IBM

• [New] A research staff member in the cloud and computing infrastructure unit at IBM, the typical IoT machine learning workload will require read-only access to process large amounts of data. IoT World Today
• [New] Since early last year, Google has blocked new AI features analysing emotions, fearing cultural insensitivity, while Microsoft restricted software mimicking voices and IBM rejected a client request for an advanced facial-recognition system. 2021
• [New] IBM hopes to leverage Red Hat as a management plane for a hybrid environment, while offering a variety of hardware and software tools and services. TechCrunch
• [New] After a successful first year, IBM Quantum will once again partner with The Coding School's Qubit by Qubit to bring quantum computing to students around the world. IBM Research Blog
• [New] Similar to Microsoft, IBM has some serious scaling plans - hoping it's systems will reach a remarkable 1,000 qubits in the years to come. TheStockDork
• [New] IBM Security throws in a range of its own products and services, including identity and access management (IAM), security information and access management, threat management, detection and response, and cloud and mobile security. Enterprise Networking Planet
• IBM is launching a new tiered Power Expert Care service to help clients as they protect their systems against the latest cybersecurity threats while also providing hardware and software coherence and higher systems availability. Geeky gadgets
• Since early last year, Google has blocked new AI features analyzing emotions, fearing cultural insensitivity, while Microsoft restricted software mimicking voices and IBM rejected a client request for an advanced facial-recognition system. Reuters
• To ensure that systems maintain protection against the ever-changing nature of threats, IBM has introduced its tiered Power Expert Care service, which also ensures hardware and software coherence systems availability. ITSecurity.Org
• IBM's roadmap for Cloud Code Engine encompasses a Platform-as-a-Service that will containerize, deploy, scale, and run code. ZDNet
• The IBM Quantum Educator Summit will be a first-of-its-kind experiment in empowering educators to prepare their students for a future with quantum computing. IBM Research Blog
• The investments in zero-trust by Google and the cybersecurity training investments made by IBM will have significant impacts on the tech industry in the future. SearchSecurity
• IBM Security Guardium delivers quick and easy integration to help break down silos and respond to threats faster. Security Intelligence
• IBM experts will be co-offering a Quantum Computing course on the NPTEL platform and augment select NPTEL courses such as data science and AI with technical inputs that will help provide students with a current industry perspective. Economic Times
• IBM has unveiled its long-awaited Telum chip, built with AI inference acceleration that will allow for fraud detection while a transaction is occurring. TechCentral.ie
• IBM leverages AI, Machine Learning, and Watson, to detect and respond to cyber threats in real-time and efficiently. Emergen Research
• IBM Storage as a Service will support hybrid cloud solutions deployed via cloud-adjacent architecture at Equinix. Channel Futures
• IBM will train 150,000 people in cybersecurity skills over the next three years, and will partner with 20 Historically Black Colleges & Universities to establish a more diverse cyber workforce. The Hacker News
• IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence recently located and analyzed a ransomware strain that appeared to be a work in progress. Security Intelligence
• IBM's latest experiment only applies to a specific type of classification problems in machine learning, and does not mean that all learning problems will benefit from the use of quantum kernels. ZDNet
• Within three years the percentage of businesses using mainframe assets in a hybrid cloud setup will increase by two times. SD Times
• Now IBM QRadar can proactively invoke Safeguarded Copy to create a protected backup at the first sign of a threat. Servers & Storage
• IBM is partnering with 13 HBCUs to build a new Quantum Center that gives students access to IBM quantum computers, as well as educational support and research opportunities. McKinsey & Company

Last updated: 19 September 2021