IBM said Friday that it will sell off the healthcare data and analytics assets housed under its Watson Health unit to private equity firm Francisco Partners. The deal signals that IT giant IBM (IBM) ...

IBM has sold the bulk of its Watson Health data and analytics business to a global investment firm, offloading technology acquisitions it invested billions in over the last decade. The assets acquired ...

IBM on Thursday appointed a general manager for its Watson Health unit, revealed two new products, established a global headquarters for its supercomputer, and announced several partnerships. Former ...

‘The simplification of Watson Studio, Watson ML and AutoAI into a single tool makes it easier to understand and explain the capabilities,’ says Mark Wyllie, CEO of Flagship Solutions Group, a Boca ...

In early 2011, Ken Jennings looked like humanity’s last hope. Watson, an artificial intelligence created by the tech giant IBM, had picked off lesser Jeopardy players before the show’s all-time champ ...

International Business Machines Corp. agreed to sell part of its IBM Watson Health business to private equity firm Francisco Partners, scaling back the technology company’s once-lofty ambitions in ...

IBM Watson has taken a giant step deeper into the healthcare industry with the formation of a new business unit called Watson Health and a new cloud offering called the Watson Health Cloud. The move ...

AI is hot and IBM put it front and center, along with its hybrid cloud strategy, at its yearly IBM Think conference. While others have focused on the consumer-facing aspects of new AI applications ...

Watson was a supercomputer designed and developed by IBM. This advanced computer combined artificial intelligence (AI), automation and sophisticated analytics capabilities to deliver optimal ...

Image recognition is a hot area of research using artificial intelligence, and now IBM offers an online demo to let anyone test out the capabilities offered by its Watson cognitive computing system.

IBM's Watson artificial intelligence (AI) engine just keeps growing. Big Blue announced Thursday, Sept. 24, that there will be a new Watson hub in San Francisco, along with upgraded capabilities and ...

IBM is basking in the glow of the victory of its Watson supercomputer over the Jeopardy TV show’s best human players. But watching the supercomputer answer questions during the three nights of the ...