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19 Apr 2012
NUS’ Institute of Systems Science collaborates with IBM to establish Enterprise Social Business Centre of Excellence
SINGAPORE – April 19, 2012 – IBM and the Institute of Systems Science of the National University of Singapore- (NUS-ISS) today announced a collaboration, supported by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (iDA) and the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA), to create the Enterprise Social Business Centre of Excellence. This Centre will catalyse the transformation of Singapore’s workforce and ensure that Singapore is future-ready and able to leverage social media platforms to improve productivity, connect for innovation and create communities for competitive advantage. -
05 Apr 2012
IBM X-Force Report: 2011 Shows Progress Against Security Threats But Attackers Adapt
SINGAPORE – 5 April 2012: IBM [NYSE:IBM] today released the results of its X-Force 2011 Trend and Risk Report, which shows surprising improvements in several areas of Internet security such as a reduction in application security vulnerabilities, exploit code and spam. As a result, the report suggests attackers today are being forced to rethink their tactics by targeting more niche IT loopholes and emerging technologies such as social networks and mobile devices. -
23 Mar 2012
Singapore's Jurong Lake District Named by IBM as Smarter Cities Challenge Grant Recipient for 2012
March 23, 2012, SINGAPORE – The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), and IBM are pleased to announce that the Jurong Lake District has been selected as one of the recipients for the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge grant for 2012. -
22 Mar 2012
IBM Introduces New Predictive Analytics Services and Software to Reduce Fraud, Manage Financial Performance and Deliver Next Best Action
SINGAPORE - 22 March 2012 - IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new consulting services and software that take the power of predictive analytics to new levels of impact for the highest-priority issues of C-suite decision makers. The new analytic offerings address the emerging opportunities of big data to manage financial operations, decrease fraud and nurture next-generation customer relationships. -
08 Mar 2012
Citi and IBM Enter Exploratory Agreement on Use of Watson Technologies
Singapore, 8 March 2012 – Citigroup (NYSE: C) announced it has entered into an agreement with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to explore possible uses for IBM Watson. Under the agreement, Citi will examine the use of deep content analysis and evidence based learning capabilities found in IBM Watson to help advance customer interactions, and improve and simplify the banking experience. -
24 Feb 2012
IBM Advances Security Intelligence to Help Companies Combat Increasing Threats
SINGAPORE — 24 Feb 2012: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled new capabilities to its security intelligence platform that combines deep analytic capabilities with real-time data feeds from hundreds of different sources to give organisations, for the first time, the ability to help proactively protect themselves from increasingly sophisticated and complex security threats and attacks. -
12 Jan 2012
IBM Breaks U.S. Patent Record; Tops Patent List for 19th Consecutive Year IBM inventors received more than 6,000 patents in 2011
SINGAPORE — January 12, 2012 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it set a new U.S. patent record in 2011, marking the 19th consecutive year that the company has led the annual list of patent recipients. IBM inventors earned a record 6,180 U.S. patents in 2011, more than quadrupling Hewlett-Packard’s issuances and exceeding the combined issuances of Apple, Amazon, Google, EMC, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Oracle/Sun. -
18 Nov 2011
IBM STUDY: 60 PERCENT OF ASEAN CHIEF MARKETERS UNPREPARED FOR COMPLEXITY FROM DIGITAL ERA TRANSFORMATION
SINGAPORE – 18 November 2011: An IBM (NYSE: IBM) study of more than 1,700 chief marketing officers (CMOs) from 64 countries and 19 industries, including 70 CMOs from ASEAN, reveals that the majority of the world’s top marketing executives recognise a critical and permanent shift occurring in the way they engage with their customers, but question whether their marketing organisations are prepared to manage the change.