The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International plans to integrate its scripted 9-1-1 guidance software with IBM‘s Watson-based cognitive computing platforms as part of efforts to optimize emergency call taking. IBM said Monday it will incorporate the Watson Speech-to-Text and Watson Analytics tools into the IntelliComm criteria-based guide card software APCO International intends to field at five public safety answering […] More

IBM has helped the Army Materiel Command’s logistics support activity to predict maintenance issues on Stryker armored fighting vehicles using the company’s Watson artificial intelligence technology, GCN reported Thursday. The company installed its AI platform along with other sensor technologies on 350 Stryker vehicles to evaluate manuals and work orders required for the development of individual maintenance […] More

IBM has selected five municipalities across the world to receive pro bono consulting services from the company’s teams of experts on issues related to public safety, immigration, economic development and affordable housing as part of the Smarter Cities Challenge program. The company picked San Jose, California; Busan, South Korea; San Isidro, Argentina; Yamagata City, Japan; […] More

Sam Gordy, general manager of IBM’s federal business, has said that federal government leaders should work to target artificial intelligence components such as advanced analytics and cognitive intelligence that work to help facilitate analysis of real-time data. “Cognitive intelligence and advanced analytics have the ability to mine unstructured data,” Gordy told MeriTalk in an interview […] More

IBM‘s Watson Health unit and the Food and Drug Administration have entered into a two-year research agreement to study the use of blockchain technology to facilitate a secure exchange of health data. The company said Wednesday the partnership will initially focus on oncology-related information and look into the exchange of owner-mediated data from sources such as electronic medical records, clinical […] More

IBM’s research business and Rice University have developed a robot assistant that uses Watson-based cognitive computing application to help manage care for elderly people. The prototype IBM Multi-Purpose Eldercare Robot Assistant is designed to measure an individual’s heart rate, heart rate variability and respiratory rate and provide answers to health-related queries as part of a study that aims to improve eldercare, IBM said […] More

IBM‘s security business has opened a physical cyber range in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the commercial sector and expanded the unit’s incident response network as part of a $200 million investment IBM announced in 2016. The company said Nov. 16 it opened a new global security headquarters in Cambridge, where the IBM X-Force Command cyber range is located to […] More

IBM will add four new cloud data centers that possess cognitive intelligence capacities in the U.K. to meet a growing client demand. IBM said Monday the new facilities will triple the U.K.’s cloud center capacity as well as support the company’s commitment to deliver new products and services to the country’s market. The new facilities will provide users […] More

IBM and NVIDIA have partnered to build a new machine learning tool in an effort to speed up how computers operate and help them learn in a human-like manner. The PowerAI deep learning software toolkit operates on the IBM Power S822LC server that incorporates the NVIDIA NVLink interconnect technology and four GPUs that run AlexNet with Caffe, a […] More

IBM and Esri have teamed up to provide cognitive analytics and Internet of Things offerings to government and enterprise customers through the IBM cloud platform. The partnership will offer IBM cloud technology users and developers access to Esri’s maps, data, geospatial tools and analytical services complemented by IBM’s security tool, predictive analytics and Cognos performance management software, Esri said […] More

IBM and Siemens have launched a global alliance to support efforts by health providers to treat patients with complex and chronic illnesses such as heart diseases and cancer. The alliance seeks to assist hospitals, health systems, integrated delivery networks and other providers in value-based patient care through the Population Health Management platforms, IBM said Tuesday. Siemen’s Healthineers subsidiary will offer PHM services […] More

The Department of Veterans Affairs has formed partnerships with IBM, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation and Bombas to facilitate care delivery and access for U.S. military veterans. VA said Monday the collaborations are part of its MyVA Strategic Partnership Initiative and align with the department’s strategy on mental health, research and homelessness. BMSF and VA will work to explore similarities between their respective programs […] More