Aug 17, 2017
IBM’s new mainframe computer, the IBM Z, was introduced to South African customers today. Capable of running more than 12-billion encrypted transactions per day, it also features an encryption engine that, for the first time, makes it possible to pervasively...
Aug 16, 2017
The world population will reach 9,8-billion in 2050, up 31% from an estimated 7,5-billion now. Africa’s population will more than double to 2,6-billion and account for more than half (57%) of the global population increase. This is according to projections...
Aug 15, 2017
As global temperatures continue to rise, droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe in many regions during this century. A new study with NASA participation finds that land ecosystems took progressively longer to recover from droughts in the 20th...
Aug 14, 2017
HSBC, the world’s leading trade finance bank, is working with IBM to develop a cognitive intelligence solution combining optical character recognition with advanced robotics to make global trade safer and more efficient for thousands of businesses. HSBC’s Global Trade...
Aug 11, 2017
Just 12% of companies can claim that their entire corporation is on the path to business agility – even though more than two-thirds agreed that agile organisations are better able to quickly respond to dynamic business conditions. These are some of the findings...
Aug 10, 2017
While marketing and sales professionals increasingly find themselves drowning in data, a new IBM study finds that nearly two-thirds (64%) of surveyed CMOs and sales leaders believe their industries will be ready to adopt cognitive technologies in the next three years....
