Announcing Canadian-based Shield Advanced Solutions has become Remain’s newest partner providing their software and services in the marketplace. Shield and Remain technical teams have collaborated on several projects. Says Chris Hird Director, “It makes perfect sense. We see Remain’s change management solutions as a valuable addition to our portfolio.”
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Next IBM i CIO Summit Tackles Knowledge Transfer, Innovation and More
Free 2-day forum clarifies strategic options for IBM i CIO
Seiden Group today announces that the next IBM i CIO Summit will feature a talk by special guest Heidi Schmidt, a leader in IT generational change and knowledge transfer, in addition to peer discussions and a face-to-face briefing by an IBM i executive. The CIO Summit, which is free to a limited number of CIOs and IT Directors with responsibility for application development, will take place March 23-24, 2020 in Dallas.
IBM Board Approves Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend
The IBM board of directors today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $1.62 per common share, payable March 10, 2020 to stockholders of record February 10, 2020. IBM has paid consecutive quarterly dividends every year since 1916.
I.AM+ Aims to Accelerate Ethical AI Adoption with Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Public Cloud
Global collaboration with IBM built on shared values around the importance of protecting client data, as well the responsible and transparent deployment of AI
I.AM+, the technology company founded by global music artist and entrepreneur will.i.am, and IBM have joined forces aiming to accelerate the adoption of AI and responsibly manage customer data as AI goes mainstream.
IBM Reports 2019 Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results
Revenue Growth Driven by Accelerated Cloud Performance; Strong Gross Margin Expansion
IBM Joins LOT Network in Major Step to Promote and Protect Open Innovation
By joining LOT Network - a non-profit community of companies committed to protecting against the action of Patent Assertion Entities - IBM strengthens LOT's mission with over 80,000 additional patents and patent applications
IBM today announced a major step in its dedication to open innovation and responsible stewardship of technology by joining LOT Network Inc, a non-profit community of companies that builds a protective barrier for its members against patent assertion entities (PAEs).
PAEs acquire patents from third parties and some then try to make money through litigation against potential infringers. This can prove not only costly, but can also hamper innovation. LOT Network contains more than two million patent assets. If any of these falls into the hands of a PAE, LOT Network members receive a license to that patent, meaning the PAE will not be able to sue members for alleged infringement of that patent.
IBM's membership in LOT Network supports the protection of innovations for IBM and its ecosystem of customers, developers and like-minded companies across the industry. With today's news, IBM is adding over 80,000 patents and patent applications under the protection of LOT Network, shielding those patents from PAEs and encouraging industry-wide open innovation.
In 2019, IBM acquired LOT Network founding member Red Hat, the world's leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions. In helping to create LOT Network, Red Hat sought to protect innovation in the open source community, and showed that it was a responsible patent steward by agreeing to license its patents to other LOT Network members should its patents fall into the hands of a PAEs.
"As the largest recipient of patents in the U.S. each year for more than a quarter-century, IBM has continued to push the boundaries of innovation, improving the way we live and work, through some of the most disruptive technologies," said Arvind Krishna, senior vice president, Cloud and Cognitive Software, IBM. "Through our membership in LOT Network, we are joining a group of like-minded organizations, including Red Hat, that see strong value in protecting the traditional uses of patents, while fostering open innovation for today and the future."
"IBM is a welcome addition to the LOT Network's community of 600-plus companies," said Ken Seddon, CEO, LOT Network. "IBM has a strong track record of patenting innovation, and a sophisticated IP business. By joining LOT network, they are providing a way for companies to mitigate risk from PAEs, in direct alignment with the mission of LOT, strengthening our collective ability to mitigate patent abuse."
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IBM AI Innovations Sharpen Risk Detection in Identity Management
More Individualized Approach Helps Optimize Both Security & User Experience
IBM Security today announced it is extending its artificial intelligence (AI) technology originally developed to protect users in the financial services industry, to clients in all industries via the company's identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) offering. IBM Cloud Identity now features AI-based adaptive access capabilities that help continually assess employee or consumer user risk levels when accessing applications and services. The solution escalates suspicious user interactions for further authentication, while those identified as lower risk are "fast tracked" so they can access applications and services they need.