By any measure, IBM Connect, the annual IT analyst summit hosted by the company’s Software Group (SWG), should have been a walk in the park. After all, the event followed close on the heels of IBM’s System and Technology (STG) analyst briefing, and the central purpose of both events was to punctuate the company’s 2009 decision to unite SWG and STG under a single banner and leader — SVP and Group Executive Steve Mills. Rather than simply fill in a paint-by-numbers canvas, however, IBM Connect added significant depth to the company’s once bifurcated, now conjoined, software/systems strategy.
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IBM's Innovation Strategy: Preserving the Foundation
Posted by: Charles King December 14, 2010 05:00 AMBy any measure, IBM Connect, the annual IT analyst summit hosted by the company’s Software Group (SWG), should have been a walk in the park. After all, the event followed close on the heels of IBM’s System and Technology (STG) analyst briefing, and the central purpose of both events was to punctuate the company’s 2009 decision to unite SWG and STG under a single banner and leader — SVP and Group Executive Steve Mills. Rather than simply fill in a paint-by-numbers canvas, however, IBM Connect added significant depth to the company’s once bifurcated, now conjoined, software/systems strategy.