IBM Happenings: April 2006
The month of April had the normal slew of announcements in hardware, software, services, acquisitions, and corporate initiatives. Being “tax” month, the company announced a new solution for optimizing tax auditing. IBM’s Tax Audit and Compliance Solution uses advanced analytics to help revenue agencies zero in on questionable tax returns. There was also a milestone […]
Intellectual Property
On Monday and Tuesday of this week a number of analysts and consultants gathered with IBM at an intellectual property briefing in Greenwich, Connecticut. Not as glamorous as the meeting in Rome but exceptionally interesting. The term intellectual property reflects the idea that the subject matter is a product of the mind and that legal […]
Innovation That Matters (From Rome)
The Business Leadership Forum was quite an experience and is hard to summarize. IBM did a good job of organizing it and everyone there appreciated it and learned a lot — I certainly did. As with most conferences, a lot of the value was in talking to people at breaks. Dinner at the Vatican is […]
The Big Picture From Rome
The final afternoon of the Business Leadership Forum focused on the big picture — of both global political factors and technology. A panel included Karl-Heinz Grasser, Federal Minister of Finance for the Republic of Austria. He spoke about how governments can not only avoid being an obstacle to innovation and growth but also encourage competition […]
Demos and Podcast From Rome
April 8, 2006 IBM had some demonstrations set up in the breakout areas at the Auditorium Parco della staffed by researchers and experts in various areas. There was a lot of interest during coffee breaks. After lunch before the final session of the forum got started I had interview with Chris Barger from IBM to […]
