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2002

IBM

 introduces Web Services Hosting technology, tools that allow developers and service 

providers to host and monitor Web services. ..... The company announces Service Provider 

Delivery Environment, an open standards framework to give wireless and wireline 

telecommunications service providers the flexibility to introduce new voice, text and Internet 

based services to their customers faster, easier and at lower cost. ..... 

IBM

 assists the Masters 

Golf Tournament in producing and hosting masters.org with expanded live streaming  

video coverage and downloadable hole by hole scoring. There are 1.5 million unique users 

logged on during Masters week, an increase in visitors of 37 percent over the year before. ..... In 

May, 

IBM

 supports the Broadway theater Tony Awards by designing, producing and hosting the 

awards Web site. ..... In July, 

IBM

 introduces Linux Virtual Services, that for the first time 

enables corporations to access large scale computing infrastructure on demand over the Internet.  

..... 

IBM

 designs, develops and hosts the 

USTA

's USOpen.org, one of the most highly trafficked 

Web sites of any annual sports event. More than 2.4 million unique users visit the site during the 

U.S. Open tennis tournament, nearly 20 percent more than in 2001.  

IBM

 announces in February new software, storage and services for Grid computing, as well as 

plans to Grid enable its entire product portfolio. Grid computing enhances Web services by 

coordinating global applications and resources at various locations, regardless of the underlying 

implementations and services. It shields the user from the complexities of the technology 

infrastructure and reduces complexity in two key ways: by virtualizing all of the resources and 

making them transparent to the user, and by infusing the infrastructure with open protocols that  

permit tremendous flexibility in deployment and automated management. ..... 

IBM

 and the U.S. 

Department of Energy (

DOE

) announce in March a collaboration to begin deploying the first 

systems on a nationwide computing Grid which will empower researchers to tackle scientific 

challenges beyond the capability of existing computers. Beginning with two 

IBM

supercomputers and a massive 

IBM

 storage repository, the 

DOE

 Science Grid will grow into a 

system capable of processing more than 10 trillion calculations a second and storing information 

equivalent to 200 times the number of books in the Library of Congress. ..... Irving Wladowsky 

Berger, vice president, Technology and Strategy, predicts publicly in May that Grid computing 

based on open standards will over time make e business as accessible and easy as flipping a 

switch. ..... A month later, 

IBM

's Grid computing general manager says businesses can improve 

the utilization of their technology infrastructures by 30 percent or more by taking advantage of 

Grid technologies to enable on demand computing.  

IBM

 rolls out the Digital Media Factory, an open technology framework comprised of 

IBM

 e 

business infrastructure that can help all types of companies manage, store, protect and distribute 

digital video, audio and images.  

IBM

 and Steelcase Inc. announce the creation of BlueSpace    an interactive and personalized 

office of the future. The joint project combines 

IBM

's technology expertise with Steelcase's 

workplace knowledge to create a new office environment that integrates the physical workspace 

with advanced computer, sensor, display and wireless technologies.  

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