How IBM and Salesforce Are Challenging Traditional Business Models
Since unveiling our partnership with Salesforce in March, we’ve worked together to champion the impact of AI across all facets of business, helping companies across all industries make smarter decisions, faster than ever before. Today, at Salesforce’s annual Dreamforce conference, IBM’s Chairman, President and CEO Ginni Rometty will join Salesforce Chairman and CEO, Marc Benioff, […]
The Holiday is Looking Green…Are Retailers Ready?
It’s that time of year again. The 2017 holiday season is looming large and speculation is in full swing as to how the next eight weeks will play out for retailers and consumers alike. There’s good news to report. Based on my annual Holiday Forecast, we predict the 2017 season will grow nearly three percent […]
Unifying Data Governance for the Future
Mastering fast-growing data volumes across the enterprise is one of the first and most critical steps in establishing a cognitive business. To do it requires adopting advanced analytics that enable an organization to better understand and control its data, but also to gain insights that set the stage for driving new business models. But for […]
5 Tips for Transforming IT Amid Rising Cyber Threats
As we close out National Cyber Security Awareness Month, it is important to underscore the role of strong leadership – from C-suite executives to IT professionals in the field – in the face of cyber security threats. In order to effectively mitigate or prevent cyberattacks, leaders have to approach the procurement and management of IT […]
University of Oklahoma Taps AI to Strengthen Student Retention Rates
Graduating from a four-year college in four years should be an achievable goal, but only just over 40 percent of students are able to reach this milestone. A critical driver for achieving on-time graduation is first-year retention. But for public institutions, like the University of Oklahoma (OU), the national average of full-time, first-time students who started […]
How Blockchain Can Provide Instant Redemption this Holiday Season
It’s now time for pumpkin spice everything, but before we know it November, December, and the holidays will be here. During the upcoming busy shopping season, marketers looking to retain the more valuable returning customers realize loyalty programs are a no brainer. And while these programs have grown rapidly across financial services, travel, retail and […]
Meeting the Needs of 21st Century Parenting
There have been debates about paid family leave in the U.S. since the 1950s, when my company pioneered paid-time-off for IBM moms at a time when women represented only 30% of the workforce. Fast forward to 2016, and nearly two-thirds of households in the U.S. had women as either the primary or co-breadwinner. The share […]
IBM, Zelle Look to Advance Peer-to-Peer Payments
The future of banking is fast, intuitive, and personal. In today’s digital world, it’s also a race to provide real-time transactions to consumers accustomed to instant communications and immediate access to information. It makes sense that as our everyday lives are transformed to reflect this instantaneous need, the payments industry is focused on bringing simplicity […]
Drawing the Cognitive Enterprise Blueprint
This week, at the IBM Chief Data Officer Strategy Summit, Fall 2017, we unveiled the Cognitive Enterprise Blueprint to showcase how IBM is approaching its transformation to a cognitive enterprise. In the Global Chief Data Office (GCDO), we have been focused on optimizing cognitive projects that are being infused across IBM business processes. We can […]
Transitioning to Retirement Pays Off, and Not Just for the Retiree
One day a week and one week a month, Nancy Knuckles gets to play the role of retiree. She has been working on her golf game, experimenting with the game of pickle ball, and she’s also been busy planning her two daughters’ weddings. “I wasn’t sure if I was ready to retire, and it didn’t […]
Breaking Through a Major Quantum Barrier
Quantum computing is at the threshold of tackling important problems that cannot be efficiently or practically computed by other, more classical means. Getting past this threshold will require us to build, test and operate reliable quantum computers with 50 or more qubits. Achieving this potential will require major leaps forward in both science and engineering. […]
Design-Driven Approach Geared for Government Agencies
Every day, U.S. government entities interact with millions of citizens in the execution of their core missions. And while missions vary among organizations, one thing remains constant: serving the citizen – the taxpayer, the traveler, the veteran, the student. Serving the citizen is and always has been the foundation of our government. But rapidly advancing […]