© 2007 IBM Corporation © 2009 IBM Corporation 1 Tran Viet Huan, PhD CTO, IBM Vietnam IBM Research Global Technology Outlook

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3 What is Innovation? “Innovation resides at the intersection of invention and insight, leading to the creation of social and economic value.” National Innovation Initiative

© 2009 IBM Corporation 4 Why Does Innovation Matter?  Generates high-value, higher-paying jobs  Fuels wealth creation and profitability  Creates new industries and markets  Spurs productivity and economic growth  Raises standard of living  Goes beyond invention

© 2009 IBM Corporation 5 Venture Capitalists ISVs Business Partners Universities Competitors Employees Regulatory Bodies Investors IT Analysts Alumni Standards Bodies Policy- makers Clients Innovation Ecosystem Community Leaders Open, Collaborative Innovation Models  What would happen if we could… -Bring our top technologists and consultants together to envision the future of innovation? -Invite our innovation ecosystem to join in the conversation? -Partner with those ecosystem participants to address the challenges and opportunities that emerge?

© 2009 IBM Corporation 6 Innovation Process at IBM

© 2009 IBM Corporation 7 Global Innovation Outlook Tools to Predict Technology and Business Trends  Start a dialogue about innovation, business transformation and societal progress  Collaboration across a global ecosystem of experts Global Technology Outlook  Identify emerging technology trends significant to industry in the next 3 to 7 years  Has a direct influence on IBM’s technical strategy

© 2009 IBM Corporation 8  Launched in 2004, the GIO opened IBM’s business and technology forecasting processes for the first time  Focus areas:  Healthcare, Government, Business of Work/Life  Future of the Enterprise, Environment, Transportation  Media & Content, Africa  Security & Society, Water  Conducted more than 55 deep dives on five continents bringing together more than 750 influencers from dozens of countries Global Innovation Outlook

© 2009 IBM Corporation 9 Global Technology Outlook Early identification of significant trends:  Forward Looking ( years out)  Disruptive changes to a business / Threshold crossings  Potential to create new businesses How technology influences clients, businesses and industries The GTO has a direct impact on IBM’s business and technical strategies

© 2009 IBM Corporation 10 Community & Information Centric Web Platforms Real World Aware Internet Scale Datacenter New Computer Architecture New Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture and Ecosystem New Uses & Classes of Applications Drive Growth Re-birth of Systems Architecture Enterprise Mobile GTO 2008

© 2009 IBM Corporation 11 GTO 2009 Business Decisions Foundations Services New Value Vehicles 1. Digital Economy 2. Data to Smart Decisions Consumability of Analytics 3. Services Quality Leadership in Service Excellence 4. Cloud Opportunities beyond Infrastructure 5. Security Fine-grained, Risk Adjusted Security 6. Transformational Hybrid Systems Transformative Enterprise Computing