovering new treatment options and improving chronic disease management. Both projects will run on the IBM Watson Health Cloud.

IBM Watson unveils new conversational capabilities
IBM has introduced the Watson Virtual Agent, a cognitive conversational technology that allows businesses to simply build and deploy conversational agents.

IBM reveals Watson Data Platform
IBM has unveiled the Watson Data Platform at the World of Watson conference in Las Vegas, to help companies gain more valuable insights from data.

Bank Sohar implements IBM Cloud
According to the IBM, the cloud solution will allow Bank Sohar to enhance its information technology infrastructure, boost its client service capabilities and elevate the overall customer experience.

El Tohamy appointed to U.S.-Africa council
IBM has announced that U.S. secretary of commerce Penny Pritzker has appointed Takreem El Tohamy, IBM’s general manager for the Middle …