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IBM's On Demand Vision
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Abstract:
One year ago, IBM announced it's on demand vision - a vision more about
how businesses aspire to operate than about technology, per se. In our
view, IT now enables business designs that are more resilient and more
responsive than what has been deemed acceptable, enables institutions
to rebalance fixed vs. variable costs, access more and more services on
demand, and view "end to end" far beyond the confines of their
own institutional boundaries - as the web evolves from a "web"
of relatively passive pages to a "web" of very active business
components, encapsulated as web services, and accessible with very low
transaction costs..
This presentation will review IBM's vision for on demand, discuss where
we are today, and where we plan to go with our customers and partners.
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Biography
Dr. Michael D. (Mike) Zisman is presently a Vice President in the IBM Corporate
Strategy group. During 2001 and 2002, Mike worked in the IBM Storage Systems Group;
in 2002 he was General Manager of Storage Software, a new "start-up"
within IBM. From 1997 through 2000 he led IBM's entry into the knowledge management
market and distributed learning market. In 1995 and 1996, Mike was CEO of Lotus
Development Corporation. Prior to becoming CEO of Lotus, he was Sr. VP of the
Lotus Communications Products Group. Mike has served on the IBM Worldwide Management
Council and the IBM Corporate Technology Council.
Mike joined Lotus in 1994 after the acquisition by Lotus of Soft-Switch, Inc.,
a software firm that Mike founded in 1979 and headed until its acquisition by
Lotus. Soft-Switch was the leading supplier of software and systems products
to interconnect the wide range of electronic mail systems that were popular
in the 1980s. Prior to founding Soft-Switch, he was a member of the faculty
at the Sloan School of Management at MIT. Mike earned a bachelor's degree in
chemical engineering from Lehigh University, a master's degree in systems engineering
from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate in decision sciences from
the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mike is a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and Lehigh University,
and an overseer of the Penn School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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