IBM Academy of Technology

A Second Chance for Second Life
Northrop, IBM Use Virtual World as Setting for Training, Employee Meetings

"... The marketers are being replaced by corporations that are using Second Life to host virtual conferences for employees or business partners.

Few have jumped in as deeply as International Business Machines Corp. Last year, IBM hosted an annual gathering of its leading thinkers in Second Life. The October event would have otherwise been scaled back because of the recession..."

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IBM Academy of Technology Tribute

Eight new IBM Fellows were chosen among thousands this year to join IBM's elite group of innovators.

The Academy respectfully salutes five of its members for being honored with this remarkable distinction: Chieko Asakawa, Satya Sharma, Roger Schmidt, Laura Haas, and Tim Vincent. With a bow and warm welcome into the Academy, we also applaud Dr. Martin Sepuveda, Michael Kaczmarski, and Hung Le for being admitted into this distinguished group of IBM's finest innovators.

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The academy of the future
IBM's Academy of Technology blazes new trails in collaboration and Inclusion

Presentation in Second Life IBM's leading technical minds overcame budgetary challenges and stretched the boundaries of new collaboration technology to hold a new kind of annual meeting - virtually. And announced increased access to Academy membership... Read more... (PDF, 12KB)

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