1. IBM software story
The IBM
software story
Prepared for IBM by 11th Avenuepage 1
2. IBM software story
People consume only what
they need, when they need it.
The leading utility provider in Spain is launching an automated energy management system
that enables more than 300 industrial customers, 900 service providers and 11,000 households
to better control their energy usage. Users will be able to establish consumption protocols
to minimize electricity use in peak periods and to take full advantage of renewable energy
resources when available.page 4
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They know the best
way from A to B.
The Singapore Land Transportation Authority is improving one of the most modern, affordable
and heavily used public transport networks in the world, by adding an integrated payment
option that can be used for the bus or the train, plus parking and vehicle congestion charges.
And in the background, the system studies the usage data to help design new schedules
and routes that will further reduce congestion.page 5
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They access the
best and brightest,
from anywhere.
A medical imaging systems designer develops technology that enables medical professionals
to view medical images—such as X rays, computed tomography scans and MRIs—via wired
and mobile devices, including laptops, smart phones and Web-enabled PDAs, which allows
doctors who are not physically on site to lend their expertise and provide medical assistance—
a breakthrough for the medical profession.page 6
5. IBM software story
They spend more time
with the people and
things they love.
Harley Davidson is engaging their raving customers in unique ways empowering them to
connect over social networks, share photos, plan rides, create blogs and engage in a way
that turns their customers into sellers.page 7
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They see hidden
patterns.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is gathering and analyzing information received from
all participating Blue Cross Blue Shield plans to obtain a national view of claims data. Using
this consolidated information, the organization can improve negotiations with health providers
regarding healthcare costs, predict medical expenses and better identify member risk factors
for health issues and hospitalization.page 8
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They recognize problems
before it’s too late.
One of the largest school districts in Alabama is integrating disparate data sources into an
advanced warning system. Using this single, reliable source of information, teachers will gain
insight into the academic lifecycle of each student and monitor student progress with increased
visibility. The system will enable teachers to address and resolve issues before they escalate,
helping steer students on the right path and reduce drop out rates.page 9
8. IBM software story
Behind every one of these
examples is a business,
government or an industry
that has used software
in new ways.page 10
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Today, more than ever, organizations use software to
enable every facet of their business.page 11BusinessSoftware
10. IBM software story
But with new models and ways of working come new challenges...page 12Data
everywhere
As the world becomes more
instrumented, the challenge is
to get more out of the wealth
of new information—from managing
data to developing insights.
New expectations
for valueGlobal integration
and connectivity
As the world becomes more
interconnected and as the
paradigm of the organization shifts
from multinational corporation
to globally integrated enterprise,
businesses can no longer afford to
operate as islands. More than ever,
they need to find ways to connect
both internally and externally.Customer expectations have
never been higher: Personalized
service, delivered flawlessly.
Differentiation
through people
As always, it’s the capabilities and
ingenuity of the people in business
that deliver results. But today, it’s
about more than just those on your
payroll—the greater opportunity
is how well you can engage a
worldwide ecosystem of employees,
partners, suppliers, and customers
to help create new value.BusinessSoftwareSecurity risks
Technology has allowed work
to move beyond physical locations
and brand offices.
It now exists on virtual platforms,
across dispersed teams and
players. But the more data and
information organizations make
available to their internal audience,
the greater the risk.
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And as a result, a new set of needs has emerged.
Turn information
into insights
Increase agility
Connect & collaboratepage 13Business Enable business service
& product innovation
Drive enterprise operations
effectiveness & efficiency
Manage risk, security
& complianceSoftware
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These needs range from building technology advantage
to developing new strategic business solutions.
Business solutionspage 14“I need to make better use of my company’s
information. That means my company has
to do a better job managing data and content.
With timely access to clean data, we could
devise new ways to serve our customers.”
“I need better ways to connect my team to
improve their productivity and ability to make
timely decisions. By connecting key processes
and enhancing collaboration, we can be more
responsive to our customers and partners.”
“I need to create more efficiency within our
existing infrastructure. That starts with greater
visibility and control across all of our operations—
both IT and enterprise—and better management
of our overall resources.” Turn information
into insights
Increase agility
Connect & collaborate
Enable business service
& product innovation
Drive enterprise operations
effectiveness & efficiency
Manage risk, security
& compliance
Technology advantage“I need to create the processes and flexible
infrastructure our organization needs to react
more quickly to changing market conditions.”
“I need to deliver smarter products, services and
capabilities more efficiently and reduce cost and
risk across the product and application lifecycle,
while also providing better service experiences to
my end customers.”
“I need to ensure that my organization is pro-actively
identifying all the different types of risks to our
business, and that we have security and resiliency
plans in place to address any threat or disruption.”
13. IBM software story
Smarter software
for a smarter planetpage 2
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On a smarter planet,
software is changing
the way people live.page 3
15. IBM software story
Addressing these needs
requires smarter software.page 15
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Turn information into insights
Smarter software
knows & acts.page 16Case study: CarrefourThe Carrefour Group is the premier retailer in Europe and the
second largest worldwide, with more than 15,000 multi-format
stores in 33 countries and more than 490,000 employees. Using
IBM Software for Business Intelligence and Analytics, Carrefour
has been able to leverage its customers’ consumption patterns
to establish the most popular loyalty program in France, with
nearly 14 million members. By leveraging historical transaction
data and real-time business analytics, Carrefour can identify its
most profitable customers, what products they buy, and—most
importantly—what products they would be willing to buy with the
right incentive. Marketers can craft highly targeted campaigns,
execute them rapidly and gauge their impact instantaneously.
With the capability to distribute promotions through kiosks,
mobile phones, Web sites, and hand-held devices, Smarter
Software from IBM has directly supported Carrefour’s efforts
to strengthen customer loyalty by creating a common customer
experience across all of its retail formats.
17. IBM software story
Increase agility
Smarter software
adapts.page 17Case study: SMCSMC, which is headquartered in Singapore, is a leading
pneumatics supplier. While having ample warehouse space,
the company had outgrown manual inventory control processes.
They needed a system that could help track thousands of
different types of valves, sensors, fittings and vacuums in
real-time, as well as handle millions of shipments.
Using an IBM and IBM partner database management solution,
SMC was able to integrate receiving, stocking, replenishment,
order fulfillment and shipping, giving them up-to-the-second
visibility of its inventory and product whereabouts. With IBM’s
software applications, SMC is able to conduct immediate and
seamless downloading of customer orders and new parts
without costly and error-prone re-keying of information. With
greater visibility and control across the system, staff members
at the warehouse are able to collaborate in new ways and
respond faster to changes in the supply chain. Most importantly,
the solution assures that warehouse locations don’t drop below
minimum stock levels.
With IBM software, SMC has been able to increase shipping
capacity across Asia by 25 percent, while reducing expenses
by 25 percent—all while maintaining a 100 percent accuracy
of orders placed.
18. IBM software story
Connect & collaborate
Smarter software
connects.page 18Case study: Shikoku Electric Power CompanyOne of 10 electric utilities in Japan that generates and delivers
power locally, Shikoku Electric Power Company supplies
electrical service to more than 2.8 million people. As part of
a multi-utility business group, the company has expanded
beyond the electrical service infrastructure it originally developed,
and now offers new data communications services, including
cable TV, internet and phone service over fiber to the home.
IBM Software for Messaging and Collaboration has helped
Shikoku implement a communications system for knowledge
sharing throughout the company, including critical information
to enable rapid recovery from power outages during
emergencies such as earthquakes. By strengthening basic
access control and setting up a framework to address the
issue of information leakage, the company has also created
an environment of improved governance.
Whether it’s daily business manuals, or procedures to solve
equipment problems, or recovering quickly from major outages,
Smarter Software from IBM has helped Shikoku connect
its employees, customers and partners together, and deliver
an enhanced level of service throughout.
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Enable business service & product innovation
Smarter software
delivers.page 19Case study: French biomedical companyA French biomedical company has an ambitious mission:
develop the most advanced artificial heart to drastically
extend the life of heart disease patients. While the
heart includes many technological and biomedical firsts,
perhaps the biggest breakthrough is the heart’s state-
of-the-art use of software and sensors to adjust its own
performance. The company entrusted IBM to develop
the software and sub-systems key to their success.
Depending on the patient’s level of exertion, the heart
adjusts its speed and blood pressure to feed more oxygen
to the body. That allows for a more normal—and variable—
level of physical exertion, whether the patient is sitting
still, climbing a flight of stairs, or taking a brisk walk. The
built-in software also allows the device to be remotely
monitored and diagnosed, sparing patients frequent trips
to the hospital for routine checkups.
With Smarter Software from IBM, patients with these
artificial hearts enjoy greater autonomy and freedom to go
about their lives, while trusting that their physicians and
hospital have all the most up-to-the-moment information
to ensure they’re heathy and safe.
20. IBM software storypage 20 Enable business service & product innovation
Smarter software
monitors & controls.Case study: McCarran International AirportUsing IBM Software for Asset and Service Management,
McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada was able
to significantly streamline and optimize its entire operations,
and deliver a customer experience rated as the best in the
country. McCarran was able to increase its efficiency and
service quality by unifying the management of all IT and
operational assets, and consolidating the various legacy
financial and operational systems in one place. Key benefits
include significantly improved technician productivity;
accelerated resolution of repairs; reduced IT costs; increased
revenue through accurate chargebacks; enhanced security
and streamlined compliance reporting.
So whether it’s a pot hole that needs to quickly be fixed on
a runway, or whether it’s ensuring that customer baggage
is appropriately routed, or that the right people have the right
security access at the right time, Smarter Software from
IBM has helped McCarran Airport distinguish itself by
optimizing its internal workflow systems and integrating
its previously siloed assets.
21. IBM software story
Drive enterprise operations effectiveness & efficiency
Smarter software
optimizes.page 21Case study: Swiss ReTo help manage its growth, Swiss Re moved from a siloed,
manual approach in managing key IT processes to an end-
to-end service management model in which IT processes are
standardized, automated and aligned with business needs.
One area where this shift can be seen is in the organization’s
handling of change and release management processes: It’s
not unlikely that during a single weekend IT staff must implement
between 200 and 1,000 IT changes. Swiss Re partnered
with IBM to improve their change and release management
by aligning software delivery with business requirements,
predicting future IT requirements and assessing how changes
could affect service, and automating previously manual
processes to ensure quality and reduce errors.
With Smarter Software from IBM, Swiss Re has been able
to deploy new services faster and with fewer errors. In fact,
some service changes that previously took days to deploy
can now be completed in just 10 minutes. And with a
consolidated view of their infrastructure, developers can
create new services to run on existing resources rather than
sourcing whole new technologies.
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Manage risk, security & compliance
Smarter software
protects.page 22Case study: Allied Irish BanksAs competition and regulation increases, Allied Irish Banks
needed to become more agile and cost-effective in serving its
retail customers. Thus, the company embarked on a complete
transformation of its retail banking system. As part of the
transformation, the company needed to replace its existing
mainframe security system. Moving forward, they needed a
comprehensive suite of security tools that would help them
rigorously enforce security as well as automate administration
and auditing for both the new banking platform and its legacy
environments. They worked closely with IBM Business Partner
RSM Partners to replace their existing mainframe security
software with an IBM Service Management solution that helps
them stay ahead of security threats and lower the cost of
compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
With Smarter Software from IBM, Allied Irish Banks was able
to establish more robust and secure protocols over their IT,
freeing bank staff to focus more on quality control and improving
customer service.
23. IBM software storypage 23At IBM, we believe software
can make the world work better
one client at a time.
24. IBM software storypage 24A lot of other companies claim
they do the same thing.
But they don’t. They can’t.
Their software doesn’t work
like our software.
25. IBM software storypage 25We know what it takes to solve
our clients’ biggest challenges,
and we’ve spent the last 50 years
delivering software that is fueled
by expertise, built for change,
and ready for work.
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Fueled by
expertise
We know software. But more importantly, because we’re IBM, we know
how software connects to hardware connects to services—and what it
takes to make technology infrastructure run.
But we also know how to apply software for real results. We know industries,
the world of business, and how work gets done. We know systems, both
natural and man-made. We know how the world really works, and what
it takes to make the world work better. page 26
Proof points
40 innovation centers worldwide,
focused on solutions for dozens
of industries
26,000 developers
80 R&D labs
4,000 patents in 2008
30,000 partners
World’s largest math department
Largest middleware company
in the world
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Built for
change
Our software is open. Easily integrated. Flexible. Built with a systems POV.
Old, new. Ours, theirs. IBM software works with what clients have today,
and what they will need tomorrow.
But we’re not just capable of change. We believe it’s not enough to simply
be ready for change when it happens. We have forward-looking labs and
researchers whose sole purpose is to help our clients be prepared for the
future. Whether built here or bought elsewhere, our software helps clients
anticipate the needs of their business.. page 27
Proof points
100+ acquisitions
300 SOA patents
IBM contributes to over 150 open
source projects—more than any
other company.
IBM has invested over $1B in Linux
and open source, and continues
to invest several hundred million
dollars annually.
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Ready for
work
We build software that’s robust. Industrial-strength. Proven. Ready to scale.
Whether for start-ups, Fortune 50 companies, or entire governments, our
clients can always count on our software to deliver the impact.
But it isn’t just the code of our software that ensures our clients’ success.
It’s also about the ongoing service we provide. We’ve always been dedicated
to our clients’ every success—big and small—and our teams work tirelessly
alongside clients to apply software to solve their greatest challenges and
create new value. page 28
Proof points
60 laboratories worldwide that
practice agile development, work
hand in hand with clients, business
partners and academia
17,000 sales & 5,000 support staff
Testing solutions in innovation
centers to ensure robustness before
software goes live
29. IBM software storypage 29Fueled by
expertise
Business
– Deep industry knowledge
– Applying our deep understanding of client
needs, how business works and how the
world works to the software we deliver
&
Technology
– Deep knowledge of software
– Heritage of integrating hardware, software
and systemsBuilt for
change
Prepared
– Designed to help predict and
embrace change
– Solves short term challenges and take
advantages of future opportunities
&
Open
– Flexible
– Easily integrated with current and future
infrastructure, inside and outside clients’
organizationsReady for
work
Dedicated
– More than the code, IBM delivers the
personal service to apply software to
clients’ biggest challenges
– Working with clients to anticipate the
needs of their business
&
Proven
– Robust
– Industrial strength
– Ready to scale
– Efficient
– Secure
30. IBM software storypage 30We deliver software that helps
our clients build the capabilities*
required to transform their
industries*Energy and Utilities
Transportation
Banking
Financial Markets
Electronics
Chemical and Petroleum
Aerospace and Defense
Consumer Products
HealthcareTelecommunications
Government
Insurance
Retail
Education
Life Sciences
Media and Entertainment
Automotive
Industrial ProductsMessaging and
Collaboration
Unified Communications
Social Software
Data Management
Analytics, Business Intelligence,
and Performance Management
Info. Integration and
Master Data Management
Enterprise Content
ManagementApplication Infrastructure
Connectivity and
Integration
Electronic Commerce
Portals and Mashups
Business Process
Management
Asset Management
Network and Service
Assurance
IT Service ManagementStorage Management
Security
Software Design
and Development
Business Planning
and Alignment
Product and Project
Management
Product and Software
Lifecycle Management
Analytic Applications
31. IBM software storypage 31What’s your vision for your
organization? What’s the biggest
challenge you are facing?
Let’s talk.