Those four weeks in Dakar have been an amazing journey #IBMCSC
Petra Florizoone, Software Client Leader for the Public Sector, tells us about her Corporate Services Corps experience in Dakar (Senegal) where she was involved in a food transformation project and worked at the intersection of business and society. There were 14 of us to be deployed in Dakar. Fourteen IBMers, from seven different countries. Satish […]
The rise of the data scientist
Written by: Marc Teerlink, Global Strategist & Chief Data Scientist at IBM and Olav Laudy, Worldwide Predictive Analytics Solutions Leader at IBM In the film Moneyball, Billy Beane takes over as manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team in California. With the club in dire financial straits, he adopts a highly unorthodox strategy for achieving […]
Announcement of the IBM Benelux “Master the Mainframe Contest!”
Did you know that on April 7, 2014 a top-quality IBM jewel celebrated its 50th anniversary? This is about technology that reshaped entire industries, allowed to reinvent business models for competitive advantage, and stimulated overall economy through secure transactions and trustable data. This master piece is known as “Mainframe” or “System z”. Taking into […]
IBM tackles Brussels mobility issues
IBM experts are helping to unravel the traffic problems that have afflicted Brussels, with the company awarding the Brussels-Capital Region a Smarter City Grant valued at half a million US dollars. The city will use the funds to investigate ways of improving mobility in Brussels. An important part of the solution to our mobility issue […]
Who is IBM BeNeLux TEC?
Author: Eric Michiels, Executive Architect and Chairman of the IBM Benelux TEC. You can reach Eric via e-Mail at Eric_Michiels@be.ibm.com TEC stands for “Technical Expert Council”. This is a community of IT professionals who can be considered as the technical leaders within IBM BeNeLux. They represent the different technical professions within IBM – such as […]
IBM maakt kleinste film ooit
‘A Boy and His Atom’ is een unicum binnen de wereld van de nanotechnologie. Nooit eerder hebben wetenschappers het kleinste deeltje in het universum gebruikt om een verhaal te vertellen. Maar waarom is een stop-motion video over een jongetje dat met de bal speelt, loopt en trampoline springt nu zo belangrijk voor de toekomst van […]
IBM Corporate Service Corps: Making A Difference, Worldwide
IBM’s Corporate Service Corps (CSC) is like a family – volunteer IBMers from all over the world coming together to share solutions with developing nations – and nowhere has that been more true than the CSC’s recent work in Senegal. Team member Catherine Lete was impressed by this wonderful country and its inhabitants. Solutions for […]
Hoe voorspellende analyse u helpt om klanten te behouden en verder uit te bouwen
Door Rachid Madani, Account Manager, IBM Business Analytics De verzekeringssector staat zwaar onder druk: polishouders verwachten een betere communicatie, een betere dienstverlening en concurrerende prijzen. Tegelijkertijd moeten verzekeringsmaatschappijen winst maken, de ideale klant voor zich winnen én hem ook behouden door hem een superieure service te bieden. Om al deze uitdagingen het hoofd te bieden, […]
The Smarter Cities Challenge: IBM airlifts its best talent in to help rebuild Omaha
The dream of ‘Smarter Cities’ is more than just a slogan for IBM. In 2009, the company publicly committed millions of dollars and thousands of hours to delivering real urban improvement in 100 key cities around the world. This has been the ‘Smarter Cities Challenge.’ Omaha, Nebraska is a city that is going places. Unfortunately, […]