Last month, IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano advised President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team that a $30 billion government investment aimed at digitizing health records, expanding broadband access and improving the electrical grid could create more than 900,000 jobs, the Wall Street Journal reports. (via IBM CEO: Government Health IT Investment Will Create Jobs)
The Smarter Planet tumblelog is an outgrowth of IBM’s strategic initiative to help a world of smart systems emerge.
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