IBM Brings AI Solutions for Brand and Publishers

IBM | October 06, 2020

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced three new products to add to its growing suite of AI solutions for brand and publishers. The new capabilities are privacy-forward and designed to allow brands to reach consumers while considering user privacy. IBM intends to work with industry leaders, including Xandr/AT&T, Magnite, Nielsen, MediaMath, LiveRamp and Beeswax to help scale the use of AI across the industry. The announcement was made this morning at Advertising Week's digital-first virtual event #AW2020. "While the advertising industry strives to re-emerge strong from the global economic and societal issues we faced this year, it's also deep in the throes of a major transformation with changes to mobile identity, certain elimination of third-party cookies, compliance and regulatory shifts and increased demand for trust and transparency," said Bob Lord, SVP, Cognitive Applications and Blockchain, IBM.

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Ad exchanges and ad networks co-exist as fundamental parts of today’s advertising industry. Ad networks connect advertisers to publishers, while ad exchanges facilitate buying and selling of ad inventory through real-time bidding. They can work together by ad networks connecting to ad exchanges to bid on inventory and deliver ads on a publisher's website. Ad networks offer a wider reach, while ad exchanges provide more targeted and efficient ad buying.

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Ad exchanges and ad networks co-exist as fundamental parts of today’s advertising industry. Ad networks connect advertisers to publishers, while ad exchanges facilitate buying and selling of ad inventory through real-time bidding. They can work together by ad networks connecting to ad exchanges to bid on inventory and deliver ads on a publisher's website. Ad networks offer a wider reach, while ad exchanges provide more targeted and efficient ad buying.

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