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IBM Research
Global Technology Outlook
Tran Viet Huan, PhD
CTO, IBM Vietnam
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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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Open, Collaborative Innovation Models
 What would happen if we could…
- Bring our top technologists and
consultants together to envision
the future of innovation?
Venture
Capitalists
- Invite our innovation ecosystem
to join in the conversation?
ISVs
IT Analysts
Business
Partners
Investors
Alumni
- Partner with those ecosystem
participants to address the
challenges and opportunities
that emerge?
Regulatory
Bodies
Innovation
Ecosystem
Universities
Clients
Community
Leaders
Employees
Standards
Bodies
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Policymakers
Competitors
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Innovation Process at IBM
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Tools to Predict Technology and Business Trends
Global Technology Outlook
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Global Innovation Outlook
 Identify emerging technology
trends significant to industry in
the next 3 to 7 years
 Start a dialogue about innovation,
business transformation and societal
progress
 Has a direct influence on IBM’s
technical strategy
 Collaboration across a global
ecosystem of experts
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Global Innovation Outlook
 Launched in 2004, the GIO opened IBM’s business and
technology forecasting processes for the first time
 Focus areas:
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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
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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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GTO 2008
Real World Aware
New Uses & Classes of
Applications Drive Growth
Community & Information
Centric Web Platforms
Enterprise Mobile
New Enterprise Infrastructure
Architecture and Ecosystem
Internet Scale Datacenter
Re-birth of Systems
Architecture
New Computer
Architecture
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GTO 2009
1. Digital Economy
Business Decisions
New Value Vehicles
2. Data to Smart Decisions
Consumability of Analytics
Services
3. Services Quality
Leadership in Service Excellence
4. Cloud
Opportunities beyond Infrastructure
Foundations
5. Security
Fine-grained, Risk Adjusted Security
6. Transformational Hybrid Systems
Transformative Enterprise Computing
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