IBM Introduces Jam Consulting Service to Drive Dynamic New Forms of Collaboration

IBM Introduces Jam Consulting Service to Drive Dynamic New Forms of Collaboration

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced plans to collaborate with the Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA) to hold the first-ever Automotive Supplier Jam — an unprecedented online dialogue on the North American automobile industry’s general strategy, future, and opportunities for innovation. The OESA collaboration highlights a new Jam Consulting Service unveiled today by IBM Global Business Services, designed to help organizations drive innovation by initiating dynamic new forms of collaboration among employees, stakeholders, customers, partners and others. The new IBM Jam Consulting Service is available globally.

“Jams” are moderated forums where a select audience can engage in an online discussion for a concentrated time period. Based on unique online tools and moderation techniques, Jams provide organizations with an unprecedented way to surface, cultivate, and discuss new ideas, to collaborate on developing those ideas, and to drive new kinds of business innovation.

The Automotive Supplier Jam, a cooperative effort between OESA, IBM, and companies within the North American automotive industry, will be held for 72 consecutive hours on March 7-10, 2007. North American automotive supplier companies, automotive manufacturing companies, and industry influencers are currently registering to participate in the jam, which marks the first time a targeted industry will leverage IBM Jam methods and technologies.

“As today’s CEOs look to drive radical change and innovation in their organizations, they can draw new ideas from their extended workforce and partners through large-scale collaboration,” said Marc Chapman, Global Leader, Strategy and Change Consulting for IBM Global Business Services. “Jams help to facilitate dialogue in an open environment and all can benefit from the diversity of perspectives and collective brain-power of a focused, large-scale population.”

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