IBM is marking the 100-year anniversary of its founding on June 16, 1911, with a year-long global initiative. The company will reexamine the history of technology innovation and predict where the world will be in the next 100 years. IBM will use this milestone to engage with business leaders, academia, clients, and local communities in the 170 countries the company does business.
IBM THINK Forum on the Future of Leadership - Day 1, ckick here, to view individual photos.
IBM THINK Forum on the Future of Leadership - Day 2, click here to see individual photos
IBM THINK EXHIBIT Slideshow, to link to the individual photos, click here
Day of Service & other Centennial photos
(high resolution photos for download are listed below)
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IBM CEO Delivers Speech on Future of Leadership at IBM THINK Forum
Date added: 20 Sep 2011
20 September, 2011 -- In New York City, IBM Chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano delivered a speech about the future of leadership in the global economy, at IBM's THINK Forum held at Lincoln Center. As part of the company's 100-year anniversary, IBM convened more than 700 leaders from world government, business, academia and science to examine the implications of leadership on organizations and societies and the deep structural changes required to drive progress. Contact: Laurie Friedman, IBM, laurie 1@us.ibm.com, 1-914-499-4608
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His Majesty The King Of Jordan Addresses IBM THINK Forum In New York City
Date added: 20 Sep 2011
In New York City, Sam Palmisano (left), Chairman, President and CEO, IBM, with His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, at IBM's THINK Forum held at Lincoln Center. As part of the company's 100-year anniversary, IBM convened more than 700 leaders from world government, business, academia and science to examine the implications of leadership on organizations and societies and the deep structural changes required to drive progress. Contact: Laurie Friedman, IBM laurie1@us.ibm.com 914 499 4608
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg Addresses IBM THINK Forum in New York City
Date added: 20 Sep 2011
In New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Mayor, City of New York, spoke to 700 leaders from world government, business, academia and science at IBM's THINK Forum held at Lincoln Center. As part of IBM's 100-year anniversary, the forum examined the implications of leadership on organizations and societies and the deep structural changes required to drive progress. Contact: Laurie Friedman, IBM laurie1@us.ibm.com 914 499 4608
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His Excellency Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, President, Mexico, Addresses IBM THINK Forum in New York City
Date added: 20 Sep 2011
In New York City, His Excellency Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, President, Mexico, spoke to 700 leaders from world government, business, academia and science at IBM's THINK Forum held at Lincoln Center. As part of IBM's 100-year anniversary, the Forum examined the implications of leadership on organizations and societies and the deep structural changes required to drive progress (Jon Simon/Feature Photo Service for IBM). Contact: Laurie Friedman, IBM laurie1@us.ibm.com 914-499-4608
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His Excellency Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III
Date added: 21 Sep 2011
In New York City, His Excellency Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, President, The Philippines, delivered a speech to 700 leaders from world government, business, academia and science at IBM's THINK Forum held at Lincoln Center. As part of IBM's 100-year anniversary, the Forum examined the implications of leadership on organizations and societies and the deep structural changes required to drive progressContact: Laurie Friedman, IBM laurie1@us.ibm.com 914 499 4608
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Her Excellency Laura Chinchilla-Miranda, President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Addresses IBM THINK Forum in New York City
Date added: 21 Sep 2011
21 September 2011 - In New York City, Her Excellency Laura Chinchilla-Miranda, President of the Republic of Costa Rica, addressed 700 leaders from world government, business, academia and science at IBM's THINK Forum held at Lincoln Center. As part of IBM's 100-year anniversary, the Forum examined the implications of leadership on organizations and societies and the deep structural changes required to drive progress. Contact: Laurie Friedman, IBM laurie1@us.ibm.com 914 499 4608. Jon Simon/Feature Photo Service for IBM
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Her Excellency Laura Chinchilla-Miranda, President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Addresses IBM THINK Forum in New York City
Date added: 23 Sep 2011
21 September 2011 - In New York City, Her Excellency Laura Chinchilla-Miranda, President of the Republic of Costa Rica, with Sam Palmisano, Chairman, President and CEO, IBM, at the IBM Think Forum. The company convened 700 leaders from world government, business, academia and science as part of IBM's 100-year anniversary. Contact: Laurie Friedman, IBM laurie1@us.ibm.com 914 499 4608. Jon Simon/Feature Photo Service for IBM
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IBM's Robert LeBlanc and University of Texas President William Powers
Date added: 23 Sep 2011
At Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, Robert LeBlanc, IBM senior VP, left, and William Powers, president of UT-Austin, discuss the future of technology systems at a colloquium of industry and academic leaders Friday, September 23, 2011, as part of IBM's 100-year anniversary. Attendees discussed ideas such as the role of mobile computing to new trends such as cloud computing. (Jack Plunkett/Feature Photo Service for IBM)
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At Lincoln Center in New York City, IBM's interactive THINK exhibit
Date added: 27 Sep 2011
At Lincoln Center in New York City, IBM's interactive THINK exhibit, open now through October 23, 2011, explores how science and information technology can make the world work better. Built to commemorate IBM's centennial, the free exhibit boasts a massive, 123-foot display that streams live data feeds captured from nearby sensors, such the flow of traffic (bottom) and air pollution levels. Helping cities analyze this data can lead to improvements such as easing traffic congestion and improving air quality. (BOTTOM) Nayan Shankaran, 5 (left) and his sister Riya, 3, Philadelphia, PA, explore the exhibit. (Feature Photo Service)
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IBM's Palmisano Delivers Centennial Speech at Computer History Museum
Date added: 05 Aug 2011
4 August, 2011 -- In Silicon Valley, Calif., at the Computer History Museum, IBM Chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano delivers a Centennial speech about the lessons IBM has learned during its past 100 years. IBM opened its first Silicon Valley office in 1943 in San Jose. The company has invented many technology breakthroughs at its local Research Center relating to storage and databases, which are the foundation for many of today’s Silicon Valley businesses. Contact: Lisa Lanspery, lisalanspery@us.ibm.com, 1-203-589-4403
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IBM CEO Sam Palmisano and Computer History Museum President John Hollar examine the IBM System/360
Date added: 05 Aug 2011
In Silicon Valley, Calif., IBM Chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano and Computer History Museum President John Hollar examine the IBM System/360 computer, one of IBM’s key technology breakthroughs from the 1960s. The two toured an exhibit at the museum in advance of Palmisano's speech about IBM’s Centennial and the lessons the company has learned during the past 100 years.
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CEO Samuel Palmisano addresses employees at Watson Research Center
Date added: 16 Jun 2011
On Thurs., June 16, 2011 in Yorktown Heights, New York, IBM Chairman and CEO Samuel Palmisano addresses employees at a celebration of the company's 100th birthday at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center, named after IBM's founder. Mr. Palmisano underscored how IBM's history of innovative thinking has impacted the world and society, telling IBMers the power of their ideas will continue to drive progress.
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IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano and IBM executives ring The Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange
Date added: 16 Jun 2011
On Thurs., June 16, 2011, IBM Chairman and CEO Samuel Palmisano (center) and IBM executives ring The Opening Bell(sm) at the New York Stock Exchange in celebration of the company's 100th anniversary. To commemorate its centennial, more than 300,000 IBM employees around the globe are volunteering over 2.5 million hours of service in their local communities, helping with civic challenges and societal needs in the 170 countries the company does business.
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Day of Service - Newark, New Jersey
Date added: 16 Jun 2011
Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Bridget van Kralingen, IBM's General Manager of North America, help students learn about chemistry as part of IBM's Celebration of Service at the Sussex Avenue School in Newark, New Jersey.
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Day of Service - Toronto, Canada
Date added: 16 Jun 2011
In support of IBM's global Centennial Day of Service, IBMer and Ostomy Toronto President Mary Penner reviews the latest technologies to help people living with an Ostomy stay better connected.
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Day of Service - San Diego, California
Date added: 16 Jun 2011
On June 15, IBM volunteers partner with GRID Alternatives to install solar panels in homes for low income families in San Diego, California and throughout the west coast. The effort is part of the company's Centennial Day of Service where more than 300,000 IBMers around the globe have volunteered more than 2.5 million hours of service to communities worldwide.
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Day of Service - New York City, New York
Date added: 15 Jun 2011
In celebration of IBM’s Centennial Day of Service on June 15, IBMer Terence Corrigan (right) joins a team of volunteers in New York City working with NYC °CoolRoofs. The team coated city building rooftops with a reflective surface in an effort to reduce energy usage and lower greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2030. The event was part of IBM’s Centennial Day of Service where more than 300,000 IBMers around the globe have donated more than 2.5 million hours of service in their local communities, helping with civic challenges and societal needs.
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Day of Service - Milan, Italy
Date added: 16 Jun 2011
IBM volunteers and kids cheer as a small robot they built catches a red ball during the Mission to Mars event in Monza, Northen Italy, 15 June 2011.
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Day of Service - Rio de Janerio, Brazil
Date added: 17 Jun 2011
In celebration of IBM’s Centennial Day of Service on June 15, IBM volunteers introduce 400 elementary school children in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to technology. IBMer Cristina Andrade (left) helps students develop reading skills at Francisco Alves School.
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Day of Service - Samuel Palmisano Teaching in Baltimore, MD
Date added: 15 Jun 2011
On June 15, 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland, IBM Chairman and CEO Samuel Palmisano returned to his hometown to teach students at Digital Harbor High School about the importance of science and math as part of IBM’s Day of Service, a series of global volunteering events to celebrate IBM's Centennial. More than 300,000 IBM employees around the globe are volunteering over 2.5 million hours of service in their local communities, helping with civic challenges and societal needs.
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Day of Service - Bangalore, India
Date added: 15 Jun 2011
On Wednesday, June 15 in Bangalore, India, IBM software engineer Susheel Ahuja volunteers as part of IBM's Centennial Day of Service to educate more than 1,000 underserved children in urban India about the importance of math and science.
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Day of Service - Perth, Australia
Date added: 15 Jun 2011
On Weds, June 15, 2011 in Perth, Australia, IBMer Maryam Tehrani (centre pink) helps seniors like Rona Jardine better understand computers and emerging technology through training on Internet safety, email, mobile phone texting and social media as part of IBM's Centennial Day of Service. IBM's Day of Service is designed to have IBM employees use their skills to give back to local communities.
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Day of Service Infographic
Date added: 15 Jun 2011
300,000 IBMers around the world are volunteering in more than 5,000 projects in 120 countries, meeting civic and societal challenges and serving millions in need. Since January 2011, IBMers, retirees and their families have donated more than 2.5 million hours of service to communities worldwide.
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IBM Centennial - Milestone Images
Date added: 14 Jun 2011
Images from milestones over the past 100 years at IBM.
Download hi-res version (application/x-zip-compressed, 40 MB)
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Book Cover: Making the World Work Better
Date added: 14 Jun 2011
Making the World Work Better: The Ideas That Shaped a Century and a Company
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Binnig and Rohrer Nanotechnology Center
Date added: 18 May 2011
In its centennial year, IBM is looking to the future at the opening of a new nanotechnology research center in Zurich, Switzerland on May 17, 2011, as part of the IBM Research Colloquia. IBM Fellows and Nobel Laureates Drs. Gerd Binnig (left) and Heinrich Rohrer (right), whose pioneering work paved the way for the study of nanoscience, join IBM Research Senior Vice President Dr. John Kelly III to inaugurate the center, a joint collaboration with university partner ETH Zurich. (Patrick B. Kraemer/Feature Photo Service)
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Heinrich Rohrer and Gerd Binnig
Date added: 18 May 2011
In 1986, IBM scientists Heinrich Rohrer (left) and Gerd Binnig (right) of IBM's Zurich Research Laboratory were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their invention of the scanning tunneling microscope. (Image courtesy of IBM Research)
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IBM Chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano
Date added: 27 Apr 2011
IBM Chairman and CEO, Sam Palmisano, delivers a centennial lecture at Webster University's George Herbert Walker School of Business & Technology in St Louis, to discuss the lessons IBM has learned over the past 100 years, Tuesday, April 26, 2011. IBM is marking the 100-year-anniversary of its founding on June 16. The speech followed IBM's 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. (Feature Photo Service)
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IBM CEO launches IBM Centennial at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md.
Date added: 01 Feb 2011
IBM Chairman, President and CEO, Samuel J. Palmisano kicks off IBM's Centennial year with a speech to students at his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, Md., February 1, 2011. In his speech, Palmisano said IBM's success can be attributed to managing for the long term, which has shaped the company's impact on business and society
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IBM Corporate Headquarters, Armonk NY
Date added: 27 Oct 2007
IBM Corporate Headquarters, Armonk NY
Contact(s) for the Press kit
Tara Sucato
IBM Media Relations
1-917-472-3701
tjsucato@us.ibm.com
Laurie Friedman
IBM Media Relations
1-914-499- 4608
laurie1@us.ibm.com
Joe Hanley
IBM UK Media Relations
+ 44-208-844-6972
hanleyj@uk.ibm.com
Additional resources
Site links
IBM Centennial Film - 100X100: A century of achievements that have changed the world
Participate in the social conversation by including #IBM100 in a tweet
PDF documents
THINK Exhibit Fact Sheet (62 KB)
IBM Centennial Timeline (1 MB)