Microsoft and IBM open-source MS-DOS 4.00 from 1986
It has taken 38 years, but the source code of MS-DOS version 4.00 has been made available by Microsoft and IBM. The rationale for this release was because former Microsoft CTO Ray Ozzie came across beta binaries on DOS floppy disks in his collection.
The release stemmed from a correspondence wit... Read more
Update: IBM confirms multi-billion acquisition of HashiCorp
Update 25/04/2024 - IBM has announced it is buying HashiCorp for $6.4 billion, equivalent to about €5.97 billion.
With the acquisition, IBM is adding a "suite of leading hybrid and multi-cloud lifecycle management products". With this, Big Blue aims to help companies struggling with applicatio... Read more
IBM invests in data security datasecurity company Cohesity and expands partnership
Data security company Cohesity is expanding its partnership with IBM, receiving the final part of a Series F funding round of $150 million (more than 140 million euros) from that company. IBM did not disclose the amount it is investing in Cohesity.
Cohesity hopes the investment will address cust... Read more
Consortium must assuage concerns about job loss due to AI
In response to -certainly not unwarranted- concerns about job loss due to the rise of AI, major technology companies have formed a consortium to prepare workers and organizations in the ICT sector for upcoming changes through upskilling and retraining. Cisco spearheaded the foundation of this aptly... Read more
Researchers IBM and VU Amsterdam discover major CPU vulnerability
A new CPU vulnerability affects all known computer architectures. The so-called GhostRace exploit makes it possible to steal data from the system memory of PCs with chips from Intel, AMD, Arm and IBM.
VUSec, the Systems & Network Security Group at the Dutch university VU Amsterdam, shares a ... Read more
How do you roll out GenAI in enterprise environments?
IBM claims that watsonx provides the building blocks for successfully deploying Generative AI initiatives in enterprise environments. What are these building blocks and why is IBM so confident that they can do this better than others in the market? We recently attended the first edition of IBM Tech... Read more
IBM acquires Software AG’s integration platforms
IBM is paying $2.13 billion (€1.95 billion) for Software AG's StreamSets and WebMethods platforms.
The acquisition of the integration platforms should give IBM more opportunities to further focus on AI and hybrid cloud. For example, the arrival of the StreamSets platform should bring more data... Read more
New York gets new R&D chip complex, purchases advanced ASML machines
There will be a new research complex for advanced chips at the University of Albany in New York. New York State, along with IBM and Micron, among others, is investing $10 billion.
The new facility will be built at the Albany NanoTech Complex, The Wall Street Journal reports. New York State itsel... Read more
Meta and IBM start AI Alliance: OpenAI and Google do not want to participate
Meta and IBM's newly formed AI Alliance immediately starts with big names already on board: Intel, Dell and Red Hat. However, the initiative has less appeal in the pool of influential AI developers. What can the AI Alliance accomplish without support from OpenAI, Google and Anthropic?
Arguing t... Read more
IBM introduces 133-qubit quantum computing processor and modular system
IBM is stepping up its quantum computing activities with a series of new introductions in the field. It is delivering a 133-qubit Heron processor, along with an experimental 1,121-qubit ICondor-Processor.
IBM has been trying to be at the forefront of quantum computing for some time. To realize t... Read more