IBM will establish the IBM Watson Group, a new business unit dedicated to the development and commercialization of cloud-delivered cognitive innovations. The move signifies a strategic shift by IBM to accelerate into the marketplace a new class of software, services and apps that think, improve by learning, and discover answers and insights to complex questions from massive amounts of Big Data.
Read MoreLeading global recruitment group, Hays has signed a multi-year contract with Redcentric, an end-to -end managed service provider, to provide network services, linking the recruitment company’s large and medium-sized offices. Following a competitive seven-way tender, Redcentric was awarded the contract to support the majority of Hay’s UK offices.
Read MoreTalend has announced its top technology predictions for 2014. Executives at the company believe the following trends will come to fruition as big data efforts continue to develop and as cloud-based big data initiatives grow over the course of the new year.
Read MoreZTE’s eSRVCC and IMS solutions ensure seamless handoff of calls between 4G and 2G networks, taking VoLTE closer to a wider national rollout. ZTE Corporation is to help China Mobile deploy voice over LTE (VoLTE) services on the operator’s commercial TD-LTE network in Guangzhou, China, an important step towards a wider nationwide rollout.
Read MoreHitachi Data Systems Corporation has announced the appointment of Richard Gadd to managing director, UK and Ireland, with immediate effect. Richard will take over responsibilities from acting Country Manager, Tony Reid. Richard joins Hitachi Data Systems from EMC where he was a senior director for EMEA Global Accounts. Prior to EMC, Richard held senior leadership roles at Computacenter, Morse and Xerox.
Read MoreUK businesses should get their house in order to take advantage of improving economic conditions, claims Adrian Foxall, CEO of Camwood.
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