IBM’s Economic Development and Vitality Strategy is a new story about the value of IBM -- describing how smarter technologies can be used to: - Create new models for economic agility - Place individuals at the center of public service delivery models - Scale the potential for both organic economic growth as well as a city’s, region’s or nation’s ability to attract new and expanding businesses. This deck highlights the recently published thought leadership papers reflecting IBM's Economic Vitality messaging and core strategy.

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Economic Vitality
A Series of IBM Leadership Publications

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The economy of
security
Tax revenue
management &
economic vitality
2014 2014
Economic Vitality: White Papers in 2013-2014
Improving economic
competitiveness and
vitality
2013
Creating attractive and
competitive business
environments is
key to the success of cities,
regions and nations. To
accomplish this,
governments and agencies
must become agile –
striking a delicate balance
among business, talent and
technology to facilitate
sustainable growth – HOW?
Read in this paper.
This paper covers the
connection between
economic vitality
and security. It also
explains how security
solutions can help
government agencies
drive economic vitality for
their regions with
security intelligence.
Government agencies will
always be limited by
financial resources. What
can be changed is the
way technology
is applied. Broader
application of analytics,
social, mobile and cloud
technologies, can
dramatically improve the
effectiveness of tax
Administration. Learn
how!
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Economic Vitality: White Papers in 2013-2014
Sustainable
employment: Youth,
economic vitality &
why government
needs a new approach
The future of learning:
Enabling economic
growth
Unemployment and its
ripple effects create
challenges for
governments and citizens
worldwide. So, how can
Governments foster
sustainable employment
and address the rising cost
of not doing so?
Read through this paper to
learn more.
Changes in demographics,
methods, technology,
funding and
accountability will require
educational systems to
adapt to serve citizens and
to contribute to the future
economic success
of nations, states and
regions. Learn how!
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IBM Smarter Care:
Impact at the point
of care
Health and social care
systems are
interdependent and each
critically affects the other.
In this paper learn how
collaboration and moving
beyond traditional
boundaries enables
holistic and individualized
care to improve healthcare
outcomes and reduce
costs.
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Transportation and
economic development
Accelerating economic
growth and vitality
through smarter public
safety management
Opening up government
2011 2012 20122011
Economic Vitality: White Papers in 2011-2012
The paper examines the role
of smart technologies in job
creation and economic
growth – how innovation
helps address challenges like
congestion, highway
fatalities etc.
The paper outlines how “open
government” can better enable
outcomes such as innovation,
jobs and new economic
growth while increasing
revenues and avoiding costs.
The paper talks about how a
new, smarter approach to
public safety is needed, from
accessing and integrating the
right data, to developing a
unified response capability.
This will help government
agencies to be better
positioned to improve public
safety and enable enhanced
growth and vitality.
The global water system is
suffering from stress,
deteriorating quality, aging
and insufficient infrastructure.
Using information and
analytics, governments, cities,
utilities and businesses must
take immediate action to
deploy a smarter approach to
water management to solve
the world’s water crisis. Learn
how!
Fixing the Future –
Smarter Water
Management
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Economic Vitality: Videos
Dan Pelino – GM Public
Sector talks about IBM’s
vision on Economic Vitality
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Paul Dommel – Global
Government Industry, Health
& Human Services Sales Lead
talks about technology and
regional economic vitality

6. Contacts:
arthi.sridharan@in.ibm.com
arforcke@us.ibm.com