ODIS Capabilities

The services industry has changed in astounding ways over the past few years. It's no longer about simply finding the newest plug-and-play solution for a run-of-the-mill corporate problem. It's about building partnerships and finding never-before-seen ways to manage a business. It's not about keeping up with your competition; it's about moving into a market before they even know it exists. And it's not just about inventing something cool and unusual; it's about using cool and unusual innovations to gain business value.

On Demand Innovation Services is IBM's signal to the business world that we understand these changes. To remain at the forefront in serving our clients, we've created teams of researchers and consultants to work on client engagements that explore cutting-edge ways to increase competitive advantage and business value, and provide unique solutions, strategies and processes for business transformation.

The primary capabilities of On Demand Innovation Services come from the expertise and knowledge of IBM Research's industry-leading scientists and engineers combined with IBM's world-class consultant teams. To better match those capabilities with clients needs, solutions have been organized into cross-industry interest areas.

Interest areas:

Business Transformation
Linking business and IT to make business more flexible and people more effective

Emerging Technologies
New frontiers in technology and solutions

Information Mining and Management
Extracting new value from structured and unstructured information

IT and Application Infrastructure
Building the technical foundation to support business transformation

Optimization
Solving complex business problems with advanced analytical tools

Security and Privacy
Using technology to help protect people, networks and information