2009
2009 Winner Profile
IBM
- Project Description: IBM Virtual Event Space provides 3-D virtual venues, allowing more IBM employees to attend company events. The virtual meeting space offers four formal presentation locations that can host up to 200 people simultaneously, provides multiple break-out spaces and allows for recording and playback of all sessions. IBM reports that the virtual event venues have saved up to $1 million in travel costs per event.
- Project type: Collaboration, Consumer, BI
- Business Functions: Research & development/product development, Sales
- Business Goal: Strategic/Competitive advantage
- CIO: $model.cio100.cioFirstName Hennessy, VP & CIO
- CEO: Samuel Palmisano, Chairman & CEO
- Headquarters: Armonk, N.Y.
- Industry: Business Services
- Revenue (2008): $103.6 billion
- Website: www.ibm.com
