At IBM’s annual TechXchange event, IBM announced the release of its most advanced family of AI models to date, Granite 3.0. IBM’s third-generation Granite flagship language models can outperform or match similarly sized models from leading model providers on many academic and industry benchmarks, showcasing strong performance, transparency and safety. ConsistentRead More…
Securitas and IBM entered into the first global Vested security agreement, shifting from a transactional contract to a collaborative, win-win partnership. Together with IBM, Securitas has established the world’s first global Vested security agreement, a strategic partnership that could have a significant impact on the industry. The Vested business modelRead More…
IBM and Intel have announced a collaboration to deploy Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerators as a service on IBM Cloud. This offering, which is expected to be available in early 2025, aims to help more cost effectively scale enterprise AI and drive innovation underpinned with security and resiliency. This collaboration will also enableRead More…
IBM has released its annual Cost of a Data Breach Report revealing the average cost of a data breach for businesses in the Middle East reached $8.74 (SAR 32.80 million) in 2024. This represents an increase of nearly 10% this year, from SAR 29.90 million in 2023. According to the organisationsRead More…
Tech Mahindra has collaborated with IBM to help businesses accelerate the adoption of GenAI. TechM amplifAI0->∞, Tech Mahindra’s suite of AI offerings and solutions, can integrate with the IBM Watsonx AI and data platform with AI Assistants to bring new GenAIRead More…
IBM is all set to acquire HashiCorp for an estimated value of $6.4 billion as IBM continues its deep focus on hybrid cloud and AI. HashiCorp’s suite of products provides enterprises with extensive Infrastructure Lifecycle Management and Security Lifecycle Management capabilitiesRead More…
Cohesity has announced a deepening of its cyber resilience collaboration with IBM. The enhanced relationship will accelerate the development of essential cyber resilience capabilities to address organizations’ critical need for increased data security and resilience across hybrid cloud environments. With this announcement, Cohesity completes its Series F financing, with IBM joiningRead More…
IBM has announced the next steps in their collaboration with Riyadh Air, the digital-native airline currently scheduled to commence operations in early 2025, to revolutionise the airline’s travel experiences. The airline plans to introduce next-generation, channel-fluid guest and traveler interactions, tapping into IBM Consulting’s open ecosystem of business partners andRead More…
Living up to its mission of becoming a global gamechanger in the realm of technology, LEAP 2024 will feature 15 key tracks across its 13 stages and feature expert insights into the future of everything from the economy to EduTech, retail to 4IR, smart cities to HealthTech.Read More…
IBM has inaugurated its regional headquarters in Riyadh. The launch of the regional headquarters expands IBM’s presence in the Kingdom and reiterates the company’s commitment to accelerating Saudi Arabia’s digital transformation. Since IBM established its presence in Saudi Arabia in 1947, the company has worked side-by-side with government and enterpriseRead More…
At the annual IBM Quantum Summit in New York, IBM debuted ‘IBM Quantum Heron,’ the first in a new series of utility-scale quantum processors with an architecture engineered over the past four years to deliver IBM’s highest performance metrics and lowest error rates of any IBM Quantum processor to date. IBM alsoRead More…
IBM has announced new efforts that apply its geospatial AI technologies, including IBM’s geospatial foundation model developed in collaboration with NASA, to climate efforts including analysis of urban heat islands in the United Arab Emirates (UAE); reforestation across Kenya; and climate resiliency in the United Kingdom (UK). IBM continues to advance its AI model strategy in part through the creation,Read More…
