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© 2011 IBM Corporation
Let‘s Build a Smarter Planet Smarter Water Management
George Mattathil -
10/14/2011
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Executive Summary
The Need
The
Imperatives
IBM
Expertise
Water -a critical resource that affects every major global system in the world, will eventually reach an era
of scarcity. Balancing water "supply" and "demand" in the coming decades will be a painful process –
Hence management, preservation and long term sustainability of water is essential
There is also a need to manage availability of accurate water information, prevent wastage of water and
prevent disasters like stormwater overflow, floods through effective water management
Therefore, there is an unprecedented imperative to leverage new technologies to build
intelligence in the way the world manages a natural resource like water
The three key imperatives that water management agencies have to consider are:
Ensure data on water is accurate and available real-time to improve intelligence in water
management operations
Develop and integrate processes to improve operations, insight and customer experience
Use the right tools to manage water systems, monitor quality and protect water resources
Our differentiation in the Water Management Space:
Solid base of Smarter Planet References
Centers of Excellence in water management (5 centers in different water solution areas)
IBM‘s water conservation and treatment experience is based on its in-house manufacturing systems
Strong Water Ecosystem (strong base of business partners, innovations from IBM Research,
participation with environmental groups, partnership with universities, our open standard approach with
leading groups/agencies)
Ability to apply and adapt business processes and technical architecture based on needs of client
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Compelling facts on usage of water today!
It takes more than 2.5 gallons of water to make one sheet of paper!
It takes almost 39 gallons of water to make one cup of coffee!
It takes 172 gallons of water to make one pound of wheat!
It takes 2,868 gallons of water to make one pair of jeans!
It takes 2,048 gallons of water to make one pound of beef!
Source: IBM S & D Solution Brief – IBM Water Management Overview – Who thinks about Water? You should and IBM does!,
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Inefficient water use, inadequate infrastructure, access to safe water are key issues in water management
~60% of 2500 trillion
Global agriculture wastes an
estimated 60% of the 2,500
trillion liters it uses each year
Municipalities lose as much
as 50% of their water
supply through leaky
infrastructure
50% loss
1.4 million deaths
Waterborne diseases cause nearly 1.4
million deaths in children every year
~2.8 billion people
The UN estimates that by 2025,
forty-eight nations, with
combined population of 2.8
billion, will face freshwater
―stress‖ or ―scarcity
~1 billion people
Nearly one billion people lack access to
safe water
In reality 97% of all the earths water is saltwater, 2% is held in snow and icebergs leaving only 1%
available for human consumption, therefore it is imperative that we get smarter at managing water
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Smarter approaches to the management, operations and long-term sustainability of water is critical
Growing urban populations increasing the stress on supplies and infrastructure
Customers and Regulators are demanding improved operational efficiency, better service and
greater accountability
Economic growth and water use planning are disconnected
Gaps in Services
Measurement,
monitoring,
control
Legacy Assets/
Managing cost of
assets
Insufficient intelligence on water and water systems resulting in:
– Fragmentation of information; inaccurate, incomplete, redundant data and reports
Reliance on manual processes reduces efficiency and increases costs
Increasing regulatory requirements also drives up costs
Assets and infrastructure have aged to such a degree that maintenance costs are rising faster
then revenue
Budget pressures are forcing agencies to lower the cost of operating and while maintaining
service levels
Sustainability
Significant need to enhance long term provisioning of water for public and commercial use
Allocation of water must be managed to ensure conservation
Integrated data must be available to support intelligence based decisions on water allocation
Threats to public health are making the management of waste water a high priority
Significant urban growth makes proactive storm water management a vital necessity
Waste Water Treatment,
Stormwater Overflow
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Water management agencies are focusing on five key imperatives to manage water and ensure sustainability
Optimize water usage, monitor quality and protect water
resources (optimize and protect other resources like energy too)
Develop processes to ensure accurate data on water usage
is accessible and available
Enhance theunderstanding, measurement. provisioning
and management of water so that regulatory requirements
and demands can be met
Revitalize water delivery infrastructure
Protect the supply and delivery of water for citizens
and industry
Sustainability
Pain Points
Lack of data/ water
intelligence
Measurement,
monitoring and
control
Upgrade of legacy
assets
Gaps in Services
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Technology can make water management simpler and smarter!
Issue Description How tech can enable Smarter Water
Climate change Downscaled Climate models
Fragmentation of water
resource management/ data
“Collaboration platforms” - Integrate multiple sensor networks and
data sets
Application and data integration
Surface Water Contamination,
Ground Water Contamination
Availability of water
Water flow and quality, run-off management sensing & systems
Groundwater resource mapping
Land-use tools
Water accounting systems
Agricultural practices Precision irrigation
Run-off management sensing and systems
Social attitudes, water pricing
Smart metering for water (to enable differential pricing)
Leakage, losses
Leak detection and management systems
Loss of water because of theft or miscoded customer (commercial
customer not paying commercial rates because of mistake)
Risk of levee failure
Storm surges
Sensing for structural health – “smart levees”
Topological models
High resolution weather forecasting
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What can we do better today? Seize the opportunity to leverage new technologies and adopt collaborative approaches to build intelligence in the way we manage water
Smarter Water Management Solutions: IBM’s offerings
are designed to assist water agencies in the management,
preservation and efficient allocation of water resources
“Smart” imperatives
HOW?
WHAT DO WE HAVE?
WHY IBM?
Our expertise: Substantiated through our work with clients, Smarter
Water resources, and Water Centers of Competency
Ensure data on water is
accurate and available
real-time
Develop and integrate
processes
Manage water systems
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SMART IS Developing and integrating processes to
improve operations, deepen insight and
enhance value delivered to customers
SMART IS Ensuring data on water is accurate and
available real-time to improve intelligence
in water management operations
Smarter Water Management:
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3 SMART IS Using the right tools to manage water systems,
monitor quality and protect water resources
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How will you… Receive accurate/up-to-date system status and resource utilization reports in a timely manner to make
informed fast decisions?
Model scenarios and do what-if analysis to understand the financial and operational impact of decisions?
Ensure visibility in to water usage and revenue variances?
Comply with regulatory issues with respect to water use, water treatment? What percentage of water is
being accounted for?
Manage the rising cost of operating and maintaining your assets?
Reduce your asset and system downtime?
Smart is: Ensuring data on water is accurate and available real-time to improve intelligence in water management operations 1
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Intelligent Water Operations Center:
Solutions manage, protect, process and
analyze unprecedented volumes of
structured and unstructured data - creating
insight that drives innovation and business
optimization
IBM water management solutions offer innovative capabilities for supplying intelligence ‗when and where‘ needed
Information Agenda for Water:
Comprehensive array of solutions to
support the management of entire natural
water systems, levee systems, water
infrastructure, water utilities and water
treatment facilities.
Water Asset Management (Maximo):
– Single software platform for managing assets
that is designed for transmission and distribution
– Manages important aspects of asset‘s life cycle
(acquisition, work management, inventory control,
purchasing)
– Facilitates regulatory requirements
Ensure data on water is accurate and available real-time
Customer Information System:
- Optimizes processes and activities
- Unified, up-to-date and accurate views of
information real-time
- Direct simultaneous access to dynamic
business intelligence through a single window
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Smart is: Responding quickly to demands for accurate, complete, actionable information
Establish End-to-End Vision & Business-Driven Value
Align People, Process & Information
Accelerate Projects for Short & Long-Term ROI
Architect an Extensible Information Infrastructure
Discover & design trusted
information with unified tools and
expertise to sustain strategic value
of information over time…
Accelerate information-
intensive projects aligned with
the strategy to speed return
on investments…
Establish an information-driven strategy & objectives to enable
business priorities…
Deploy open and agile technology and leverage existing information assets for speed and flexibility…
Information Agenda for Water
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Smart is: Assisting in the Visibility and Management of Assets
Regulatory
Compliance
Operational
Control
Productivity
Reliability
Process
Standardization
Ability to Adapt
Investment Accuracy
Resource Allocation
Modern, Standards-based
Technologies
Cost and Complexity
Value
for
Agency
For example: County Department of Public Works
improves service for 10 million residents with
Maximo Asset Management
County agency responsible
for roads, bridges, airports,
sewers, flood control and
water facilities.
The Challenge:
Strategic system robust enough to accommodate
the wide variety of facilities and maintenance work
Scale on one database and multi-asset flexibility
The Benefits:
Increased planned work from 30% to 66%
Reduced employee training cost
Saved labor costs by balancing contractor &
staff work
IBM Asset Management
Water Asset Management MRO
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Smart is: Enabling Intelligent Water Operations with Visualization and Advanced Analytical Tools
Intelligent Water Operations Center
The extended Collaboration Platform supports multiple Emergency
Operations areas:
Preparedness
Communications and Information Management
Resource Management
Command and Management
– Incident Command System, Multi-agency Coordination
Systems and Public Information Systems
Ongoing Management and Maintenance
Operator Chat Planned outages,
maintenance and important
information (Operator
updated text)
Listed
Alarms
Weather Icon – click on it to get
forecast details
Mapped
alarms
Numerical Data will be
displayed wherever
appropriate. (River
levels, tank levels, etc).
Screen to be refreshed
automatically every 15-30
minutes)
The current operating
conditions of the system
(Operator Updated text)
Current Collaboration Platform Extended Collaboration Platform
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Clients improve water operations with improved response times, enhanced reporting metrics and greater visibility into operations
Smarter Water Infrastructure Asset Management:
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), is
using IBM software to help reduce pollution in water
SFPUC has improved visibility into their maintenance
operations and physical infrastructure
Near real-time status, allowing them now to resolve
issues within 24 hours
Customer Information Systems:
Denver Water implemented Cognos solutions resulting in:
Uniform reporting to water board
Improved project management; budgets and rolling
forecasts, automatic calculation and reporting, cost overrun
identification
Improved collaboration across groups (engineering,
budgeting, and construction management)
Smarter Water Infrastructure Asset Management:
Cape Fear works with IBM and IBM Business Partner ESRI to
implement IBM Tivoli Maximo Asset Management software
Reduced turnaround on pump station run time; meter reading
collections reduced 99 percent - from 4 days to 30 minutes
Improved system uptime and minimized disruptions to
customers using preventative maintenance
Reduced overall costs
Water Information Exchange:
Sonoma County Water Authority used a single portal integrating
SCADA systems of SCWA, Santa Rosa, Cotati and Rohnert
Park resulting in benefits:
Data from the intelligent meters can be analyzed to help lower costs,
adopt efficient and sustainable consumption patterns, and
improve usage
By addressing water issues as a system, citizens can make
smarter decisions about how and when they use limited water resources
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Obtain real-time data on water consumption?
Identify areas for energy efficiency related to water?
Address leakage or water theft detection?
Create and use an optimization model to yield cost reductions?
Ensure easy detection of anomalies, understand behavioral models and provide usage predictions?
Smart is: Developing and integrating processes to improve operations, deepen insight and enhance value delivered to customers 2
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Implementing processes to manage costs and operations
Intelligent Water Management:
Understand usage patterns and detect
anomalies on leakage, theft or faulty meters
Explores ―optimal‖ location of leak(s); creates
optimization model to yield cost reduction
Use of optimization model to find the optimal number
of valves, to enable the effective pressure
management
Smart Water Analytics:
Offers granular data on usage trends
Accurate meters aids in capital & operational
investment decisions
Provides alerts on immediate and longer term
problems
Develop and integrate processes to improve operations
Analytics Driven Asset Management (ADAM):
Leverages advanced analytics and optimization
technologies to turn the vast amounts of EAM /
Metering /Sensor data into actionable insight,
foresight and prescriptions
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Smart is: Enabling homes/businesses with advanced devices to track and report water consumption data
Install advanced
wireless meters in homes
and businesses
Meters report as frequently as
every 15 minutes either via
cellphone or Wimax, or less
frequently via short range protocol
to a drive-by reader
IBM installs or provides as a
service the main billing
system, or can run the entire
billing service on an
outsourced basis
IBM Maximo / SAP enables
meter management and
maintenance - meter
performance and failure
can be tracked remotely
Meters can provide the home or
business owner with immediate
data on water consumption.
This is known to promote water
conservation.
The system as a whole provides
more granular data on usage
trends and can alert of immediate
and longer term problems
More accurate meters provide
better information in assets to
inform capital & operational
investment decisions
Smarter Water Meter Management
The offering can be cloud-based or premise-based
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Smart is: Detecting leaks and thefts via optimization models to reduce operational costs and wasted resources
Leakage or Theft Detection at
the Residential Level
Understand usage patterns and detect
anomalies for low and high consumption
to detect leakage, theft or faulty meters
Leakage Detection at the
Network Level using optimization
Find ―optimal‖ location of leak(s) to explain
difference between actual measurements and
model predicted measurements
Leakage Reduction using
Dynamic Pressure Control
Create optimization model to adjust the
pressure dynamically so that only the
required flow will be supplied yielding cost
reduction in energy and water achieved
Optimal Valve Placement for
Pressure Reduction
Use an optimization model to find the optimal
number of valves, and their location, so as to
enable the most effective pressure management
Intelligent Water Management
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Smart is: Leveraging analytic platforms to deliver insights and predict outcomes in asset management
Analytics Driven Asset Management (ADAM) Addresses three key challenges in asset management
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IBM - partnering with clients to increase efficiency in operations
Smarter Water and Energy Metering:
With Enemalta, IBM is developing a new smart grid with
250,000 meters that integrates both water and power systems
- Allows utilities to more intelligently plan their investments in
the network, increase operational efficiency, and reward
customers who consume less energy and water
Smarter Water Meter Usage Analytics
City of Dubuque implements a new, smarter system that will
analyze data collected from more-sensitive water meters and
other devices to alert consumers via the Internet on issues like
water waste and enable them to take corrective measures -
resulting in cost and resource savings
Smarter Water Workforce Optimization Analytics
DC Water worked with IBM and its business partners to modernize
infrastructure management and gain greater visibility
into critical operations
Resulting in 36% reduction in customer calls
Increase percentage of emergency investigations dispatched in
10 minutes
Significant reduction in asset downtime
Smarter Water Use and Energy Efficiency: IBM itself has realized dramatic economic and sustainability
benefits implementing advanced water management systems.
Using Green SigmaTM methodologies, IBM has implemented a
smarter water management solution in IBM Burlington‘s
Semiconductor Fab that allowed us to realize $3 million in cost
savings and reduce water consumption by 27% while
increasing production.
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Proactively obtain information on watersheds and pending issues in order to take timely actions?
Generate maps, gather weather statistics with specifics on potential impacts due to stormwater
inflows?
Detect weather fluctuations, mitigate storm water impact and proactively take measures for the
prevention of natural disasters?
Smart is: Using the right tools to manage water systems, monitor quality and protect water resources 3
How will you…
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Using the right tools to manage water systems, monitor quality and protect
water resources
Using advanced analytics to predict, and prevent uncontrollable situations and optimize water consumption
Intelligent Wastewater and Stormwater Management:
Detects sewer flow levels
Manages maintenance requests
Generates accurate flood maps with specifics on
impact areas, quick actions through advanced analytics
for flood avoidance
Natural Water Systems Management:
Draws on real-time monitoring systems to
predict and mitigate situations before
they occur
Deep Thunder Weather Modeling:
Generates local, high-resolution weather
predictions customized to business applications for
weather-sensitive operations days ahead of time
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Smart is: Leveraging sensor and communications technology for real-time decision making
Innovative wireless
technology
Dynamically adjustable
collection system
Large numbers of
sensors
Aggregation of
information
Predict outcomes with
large scale models
Fraction of the cost of
traditional solutions
City-wide
Monitoring
Innovative technology
merges with existing
infrastructure
Key decisions based
on fact not assumptions
Controls react
real time for optimal
performance
Natural Water Systems Management
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Smart is: Mitigating flooding incidents and managing wastewater effectively
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Wireless network links monitoring devices to central command center
Sewer system data can also be linked with asset & workflow tools to manage any specific maintenance requests
Innovative technologies such as Smart Manhole Covers are used to detect sewer flow levels
Data can also drawn from more traditional SCADA/sensors systems.
High resolution weather and flooding models are used to generate accurate flood maps with specifics on impact areas
Advanced analytics and optimization engines generate recommended actions for flood avoidance
Stormwater Management Command Center
Valves, pumps or inflatable dams are controlled dynamically to balance inline sewer storage and avoid potential overflows.
Intelligent Wastewater/Stormwater Management 3
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Smart is: Integrating forecasts in to decision-making to optimize business processes
Issue: Weather-sensitive business operations are often
reactive to short-term (3 to 36 hours), local conditions (city,
county, state) due to unavailability of appropriate predicted
data at this scale
Solution: Application of reliable, affordable, weather
models for predictive & proactive decision making &
operational planning
– Numerical weather forecasts coupled to
business processes
– Products and operations customized to
business problems
– Competitive advantage – enhanced efficiency, safety,
security and economic & societal benefit
Deep Thunder – Forecasts for
Weather-Sensitive Operations
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Clients worldwide have gained benefits through water management prediction and protection
Real-time Monitoring System :
Galway Bay uses real time monitoring system, sensors and
computational technology to collect and disseminate
information on coastal conditions, marine life, pollution levels,
and is able to better predict weather threats, rogue waves,
and provide pollution alerts
Smarter River and Estuary Protection :
Working with the Beacon Institute, IBM is helping enable
minute-to-minute monitoring of New York's Hudson River via
an integrated sensor network, robotics, and computational
technology throughout the 315-mile river to understand and
predict the effects of global warming, the movements of
migrating fish, and transport of pollutants
Smarter Levee Management and Flood Control:
In Netherlands, IBM is working with partners to build smarter
levees and flood management solutions that enable
authorities to monitor infrastructure and changing flood
conditions, utilize advanced decision tools to help prevent
avoidable flooding incidents
Smarter Weather Management:
IBM is applying high resolution weather forecasting capability
called Deep Thunder to predict damage ahead of time and
optimize processes so that they can better mobilize resources,
reduce restoration time, communicate more accurately, and
reduce emergency management costs
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IBM provides assetsto leverage customer-preferred Geographical Information System
(GIS) applications.
Why IBM?
IBM understands both thebusiness processes and the technical architecture required
for an effective Smarter Water Management program
Breadth and depth of resources: Advanced analytics, real-time monitoring systems,
sensors resolve the ―world‘s most complicated water management problems‖ (For Example:
Deep Thunder Weather Modeling, World Community Grid, Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland)
IBM has expanded water management capabilities around the world by establishing
Centers of Excellence (COE) for Water Management
IBM has built establishing a Smarter Water Ecosystem with leading partners on sensing
technologies, software models, engineering consulting expertise, other innovations
IBM has recognized that its solutions be tailored to smaller organizations through
cloud technology and application of open standards approaches
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IBM‘s experience includes working with water, electric and gas utilities across the globe
Galway Bay
Flood Control,
Netherlands
Hudson River
IBM Burlington: IBM itself has realized dramatic economic and sustainability benefits implementing advanced water management systems. Using
Green SigmaTM methodologies, IBM has implemented a smarter water management solution in IBM Burlington‘s Semiconductor Fab that allowed us
to realize $3 million in cost savings and reduce water consumption by 27% while increasing production.
In a pioneering research project, for the first time,
scientists at IBM and the University of
Aberdeen have collaborated to ―see‖ the structure
of a marine compound from the deepest place on
the Earth using an atomic force microscope (AFM).
The results of the project open up new possibilities
in biological research which could lead to the faster
development of new medicines in the future.
IBM Electric and Gas Utility Implementations
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Our solutions portfolio is complemented with our thought leadership studies, the Centers of Excellence…
Smarter Water Management Solutions Home Page
http://www.ibm.com/green/water
GIO Report on Oceans and Water
http://www.ibm.com/ibm/gio/water.html
IBM Water Management Pains Summary Report
http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/bus/pdf/ibm-
water-pains-report-jan09.pdf
Thought Leadership
COE (Centers of Excellence)
COE Smarter Water
Management Areas
CoE Netherlands Flood Management
CoE Ireland Marine Environment and
Water Quality
CoE Burlington US Industrial water
CoE Montpellier Using supercomputers for
water flow modeling
CoE Venice Tourism & Water
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…and the expertise of our business partners!
IBM and SAP deliver a
refreshing solution for
Fairfax County
Customer Care and Billing/Intelligent
Metering - Combination of Oracle
Siebel and Revenue Management
application with IBM services to provide
efficiencies in meter reading, rating and
billing
City of Austin
Sydney Water
IBM is developing complementary solutions
with expertise in areas such as architecture
and water management, devices including
video cameras and smart meters, and city
services software – Among the Business
Partners working with IBM are AECOM,
Badger Meter, esri, Telvent, Veolia Water
North America and VirtualAgililty
Terna deployed a unified communications and
collaboration solution with IBM and IBM BP
Cisco that provides tools to help employees
efficiently communicate and share information from
disparate locations
eMeter EnergyIP software
bundled on the IBM WebSphere
Application Server running Tivoli
Monitoring helping companies on
Smart Grid application
IBM and ESRI deliver Smarter Water Management solutions
integrating advanced analytics w/ Maximo asset management
software with the Esri GIS mapping applications
Cape Fear Public Utilities
DC Water Authority
City of Corpus Christi
Sacramento Area Sewer District
IBM has developed
Interfaces into Badgers
wireless meter reading and
leak detection applications
to be used at a customer
location, or in a cloud with IOC Business
Partners
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Innovations from IBM – Leveraging the power of Community
Cures from the deep Creek Watch: Smarter Water
through Citizen Science
Exploration into using mobile
devices to capture ―citizen
science‖ data/photos
Collect simple environmental
data about waterways
IBM Research developing
application in consultation with
the California Water Board and
volunteer watershed groups
Scientists at IBM and the
University of Aberdeen can "see"
the structure of a marine
compound from 35,814 feet
below sea level, using an atomic
force microscope
Partnering with University of Virginia
model to predict effects of
commercial development, fishing
and agriculture on Chesapeake Bay
Developing effective & efficient
water filtering by simulating flow
through carbon nanotubes with
Tsinghua University (China)
Enabling Inforium Bioinformatics &
FIOCRUZ-Minas (Brazil) to seek
cures for schistosomiasis
A global network of PCs
Connected citizens contribute – and that can make many things smarter!
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Let‟s work together to drive real
progress in our world!
We‘ve only just begun to uncover what is possible in a Smarter Planet
The world will continue to become smaller, flatter and
smarter. We are moving into the age of the globally
integrated and intelligent economy, society and planet.
By systemically managing water and energy use, as well
as carbon emissions, smart organizations will realize true
sustainability while achieving real business benefits—
driving growth at the individual, organizational and
population levels.
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The bottom line is still top priority
Although the global economy is on the road to recovery,
many organizations may still be:
Concerned about the high cost of acquiring and
maintaining technology
Keeping a close watch on their IT investments
Demanding that every investment provide a quick
return
Conserving capital wherever possible
Favoring short-term over long-term initiatives
“The economic downturn has rewritten the rules of IT investment, and IT organizations will need
more-rigorous investment management practices in order to adapt. Only then can IT organizations
meet the business requirement to continue to improve IT efficiency, while increasing the value
delivered to the enterprise.”
—Gartner Research, New Realities of IT Investment, September 27, 2010
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IBM Global Financing can help
IBM Global Financing helps companies
acquire the IT solutions they need, more
easily and cost-effectively, so they can:
– Preserve cash for strategic business
needs
– Obtain the solutions they need—
potentially without cutting back
We are the world‘s largest technology
financier, providing services in more than
55 countries
We work with more than 125,000 clients,
from small businesses to large enterprises,
including roughly 80% of the Fortune 100
Our decades of IT expertise give us an
exceptional understanding of a company‘s
technology and financial needs
55+ countries
125,000+ clients
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Support for your vision
IBM Global Financing delivers the IT financial expertise and capabilities you need today to support your vision for tomorrow
We are well positioned to assist you with not only financing but also IT life-cycle management challenges
We can help accelerate the implementation of innovative solutions or projects such as cloud computing or business analytics