Innovation from a Research perspective
There is much talk about innovation these days. Why is that? I believe that businesses and even countries that want to remain competitive in view of globalization and deregulation can only succeed through sustained innovation.
The scope of innovation reaches far beyond the development of new products or technologies. It includes innovations in services, in business processes and models, in culture and management, as well as in policies that transform society in general.
IBM, at its core, is a technology company. Research is one of the key assets that make IBM the innovation partner of choice — the innovator's innovator. Since the inception of IBM Research in 1945, our scientists have consistently registered the largest number of patents in the IT industry year after year. What's more, five scientists from IBM Research Laboratories have been awarded the Nobel Prize, four of whom were from the Zurich Lab.
The IBM Zurich Research Laboratory is dedicated not only to fundamental research, but also to exploring and creating innovative industry and customer-oriented solutions. Our main research areas are
| · | future chip technology, | |
| · | nanoscience and nanotechnology, | |
| · | supercomputing, | |
| · | advanced storage and server technologies, | |
| · | security and privacy, risk and compliance as well as | |
| · | business optimization and transformation. |
In keeping with our mission to be a catalyst of today's technology and an incubator of future trends, we integrate technical insight and industry requirements into our research, looking to create real value for our clients.
The most important element of our innovation agenda is to open up our research laboratory to work not only with academia and other public and private research institutions but also with business partners and clients across the globe.
The researchers at the Zurich Laboratory continually strive to answer today's most compelling questions. We welcome you to explore our fields of research, and invite you to become part of our innovation community.
Dr. Matthias Kaiserswerth
Director of the Zurich Research Laboratory
