education
What everyone can do to address workplace gender equality
Academic initiatives, IBM Systems Lab Services, Services
According to a recent IBM Institute for Business Value study on women in leadership, only a small portion (12 percent) of 2,300 surveyed organizations proactively prioritize the push for gender equality in leadership. Given that advancing women still isn’t a formal priority for many businesses, there’s a great deal of work we all need to ...read more
Bringing next generation computing to the next generation of computing experts
Academic initiatives, Cloud computing, High-performance computing
When people use a technology firsthand, it makes the path to a career in that field a plan instead of just a dream. How, then, do you give access to an IBM Systems supercomputer like Summit to university students and researchers? Hardware access might be available on the cloud, using the IBM Q Experience platform ...read more
Girls in STEM: Building a better future
Academic initiatives, IBM Systems Lab Services, Services
It’s been widely reported that girls and women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields face extra barriers to entry, as well as to promotion and equal pay in comparison to their male counterparts. Society has become more aware of the ways unconscious bias can influence outcomes and of how important it is that ...read more
Why education matters: Building skills for your future
Academic initiatives, Blockchain, IBM Systems Lab Services...
When you make an investment in something, you want to get the most out of that experience — and often that means learning is required. Technology is evolving at an increasing pace. The skills many of us brought to the workplace may not be the skills we’ll need on our next project, but high-quality training ...read more
Didn’t win Powerball? Here’s an investment that pays off!
Academic initiatives, IBM Systems Lab Services, Power servers...
If you listened sadly as your numbers were not called at the recent USD $1.5 billion Powerball lottery, don’t despair. The odds of winning were a daunting 1 in 292 million! But if you’re looking for an investment that always pays off, you can’t beat investing in your skills development. With the explosion of disruptive ...read more