Meet … Rick
The Final Countdown On Thursday (Aug 20th) we had a 24hr lock-up with the Extreme Blue and the other interns. This means that we were physically in the office from 10AM on Thursday until 10AM on Friday. A nice social experiment, so to say. At the end of the regular working day the room was […]
Meet … Yann
It was on Observe Hack Make (a one week hacking camp) in 2013, that I got informed about IBM Extreme Blue. Being part of the volunteering crew, I met Manfred Overmeen (the crew team lead). Although it wasn’t untill the end of the week, that he told me about the Extreme Blue program he is […]
Make IT Work: Minder werkloosheid, meer ICT-talent
Hoogopgeleiden zonder werk voorbereiden op een carrière in de ICT: dat is het doel van Make IT Work. Ook IBM neemt deel aan dit initiatief, onderdeel van een breder plan voor talentontwikkeling in de regio Amsterdam. Minister van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid Lodewijk Asscher presenteerde het plan tijdens een werkbezoek aan IBM. “Er is veel […]
Best Student Recognition Event 2015
Just in the middle of the summer IBM Netherlands hosted the Best Student Recognition Event 2015 in Amsterdam. 64 students from 44 institutions from 20 countries and 26 nationalities spent 3 creative days of workshops and challenges in order to come up with a solution for the world problem of Food Waste. The participants had […]
Meet … Wilco Verhoef
Starting the day with a game of table football gives insight into the working atmosphere at IBM. Peering across the table, you can see the concentration and dedication in my colleagues’ eyes. Straight faces, revealing a hint of nerves, reminding you that the only option is to win. Your pride is at stake, everyone watching […]
Meet … Debora
Indeed, being part of the movement through which technology is changing the world was what I expected from working at IBM. Nonetheless, I was hired to solve a specific problem: a challenge by a client that I would be assigned to. With that in mind, I knew I would probably not be working on the […]
IBM Netherlands and VU Amsterdam create education on Watson
On July 9-10, as part of the Big Data in Society summer school in Amsterdam , a two-day Watson Masterclass was given at the VU University Amsterdam. The course gave students insights into two particular Watson related topics: 1. The system that beat the top human contestants in the live US television show Jeopardy, and […]
iX studio Groningen opening
by Tessa Mulder On the 23rd of June we officially opened our Interactive Experience Studio in Groningen, and quite spectacularly as well! With the studio fully up and running the IBM Services Center is becoming more versatile than ever. Buzzing with innovation, passion and the pioneering spirit of an entrepreneurial start-up, we can design, develop […]
Take care!
Mentioning Mobile, most people tend to think of the pretty little devices they sometime use to make a phone call. And of course very right so. On the other hand, you see the introduction of many other mobile devices you can’t make a phone call with, even if you would like to. The most recent […]