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IBM Advances to Next Phase of DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
IBM moves to second stage of program that rigorously and objectively validates approaches to building a large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computer YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, New York, Nov. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has been selected for Stage B, the second of three stages of the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative led by DARPA, the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. As the independent research and development arm of the U.S. Department of Defense,...
IBM Announces Defense-Focused AI Model to Accelerate Mission Planning and Decision Support
Developed in collaboration with Janes, the IBM Defense Model delivers actionable, defense-specific insights in secured environments WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the general availability of the IBM Defense Model, a purpose-built AI model designed to deliver reliable intelligence for defense and national security. Developed together with Janes, a leading provider of open-source defense intelligence, the IBM Defense Model combines IBM's...
IBM Announces New AI Agents on Oracle Fusion Applications AI Agent Marketplace
Three new AI agents, built with Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications, automate enterprise tasks Additional AI Agents for HR and Supply Chain built on IBM watsonx Orchestrate under development by IBM ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new AI agents now available on the Oracle Fusion Applications AI Agent Marketplace. The three new agents are designed to help Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications customers achieve new levels of operational...
IBM Announces New Platform for Financial Institutions and Regulated Enterprises Entering the Digital Asset Economy
With IBM Digital Asset Haven, clients can manage digital assets across various blockchains, all while conforming to their sovereignty, security, and compliance requirements ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 27, 2025 /CNW/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the launch of IBM Digital Asset Haven, a comprehensive platform for financial institutions, governments, and corporations to securely manage and scale their digital asset operations. Banks and governments now have a single solution to manage their digital...
IBM Delivers New Quantum Processors, Software, and Algorithm Breakthroughs on Path to Advantage and Fault Tolerance
IBM Quantum Nighthawk: processor built for quantum advantage will deliver circuits with 30 percent more complexity Together with partners, IBM contributes three experiments to open, community quantum advantage tracker, with results comparable to leading classical simulation methods New Qiskit capabilities show 24 percent increase in accuracy with dynamic circuits and decreased cost of extracting accurate results by over 100 times with HPC-powered error mitigation. IBM Quantum Loon...
IBM Designated as a Critical Third-Party Provider Under EU DORA
ARMONK, N.Y., Dec. 5, 2025 /CNW/ -- The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is a European Union regulation designed to ensure that financial entities--such as banks, insurance companies, and investment firms--and their critical Information and Communication Technology (ICT) providers can withstand and recover from technology disruptions, including cyber incidents and technical failures. IBM (NYSE: IBM) was recently designated by the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA, ESMA) as...
IBM Elects Ramon L. Laguarta to its Board of Directors
ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The IBM (NYSE: IBM) board of directors has elected Ramon L. Laguarta to the board, effective March 1, 2026. Ramon L. Laguarta, 62, is the chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo. With a strong commitment to performance and leadership, Mr. Laguarta has led PepsiCo, a global food and beverage leader, since 2018. He has played a pivotal role in PepsiCo's portfolio and cultural transformation. Arvind Krishna, IBM chairman, president and chief...
IBM Fusion Delivers Pioneering Implementation of NVIDIA AI Data Platform for Agentic AI
UT Southwestern Medical Center Propels AI-Driven Medical Research with IBM Fusion to Support Researchers, Doctors, and Patients ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that IBM Fusion has delivered one of the industry's first implementations of the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design, featuring NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs, NVIDIA Networking and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software. UT Southwestern Medical Center is the first client to...
IBM Introduces New Software to Address Growing Digital Sovereignty Imperative
Purpose-built to enable organizations to deploy their own secured, compliant and automated environments for AI-ready sovereign workloads ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 15, 2026 /CNW/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced IBM Sovereign Core, the industry's first AI-ready sovereign-enabled software for enterprises, governments and service providers to build, deploy and manage AI-ready sovereign environments. Organizations around the world are facing a growing imperative to exercise control over their...
IBM Introduces the Spyre Accelerator for Commercial Availability
Coming this Fall to IBM Z, LinuxONE and Power, IBM Spyre Accelerator Enables Enterprises to Scale Generative and Agentic AI Workloads ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 7, 2025 /CNW/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the upcoming general availability of the IBM Spyre Accelerator, an AI accelerator enabling low-latency inferencing to support generative and agentic AI use cases while prioritizing the security and resilience of core workloads. Earlier this year, IBM announced the Spyre Accelerator would be...
IBM Launches Enterprise Advantage Service to Help Businesses Scale Agentic AI
New AI-powered consulting service delivers a secured platform, shared standards, and reusable AI assets to help organizations accelerate growth and drive innovation ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 19, 2026 /CNW/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced IBM Enterprise Advantage, a first-of-its-kind asset-based consulting service that combines proven AI-tools and expertise to help clients quickly build, govern, and operate their own tailored internal AI platform at scale. Organizations can now use IBM Enterprise...
IBM Opens Global RFP for AI-Driven Solutions Shaping the Future of Work and Education
NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a global request for proposals (RFP) for the next cohort of the IBM Impact Accelerator focused on AI for transformative education and workforce development. The program invites nonprofits or government organizations, including academic institutions, to collaborate with IBM on developing solutions that help people learn more effectively, navigate career transitions, and access the jobs needed to build economic resilience....
IBM RELEASES FOURTH-QUARTER RESULTS
Strong, broad-based performance, led by double-digit Software and Infrastructure growth; Double-digit growth in full-year profit and free cash flow ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced fourth-quarter 2025 earnings results. "In the fourth quarter, we delivered strong revenue growth, with double-digit Software performance. Additionally, Infrastructure continued its double-digit revenue growth with the robust adoption of the next generation of our mainframe...
IBM RELEASES THIRD-QUARTER RESULTS
Acceleration in revenue growth and profit across all segments; Raises outlook for full-year revenue growth and free cash flow ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced third-quarter 2025 earnings results. "This quarter we accelerated performance across all of our segments, and again exceeded expectations for revenue, profit and free cash flow. Clients globally continue to leverage our technology and domain expertise to drive productivity in their operations...
IBM Study: AI Poised to Drive Smarter Business Growth Through 2030
By 2030, surveyed executives anticipate AI spend to shift from efficiency to innovation AI productivity gains projected to increase by 42%, fueling reinvestment for growth 67% of respondents expect AI to eliminate resource and skills constraints ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 19, 2026 /CNW/ -- New research from the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Institute for Business Value reveals that nearly eight in ten (79%) surveyed executives expect AI will significantly contribute to their revenue by 2030 - up from 40% today -...
IBM Study: Chief Data Officers Redefine Strategies as AI Ambitions Outpace Readiness
81% of Chief Data Officers surveyed prioritize investments that accelerate AI capabilities and initiatives. 78% of surveyed leaders cite leveraging proprietary data is a top strategic objective to differentiate their organization in the market. Nearly half of respondents identify advanced data skills as a top challenge - rising from 32% in 2023. ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 13, 2025 /CNW/ -- A new global study by the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Institute for Business Value reveals enterprise data strategies are...
IBM Unveils Advancements Across Software and Infrastructure to Help Enterprises Operationalize AI
From Agentic Orchestration to Infrastructure Automation, New and Upcoming Capabilities Support Productivity for Developers, Lines of Business and Infrastructure ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at TechXchange 2025, IBM's (NYSE: IBM) annual event for developers and technologists, the company unveiled new and upcoming product capabilities designed to help enterprises move beyond AI experimentation and unlock productivity gains across development, operations and business...
IBM and AMD Collaborate with Zyphra on Next Generation AI Infrastructure
Open-source superintelligence company leverages new integrated capabilities for AMD training clusters on IBM Cloud ARMONK, N.Y. and AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced a collaboration to deliver advanced AI infrastructure to Zyphra, an open-source AI research and product company based in San Francisco, California. Under a multi-year agreement between IBM and Zyphra, IBM is positioned to deliver a large cluster of AMD Instinct(TM)...
IBM and Anthropic Partner to Advance Enterprise Software Development with Proven Security and Governance
Partnership integrates Claude into select internal and external development tools and enterprise products, aiming to deliver new productivity gains for IBM clients ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Anthropic today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of enterprise-ready AI by infusing Anthropic's Claude, one of the world's most powerful family of large language models (LLMs), into IBM's software portfolio to deliver measurable...
IBM and Cisco Announce Plans to Build a Network of Large-Scale, Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers
- New collaboration plans to unite strengths of both leaders to design a connected network of large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers, targeted by early 2030s - Companies plan to deliver an initial demonstration of multiple networked quantum computers within five years - Distributed quantum network could lay groundwork towards quantum computing internet defined by quantum computers, sensors, and communication in the late 2030s YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. and SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 20, 2025...
IBM and Groq Partner to Accelerate Enterprise AI Deployment with Speed and Scale
Partnership aims to deliver faster agentic AI capabilities through IBM watsonx Orchestrate and Groq technology, enabling enterprise clients to take immediate action on complex workflows ARMONK, N.Y. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Groq today announced a strategic go-to-market and technology partnership designed to give clients immediate access to Groq's inference technology, GroqCloud, on watsonx Orchestrate - providing clients high-speed AI...
IBM and Mission 44 Join Forces to Fast-Track AI Skills
New multi-year collaboration launches in Austin ahead of the 2025 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix to promote STEM career pathways with local students AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled a new multi-year agreement with Mission 44, the global charitable foundation of Lewis Hamilton, seven-time Formula 1 (F1) World Champion and Scuderia Ferrari HP driver. The collaboration will leverage IBM's award-winning free education program, IBM SkillsBuild, to...
IBM and Pearson Collaborate to Build New AI-Powered Learning Tools for Organizations and Individuals Worldwide
ARMONK, N.Y. and LONDON, Dec. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world's lifelong learning company, today announced a global partnership to build new personalized learning products powered by AI for businesses, public organizations, and educational institutions. Recent research from Pearson found that inefficient career transitions and skills mismatches will cost the US economy $1.1 trillion in lost earnings annually. Employers, educators, and learners...
IBM and University of Dayton Announce Joint Research Collaboration for Next-Generation Semiconductor Technologies
New semiconductor nanofabrication facility will support advanced research and workforce development opportunities YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. and DAYTON, Ohio, Nov. 19, 2025 /CNW/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the University of Dayton today announced an agreement for the joint research and development of next-generation semiconductor technologies and materials. The collaboration aims to advance critical technologies for the age of AI including AI hardware, advanced packaging, and photonics. To support...
IBM and Web Summit to Launch Sports Tech Startup Challenge to Fuel Next Wave of Innovation in Sports
The IBM & Web Summit Sports Tech Startup Challenge will seek to find game-changing solutions that could be leveraged throughout IBM's technology portfolio and world-class global sports and entertainment partnership team. Regional startup competitions planned for Qatar, Vancouver, and Rio, leading to the global finale at Web Summit Lisbon 2026. IBM to become the Official AI Partner across all Web Summit 2026 conferences in Qatar, Vancouver, Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon. LISBON, Portugal, Nov. 10,...
IBM and the Recording Academy Strike a Chord, Release New watsonx Digital Experiences for Fans and Members Around 2026 Grammy Awards®
GRAMMY(R) IQ built with IBM watsonx debuts ahead of the 2026 Grammy Awards(R) ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM), the Official Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Cloud Partner of the Grammy Awards(R) for nearly a decade, today announced the launch of GRAMMY(R) IQ built with IBM watsonx. By tapping into the power of agentic AI, the new fan engagement solution transforms the Recording Academy(R)'s vast reserves of music industry data into interactive quizzes that put the...
IBM to Acquire Cognitus to Accelerate SAP Transformations Globally
Cognitus to further strengthen IBM's SAP capabilities in complex and regulated industries, including Aerospace and Defense, Energy and Utilities and Manufacturing ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cognitus, a leading SAP S/4HANA services provider, with industry-specific, AI-powered solutions. Cognitus will bring mission-critical SAP skills, including in RISE and GROW with SAP, as well as an...
IBM to Acquire Confluent to Create Smart Data Platform for Enterprise Generative AI
$11B acquisition to deliver end-to-end data platform for businesses to connect, process and govern data for applications and AI agents Transaction expected to be accretive to adjusted EBITDA within the first full year, and free cash flow in year two, post close ARMONK, N.Y. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 8, 2025 /CNW/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Confluent, Inc. (NASDAQ: CFLT), the data streaming pioneer, today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which IBM will acquire...
IBM to Announce Fourth-Quarter 2025 Financial Results
ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss its fourth-quarter 2025 financial results on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. ET. The live webcast of the earnings call can be accessed at www.ibm.com/investor. Please also visit the investor website for the earnings press release prior to the webcast. A replay, associated charts and prepared remarks will be available after the event. Contact: Timothy Davidson...
IBM to Announce Third-Quarter 2025 Financial Results
ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss its third-quarter 2025 financial results on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. ET. The live webcast of the earnings call can be accessed at www.ibm.com/investor. Please also visit the investor website for the earnings press release prior to the webcast. A replay, associated charts and prepared remarks will be available after the event. Media contact: Timothy Davidson...
IBM to Support Missile Defense Agency SHIELD Contract
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it was selected to support the Missile Defense Agency's Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program. This indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, with a ceiling of $151 billion, encompasses a broad range of work areas that allow for the rapid delivery of innovative capabilities to the warfighter with increased speed and agility. IBM has supported the U.S. federal government...
IBM-NRF Study: Brands and Retailers Navigate a New Reality as AI Shapes Consumer Decisions Before Shopping Begins
The following article is authored by Dee Waddell, Global Head of Consumer, Travel & Transportation Industries, IBM Consulting. ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Generative AI is reshaping the first steps of our shopping experience before we ever click "buy." From hyper-personalized suggestions to curated inspiration, influence now begins long before a store visit or app tap, moving where brands and retailers compete to an entirely new level. A new global study* from the IBM (NYSE:...
OpenSearch Software Foundation Welcomes IBM as a Premier Member
IBM joins the Foundation to advance the organizations' shared commitment to open, transparent, and community-driven search and analytics innovation ATLANTA, Nov. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America - The OpenSearch Software Foundation, the vendor-neutral home for the OpenSearch Project, today announced that IBM, a leading provider of global AI, hybrid cloud and consulting expertise, has joined the Foundation as a Premier Member. With the rapid adoption of...
Remembering Lou Gerstner
ARMONK, N.Y., Dec. 28, 2025 /CNW/ -- The following is the text of an email sent today to all IBM employees by Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna: IBMers, I am saddened to share that Lou Gerstner, IBM's Chairman and CEO from 1993 to 2002, passed away yesterday. Lou arrived at IBM at a moment when the company's future was genuinely uncertain. The industry was changing rapidly, our business was under pressure, and there was serious debate about whether IBM should even remain whole. His leadership...
Riyadh Air and IBM Partner to Launch World's First AI-Native Airline
Riyadh Air's AI-powered operations create agility across the business and unify employee and guest experiences, setting a new benchmark in aviation RIYADH, Saudi Arabia and ARMONK, N.Y., Dec. 8, 2025 /CNW/ -- At IBM Think Riyadh 2025, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Riyadh Air announced a major milestone in their collaboration, unveiling Riyadh Air as the world's first AI-native airline. Designed from the ground up without legacy patch work, these AI-driven operations provide the foundation to transform...
The Basque Government and IBM inaugurate Europe's first IBM Quantum System Two in Donostia-San Sebastián
The IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center now offers its members access to one of the most powerful quantum computers in the world. The IBM-BasQ partnership will foster global scientific collaborations in fundamental physics and materials science. SAN SEBASTÍAN, Spain, Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Basque Government and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled the first IBM Quantum System Two in Europe at the IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center in San Sebastián. The installation of this...
The Royal Spanish Athletics Federation Leverages IBM's Artificial Intelligence Platform to Optimize Sports Performance
Spanish Olympic hopefuls, Diego García and Aldara Meilán, are some of the athletes who are benefitting from the platform powered by IBM watsonx.data The technology analyzes information captured by sensors and applications for coaches to make personalized and highly informed decisions about their athletes MADRID, Nov. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Royal Spanish Athletics Federation is advancing its digitalization process with the creation of a centralized data infrastructure developed together...
Two-thirds of surveyed enterprises in EMEA report significant productivity gains from AI, finds new IBM study
66% of responding senior leaders say AI has already driven significant productivity improvements across their organization 41% of respondents anticipate returns on AI investments in under a year 72% of large enterprises surveyed (1,001 - 5,000 employees) report AI-driven productivity gains compared with 55% of SMEs Around 85% said interoperability, choice and transparency of AI systems is important LONDON, Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study from IBM (NYSE: IBM) reveals enterprises...
Unanimous Decision: UFC and IBM Introduce New AI-Driven In-Fight Insights
The new live insight platform, built with IBM watsonx, will deliver real-time milestones, streaks and records directly to UFC broadcasts and data systems ARMONK, N.Y. and LAS VEGAS, Nov. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and UFC, the world's premier mixed martial arts organization, today announced the next phase of their technological evolution with the launch of In-Fight Insights, an AI-driven live alert platform that monitors and reports in real time when notable milestones, streaks...
e& and IBM Unveil Enterprise-Grade Agentic AI to Transform Governance and Compliance
Announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the deployment marks e&'s move beyond traditional chatbots to enterprise-grade agentic AI. Powered by IBM watsonx Orchestrate, agentic AI is embedded into mission-critical governance and compliance systems across e&. DAVOS, Switzerland and DUBAI, UAE, Jan. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Global technology group e& and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a strategic collaboration to advance towards an enterprise-grade agentic AI foundation at e&, starting...