IBM

Purple Forge CEO says IBM’s Watson just ‘scratching the surface

Techopia

Everybody’s favourite supercomputer, Watson, is being tagged as a transformative technology after a successful run in Surrey, B.C., Purple Forge president and CEO Brian Hurley

IBM to pay $1 billion for medical imaging firm Merge Healthcare in bid to expand Watson

Techopia

IBM says it will pay $1 billion to acquire medical imaging and software company Merge Healthcare, part of an effort to boost the health care

IBM looks to ignite kids’ interest in STEM careers

Techopia

Twenty-five enthusiastic Grade 5 and 6 students are glued to their computers at a room in the IBM building on Riverside Drive. “They are doing

Sizing up Ottawa’s wearables scene: Local entrepreneurs must act soon or risk being left behind

Techopia

About 100 of the city’s brightest business minds gathered in a ByWard Market office in late June, cloaked in excitement and curiosity about a sector

Halogen nabs two new execs from IBM

Techopia

Halogen Software announced Monday it has hired two new vice-presidents, with both successful candidates coming from the ranks of IBM. Karen Williams and Marc Harrison

Kinaxis names new vice president

Techopia

Ottawa-based Kinaxis Inc. named David Kelly its new vice-president of professional services on Wednesday. Kelly comes to the company, which sells cloud-based supply chain management

Get over your inferiority complex, Ottawa: tech visionary

Techopia

Innovators in Ottawa are just as likely to create the next world-changing technology as their competitors in Silicon Valley, a world-renowned innovation expert told a