IBM Expands Advanced Water Management Capabilities With Dublin Centre of Excellence

On 16 June 2008, IBM and the Industrial Development Agency of Ireland (IDA Ireland) announced the establishment of an IBM Centre of Excellence for Water Management.

Located in Dublin, the new facility will focus primarily on innovative research and services for monitoring, managing and forecasting environmental challenges such as the movement of pollutants in fresh water, marine and oceanic environments.

Earlier in 2008, IBM established a Centre of Excellence for Water Management in Amsterdam where the primary focus is on flood management and levee systems. In 2007, IBM announced with The Beacon Institute, New York a technology-based monitoring and forecasting network for the Hudson River and estuary.

Read more: IBM, 16 Jun 2008