Billionaire Robert Smith’s Private Equity Firm Wins Big After 4.6B Sale To IBM
Billionaire Robert Smith's firm Vista Equity Partners recently made a significant return on its investment in a software company, thanks to a $4.6 billion deal...
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IBM Teams With 20 Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Address Cybersecurity Talent Shortage
See if your HBCU is on the list....
After Complaints, Google and IBM Reverse Course on Nomination Criteria Regarding Race-Conscious Fellowships
Google and IBM had to appease other races upset over the fact that candidates of color would be greatly considered....
Black Investment Firm Acquires Meat Company To Expand Its Foothold In The Military Food Sector
IMB Partners has acquired Richmond Wholesale Meat Company, a top food manufacturer and global exporter to the U.S. military....
High School Diploma? I’ll Take an Associate Degree with That!
One solution? Early college high schools like IBM’s P-TECH and those developed by Bard College, the selective liberal arts school in upstate New York. Graduates...
IBM and “Hidden Figures” Celebrate Jeanette Epps’ Foremothers
A panel about the movie "Hidden Figures," was moderated by award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien and hosted by IBM. It's a great time to celebrate black...
P-TECH Grads Ready for College and Career
P-TECH, the network of six-year high schools whose graduates leave school with a free associate degree, business mentors, and years of practical workplace experience as...
Artist Ise Lyfe Gets Standing Ovation at IBM@TedTalks
Before the TedTalk, Black Enterprise set down with Ise Lyfe to discuss his movement around popular culture consciousness and why tech needs diversity....
7 Incredible Uses of IBM’s Watson
IBM has made the Watson technology available to anyone from the largest, global enterprise to the individual creating an app at home....
The Road to TechConneXt: Rod Adkins, Tech Pioneer
Rodney C. Adkins is a technology pioneer who was one of the principals behind creating the parallel processing servers that comprise Watson....