IBM News - Canada English en-ca © Copyright IBM Corp. 2006, 2012. All rights reserved. See http://www.ibm.com/legal/ca/ for copyright and trademark information. askibm@vnet.ibm.com Maureen Rourke Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT ibm.com http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/ http://www.ibm.com/i/ibm_logo_120x60.gif http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/ IBM today announced that it is helping students at York University’s Schulich School of Business develop leadership skills by learning to collaborate on course work virtually in the cloud. http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2012/01/17/e612643l89668b57.html http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2012/01/17/e612643l89668b57.html IBM today announced that it set a new U.S. patent record in 2011, marking the 19th consecutive year that the company has led the annual list of patent recipients. http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2012/01/11/o016920x70599v75.html http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2012/01/11/o016920x70599v75.html IBM today announced a seven-year agreement that will enhance the IT operations of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), a professional investment management organization experiencing rapid growth. http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2012/01/09/z356215d97683q58.html http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2012/01/09/z356215d97683q58.html Today IBM (NYSE: IBM) formally unveiled the sixth annual “IBM Five in Five" (#ibm5in5) – a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years: http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2011/12/19/k063777s80989b81.html http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2011/12/19/k063777s80989b81.html An IBM computer-based analysis of billions of social media posts predicts an intriguing change on the horizon in women’s shoe fashions, with heel heights– currently in nosebleed territory – poised to decline. The IBM project highlights the predictive capabilities of social media analysis as a source of valuable insight that can help drive business strategies and results. http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2011/11/17/r021080l65978k46.html http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2011/11/17/r021080l65978k46.html IBM today announced its software is being used to correlate data from sensors capturing patient activity and replicate that in a virtual world with avatars that represent the elderly subjects in a unique pilot aimed at providing health researchers and students with insights on how to care for Canada’s aging population. http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2011/11/08/e279660a71243y94.html http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2011/11/08/e279660a71243y94.html The IBM board of directors has elected Virginia M. Rometty president and chief executive officer of the company, effective January 1, 2012. http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2011/10/25/i901040a97003f67.html http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2011/10/25/i901040a97003f67.html New Offerings Put Business Partners on the Fast Track to Seize the Cloud Opportunity http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2011/10/12/a821345p40008t29.html http://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2011/10/12/a821345p40008t29.html