The Evolution of Digital Communities
IBM’s Digital Communities Business Area Leader provides and overview of the evolution of Digital Communities by exploring infrastructure, government and public usage models, and the sustainability of the investment. Continue reading…







A useful article on Sunday’s edition of the International Herald Tribune explores the ways which corporations use the new idea-sharing networks in order to spur innovation and create successful new products and services. Two types of idea networks are presented:
Each year, Technology Review magazine identifies 10 technologies that are worth keeping an eye on. This year’s list spans a broad range of disciplines, from life sciences to nanotechnology to the Internet, but the technologies have one thing in common: they will soon have a significant impact on business, medicine, or culture.
The PAXIS Manual describes the main good practices identified by PAXIS initiative in the areas of policy design, pre-seed and early-stage financing; incubation; technology transfer and spin-offs; promotion of an entrepreneurial and innovation culture and political awareness.
Speed is emerging as the ultimate competitive weapon, reports the latest cover story in the BusinessWeek magazine.
The Global Innovation Outlook (GIO), has opened up IBMs’ technical and business forecasting processes to include external leaders from business, academia, the public sector, NGOs and other influential constituents of the world community.
New wireless communications technologies are changing the way we live and work. This fact is particularly evident at MIT, thanks to the presence of two conditions: 1) the very high percentage of laptop computer ownership on campus; and 2) the existence of one of the most pervasive wireless Internet
“Innovation that matters” is IBM’s newest strategic initiative that extends the On Demand Business strategy. For the promotion of this initiative IBM has set up a new Web site showing how “innovation can make you special.” 