IBM Corp. has tried to democratize artificial intelligence for enterprises with the IBM machine learning platform. Now, with its Digital Business Assistant, the company aims to do the same for pretty much anyone with a computer. “How do we make Watson [IBM’s cognitive platform] tailorable and put it in the hands of every knowledge worker in ...

Open-source project Hyperledger is democratizing blockchain for developers and businesses. The initiative is a collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies. “It’s been the fastest-growing open-source project since the Linux Foundation started,” said Marie Wieck (pictured, left), general manager of IBM blockchain at IBM Corp. (a contributor). Are the use cases living up to the hype? So ...

Seventy-one percent of enterprises now use three or more clouds, according to RightScale’s 2016 State of the Cloud Report. Add SaaS applications and “shadow clouds” to those, and they now have sprawl that can only be reigned in with automation, according to Justin Youngblood (pictured), vice president of hybrid cloud management at IBM Corp. Information technology pros once ...

The demand for software applications with baked-in cognitive and data science technology is raising expectations of what a developer must bring to the table. Open-source Application Programming Interfaces lower the “concept count” needed, but composing them into next-gen apps will take practice, according to  Angel Diaz (pictured), vice president of cloud architecture and technology at IBM ...

At this week’s IBM InterConnect, the company seared its new business model into attendees’ brains: “Enterprise strong, data first, cognitive to the core.” It’s a great strategy except for one problem, said John Furrier (@furrier) (pictured, left) co-host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile live streaming studio: “I would have done what they’re doing now like three years ...

Many companies buried under data muck lack a plan to clear a path to monetization. The first step to digging themselves out is through unified governance, according to Seth Dobrin, Ph.D. (pictured), vice president and chief data officer of IBM Analytics. In his work with companies in the past, much time was wasted trying to cut corners ...

IBM Corp.’s revenue has declined for 19 straight quarters; but in the scheme of things, this is not so dire as it may seem, according to Dave Vellante (@dvellante — pictured, right), co-host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile live streaming studio. “HPE’s not growing, Oracle’s not growing, Dell’s not growing, Cisco’s not growing, Microsoft’s not growing,” ...

Last summer Apache Spark claimed to be the best (or at least easiest) engine for data streaming with its 2.0 release. Now the Chinese company Transwarp Technologies Co. is challenging that with an engine that can stream a single event at a time — something Spark still cannot do. The company’s Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer, Yuanhao ...

Could geeky, nichey blockchain be the sleeper hit of the Digital Age, ushering in a new internet era? Don Tapscott (pictured), chief executive officer of The Tapscott Group, believes blockchain is silently catapulting us from the “internet of information” to the “internet of value” and will shake the foundations of business and culture. “This is the second era ...

Two and a half years ago, IBM Corp. and long-time partner Mark III Systems Inc. started BlueChasm to develop digital solutions for enterprises. Andy Lin (pictured), vice president of strategy at Mark III Systems, said what they’ve learned so far is “the key to differentiating yourself in the digital world is being cognitive.” In an interview at IBM InterConnect ...