In addition, the CSCIBMRational SME program leveraged a Rational licensing arrangement with CSC's Consultingdivisionto create a globalsupportnetwork for C-RUP.
The Smarter Energy Research Institute operates out of the globalnetwork of IBM Research labs, while simultaneously leveraging additional research and infrastructure operated by the members.
In 2003, IBM co-founded the US-based GridWise Alliance that advocates for grid modernization, and in 2007, IBM formed the Global Intelligent Utility Network Coalition (GIUNC), a coalition of players in the energy and utilities market, which is helping accelerate the adoption and use of smart grid technologies and bringing digital intelligence to current systems.
To handle the volume, IBM changed the Victoria's Secret site from a shared network infrastructure to a dedicated one, said Brian Ditzler, a spokesman for IBMGlobal Services.