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IBM works with clients around the world to create smarter healthcare systems to deliver better care with fewer mistakes, predict and prevent diseases, and empower people to make better choices. IBM touches more points in healthcare than anyone else -- from connecting electronic medical records between doctors, hospitals and pharmacies to improve care and reduce cost, to accelerating medical research with deep analytics that discover how well drugs work and how diseases spread.

Water is a critical resource. Countries, cities, companies, utilities, farmers and people are wrestling with how to manage and make the most of it. The issues around water can be better understood and managed by collecting and analyzing of data. IBM is applying its expertise in smart systems and data analysis to help companies and governments effectively deal with these issues.

IBM is working with hundreds of universities around the globe to develop students with business and IT skills for the 21st century. Our many University Programs include Ph.D. fellowships, faculty and university awards, as well as impressive Research collaborations. In addition, IBM's Academic Initiative provides schools with access to course materials, training, books and more.

IBM is the world’s leading information technology (IT) services provider. In 2008, IBM Global Technology Services (GTS) enjoyed a very strong year, driven by growth in emerging and mature markets and across industry sectors with worldwide revenue of $39.26 billion.

At its fourth Information on Demand conference, IBM will announce a broad expansion of our analytics portfolio with new capabilities that enable clients to gain faster, more accurate insight for smarter business decisions. The news will focus on how on how organizations can turn to business analytics technology to gather, mine and uncover insights into vast amounts of data to improve services. This year’s conference is being attended by approximately 6,000 people.

Through IBM’s Green & Beyond initiative, we believe our leadership in innovation, technology, industry expertise and business insight can help address some of the major issues facing the world today -- energy and climate change, access to clean water, conservation through waste reduction and recycling, ethics and transparency in business practices, and global economic stability

In an effort to build a nanoscale DNA sequencer, IBM scientists are drilling nano-sized holes in computer-like chips and passing DNA strands through them in order to read the information contained within their genetic code.

The opportunity to transform and innovate how patient care is delivered is now within reach. The investment of more than $19 billion in health information technology for our nation's healthcare system will lead to improved patient care, advanced treatment and drug discoveries, cost savings – and the creation of hundreds of thousands of new jobs in health related fields. On March 20, 2009, IBM and the eHealth Initiative convened influential policy makers, healthcare providers, industry executives and influencers to discuss the impact of the new administration’s investments in healthcare modernization.

On this day in 1989, IBM Fellow Don Eigler became the first person in history to move and control an individual atom. Shortly thereafter, on November 11 of that year, Eigler and his team used a custom-built microscope to spell out the letters IBM (NYSE: IBM) with 35 xenon atoms. This unprecedented ability to manipulate individual atoms signaled a quantum leap forward in in nanoscience experimentation and heralded in the age of nanotechnology.

President Obama recognized IBM and its Blue Gene family of supercomputers with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the country's most prestigious award given to leading innovators for technological achievement.

By 2050, 70% of the world’s population will live in cities. This unprecedented urbanization is both an emblem of our economic and societal progress, and a huge strain on the planet's infrastructure. Thankfully, help is at hand; around the world, intelligence is being infused into the way our cities work.

Smarter public safety isn't just a responsibility of the state, it's a priority for the success of businesses, communities and civil society at large. IBM develops and delivers smart systems that capture data from myriad instrumented and interconnected processes, devices and objects, and applies intelligence to detect patterns and take action in real time.

The emergence of new smarter systems which are interconnected and streaming real time information are presenting business and governments with a unique opportunity to transform decision making. New opportunities to use this data to predict business outcomes, optimize old systems and spot trends before they happen are actually a reality. IBM new service line, IBM Business Analytics and Optimization Services will draw on the company’s deep expertise in vertical industries, research, mathematics and information management to help clients both improve the speed and quality of business decisions while better understanding the consequences and business outcomes of those decisions.

Countries that at one time seemed distant are now primary sources of our food supply. As our food choices grow, so do consumers' desire for detailed information on the foods they purchase. Now is the time for all the players in the food industry to rebuild consumer confidence by modernizing the global supply chain to improve the production, safety and quality of food globally. IBM and its Business Partners are developing smart technologies that allow growers, manufacturers, retailers, consumers, and government agencies to connect more closely with their customers and trading partners to ensure a safer food supply.

IBM is collaborating with thousands of educational institutions, organizations, and communities around the globe to develop students with the skills for a 21st century services and knowledge-based economy.