Verlon Johnson, former vice president of health care policy and program management at IBM Watson Health's government health and human services business, has been appointed senior VP of corporate strategy at CNSI. “Her experience and expertise will help us shape our strategy, products, and solutions to meet our clients’ current and future needs," said Todd Stottlemyer, CEO of CNSI and previous Wash100 Award recipient.
Read More »IBM Seeks to Help Citizens Stay Informed of COVID-19 Cases Via Free Tools
IBM is providing citizens free tools through The Weather Channel application and website to help them track reported COVID-19 cases and gain access to news and other information related to the coronavirus pandemic using their computers and smartphones.
Read More »Brian Burwell Named Ventech Solutions’ Inaugural VP of Healthcare Policy, Research
Brian Burwell, former vice president at IBM Watson Health’s federal government group, has joined Ventech Solutions to serve as its inaugural vice president of healthcare policy and research.
Read More »Fluor Leverages IBM Watson to Develop Predictive Analysis Tools for EPC Projects
Fluor has partnered with IBM to develop big data analytics and diagnostic tools to track the status of engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction megaprojects in real time. Fluor said Thursday it leveraged IBM Watson’s artificial intelligence and analytic technologies to produce the EPC Project Health Diagnostics and Market Dynamics/Spend Analysis …
Read More »IBM Tapped to Provide Cognitive Computing Infrastructure for Australian Defense Dept
IBM‘s Australian unit has secured an estimated $3.1 million contract to provide cognitive computing infrastructure and support to Australia’s defense department, ARN reported Monday. IBM Australia will furnish the Watson artificial intelligence platform to the department over three years under the limited-tender contract, the publication said. A spokesperson for the department …
Read More »Public Safety Group to Integrate IBM Cognitive Computing Tech With Emergency Call Guidance Software
The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International plans to integrate its scripted 9-1-1 guidance software with IBM‘s Watson-based cognitive computing platforms as part of efforts to optimize emergency call taking. IBM said Monday it will incorporate the Watson Speech-to-Text and Watson Analytics tools into the IntelliComm criteria-based guide card software APCO International intends to …
Read More »N&C Unveils IBM Watson-Based Regulatory Analytics Platform; Andras Szakal Comments
N&C has launched an analytics platform intended to help public and private organizations analyze regulatory documents from the Federal Register. Regendus is based on the natural language processing platform of IBM‘s Watson cognitive computing system, N&C said Monday. IBM helped build the Regendus prototype as N&C’s technology partner and the platform was further developed through collaborations with …
Read More »IBM, Esri Partner on Cloud-Based Cognitive Analytics, IoT Offerings; SJ Camarata Comments
IBM and Esri have teamed up to provide cognitive analytics and Internet of Things offerings to government and enterprise customers through the IBM cloud platform. The partnership will offer IBM cloud technology users and developers access to Esri’s maps, data, geospatial tools and analytical services complemented by IBM’s security tool, predictive analytics …
Read More »Mike Rhodin: IBM Watson to Help Mayo Clinic Offer Patients Trial Options
IBM and Mayo Clinic have partnered to expand the database of IBM’s Watson cognitive computer in an effort to develop clinical trials and provide individual medical options to patients. IBM Watson will work to analyze Mayo’s clinical data in order to match trials with specific patients, IBM said Monday. “Using Watson’s cognitive computing …
Read More »Mike Rhodin: IBM Extends Watson’s Cognitive Work with New Research Partnerships
IBM Corp. has moved to expand the cognitive offerings of its Watson supercomputer by partnering with Baylor College of Medicine, Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi and New York Genome Center on several big data research projects. Researchers will work to accelerate discoveries, test hypotheses and draw conclusions by using IBM’s Watson Discovery …
Read More »IBM Unveils Software-Defined Storage Suite; Tom Rosamilia Comments
IBM has released a new suite of software-defined storage technology products for accessing and processing enterprise data in any form and from any source as the company aims to help businesses manage large volumes of data. “Digital information is growing at such a rapid rate and in such dramatic volumes that …
Read More »IBM Helping Healthcare Providers Harness Unstructured Data
IBM has introduced a new software for the healthcare industry that uses a similar analysis processes as the Watson technology to help improve patient care and lower cost. The first client to adopt IBM’s new content and predictive analytics for healthcare solution was Seton Healthcare Family. Through the solution, organizations are able to …
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