Microsoft unveils new service for health care organizations
The new product helps health care companies to analyze multiple data types simultaneously.
This week Microsoft announced Azure Health Data Services. The new service aims to bring in data from clinical, imaging, and medical technology APIs. The goals is so that users can view them together in dat... Read more
IBM plans to sell its Watson Health division for more than $1 billion
IBM has plans to sell its Watson Health unit. The establishment aims to receive more than one billion from sales.
Last February, IBM initially planned to sell the Watson Health unit. In the previous year, the Watson Health division was rumored to earn more than 1 billion dollars yearly revenue. ... Read more
Microsoft made a $16 billion bid for Nuance
Microsoft is moving towards the acquisition of Nuance communication and is awaiting European Antitrust agency approval!
Microsoft has just announced a $16 billion bid to acquire Nuance Communication — an AI and speech technology company. However, this deal is subject to unconditional EU Antitr... Read more
HR tech startup gets investment from Softbank’s Vision Fund
Sense – an AI-driven talent engagement platform – has been raising funding for the past few months, is now closing in on 50 million. The Series D round was headed by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 with investments from other major players, including Norwest Venture Partners, AME Cloud Ventures LLC., Be... Read more
Tech leaders believe that AI is the future
The future is believed to be artificial intelligence by a majority of tech leaders around the world.
We are in an era where technological advancements occur every day, and many people believe that robots might take over the world. Well, that may not be the case, but, indeed, artificial intellige... Read more
Google Health is closing down
Google is shutting down its Google Health division, which was launched in 2018, to develop new technologies for the healthcare sector. Business Insider reported the move, citing an internal company memo from Jeff Dean, the head of Google’s research organization, under whose umbrella Google Health... Read more
Cognizant partners with Philips to make apps for health organizations
Philips and Cognizant are partnering to build customized applications for organizations in the health sector. The health tech company and IT services provider announced this on Thursday and is an effort to leverage the growing amount of data in the health industry fully.
The new partnership is a... Read more
ServiceNow focuses on manufacturing and healthcare industry
ServiceNow kicked off Knowledge 21, the annual ServiceNow event, today. The first day also saw several announcements, including the focus on verticals, which fits Bill McDermott's management style.
McDermott's leadership is known for two things. The first is to make acquisitions every year to br... Read more
Microsoft confirms Nuance acquisition for 16.5 billion euros
Microsoft has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Nuance. Nuance specialises in speech recognition and processing, a technology that Microsoft would like to use for the healthcare industry.
In a blog post, Microsoft says that the company will pay 56 dollars (47 euros) per share... Read more
Deloitte launches Salesforce-based platform to modernise healthcare
Deloitte developed a platform that allows governments to modernise public healthcare. The platform is built with Salesforce's Work.com solutions.
With the platform, consultants want to assist governments in getting residents and employees back to work in a safe way after the current corona ... Read more