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Accenture joins AT&T’s Microservices Supplier Program Accenture announced it has joined AT&T’s Microservices Supplier Program in a multi-year project focused on transforming older business applications into microservices. According to the companies, small and big businesses will be able to use these software applications to order...

Nokia and Deutsche Telekom testing out 5G applications with the Port of Hamburg Support for massive internet of things (IoT) is one of the three primary 5G use cases--the other two are enhance mobile broadband and mission critical communications. As the telecom industry works to...

Cisco and Microsoft announce new network practice Cisco announced it is extending its partnership with Microsoft by creating a new network practice that brings Cisco Solution Support to Azure ExpressRoute. The purpose of the partnership is to help customers address technical issues coupled to hybrid architectures....

IBM and Mendix announce global reseller agreement IBM and Mendix are joining forces in a global reseller agreement in an effort to bring cloud technologies to low-code environments. Under the deal, IBM will resell and support the Mendix platform on IBM Cloud. Low-code refers to a...

The physical workplace as we know it has changed. Mobility and on-demand access to data and services have dissolved the four walls of the enterprise. Connected endpoints, location technology, and leading-edge visualization technology have blurred the lines between the virtual and the physical. The...

Deutsche Telekom has launched an IoT space within IBM 's Watson IoT center in Munich German operator Deutsche Telekom has launched an IoT innovation space within IBM’s Watson IoT center in Munich, Germany. As part of the firm’s efforts to expand its IoT ecosystem, Deutsche...

IBM and Salesforce name each other preferred vendor IBM and Salesforce announced they are building on their partnership by combining IBM Cloud and Watson services with Salesforce Quip and Salesforce Service Cloud Einstein. As part of the collaboration, IBM will build IBM Watson Quip Live Apps,...

After reading an IBM article, this spurred the idea to discuss blockchain for business applications, as well as how blockchain might impact IoT. Blockchain continues to enter the mainstream business market at a fast pace while moving into other industries outside of the financial...

IBM report highlights service provider executives’ perspectives on blockchain Although blockchain only recently made its way onto the telecom stage, communications service providers (CSP) executives are already expressing interest in the technology. That is at least the conclusion of a recent report by the IBM Institute...

AWS announces new program for blockchain integration Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently announced it is investing in blockchain technology through its partner ecosystem program. According to the company, the AWS Blockchain Partners Program supports customer integration of blockchain solutions with systems built on AWS. Among...

IBM premieres Agile Lifecycle Manager version 1.2 IBM recently deployed Agile Lifecycle Manager (ALM) version 1.2, which provides a design, test and automated deployment platform to address technical challenges anchored to network functions virtualization (NFV). According to the company, IBM ALM v1.2 enables automated operating...

AT&T has more IoT devices on its wireless network than any other U.S. carrier, and the company sees partnerships as a key driver of its success. The carrier has leveraged its relationships with the world's biggest providers of cloud services to create new partnerships...

IBM launches new Cloud Private software built on Kubernetes IBM rolled out its new Cloud Private software platform Wednesday aimed at tech-companies that want on-premise cloud capabilities to deploy and launch applications. Many companies intend to migrate to the public cloud, but are hesitant to abandon...

AT&T partners with IBM to improve backend processes with microservices AT&T announced it is partnering with IBM to deliver a new microservices supplier program. According to the companies, IBM will work with AT&T to develop and launch microservices that will improve business backend processes. Microservices is...

One of the most important secrets of success for every company is doing analyst relations and media relations right. These are so important for creating a positive image in the marketplace for customers, investors, workers and partners. As an industry analyst and columnist for...

Companies expand partnership to boost app migration to the cloud IBM and Docker recently announced they are extending their current partnership with an eye toward enabling companies to use Docker containers to transfer workloads to the cloud faster. The collaboration will focus on three areas: expanding...

The internet of things may someday deliver a world of robots and intelligent machines that control all manner of devices, but for now, most connected devices are ultimately controlled by humans. Humans need information - we demand data, and then we want data about...

The Velenje coal mine selected IBM for the provision of analytics, asset and facilities management as well as the IBM Maximo Asset Management Operating within the Salek Valley, in Slovenia, the Velenje coal mine is one of the largest and most modern deep coal mining...

Trans-Atlantic encryption test seen as stepping stone toward commercialization Ericsson, Telstra and Ciena have joined forces to trial continuous data encryption while ensuring speed and consistency over a 21,940 km multi-vendor network and cable system. The companies announced they successfully encrypted data in transit between...

Cisco has beaten IBM for the first time to the top spot in Navigant Research’s poll of the top smart city suppliers. IBM, which has ranked in first position in each of the consultancy group’s previous assessments of suppliers in the smart city market,...

Through the deal, Reliance Group enterprise IoT customers will have access to IBM Watson platform IBM and Unlimit, a business venture of Indian conglomerate Reliance Group, have announced a strategic collaboration targeting the enterprise IoT space. Under the terms of the agreement, IBM and Unlimit...

Los Angeles, Calif. -- Barry Baker, vice president leading offering and product management for IBM Z and LinuxONE, alongside Shaun Frankson, co-founder of The Plastic Bank, tag teamed a keynote presentation at this year’s Linux Foundation Open Source Summit North America. The duo’s presentation,...

The MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab will encourage MIT faculty and students to launch companies that will focus on commercializing artificial intelligence inventions and technologies IBM and MIT today announced that IBM plans to make a $240 million investment to create the MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab...

Los Angeles, Calif. -- Alan Clark, director of industry initiatives, emerging standards and open source at SUSE, and chairman of the OpenStack Foundation’s board of directors, delivered a keynote presentation titled “Lightning Talk: Human Enablement” at the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit North America...