Cutting edge skills and collaboration across traditional organizational boundaries are critical to stay competitive in today’s flat world. These are necessary ingredients for IT professionals and technology companies to create innovative products and services and deliver them to the global market place. Academic leaders need access to courseware, technology and computing power to grow the next generation of technology workers.
The global network of IBM Innovation Centres addresses the need for progressive skills building and creates a forum for our Business Partners to collaborate with other IT professionals and academic leaders to generate innovative ideas and solutions to daily challenges.
Our centre in Johannesburg is located within IBM Park. Think of us as "your" IBM. We're here to advise and guide you through your development process. Build your skills with our workshops. Leverage our architecture consultations. Then our IT specialists will help you with your proof-of-concept, integration, migration and testing needs, either at our centre or by remote access. You can also gain access to IBM’s global sales force and Business Partner community through our centre events, sales linkage activities and virtual connections.. There is no charge for most of our offerings.
Leverage our team to help you.
Whether you are an IT professional, IBM Business Partner or Academic leader, we provide you with education and skills building activities, access to software and hardware as well as technical enablement and business support to allow you to focus your time and investments on building innovative solutions and curricula.
When it is time to turn ideas into reality, come to the IBM Innovation centre. We can help you:
- Access the latest open standards-based and open source technologies
- Build leading-edge skills
- Innovate through cross boundary collaboration
Be more competitive.
Attend hands-on workshops and technical seminars, access courseware, demonstrations and tutorials as well as articles and case studies – face to face and virtually.
Reduce development costs.
Tap into our global network of expertise and technology – access IBM software and hardware, customized architecture consulting as well as porting, validation and testing assistance.
Seize new market opportunities.
Leverage marketing resources and demand generation tools – even outsource you end to end marketing efforts to IBM’s team of experts.
Build strong selling relationships.
Gain access our global sales force and Business Partner community through in-person events, sales linkage activities and virtual connections.
Join the community.
Contribute to blogs, on-line forums and Spaces as well as participate in local meetings and forums sponsored by the IBM Innovation Centre.
With the addition of the Africa Innovation Centre, there are 39 IBM Innovation Centres around the world, creating a seamlessly connected global network. Now, IT professionals, IBM Business Partners and academic leaders in Sub-Sahara Africa have instant access to top IBM technical, marketing and sales experts, regardless of their proximity to a centre.