IBM has agreed to acquire Red Hat for approximately $34B in a move both companies expect to create a global hybrid cloud provider. IBM said Sunday it will pay $190M in cash for each share of Red Hat under the deal that is expected to conclude in the latter half of next year, subject to approvals by Red Hat shareholders and regulators.

Jerry Cuomo, vice president of blockchain technology at IBM, has said lawmakers should help advance the integration of blockchain technology into existing government programs in order to accelerate the adoption of the technology, Business Insider reported Saturday. “There is an opportunity for the United States to build upon its momentum …

Qing Wu, principal electronics engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory, has said a neuromorphic computer chip being developed by IBM could help boost the capacity of artificial intelligence-based defense systems, DoD News reported Thursday. Wu added the Defense Department-funded TrueNorth chip technology is designed to mimic the function of human neurons and perform …

Lisa Mascolo, managing director of U.S. public service at IBM’s global business services segment, has said the Department of Veterans Affairs’ decision to collaborate with the Defense Department to update the electronic health records system could help VA change the way it delivers health services to military retirees and their families. VA …

President-elect Donald Trump has added IBM CEO Ginni Rometty as one of 16 business leaders who compose the Strategic and Policy Forum for President-elect Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Rachael King writes the forum will meet with Trump to consult as the new president-elect implements current plans to …

IBM’s Gina Loften has said government agencies and the private sector should work together to leverage the “power of data” through cognitive platforms in order to help treat traumatic brain injury and other mental health conditions among military veterans. Loften, a vice president and chief innovation officer at IBM’s federal business, …

Digital transformation through cloud platforms, analytics and cognitive computing will transform the way the government delivers services, IBM executives Dan Chenok and Matt Spaloss wrote in a blog post published Monday. Chenok and Spaloss said agencies can apply new design thinking and agile methods as they work on efforts to focus on user experience. …

Gina Loften, vice president and chief innovation officer of IBM‘s federal business, has said she believes agile methodology can help agencies create information technology applications to deliver citizen services. Loften wrote in a guest piece published Tuesday on Federal Times the agile development model has been used in the private sector and works …

IBM’s Dan Chenok has said the government should work to identify and respond to cyber threats in a way that does not prevent government agencies, commercial firms and citizens from using technology platforms that serve them. Chenok, executive director of the IBM Center for the Business of Government, wrote in …

Gina Loften, a vice president and chief innovation officer at IBM‘s federal arm has said government agencies should adopt cognitive computing systems in order to facilitate the analysis of data derived from Internet-of-Things-based systems and devices. Loften wrote in a Federal Times article published Monday the three ways on how agencies …