· The IT consultant Proximity will commercialize the Self-service and Agile BI platform Quiterian DDWeb in its area of influence and, especially, in Florida, where its headquarters are located.
Quiterian’s customers, partners and co-workers will be able to get their certification in DDWeb from the distance, with full flexibility and at their own working speed
Increasingly, cities are using location-based technology to bring efficiency to their operations and improve the customer experience. They are using IBM software to get both a bird's eye view of their city infrastructure -- roads, buildings and waterways -- as well as insight into their operations underground or on the street of the pipes, wires, street lights, electrical meters, storm drains and other assets that make up a city's infrastructure. Some cities are using embedded sensors to detect faulty pipes or broken streetlights to automatically generate a work order for maintenance staff..
IBM and Nuance Communications, Inc. announced a research agreement to explore, develop and commercialize the Watson computing system's advanced analytics capabilities in the healthcare industry.
The research and technology initiative will combine IBM’s Deep Question Answering (QA), Natural Language Processing, and Machine Learning capabilities with Nuance's speech recognition and Clinical Language Understanding (CLU) solutions for the diagnosis and treatment of patients that provide hospitals, physicians and payers access to critical and timely information. The two companies expect the first commercial offerings from the collaboration to be available in 18-24 months.
Arcplan announces the launch of arcplan Mobile, its BI solution for iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android smartphones. With arcplan Mobile, users can create and distribute mobile BI applications quickly and device-independently to display detailed reports as well as interactive, animated dashboards. As a result, arcplan improves decision-making by enabling employees to have easy access to operational and financial data 24/7.