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Blink and you miss the opportunities
19 November 2007
IBM's Global Innovation Outlook 3.0 discussions uncovered five areas of change in the media landscape, which hold promise and problems for everyone.
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Three questions for services, software and systems
08 November 2007
The leaders of each of IBM's multibillion-dollar businesses share the challenges they've heard from IBM's clients in recent years, what they see on the horizon, and the strategic business and technology issues on which their own parts of IBM's business are focused.
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Today, advancing a company's goals depends on CIO leadership
29 October 2007
More and more, whether a business can advance its goals depends on technology, skills and....its CIO. Here are five top challenges and opportunities CIOs are focused on this year.
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Breakthroughs in chips over a decade
20 October 2007
In a look back at the past ten years, these were the top ten breakthroughs in chip technology out of the hundreds of innovations that occur every year in IBM labs.
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The Great Rivers Partnership
08 October 2007
The Great Rivers Partnership helps protect freshwater resources, transforming the way large river systems are preserved and protected. IBM has joined the effort, providing high performance super-computing for three-dimensional visualization of these crucial natural resources.
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Innovation in Retail banking
01 October 2007
Retail banks can't assume that the growth and returns of the recent past will continue. This Institute for Business Value paper and two podcasts discuss why banks have to dare to be different.
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World-class media made portable, worldwide
24 September 2007
Chris Armstrong of Galway, Ireland, didn't want to rent a DVD, he wanted to watch a movie. Being an inventor and entrepreneur, he came up with an innovative solution. Here's how he made it real—and global.
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An orientation to the new technologies on campus
04 September 2007
What does a college do when the incoming freshman know more about technology than some of the professors? This feature that takes a look at some of the emerging technologies that colleges are using to engage their students, teachers, alumni and other key communities.
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Why midsize matters
20 August 2007
In our accelerated, flatter world, success belongs to companies who are flexible, fast and innovative...and size doesn't matter. See what midsize companies are doing to thrive in this new environment.
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The changing role of the CIO: from technology manager to chief innovator
13 August 2007
Dave Barnes, the CIO for UPS, explains how his company went from being a trucking company without technology to a technology company with trucks—which changed his job, too.
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The Small Business Toolkit
08 August 2007
IBM and the IFC help to even the playing field for the world's entrepreneurs with a Web-based portal of powerful tools for small businesses. Step inside the toolkit and meet real business owners who share their stories and their successes.
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Virtual worlds, real leaders
30 July 2007
A new study seeks to better understand how successful leaders behave in online games and learn what aspects of game environments leaders leverage to be more effective.
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