In today's global economy, competition is more intense than ever. To succeed in this environment, innovation and global collaboration have become top priorities. Companies are even expanding their sources of innovation to leverage the creative potential of partners and customers. IBM Innovation Factory provides a powerful set of capabilities to help companies reach these collaborators, provide insight into emerging trends through early user feedback, foster brand loyalty, and accelerate time to market for new offerings.

Innovation Factory overview

Learn how IBM can help companies overcome barriers to innovation.

A Guide For Multinationals

"One of the great challenges for a multinational is learning how to build a productive global team," according to an article in the August 20, 2007 edition of Business Week magazine. The article talks about innovation in general, and illustrates how IBM uses Innovation Factory to power its own innovation portal.

IBM opens Innovation Factory using collaboration to accelerate innovation of new products, services

Learn more about the mission of the Innovation Factory in this IBM press release.

Innovation Factory demonstration

Learn how innovative companies can use IBM Innovation Factory to build collaborative communities to create, refine and launch new services.

IBM High Performance On Demand Solutions: Innovation Factory