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Hippocratic database technology
The rapid expansion of the Internet has accelerated the move toward the digitization of a vast trove of personal information and a growing body of regulations aimed at protecting that information from unauthorized access. To help healthcare providers, businesses and government agencies comply with these regulations, IBM's Hippocratic database technology offers an approach that supports automatic enforcement of privacy policies.
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A large oil company
A large oil company wanted to reduce the costs of seismic surveys and improve the quality of information gathered. IBM Research worked on an application that would help optimize the position of seismic explosions and receivers to improve the calculations used to design seismic surveys and reduce the guesswork of oil exploration.
A leading motorcycle manufacturer
A leading motorcycle manufacturer was challenged by slow speed to market, high inventory levels and high transportation costs. IBM identified the initiatives that would have the greatest impact on the manufacturer’s issues. The client was able to increase the benefits of implementing the new initiatives using IBM’s Business Value Modeling Tool.
A major healthcare insurance company
This solution applied the tools and methods of IBM’s Model-Driven Business Transformation capability to the needs of a major insurance company. IBM developed new models and linkages that helped enhance the company’s ability to monitor its business processes and make modifications in response to changes in the external environment.
A major pharmaceutical company
The IBM Business Insights Workbench (BIW) helped a major pharmaceutical company search vast amounts of both structured and unstructured information in public data information, then analyzed that data to help the company develop greater clarity and insights about its competitive landscape.
A military logistics organization
A government organization responsible for researching, developing and testing modern logistics technologies and business practices obtains a future assessment of technology trends to help enhance supply-chain processes and prioritize IT investments over time.
GILFAM
The government agency responsible for automating the land registry for the Alsace and Moselle regions of France hired IBM to design a system to automate its more than 100-year-old paper-based system. With land titles available to the public online, the agency can save citizens, notaries and corporation’s time and money conducting business, but it also needed a way to maintain the authenticity of online land transactions. So IBM developed a security-rich electronic signature process to validate the transactions.
Government of Alberta
With its responsibility for collecting vast amounts of data, the Government of Alberta needed a way to comply with legal regulations to protect the sensitive personal information that is processed during governmental and non-governmental operations. IBM and the government’s Office of the Corporate CIO developed a privacy architecture that is compatible with and customizable to the various organizations. The architecture also lays the foundation for automating online privacy negotiations in the future.
Major industrial manufacturer
With increasing threat from its competition, a major industrial manufacturer needed to improve its collaboration with partners throughout its supply chain. IBM developed a strategy and rollout plan using solution scenarios and its Business Value Modeling Tool (BVMT) to assess and prioritize initiatives based on the expected value of their impact.
Business Practices Alignment
IBM Business Practices Alignment method uses innovative research-based techniques to give businesses a systemic – tangible – way to address corporate culture challenges.
Managing business risk
With IBM's risk modeling tools and decision optimization solutions, risks of many kinds are becoming much easier to tackle and, in some cases, largely avoid. IBM has tapped into its business insight and technological prowess to develop powerful risk management tools that are allowing businesses to better understand the impact of possible future events and to act accordingly.
An early warning system for automobiles
Quality information about cars currently relies on ‘lagging’ indicators, such as warranty costs, calls to customer service numbers and dealer service records. The trouble is that this information is only available after something has happened. IBM is working on a solution that will combine data from multiple sources and provide manufacturers with an Early Warning System to identify potential problems before they become major liabilities.
Cancelable Biometrics
The use of biometrics, which uses physiological or behavioral characteristics to verify identities for security and privacy purposes, is growing. But determined identity thieves have already learned how to copy credentials from large databases. IBM Researchers are developing methods to help companies stay one step ahead, with a novel technique that distorts biometric data.
Impact of Future Technology
IBM's IoFT solution helps businesses better prepare for disruptive change, and more clearly understand how political and economic events and scientific breakthroughs can affect their organizations.
Risk Management
IBM steps in to help financial services institutions manage risk exposure.
Managing business risk
IBM Research Services helps companies make better business decisions and achieve better results by enabling them to identify, quantify and successfully mitigate risks.
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