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IBM Extreme Blue
Type of businessInternship Program
Founded1999
Headquarters13 active, 18 total
See List
Area servedWorld Wide
Founder(s)Jane Harper
Key peopleJane Harper (Founder)
Steve Dale (Lab Head)
Bill Moore (Lab Head)
Maria Smirnoff (Lab Head)
Regina Zaliznyak (Lab Head)
ProductsSee List
Employees~100 North America
Unknown Worldwide
ParentIBM
URLibm.com/extremeblue
Current statusActive

Extreme Blue is IBM's premier internship program for both graduate and undergraduate students; it also serves as an excellent placement opportunity for future IBM employment due to the significant effort put into placement of the interns. Started in 1999 with one location at the Lotus site in Cambridge, MA, it has since expanded to include 14 international locations. In 2007, 10,000 applications were received for 92 positions in USA.[1] In 2009, according to an Extreme Blue Manager, over 10,000 applications were received for fewer than 50 US positions.[citation needed]

Since its inception in 1999 the program has expanded worldwide with summer programs running in Haifa, Amsterdam, Brussels, Hursley, Dublin, Böblingen and La Gaude. Furthermore, the program is running in Beijing and Bangalore. Over 10,000 students applied for 220 positions worldwide in 1997. Extreme Blue is a company initiative that uses experienced IBM engineers, talented interns, and business managers to develop high-value technology.

The project is designed to analyze emerging business needs and the technologies that can solve them. These projects mostly involve rapid-prototyping of high-profile software and hardware projects. Entry into Extreme Blue is competitive for both interns and IBM employees.

In the 2007/8 NCWE Awards, the UK Extreme Blue program received the "Over 250 Employees - Short term placement Award".[2]

Extreme Blue Projects

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Each summer an Extreme Blue team works on a project. This is a partial list of publicly released projects.

Internship Roles

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Extreme Blue places two types of interns, technical interns and MBA interns.

Extreme Blue Technical Intern

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Extreme Blue MBA Intern

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Patents

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One the of the primary goals of the Extreme Blue program is to act as an innovation incubator of talent, technology and busness.[17][18] A number of these technology innovations end up as patent disclosures.

Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Patent Disclosures 98[19]

Extreme Blue Labs

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North America

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In 2004, there were 44 Extreme Blue teams in North America.[20] In 2002, there were 101 interns in North America from 42 schools.[21]

South America

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Asia

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Europe

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References

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  1. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-NRmGMbj80 NBC on Extreme Blue Almaden, Time Mark 1:40
  2. ^ NCWE Awards: Extreme Blue wins 'Over 250 Employees - Short term placement Award'
  3. ^ Mike Cassidy (August 14, 2009). "Cassidy: Looking at the Valley through fresh eyes". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved December 4, 2009.
  4. ^ Richard Macmanus (October 26, 2009). "IBM Debuts Food Traceability iPhone App". The New York Times. Retrieved December 4, 2009.
  5. ^ Zachary Wilson (15 Dec 2009). "Are Your Interns Saving the World? IBM's Are". Fastcompany. Retrieved 21 Dec 2009.
  6. ^ "Saving Lives with SMS for Life". IBM. 14 Dec 2009. Retrieved 21 Dec 2009.
  7. ^ Mitch Wagner (15 Dec 2009). "SMS Project Fights Malaria In Africa". InformationWeek. Retrieved 21 Dec 2009.
  8. ^ http://www-01.ibm.com/employment/us/extremeblue/project/cool-exsel.html
  9. ^ "IBM Research Demonstrates Innovative 'Speech to Sign Language' Translation System". IBM. 12 Sep 2007. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
  10. ^ Geoff Adams-Spink (15 September 2007). "Technique links words to signing". BBC News. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
  11. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/21/technology/circuits/21next.html?ex=1256011200&en=5fc9d5b9a1919fbc&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland For Missing Web Pages, a Department of Lost and Found
  12. ^ http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/24/1226250&tid=96&tid=136&tid=95 Broken Links No More?
  13. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3666660.stm Web tool may banish broken links
  14. ^ http://www.forbes.com/feeds/general/2004/09/22/generalvnunet_2004_09_22_eng-vnunet_eng-vnunet_132545_7445055346672697874.html
  15. ^ http://www-01.ibm.com/employment/us/extremeblue/project/game-grid.html
  16. ^ http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bethenco/ibmsj06quake.pdf
  17. ^ Rosie Lombardi (03 Aug 2006). "Big Blue's quest for the brightest and best". IT World Canada. Retrieved 2009-12-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  18. ^ "Extreme Blue - Frequently Ask Questions". IBM. Retrieved 2009-12-21. ... The Extreme Blue™ program is an incubator for talent, technology and business innovation. ...'
  19. ^ James Watson (23 Sep 2004). "Students swap beach for the lab bench in IBM internship scheme". Computing. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  20. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20050207085859/http://www.speechtechmag.com/pub/industry/10777-1.html
  21. ^ http://www-913.ibm.com/employment/us/extremeblue/bio/2002_us_interns.html
  22. ^ "Extreme Blue History". IBM. 2001. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  23. ^ "Extreme Blue History". IBM. 2001. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  24. ^ "Extreme Blue History". IBM. 2001. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  25. ^ "Dynamic places". 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2002-02-22. Retrieved Oct 12, 2009. ... Raleigh, North Carolina - New ...'
  26. ^ "The Raleigh lab team". Retrieved 2009-10-08.
  27. ^ http://www-913.ibm.com/employment/us/extremeblue/location/index.html
  28. ^ http://www-03.ibm.com/employment/ca/en/job_3.html
  29. ^ Abhinav Singh. "First Extreme Blue internship programme in India". Bangalore, India: Express Computing. Archived from the original on 2004-10-18. Retrieved 2009-10-12. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2009-10-12 suggested (help)
  30. ^ http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/info/news_IBM_haifa_takes.html
  31. ^ a b c http://www-01.ibm.com/employment/us/extremeblue/article/toptalent.html
  32. ^ http://www-05.ibm.com/employment/be/extremeblue/student.html

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