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IBM, (NYSE:IBM) offers a wide range of services; solutions and technologies that help businesses take full advantage of emerging innovation.

In the second of two parts, Harvey Ruback, Sr. Technical Staff Member from IBM discusses the growing use of speech technology in our world today. Hear how IBM's Embedded ViaVoice takes us into "mission critical" states, such as operating rooms, allowing health care professionals to assist patients where they are urgently needed in new and advanced ways.

IBM, (NYSE:IBM) offers a wide range of services; solutions and technologies that help businesses take full advantage of emerging innovation.

In the first of two parts, Harvey Ruback, Sr. Technical Staff Member from IBM takes us to the futuristic world of today's speech technology. Hear how IBM's Embedded ViaVoice, (which requires no training), reads to us our emails, the news, whether we're in our cars, our home, or in the office.

IBM (NASDAQ: IBM) offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that help businesses take full advantage of emerging innovation.

Ann Breidenbach, director of product line management and business strategy for Sensor and Actuator Solutions at IBM, discusses the efficiency of tracking goods by using radio-frequency identification (RFID) for businesses ranging from manufacturers, to distributors and management, all the way to retailers.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) offers a wide range of services; solutions and technologies that help businesses take full advantage of emerging innovation. Pervasive computing is personalized computing power freed from the desktop that transforms business performance, enabling information access anywhere, anytime, on demand. Senior Consulting I/T Architect with IBM's Software Group, http://www.ibm.com/pvc,

David C. Loose discusses what improvements have occurred in telematics. Telematics, the convergence of the IT and automotive industries, provides location-based safety and security systems, remote diagnostics, server-based downloads of new applications to vehicles using IBM Workplace Client Technology, and navigation aids using IBM Embedded ViaVoice to give drivers spoken street-by-street directions.

IBM is the world's largest information technology company. IBM (NYSE: IBM) Tivoli software solutions can help you to manage and optimize the IT systems that keep your business processes operating. As the global leader in the identity management market (Meta Group, 2005), IBM Tivoli, http://www-306.ibm.com/software/tivoli, provides a wealth of information on this topic that impacts consumers in very practical ways.

In this last of two parts, Jeff Curie, Chief Strategist for IBM Tivoli Identity Management Solutions, and security expert Larry Ponemon of the Ponemon Institute provide a comprehensive look into what lies ahead for consumers and corporations seeking to protect valuable data. They discuss the issue of identity management, the biggest obstacles to achieving tight corporate security, the current measures companies are taking to secure all facets of the organization and ethical information and privacy management practices in both business and government.

IBM is the world's largest information technology company. IBM (NYSE: IBM) Tivoli software solutions can help you to manage and optimize the IT systems that keep your business processes operating. As the global leader in the identity management market (Meta Group, 2005), IBM Tivoli provides a wealth of information on this topic that impacts consumers in very practical ways.

In this first of two parts, Jeff Curie, Chief Strategist for IBM Tivoli Identity Management Solutions, and security expert Larry Ponemon of the Ponemon Institute provide a comprehensive look into what lies ahead for consumers and corporations seeking to protect valuable data. They discuss the issue of identity management, the biggest obstacles to achieving tight corporate security, the current measures companies are taking to secure all facets of the organization and ethical information and privacy management practices in both business and government.

IBM is the world's leading e-business company offering a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that help businesses take full advantage of emerging innovation. In this second of two parts, Director of Websphere Business Software for IBM,

Bob Sutor discusses Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services. Web Services are industry standard interfaces that allow applications to freely exchange data regardless of the underlying technologies being used. They are essential for creating open distributed systems as building blocks from which companies and individuals can quickly and economically make their digital assets available worldwide.

IBM is the world's leading e-business company offering a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that help businesses take full advantage of emerging innovation. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) has the potential to vastly improve IT's efficiency through greater knowledge and communication with the business components of the organization. IT is expected to respond quickly and flexibly to business demands.

In this first of two parts, Director of Websphere Business Software for IBM Bob Sutor discusses Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services. Web Services are industry standard interfaces that allow applications to freely exchange data regardless of the underlying technologies being used. They are essential for creating open distributed systems as building blocks from which companies and individuals can quickly and economically make their digital assets available worldwide.

IBM is the world's leading e-business company offering a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that help businesses take full advantage of emerging innovation. Pervasive computing is personalized computing power freed from the desktop, enabling information access anywhere, anytime, on demand.

Gene Cox, director of mobility solutions for IBM Pervasive Computing unit, in part two of this series, discusses what is telematics and how does it make the car of the future a reality today. Telematics represents the convergence of the IT and automotive industries providing key components that help enable services such as vehicle diagnostics, location-based safety and security systems, navigation aids, concierge services, Internet and e-mail access, and entertainment.

IBM is the world's leading e-business company offering a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that help businesses take full advantage of emerging innovation. Pervasive computing is personalized computing power freed from the desktop, enabling information access anywhere, anytime, on demand.

Gene Cox, director of mobility solutions for IBM Pervasive Computing unit, in part one of this series, discusses what is telematics and how does it make the car of the future a reality today. Telematics represents the convergence of the IT and automotive industries providing key components that help enable services such as vehicle diagnostics, location-based safety and security systems, navigation aids, concierge services, Internet and e-mail access, and entertainment.

IBM is the world's leading e-business company offering a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that help businesses take full advantage of emerging innovation. The Internet Home Alliance is a collaborative effort by several key companies, including IBM, to incorporate existing and emerging technologies into a network encompassing our homes, automobiles, and offices.

Bill Bodin, Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM leads the research and prototyping efforts of the Pervasive Computing Division of IBM in Austin and is the Chief Technology Officer of the Internet Home Alliance. In this second of two parts, he continues his discussion on the "Home of the Future".

IBM is the world's leading e-business company offering a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that help businesses take full advantage of emerging innovation. The Internet Home Alliance is a collaborative effort by several key companies, including IBM, to incorporate existing and emerging technologies into a network encompassing our homes, automobiles, and offices.

Bill Bodin, Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM leads the research and prototyping efforts of the Pervasive Computing Division of IBM in Austin and is the Chief Technology Officer of the Internet Home Alliance. He discusses how the digital home technology, on display at IBM's Austin campus, goes way beyond piping music from your computer to your stereo.

IBM, (NYSE:IBM), is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable customers, large and small, to take full advantage of the new era of e-business.

Ron Sperano, Director of Mobile Market Development, IBM's Personal Computing discusses Wi-Fi and the future of wireless technology and security. Ron Sperano was chosen as one of four security experts empanelled at the recent 21st Annual PC EXPO to discuss how businesses can take advantage of Wi-Fi while securing their networks.

Can the home of the Jetsons be far away?

Use your computer and 's Home Director to program your lights, coffee pot, water heater, and any other electrical item you can imagine. Feel more secure when you leave home, whether for a day or a month. Everything that should be turned off, will be off and when you return everything that needs to turn on will start up ready to welcome you back.