Designing Intelligent Workflows inside IBM Garage
Author: Kim Bartkowski, Design Principal, iX, Global Business Services, IBM A/NZ In my last post, I introduced a new blueprint framework our teams in the IBM Garage are using to create Cognitive Enterprises using AI. In this article, I will be talking about a new design practice and complimentary artefact to a Cognitive Enterprise Blueprint […]
Aussie teams make the finals of Call for Code 2020
Author: Rahul Soans, Developer Marketing Manager, IBM Australia When the finalists of the 2020 Call for Code were announced, I was thrilled to see two Aussie teams make the cut. A journey that kicked-off in February is now reaching its zenith. IBM’s tech for good initiative Call for Code (in partnership with David Clarke Cause […]
COVID-19 forces banks into digital rethink
The coronavirus is accelerating the trend to digitisation and the use of artificial intelligence in financial services, further adding to the urgency created by emerging banking products like buy now pay later providers (BNPL) and neobanks looking to eat into the market share of major banks. However experts suggest that with their vast stores of […]
Thriving while working remotely
Authors: Dipesh Pala, Agile Capability Leader, Asia Pacific, Global Business Services and Cobus Beetge, Agile Coach, Global Business Services This year has brought sudden, large scale adoption of remote working. Although this was met with the rapid uptake of collaboration tools, in the long-term, companies will need to build a culture of trust, respect and empathy […]
Let’s rethink how the world works: Embracing opportunity in a post-COVID-19 world
Author: Mike Smith, Managing Director, IBM New Zealand Lockdown and COVID-19 have shown us all how rapidly things can change. Within a few days, New Zealanders had to transform the way we work, study and shop. We moved to doing a lot more things online. One colleague’s 90-year-old mother-in-law learned how to do an online […]
Fractals – a way to see infinity
Ever wonder why a river, looks like a tree, looks like a leaf? IBMer Benoit Mandelbrot did. His quirky way of looking at the world led to the discovery of fractal geometry. Fractals have made it possible to mathematically explore the kinds of rough irregularities that exist in nature. Clouds are not perfect spheres, mountains […]
IBM Australia recently undertook a review of its employment conditions and determined that it contravened the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) by failing to identify that the Business Equipment Award 2010, Professional Employees Award 2010, Banking, Finance and Insurance Industry Award 2010 and Nurses Award 2010 applied to some of its employees. IBM apologises sincerely […]
Newly discovered genetic risk factors could improve celiac disease detection
Author: Benjamin Goudey, Research Scientist, Healthcare and Life Sciences, IBM Research About 1% of the Australian population need to abstain from gluten due to a condition called celiac disease, an autoimmune disease that inflames the small intestine when gluten is consumed. While around 1% of people in Western countries have celiac disease, up to 70% […]
Why sustainable enterprises are the businesses of the future
Author: Neil Cherry, Senior Partner, Cognitive Enterprise Lead, IBM Services Sustainability. It’s the topic dominating conversations in boardrooms everywhere – as it should be. No longer is it seen as just a checkbox item relegated to a corporate social responsibility committee. More sustainable enterprises are emerging as businesses finally realise just how important it is […]
The new way to scale your AIX and IBM i workloads into the cloud
Author: Matthew Goes, Server Business & Strategy Manager, IBM A/NZ If you’ve been wanting to expand your Power Systems IT resources and reach into cloud, there’s now an easy way to do so. We’re pleased to announce that from 31st of August, you can provision IBM Power Virtual Servers with your choice of Linux, AIX […]
Bank guarantees: Jumping from paper to blockchain
Author: Nigel Dobson, Banking Services Lead at the Australia New Zealand Banking Group and Chairman of Lygon 1B. There is a genuine need to digitise the archaic process by which tenants, banks and landlords negotiate bank guarantees. When a retailer wants to lease a property to open a store, the landlord requires a bank guarantee […]
Diversity needed to tackle the inherent bias in artificial intelligence
AI is designed to make our lives easier. But there’s a big problem when the people who design the systems program in their own bias. Social distancing has been one of the most significant themes of 2020, and it’s not limited to human contact. In June, three technology giants distanced themselves from the multibillion-dollar business […]