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Tran Viet Huan, PhDCTO, IBM Vietnam

IBM ResearchGlobal Technology Outlook

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What is Innovation?

“Innovation resides at the intersection of invention and insight, leading to the creation of social and economic value.”

National Innovation Initiative

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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

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Venture Capitalists

ISVs BusinessPartners

Universities

Competitors

Employees

Regulatory Bodies

Investors

IT Analysts

Alumni

StandardsBodies

Policy-makers

Clients

Innovation Ecosystem

CommunityLeaders

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 opportunitiesthat emerge?

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Innovation Process at IBM

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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

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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

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Global Technology Outlook

Early identification of significant trends: Forward Looking (3 - 10 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

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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

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Business Decisions

Foundations

Services

New Value Vehicles1. Digital Economy

2. Data to Smart DecisionsConsumability of Analytics

3. Services QualityLeadership in Service Excellence

4. CloudOpportunities beyond Infrastructure

5. SecurityFine-grained, Risk Adjusted Security

6. Transformational Hybrid SystemsTransformative Enterprise Computing