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First-Ever ‘Masters at Madison Square Park’ Watch Party Tee’d Up for April 9-12
03 Apr 2026
Join IBM for live Tournament viewing, enjoy a Masters-inspired menu and take a swing on the golf simulator, featuring AI-powered Hole Insights built with watsonx
IBM Announces Strategic Collaboration with Arm to Shape the Future of Enterprise Computing
02 Apr 2026
Collaboration aims to advance new technologies that expand infrastructure choice while preserving mission-critical environments
IBM Expands FedRAMP Portfolio with Authorization of 11 Software Solutions, Including watsonx
02 Apr 2026
Achievement enabled by IBM's strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
IBM and ETH Zurich Join Forces to Shape the Future of Algorithms for the AI and Quantum Era
02 Apr 2026
• IBM and ETH Zurich launch a 10-year initiative to advance foundational algorithmic research.
IBM Quantum Computer Accurately Simulates Real Magnetic Materials, Reproducing National Laboratory Data
26 Mar 2026
• Team from U.S. Department of Energy-funded Quantum Science Center demonstrates quantum computers can perform material simulation that many previously believed to be beyond current quantum capabilities.
Enterprise AI Finds its Voice: ElevenLabs and IBM Bring Premium Voice Capabilities to Agentic AI
25 Mar 2026
ElevenLabs integration with IBM watsonx Orchestrate will help clients to deliver natural, multilingual conversational experiences at scale
IBM Debuts New AI Enabled Digital Experiences for the 90th Masters Tournament
23 Mar 2026
New generative AI and agentic capabilities help fans explore 50+ years of Masters history and gain deeper insight into every shot during the Tournament
IBM Fellow and Quantum Pioneer Charles H. Bennett Receives A.M. Turing Award, Computing’s Highest Honor
23 Mar 2026
• Charles H. Bennett helped pioneer the foundations of quantum information science alongside co-laureate Gilles Brassard of Université de Montréal.
IBM Completes Acquisition of Confluent, Making Real Time Data the Engine of Enterprise AI and Agents
23 Mar 2026
Day-one integrations include IBM watsonx.data, IBM MQ, IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration, and IBM Z
IBM Announces Expanded Collaboration with NVIDIA to Advance AI for the Enterprise
23 Mar 2026
Advancements across GPU-native data analytics, unstructured data extraction, on-premises and cloud infrastructure, Nestlé global supply chain decision speed, and consulting to mobilize enterprise AI at scale
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By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
