Shell (NYSE: RDSA) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a research collaboration that aims to extend the life of oil and natural gas fields. Shell sees potential to reduce the time and money required to model its reservoirs. IBM’s long-standing analytics and simulation experience will meet Shell’s strong subsurface and reservoir expertise to create a [...]
IBM (NYSE: IBM) Research today unveiled a breakthrough method based on a mathematical algorithm that reduces the computational complexity, costs, and energy usage for analyzing the quality of massive amounts of data by two orders of magnitude. This new method will greatly help enterprises extract and use the data more quickly and efficiently to develop [...]
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today released results from its annual IBM X-Force® 2009 Trend and Risk Report. The report's findings show that existing threats such as phishing and document format vulnerabilities have continued to expand, even as clients have generally made strides to improve security. The IBM X-Force® Report reveals three main threats that demonstrate how [...]
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it is working with the British Library on a project that will preserve and analyse terabytes of information on the Web before it is lost forever. The new analytics software project, called IBM BigSheets, helps extract, annotate and visually analyse vast amounts of Web information using a Web browser. IBM's [...]
At a smarter transportation-focused event today in Washington, D.C., IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced a new research initiative to build personalized travel routes for commuters to avoid traffic gridlock. IBM researchers are using advanced analytics to develop adaptive traffic systems that will intuitively learn traveler patterns and behavior to provide more dynamic travel safety and route [...]
NXP Semiconductors and IBM today announced the final results of a landmark road pricing trial conducted in the Netherlands, which demonstrated that with the help of technology, drivers can be motivated to change their driving behavior, reducing traffic congestion and contributing to a greener environment. The six-month road pricing trial, conducted in the city of [...]
Juniper Networks® (NYSE: JNPR) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an OEM agreement that enables Juniper to license and integrate IBM software into its open application networking platform for partners and clients. With today's news, Juniper plans to integrate IBM Tivoli Netcool service management software into its Junos Space application platform that will allow customers [...]