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Everyone talks about innovation. But IBM has the experience to help companies like yours get it done. We are working with organisations all over the world to help them achieve breakthrough results-everything from bringing opera to the world, to fighting crime and stopping the spread of disease.

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Stories of innovations

Bringing new life to the Forbidden City

For more than 5 centuries, the Forbidden City was the exclusive domain of the Chinese Emperor. In 1925, the Chinese government opened the Forbidden City to the public as a museum. Now, IBM is using gaming technology to open it up to the world.

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Harley-Davidson: True legends never stop innovating

When Bill Harley and the three Davidsons rolled the first Harley-Davidson bike out of the shed back in 1903, they couldn't have known that they were starting a phenomenon that would one day claim its own culture and community. Now IBM is helping to give this symbol of freedom an even greater personal touch.

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Talking Revolution: Mobilising India

The Telecom market boom has benefited the citizens of India to the point where it has revolutionised daily life and business—from those of Rickshaw drivers to those of fishermen whose profits have risen by 50%. A small company, Bharti Airtel, chose to bring in IBM expertise and is now the market leader in Telecom services. The mobilising of India has everybody talking.

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Mitsukoshi: Life begins at 65

By 2050, 40% of Japan's population is projected to be over the age of 65. Mitsukoshi department store realised that the quality of life for many elderly people would be greatly improved if the elderly could join the digital generation. With IBM's help, they set about closing the generation gap and helping improve lives.

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La Fenice: Using innovative thinking to bring Opera to the world

As part of its restoration, after a devastating fire, La Fenice wanted to broaden the reach of its artistic activities, while safeguarding its vast cultural heritage. IBM helped by implementing a new digital infrastructure, Digital Sipario, which allows La Fenice to store and share videos of their opera season with anyone in the world. The solution also enriches the videos with librettos of the operas, posters, press articles, sketches of staging and so on.

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Download a movie with a click of your fingers

Based in Galway, Ireland, PortoMedia developed a high-speed flash memory module capable of downloading and storing a 120-minute, DVD-quality movie in just 18 seconds. Porto Media needed a partner to provide the last piece of the puzzle - digital rights management capability - and allow it to quickly deliver a groundbreaking new solution. They worked with IBM to adapt an existing copyright technology and design it into a first-of-its kind kiosk-based movie rental solution.

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Fighting crime with ones and zeroes

In late 2005, a man walked into a midtown Manhattan pizzeria, pulled a gun on the owner, and robbed him. He had no identifying characteristics - except for a tattoo on his neck. The story of how the NYPD captured him encompasses innovative policing, new IBM technology, and New York's transformation from crime capital to one of the world's safest cities.

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Outsmarting the avian flu

Bird flu is constantly in the news as the next great public health threat. But what is it? And, more importantly, what's being done to stop it? Follow researchers from IBM, Scripps Research Institute, the World Health Organization, and others in an around-the-world race to track the virus and help search for a vaccine before it's too late.

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Genes that can see into the past

Where did we come from? How did we get here? This film explores National Geographic's landmark genetic study, The Genographic Project®, and the role IBM® plays in analyzing hundreds of thousands of DNA samples worldwide. By tracing the lineage of four strangers, we show just how connected we all are.

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