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Building a Smarter Planet

Building a smarter planet is IBM's point of view on how interconnected technologies are changing the way the world literally works.

That is, the systems and processes that enable: physical goods to be developed, manufactured, bought and sold; services to be delivered; everything from people and money to oil, water and electrons to move; and billions of people to work, govern themselves and live.

The world is smaller and flatter and more interconnected through forces such as free trade, the Internet and the arrival of globalization.

At a meeting on Nov 12, 2008 in the Council on Foreign Relations' headquarters in New York City, Sam Palmisano described a bold point of view for IBM and for the world.

Sam remarked that in the past several years our eyes have been opened to the profound impact of global environmental change, the geopolitical issues surrounding energy and the realities and dangers of highly complex global financial systems.

"These collective realizations have reminded us that we are all now connected – economically, technically and socially," said Sam. "But we're also learning that being connected is not sufficient. Yes, the world continues to get 'flatter.' And yes, it continues to get smaller and more interconnected. But something is happening that holds even greater potential. In a word, our planet is becoming smarter."

The world is getting smarter because it must...

	70 percent of electrical energy is lost due to inefficiencies in the grid.
	In one small business district in Los Angeles alone, cars burned 47,000 gallons of gasoline just looking for parking.
	Our healthcare “system” can’t link from diagnosis to drug discovery, providers, insurers, employers and patients.
	Weather-related events inflicted $1 trillion in damage from 1980-2003.
	Only 22 percent of reserves are extracted from the world’s existing oil wells.

Together, we can be the innovation partner to our mutual clients. This opportunity, combined with our ambition to seize it in ways that matter, for our companies and for the world, is what shapes IBM’s strategy today.

Our clients are focused on value, doing more with less, managing through change and simple survival. There has never been a more opportune time to think about a smarter planet and using these messages to help us help our clients. Our effort to build a smarter planet is an opportunity for you to talk to clients about ways to do something better, more efficiently and more productively. Working together, it’s our opportunity to provide the best, products, services and complete solutions that will drive future innovation and address real client needs.

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We will rely on smart local IBM Business Partners with industry skills and expertise to lead the Smarter Planet vision forward. Ultimately this agenda is designed to focus conversations and insights to drive innovation. With this new direction we hope our Business Partners will:

	Become an evangelist with your clients
	Share with us your stories about building a smarter planet
	Talk to us about your ideas on how we can team to build a smarter planet
	Learn more about IBM’s point of view of a Smarter Planet Initiatives comprise a number of offerings which IBM makes available to selected communities of Business Partners.
	Building a Smarter Planet blog
	Watch a video Develop and be recognized for your skills and solutions in specific industry and solution areas, benefits.

	IBM Global Services Smarter Planet offerings
	Download our Smarter Planet Business Partner presentation to learn more (.exe, 18.3MB)
	Download our Smarter Planet Business Partner presentation to use with your clients (.ppt, 4.21MB)
	IBM Global Financing, Enabling a Smarter Planet (.ppt, 1.64MB)
	Helping Clients Handle Economic Uncertainty while moving toward a Smarter Planet (.ppt, 3.82MB) AVEC NEWS CENTER, ODP, CONNECTEZ-VOUS AU MONDE ! LISEZ LA PRESSE INTERNATIONALE sur votre PC fixe ou mobile, PDA, smartphone, .... Puisez l'actualité à la meilleure source, celle de NewsCenter, premier ODP français Quels que soient le lieu et la langue, mettez l'information dans votre poche! Renseignement : FranceWeb,  Téléphone: +33(0)1 39 65 50 34