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IBM's work in both Second Life and the wider Metaverse warrants a separate page of its own.

Links to Internet Articles

• IBM gets a Second Life, an article in Information Week from November, 2006.
• IBM investing $10M in Second Life. This article is also from November, 2006 and contains the following: "IBM announced that it would be investing $10 million into developing its presence in the virtual world of Second Life, and it has already held meetings in the 3D forum with thousands of its employees. Its CEO, Sam Palmisano, recently gave an address to 7,000 Chinese workers through Second Life." IBM have subsequently announced a total investment of $100M in virtual environments.
• IBM brings Sears into SL, and article from Second Life Insider blog.

• Articles by Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Vice President of Technical Strategy and Innovation, "responsible for identifying emerging technologies and marketplace developments that are critical to the future of the IT industry."
  • Experimenting with Virtual Worlds in the Real Marketplace
  • Transforming Business through Virtual Worlds Capabilities – it's Déjà Vu All Over Again

Blogs, Wikis and Other Sources

• Eightbar is an excellent and informative blog written by "a group of techie/creative people working in and around IBM’s Hursley Park Lab in the UK."
• Images from bbc online news of IBM's virtual islands.
• Team Mascot wrote a page in his blog about the IBM SOA exhibit / building in SL.