Smarter clouds
Conserve energy. Consolidate resources. Make information secure and available whenever and wherever it's needed. With requirements like these, we have to be smarter about accessing, processing and storing data.
Smarter resources
Demand for energy is growing, yet we extract less than 33% of oil from current fields. Here’s how we can get smarter.
Smart Energy
Now, electricity companies can make smarter decisions about the grid. You can make smarter decisions about your home.
Smarter Buildings
By 2025, buildings will be the single largest energy consumers and emitters of greenhouse gasses on our planet. If a building's systems interoperate, they can be managed centrally, even intelligently. See how.
Smarter solutions for Retail
Smarter retailers can manage highly efficient supply chains and offer exceptional shopping experiences that will keep consumers coming back. In the current economic climate, building trust is key. Find out how retail is becoming smarter.
Smarter water management
Every time we interact with water, we change it, redirect it or otherwise alter its state. IBM goes deep into the rising water crisis.
Smarter food
Food is as fundamental as it gets. Technology is shaping how it grows, how it tastes and how it gets to your plate. A smarter global food system would help eliminate waste, improve quality and ensure safety.
Smarter cities
As communities continue to grow, they are placing added pressure on our city infrastructures. Smarter transportation, policing, governance and grids offer relief to urban areas.
Smarter money
Money has been transformed into zeros and ones. It’s invisible. It’s information. Which is central both to the problem – and to its solution.
Smarter planet: New intelligence
New intelligence will change the way we capture, analyse and act on information, transforming the way we make decisions for a smarter planet.
Smart Work
Only 3% of companies believe they have reached "process excellence". But many businesses are getting smarter about how they work. Here's what they are doing.
Smarter Public Services
From the local city council to international collaborations, new ways of working are underway. Find out how public services are becoming smarter.
IBM can improve the IQ of your IT
There are technologies that can help reinvent your infrastructure so it’s leaner, smarter, more flexible.
Maths skills prove key to emerging innovations
Even the maths-challenged have to acknowledge: business and society are more dependent on complex algorithms than ever before.
Government in the year 2020
In developing tailored strategies to address six global trends, governments will need to enact a new kind of perpetual collaboration.
Our world is becoming more instrumented, interconnected and intelligent. That's smart.
People want the world to work smarter. Now's the time we can make it happen. Learn how technology is enabling a smarter planet.
Predictions for 5 near-term innovations
Ubiquitous solar cells, voice browsing, digital dressing rooms, health forecasts and memory tools.
Help wanted: managing today's workforce
Companies face many challenges as they work to develop a highly adaptable workforce for today's fast-moving, ever-changing market.
How It Works: The Intelligent Utility Network
Technology is already making a major impact on reducing energy costs and enabling more effective distribution of power.
World Community Grid
Volunteer your PC's unused computing power to advance AIDS research, help treat cancer and improve the way we live. Here's how it works.
IBM and the world’s great rivers
High-performance computing is coming to the aid of the world's watersheds. Here's what IBM is doing.
The Virtual Forbidden City
Explore this ancient palace complex in the virtual world, using the social networking tools of the 21st century.
Harley-Davidson revs up dealer service
Intuitive search, role-based content and easy-to-use tools provide Harley-Davidson dealerships with the Web experience they'd expect from a brand known for performance.
The Next 5 in 5
Medical avatars. Digital foods. And smart everything: appliances, cars and mobile phones. What's next? IBM picks the top five innovations.
Virtual worlds create real-world leaders
If you want to see what business leadership might look like in three to five years, look at what's happening in online games.
From technology manager to chief innovator
Quest Diagnostics' CIO talks about how her role has changed, from managing technology to creating a culture of innovation.
World-class media made portable, worldwide
Chris Armstrong wanted to watch a movie. Here's how he came up with an innovative, global alternative to DVDs.
Why midsize can be the right size
In our faster, flatter world, success goes to companies that are nimble...and size doesn't matter.
A closer look at RFID
Radio frequency identification technology has come a long way. And businesses can go beyond the beep with insight into their enterprises.
Blogs go to work
Blogs are good for business! Many IBMers use their Internet blogs to gain insight from customers, partners and even competitors.
Stockholm gets out of a jam
Stockholm reduced congestion, boosted public transport usage and improved quality of life for its citizens. Here's how IBM helped.
Driving innovation
Green cars. Road charging. Smart-card transit systems. Read about the innovations envisioned for improving transportation.
Turning green with ingenuity
Environmental protection and business interests are increasingly not only compatible, but simultaneously attainable.
Intelligent energy for economies and the planet
For energy use that can both build economies and protect the planet, we have to redesign the systems that bring power to the people.
