IBM Grant Helps Stop Hunger Now Develop Strategic IT Vision
Engaging people in the effort to end hunger is absolutely critical to achieving Stop Hunger Now’s mission of ending hunger in our lifetime. It’s not just about Stop Hunger Now providing meals or other aid to people in need – it’s about creating a movement to end hunger. “It’s one thing to give a grant […]
IBM Watson Helps Tackle Youth Unemployment in Belgium
Youth unemployment is a major concern in many European countries. For young people leaving school and entering the labor market it is especially important that they can rely on support from their employment agency for a good quality offer of employment, continued education, an apprenticeship or a traineeship. Equally important is that the service is […]
Community College Students Explore STEM Research
As science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, add nine million jobs by 2022 (US Bureau of Labor Statistics), companies have to keep an eye on evolving disciplines and take special care to help prepare students for these careers. This is why IBM has early outreach programs, the latest of which is a new summer […]
P-TECH Intern Diving Head First Into Cognitive Computing
Naseer Campbell was 14-years-old when he decided to pursue a degree in computer science and technology. He’s now 18, in his fifth year of Pathways in Technology Early College High School, or P-TECH, and wrapping up his second summer internship at IBM’s Thomas J Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY. READ THE REST OF […]
Strong Values Are Essential to Sustained Leadership
In my remarks during the International Young Leaders Assembly (IYLA) at the United Nations on August 16, I illustrated how IBM’s culture of values enables not only the company’s culture of service, but also the transformations that have kept IBM at the forefront of industry for more than 100 years. You can view the text of […]
Making a Difference, Not Just a Living
If you know IBM, the scope and depth of the initiatives detailed in our 2015 Corporate Responsibility Report will not surprise you. IBM undertakes actions at scale, and because corporate responsibility is fully integrated with our overall business strategy, our CSR programs are global in reach as they seek to enable fundamental transformations of societal […]
IBM Consultants Donate Time and Expertise in Service to Others
Since I joined IBM a few weeks ago, I have been in a hot debate with “Son #1” (of three) about who works for the coolest company. After two years in banking, he joined an AI startup last year and enjoys irritating me with pointless reasons why a bunch of Russian programmers (and he) are […]
El éxito de la cultura colaborativa
Si lo haces acompañado, el camino será más llevadero. Es el lema que nos mueve en las Lanzaderas de Empleo; por eso creamos el programa en el 2013, para ayudar a personas desempleadas a emprender un nuevo rumbo hacia el mercado laboral. El paro es la mayor lacra social que arrastra nuestro país; no podemos […]
Building a Brighter Future for Connecticut’s Students
As a resident of Connecticut, I am pleased to serve in a leadership role with the company that created the P-TECH grade 9 to 14 schools model. P-TECH represents a series of critical innovations in the history of American education. And Connecticut’s Norwalk Early College Academy (NECA) – a partnership among the Norwalk Public Schools, […]
Education and Innovation Are Essential to Turkey’s Economic Development
(Türkçe versiyonu aşağıdadır) With a strong history and expertise in innovation, IBM has put education as one of the core elements of its citizenship initiative to support the innovation culture. A quality education is of vital importance for Turkey’s young population and a catalyst for social and economic development. Within this in mind, IBM Citizenship […]
IBM P-TECH: Redefining Possibilities for a New Generation
Last June, we were proud to welcome our first six early P-TECH graduates to the ranks of educated men and women prepared for success in both the workplace and in higher education. Today, we are proud to announce that 32 more have joined their ranks – bringing to 38 the number of P-TECH scholars who […]
Closing the IT Skills Gap While Serving Those Who Have Served
IBM’s Veterans Employment Initiative, part of the IBM Impact Grant portfolio, connects IBM expert software trainers with qualified participants for five days of instruction on IBM® i2® Analyst’s Notebook®. At the conclusion of the instructional session, participants may take the exam for certification as an advanced data analyst. Employers are expected to fill nearly 200,000 jobs over the next […]
Help an International Research Team Fight the Zika Virus
(Brazilian Portuguese Version Below) Few people had heard of the Zika virus before 2015, when it began rapidly spreading in the Americas, particularly in Brazil. The virus is mostly spread by mosquitoes, although sexual and blood transmission are also possible. Some pregnant women who have contracted the Zika virus have given birth to infants with […]
A Diploma, a Degree, and a Job Offer from IBM: One P-TECH Student’s Experience
I was born in Trinidad and began my life in America at the age of two. Like many families, my parents came to New York seeking the American Dream and a better future for me and my sisters. After our arrival, my family moved around a bit until we finally settled in a part of […]
Transforming Careers for Veterans
By Debbie Landers and Robert Griffin Data analytics is key to ensuring that organizations today remain competitive and employees engaged. As a result, industry experts cite data analytics as one of the fastest growing career fields, with a shortage of at least 200,000 data analysts to fill corporate data analyst jobs by 2018. With qualified […]