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IBM launches watsonx Code Assistant for Z to help with modernizing COBOL applications

IBM has launched its watsonx Code Assistant, which targets multiple use cases: IT automation and application modernization.  The product consists of two main components at launch: watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed and watsonx Code Assistant for Z.  Watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed uses generative AI to assist IT teams … continue reading

IBM announces first release of watsonx Granite model

IBM has announced the release of the first models in the watsonx Granite series, which utilize generative AI for language and code tasks.  These models come in various sizes to cater to different business needs and are based on a decoder-only architecture. They can be used to scale AI in various ways, such as generating … continue reading

IBM’s watsonx begins its official rollout

IBM has announced that watsonx is generally available and has begun its rollout to enterprises. Watsonx is an AI and data platform that was first unveiled by IBM at the IBM Think conference in May.  Watsonx consists of three parts: watsonx.ai, which is a studio for building foundation models, generative AI, and machine learning wattonx.data, … continue reading

IBM releases watsonx platform to power next-generation foundation models for AI

Today IBM announced a new AI and data platform called watsonx that is intended to allow enterprises to scale and accelerate the impact of AI with trusted data.  IBM is offering an AI development studio with access to IBM-curated and trained foundation models and open-source models, access to a data store so users can gather … continue reading

Report: Many people interested in STEM career change, but not sure how to get there

While many people are interested in pursuing a career in STEM, a lot of them don’t feel super familiar with the career options in the field.  According to a study based on 14,000 interviews conducted by IBM and Morning Consult, 40% of respondents stated they don’t know where to start to make this career change.  … continue reading

IBM announces new analytics platform to break down data silos

IBM today announced new software designed to assist enterprises in breaking down data and analytics silos, allowing them to make data-driven decisions quickly and navigate disruptions. IBM Business Analytics Enterprise is a suite of business intelligence planning, budgeting, reporting, forecasting, and dashboard capabilities intended to provide users with a full view of data sources across … continue reading

Moving off ECC environments to SAP/S4HANA

With only about one quarter of SAP customers having moved from their existing ECC environments to S/4HANA, it’s clear businesses are looking for guidance on the best way to manage such a transformative migration. This hesitancy is understandable – SAP S/4HANA represents more than a technical upgrade, it’s a major functional change. That means IT … continue reading

IBM announces three new AI libraries for natural language processing

IBM unveiled three new embeddable AI libraries to reduce the barriers for AI adoption and to address the AI skills shortage.  The models include the same language processing and speech libraries that IBM uses to power its own IBM Watson software.  One of the new libraries is IBM Watson Natural Language Processing Library (NLP), designed … continue reading

IBM to establish Cybersecurity Leadership Centers at 20 HBCUs to address skills gap

IBM has announced a new partnership with 20 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to address the cybersecurity skills gap by setting up Cybersecurity Leadership Centers.  According to a recent study by IBM, organizations that don’t have sufficient security teams experience $550,000 more in costs related to data breaches compared to companies with sufficiently staffed … continue reading

2022 Call for Code will focus on building solutions that take on climate change

Call for Code is an annual development challenge in which developers create solutions to help with a problem the world is facing. It is sponsored by David Clark Cause, IBM, United Nations Human Rights, and the Linux Foundation. This year, the challenge urges developers to create solutions that take on climate change.  The solutions that … continue reading

SD Times news digest: IBM Wazi aaS announced; Updated testing guidance on Android; TypeScript 4.6 RC announced

Today, IBM unveiled new developments in order to help users speed up transformation with a series of new capabilities intended to modernize apps across hybrid cloud environments. Included among these are plans to deliver IBM Z as-a-service on IBM Cloud. This release is geared towards making the lives of developers easier, bringing them: Increased speed … continue reading

SD Times news digest: Tailwind CSS 3.0 release; IBM and MuleSoft announce partnership; Datadog launches Sensitive Data Scanner

Tailwind CSS recently announced the release of Tailwind CSS 3.0, bringing users performance gains, workflow improvements, and several new features. For a full overview of these new features, visit Tailwind CSS’s YouTube channel.  A few of the highlights from the release include  Just-in-Time, all the time: accelerated build times, stackable variants, arbitrary value support, better … continue reading

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