IBM has released information on a deal worth $325mn with networking equipment manufacturer Juniper Networks. This deploys IBM's Service Platform with Watson for a 7 year period into Juniper's environment.…
Quantum Computers are faster, IBM proves
IBM's Research scientists have long spent time working on mathematical proofs. The latest proof that they have is that quantum computing will be faster than classical architectures. In classical computing,…
RIP: Sir Charles Kuen Kao – Fiber Optic Pioneer
This week marks the death of Sir Charles Kuen Kao, one of modern networking's pioneers. He died on Sunday 23 September 2018, aged 84. Born in Shanghai in 1933, Charles…
IBM Security: Future of Identity Report
IBM's Security team has put together a new report on the Future of Identity. The report looks at how people are reacting to new methods of securing data, and what…
IBM Q – The quiet sound of quantum computing
The world of quantum computing is not like traditional computing. It's much quieter. As you reduce the temperature to few fractions of a degree above absolute zero to observe quantum…
Riposte to Microsoft’s VMware in Azure
VMware has issued a blog post riposte to Microsoft's recent announcement supporting VMware in the Azure environment. It uses Microsoft's deployment of VMware as an argument that they are indeed the…
New secure Quad9 DNS service supports IPv6
Quad9 is a new DNS service that prevents against malware. Previously I would have recommended OpenDNS to provide this service. But OpenDNS doesn't support IPv6 with the malware protection. It…
A change to copper in ‘97 still helps chips scale down
According to IBM Research's blog, a change they made 20 years ago is still helping us today. (One big wire change in '97 still helping chips achieve tiny scale). 20 years…