Big Blue creates orange blockchain
Tracking system has appeal
IBM trailed the use of blockchain technology to track a shipment of mandarin oranges as they journeyed from China to Singapore.
Aetna teams up with IBM on blockchain
Cloudy health
Aetna and a host of other health insurers have signed up to Big Blue's plan to build a blockchain network aimed at cutting costs in the healthcare industry.
Microsoft snaps up open source database company
Citus Data now makes Voleware
Microsoft said that it’s acquiring Citus Data, a startup that has commercialised open source database software called PostgreSQL.
IBM booms on cloud and services
Better than Wall Street predicted
Big Blue beat Wall Street's quarterly earnings estimates, posted its first annual revenue growth since 2011 and forecast a 2019 profit above expectations.
BT, Vodafone and IBM link cloud systems for business
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BT and Vodafone are teaming up with IBM to offer businesses a way to link different cloud computing systems.