Jan 13, 2014
IBM has unveiled three new Watson services delivered via the cloud. The first, Watson Discovery Advisor, is designed to accelerate and strengthen research and development projects in industries such as pharmaceutical, publishing and biotechnology. The second, Watson...
Jan 13, 2014
The amount of investment flowing into African countries, and the number of global brands investing in Africa, has risen sharply in recent years, according to the latest analysis from IDC Manufacturing Insights. For many low-cost manufacturers, the future lies in...
Jan 10, 2014
A long-exposure Hubble Space Telescope image of massive galaxy cluster Abell 2744 (pictured here) is the deepest ever made of any cluster of galaxies. It shows some of the faintest and youngest galaxies ever detected in space. The immense gravity in Abell 2744 is...
Jan 10, 2014
Worldwide PC shipments totalled 82,6-million units in the fourth quarter of 2013, a 6,9% decline from the fourth quarter of 2012, according to preliminary results by Gartner. This is the seventh consecutive quarter of shipment decline. “Although PC shipments...
Jan 10, 2014
After wallowing in an economic “soft patch” for the past two years, the global economy is likely to emerge in 2014 with modest growth of 3,3% compared with 2,5% last year, according to a forecast from Nariman Behravesh, chief economist of HIS. “The easing of the twin...
Jan 10, 2014
Nedbank is using IBM’s predictive analysis solutions to improve the customer experience and provide more responsive realtime services. As a result of this technology implementation, the bank has reduced social media monitoring costs by over R1-million rand a year...
