Articles about IBM

Cybercriminals are pivoting to stealthier tactics, with lower-profile credential theft spiking, while ransomware attacks on enterprises have declined.

These are among the findings of a new report from IBM X-Force which also observes an 84 percent increase in emails delivering infostealers in 2024 compared to the previous year, a method threat actors rely heavily on to scale identity attacks.

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IBM has announced what it's calling its most advanced mainframe to date, with major new AI capabilities.

Powered by a new IBM Telum II processor, the IBM z17 expands the system’s capabilities beyond transactional AI capabilities, enabling the platform to take on new workloads.

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In the past year, AI made great strides in moving past hype, so much so, that it’s hard to recall the early days of AI when the initial value of the technology was questioned. Today, as AI initiatives start to deliver widespread returns, enterprise CIOs are faced with competing forces of driving down core IT costs, while investing heavily in AI to drive business transformation.

A recent study of 2,400 IT decision makers, commissioned by IBM and developed with Lopez Research, underscores this optimism. The findings reveal that the vast majority of companies are making headway on their AI strategies, with nearly half already reporting positive financial returns from their deployments. The cost benefits have been especially pronounced for organizations using open-source AI tools -- 51 percent of surveyed companies harnessing open-source solutions reported seeing positive ROI, compared to just 41 percent of those that are not.

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When we think of optical technology it tends to be in terms of transmitting data over long distances. Today IBM is unveiling a breakthrough in optics technology that for the first time puts the speed and power of fiber optics inside servers and onto circuit boards.

Using a new process that replaces electrical wires with optical waveguides,this effectively enables chip connectivity at the speed of light.

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A new report from IBM X-Force looks at the biggest risks enterprises are facing and highlights how attackers know that credentials are the keys to cloud environments, making them highly sought-after on dark web marketplaces.

Attackers are using phishing, keylogging, watering hole and brute force attacks to harvest credentials. Also dark web research highlights the popularity of infostealers, used to steal cloud platform and service-specific credentials.

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Document processing specialist Accusoft is releasing new Auto Tagging and Classification modules within its PrizmDoc secure document viewer.

The modules use the IBM watsonx data and AI platform with the IBM Granite foundation model to automate manual tagging and classification providing consistency and ensures documents are meticulously organized, easily searchable, and compliant with regulations.

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A new survey from IBM and Morning Consult polled over 18,000 global sports fans to discover the ways in which people follow and engage with their favorite sports are evolving

It finds a growing generational shift in preferences -- including embracing technologies like AI in areas such as augmented reality, recruiting, and fan engagement.

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Microsoft, in partnership with IBM, has released the source code of MS-DOS 4.00 under the open-source MIT license. This release comes a decade after Microsoft first made the source code for MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 available to the public through the Computer History Museum.

The decision to release the MS-DOS 4.00 source code was inspired by the discovery of early, unreleased beta binaries by researcher Connor “Starfrost” Hyde. Hyde’s discovery stemmed from a conversation with former Microsoft Chief Technical Officer Ray Ozzie, who unearthed the binaries among floppies sent to him during his tenure at Lotus. Intrigued by the software’s historical value, Hyde approached the Microsoft Open Source Programs Office (OSPO) to explore the possibility of making these resources publicly available.

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This week IBM, along with charitable partner United Nations Human Rights, and program affiliate the Linux Foundation, launches its 2024 Call for Code Global Challenge with the aim of encouraging developers to use generative AI technology to create solutions that improve equitable access to resources and opportunities for historically underserved and vulnerable people.

Participants will have access to a trial version of watsonx, IBM's AI and data platform with AI Assistants, as well as IBM Cloud technology and developer-friendly training and resources to help teams develop their solutions.

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In May of last year, IBM launched watsonx, its enterprise-ready AI and data platform, and made it generally available in July.

Alongside this it has launched some new free generative AI educational courses and content to help developers and IT practitioners build their AI and open source skills. We spoke with Savio Rodrigues, vice president, ecosystem engineering and developer advocacy at IBM to learn more.

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A new report from IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence highlights an emerging global identity crisis as cybercriminals double down on exploiting user identities to compromise enterprises worldwide.

The 2024 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index report records a 71 percent spike in cyberattacks caused by exploiting identity as using valid accounts has become the path of least resistance for cybercriminals, with billions of compromised credentials accessible on the Dark Web.

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IBM is launching a new version of its LinuxONE system, engineered to deliver cybersecurity, resiliency, scalability and AI inferencing for hybrid cloud environments, and making the technology more accessible for smaller and medium businesses.

IBM LinuxONE 4 Express is a pre-configured rack mount system designed to extend IBM LinuxONE to startups and small and medium sized businesses and within new data center environments.

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Industry giant IBM is today announcing a collaboration with ERP specialist SAP to develop solutions to help clients in the consumer packaged goods and retail industries enhance their supply chain, finance operations, sales and services using generative AI.

This involves embedding IBM's watsonx enterprise-ready AI and data platform and AI assistants, into SAP solutions to create new generative and traditional AI solutions focused on addressing the complexities of the direct store delivery business process and product portfolio management.

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The sixth annual Call for Code Challenge launched back in February with a focus on developing AI-powered technology projects that address sustainability to help fight climate change.

Today sees IBM, United Nations Human Rights, and the Linux Foundation announce the winners in the challenge's three categories -- Developer, University, and Independent Software Vendor/Startup.

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Only 38 percent of executives say their organization has the in-house expertise to adopt generative AI for innovation, according to a new study from the IBM Institute for Business Value.

Generative AI promises to upgrade ecosystem innovation by transforming the entire workflow. A large majority of executives say generative AI will greatly improve ideation (80 percent), discovery (82 percent), collaboration with partners for innovation (77 percent), and innovation execution (74 percent).

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