With Lenovo expected to close its IBM x86 server business acquisition by year end, a glimpse at the combined server product line has emerged.
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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 5012
IBM announces Watson Big Data enhancements
IBM has announced advances in Watson’s cognitive computing capabilities that could enable researchers to accelerate the pace of scientific breakthroughs by discovering previously unknown connections in Big Data.
Gartner: EMEA server sales rise again
Server shipments and revenue grew for the first time since 2011 in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, a trend likely to continue in the second half of the year, according Gartner.
Apple and IBM pair for iOS apps
Apple is making a push for the corporate IT market through a partnership with IBM, which will develop iOS apps for its Big Data and analytics services and promote iPhones and iPads to clients.
IBM lines up $3 billion cognitive chip investment
IBM will pour $3 billion into computing and chip materials research over the next five years, as it rethinks computer design and looks to a future that may not involve silicon chips.
StarLink honoured as top IBM Security Partner 2013
StarLink, the regional security-specialised value-added distributor was awarded the IBM Contribution Award for Outstanding Achievements in Security Systems of Engagement 2013 at the IBM Business Partner Executive Conference 2014 at Dubai.
BlackBerry opens management of its smartphones to rivals
BlackBerry is allowing rivals AirWatch, Citrix, SAP and IBM to directly manage its smartphones with the Blackberry 10 operating system as part of its strategy to open up management of its devices to third parties.
IBM to unveil software-defined storage product line
On Monday, IBM will take the wraps off a portfolio of products for software-defined storage, an area where established vendors and startups alike are already claiming the future has arrived.
IBM develops online cloud marketplace
IBM has assembled a vast array of hosted cloud services, and is displaying them on its Cloud online marketplace from Monday.
IBM profit falls on weak hardware sales and transition costs
Falling hardware sales and the cost of layoffs hit IBM’s profit hard in the first quarter, sending it down 21 percent from a year earlier.