The benchmarks harness the joint computing power of IBM's POWER CPUs and NVIDIA Tesla P100 graphics processors, showing how customers can now query and analyze billion-row datasets in real-time. The POWER processor is a state of the art CPU that comes with NVLink technology and works together seamlessly with the NVIDIA Tesla P100 GPU. NVLink accelerates CPU-to-GPU analytic pipelines up to 2.5 times compared to systems without NVLink, and that gives businesses far faster insight.
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Global mobility on demand market is to cross $228 billion by 2022
The global mobility on demand market is expected to exceed $228 billion by 2022, due to growing traffic congestion, continuous initiatives being taken by several vehicle manufacturing players, and increasing inclination of consumers, according toGlobal Mobility on Demand Market Forecast & Opportunities, 2022, a report recently released by TechSci Research. The Asia-Pacific region accounted for the largest share of the market in 2016, with China and Japan registering more than half of those sales. Moreover, the region is anticipated to maintain its dominance in the global mobility on demand market during the forecast period as well.
A New Breed of Procurement Professional Emerges: Introducing Procurement's Gen NEXT
"Today, Procurious is unveiling Procurement's Gen NEXT – a new breed of procurement professionals who are not defined by the year they were born, but by their positivity and commitment to proactively managing their careers," said Dr. Hugo Britt, Content Director at Procurious and author of the study. "Our survey of 500+ procurement professionals paints a compelling picture of the many and varied levers that the members of Gen NEXT use to manage their own careers".
Docker Expands Partnership with IBM to Address Growing Demand for the Modernize Traditional Applications (MTA) Program
"Through Docker EE for IBM Cloud and Docker's MTA Program, the two companies are making it easier than ever for clients to modernize their existing applications," said Jason McGee, VP, IBM Cloud Platform. "Today's announcement from IBM and Docker is another big step forward in our long-standing partnership to further fuel public cloud adoption with containers."
The Weather Company and TripAdvisor to Provide Weather-Based Point of Interest & Activity Recommendations for Made for Samsung App Users
The Weather Company, an IBM Business, today announced that it has collaborated with TripAdvisor, the travel site that enables travelers to unleash the full potential of every trip, to provide The Weather Channel Made for Samsung App users with tailored point of interest, activity, and attraction recommendations based on forecasts.
Hyperledger Welcomes Baidu as Premier Member
"It's exciting to see a company like Baidu, which serves the world's largest Internet user population, join Hyperledger," said Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director, Hyperledger. "Their deep understanding in connecting users to information and services will be tremendous experience for us to leverage as we look to expand our reach further in Asia and drive more global production deployments of Hyperledger technology."
IBM Reports 2017 Third-Quarter Results
IBM today announced third-quarter earnings results.
Highlights
- Diluted EPS from continuing operations: GAAP of $2.92; Operating (non-GAAP) of $3.30
- Revenue of $19.2 billion
- Strategic imperatives revenue of $34.9 billion over the trailing 12 months, up 10 percent; represents 45 percent of IBM revenue
- Third-quarter revenue up 11 percent (up 10 percent adjusting for currency)
- Cloud revenue of $15.8 billion over the trailing 12 months, up 25 percent year to year (up 26 percent adjusting for currency)
- As-a-service annual exit run rate of $9.4 billion in the quarter, up 25 percent year to year (up 24 percent adjusting for currency)
- Maintains full-year EPS and free cash flow expectations
IBM and Dream Payments Expand Payment Services on the Cloud to U.S. Financial Institutions
IBM today announced it is teaming up with Toronto-based FinTech company Dream Payments to bring new revenue generating mobile payment offerings to financial institutions and merchants in the United States via the IBM Cloud.Historically, financial institutions are slow to bring new products to market due to culture, legacy systems and heavy regulations within the payments industry.