Extreme Blue#Peridot

Extreme Blue was created in 1999 by David Grossman, Jane Harper, Ronald Woan, Sean Martin, Morris Matsa.{{cite magazine |author=Scott Kirsner |title=Kirsner: Big Blue Reinvents Internships |url=https://www.wired.com/1999/08/big-blue-reinvents-internships/|magazine=Wired |date=August 4, 1999}}{{cite web |author=John PatricK |title=Extreme Blue |url=https://www.johnpatrick.com/extreme-blue/|date=July 15, 2003}}

It began at the Lotus Software site in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 2003, Extreme Blue participants filed 98 patents.{{cite web |author=James Watson |title=Students swap beach for the lab bench in IBM internship scheme |url=http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/analysis/2075993/students-swap-beach-lab-bench-ibm-internship-scheme |publisher=Computing |date=23 Sep 2004 |accessdate=2009-12-21}}

In 2007, 10,000 applications were received for 92 positions in the U.S.; over 10,000 students applied for 220 positions worldwide. At the 2008 National Council for Work Experience (NCWE) award ceremony, the UK Extreme Blue program received the "Over 250 Employees – Short term placement" award.[http://mattwhitbourne.blogspot.com/2008/03/ncwe-awards-extreme-blue-wins-over-250.html NCWE Awards: Extreme Blue wins 'Over 250 Employees – Short term placement Award'] In 2009, according to an Extreme Blue manager, over 10,000 applications were received for fewer than 50 US positions.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}

Since its inception, the program has expanded to include 15 active international locations.{{citation needed|date=May 2011}}

File:Samuel J. Palmisano at Extreme Blue.jpg, now chairman (far right) speaking with interns at Extreme Blue in 2009]]

Extreme Blue uses IBM engineers, interns, and business managers to develop technology and business plans for new products and services. Each summer an Extreme Blue team also works on a project. These projects mostly involve rapid prototyping of high-profile software and hardware projects. Publicly released projects include the following:

• AmalgamR (2009) amalgamates social information from multiple sources, including Twitter, and displays relevant and timely group-based information.{{cite web |author=Mike Cassidy |title=Cassidy: Looking at the Valley through fresh eyes |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/businessbreakingnews/ci_13096648?nclick_check=1 |work=San Jose Mercury News |date=August 14, 2009 |accessdate=December 4, 2009}}
• BreadCrumbs (2009) is an iPhone application that scans grocery food barcodes and gives consumers information such as ingredients, manufacturing history, and product recall alerts with the use of food traceability servers.{{cite news |author=Richard Macmanus |title=IBM Debuts Food Traceability iPhone App |url=https://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2009/10/26/26readwriteweb-ibm-debuts-food-traceability-iphone-app-83110.html |work=The New York Times |date=October 26, 2009 |accessdate=December 4, 2009}}File:Saving Lives with SMS for Life.jpg
• SMS for Life (2009) fights malaria in Africa by utilizing cell phones, texting and web mapping technology to track and manage antimalarial drugs.{{cite web |author=Zachary Wilson |title=Are Your Interns Saving the World? IBM's Are |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/businessbreakingnews/ci_13096648?nclick_check=1 |work=Fast Company |date=15 Dec 2009 |accessdate=21 Dec 2009}}{{cite web |title=Saving Lives with SMS for Life |url=http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/29022.wss |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605162345/http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/29022.wss |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |publisher=IBM |date=14 Dec 2009 |accessdate=21 Dec 2009}}{{cite web |author=Mitch Wagner |title=SMS Project Fights Malaria in Africa |url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/mobile-wireless/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222001998 |work=InformationWeek |date=15 Dec 2009 |accessdate=21 Dec 2009}}
• exSEL (2007) is an end-to-end marketing tool which provides a virtual tour and allows virtual interactions with the exhibits in the IBM Solutions Experience Lab.{{cite web |title=Extreme Blue |url=http://www-01.ibm.com/employment/us/extremeblue/project/cool-exsel.html |publisher=IBM |accessdate=21 May 2014}}
• SiSi Say It Sign It (2007) converts from spoken English directly into British Sign Language which is then signed by an animated digital character or avatar.{{cite web |title=IBM Research Demonstrates Innovative 'Speech to Sign Language' Translation System |url=http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/22316.wss |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012003724/http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/22316.wss |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |publisher=IBM |date=12 Sep 2007 |accessdate=2009-10-14}}{{cite news |author=Geoff Adams-Spink |title=Technique links words to signing |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6993326.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=15 September 2007 |accessdate=2009-10-14}}
• {{anchor|Peridot}}Peridot (2004) checks web sites for broken links and assist in updating them. IBM applied for two patents{{Cite patent|country=US|number=7290131|pubdate=2007-10-30|title=Guaranteeing hypertext link integrity|assign1=IBM|inventor1-last=Beynon|inventor1-first=Margaret Ann Ruth|inventor2-last=Flegg|inventor2-first=Andrew James}}{{Cite patent|number=20040267726|status=application|country=US|pubdate=2004-12-30|title=Hypertext request integrity and user experience|assign1=IBM|inventor1-last=Beynon|inventor1-first=Margaret Ann Ruth|inventor2-last=Flegg|inventor2-first=Andrew James}}, since abandoned. on this technology.{{cite web |last=EISENBERG |first=ANNE |title=For Missing Web Pages, a Department of Lost and Found |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/21/technology/circuits/21next.html?ex=1256011200&en=5fc9d5b9a1919fbc&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland |publisher=NYTimes |accessdate=21 May 2014 |date=October 21, 2004}}{{cite web |title=Broken Links No More? |date=24 September 2004 |url=http://slashdot.org/story/04/09/24/1226250/broken-links-no-more |publisher=Slashdot |accessdate=21 May 2014}}{{cite web |last=Twist |first=Jo |title=Web tool may banish broken links |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3666660.stm |publisher=BBC |accessdate=21 May 2014 |date=24 September 2004}}{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/feeds/general/2004/09/22/generalvnunet_2004_09_22_eng-vnunet_eng-vnunet_132545_7445055346672697874.html |work=Forbes |title=Students swap beach for the lab bench in IBM internship scheme}}
• GameGrid (2003) created a distributed computing MMOG based on the open-source version of ID Software's Quake 2 first-person shooter.{{cite web |title=Cool projects |url=http://www-01.ibm.com/employment/us/extremeblue/project/game-grid.html |publisher=IBM |accessdate=21 May 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bethenco/ibmsj06quake.pdf |title= |website=www.cs.berkeley.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728054412/http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bethenco/ibmsj06quake.pdf |archive-date=July 28, 2010}}

In 2004, there were 44 Extreme Blue teams in North America.{{cite web |title=Igor Jablokov, Program Director, Speech & Multimodal Technologies, IBM Pervasive Computing |url=http://www.speechtechmag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=35379 |publisher=SpeechTechMag |accessdate=21 May 2014|date = August 2004}}

In 2002, there were 101 interns in North America from 42 schools.http://www-913.ibm.com/employment/us/extremeblue/bio/2002_us_interns.html{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

• {{flagicon|USA}} IBM Almaden Research Center located in San Jose, California, USA (2000-current)
• 4 teams in 2009
• {{flagicon|USA}} IBM Silicon Valley Lab located in San Jose, California, USA
• {{flagicon|USA}} Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA{{cite web |title=Extreme Blue History |url=http://www-913.ibm.com/employment/us/extremeblue/article/history.html |publisher=IBM |year=2001 |accessdate=2009-12-08}} (1999–2004)
• Debut location of Extreme Blue
• Did not host EB in 2001.
• {{flagicon|USA}} Raleigh, North Carolina, USA (2002–current)
• Started 2002{{cite web |title=Dynamic places |year=2002 |url=http://www-913.ibm.com/employment/us/extremeblue/location/index.html |format=PDF |accessdate=Oct 12, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020222084155/http://www-913.ibm.com/employment/us/extremeblue/location/index.html |archivedate=2002-02-22 |quote=... Raleigh, North Carolina – New ...'}}
• Lab manager:
• (2006-current) Ross Grady
• {{flagicon|USA}} Austin, Texas, USA{{Cite web |url=http://www-913.ibm.com/employment/us/extremeblue/location/index.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-10-07 |archive-date=2002-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020222084155/http://www-913.ibm.com/employment/us/extremeblue/location/index.html |url-status=dead }} (2001-current)
• Started 2001
• Lab manager:
• (2015-current) Marjean Fieldhouse
• Technical lead:
• (2015-current) Matthew Glover
• {{flagicon|Canada}} Montreal, Quebec, Canada{{cite web |url=http://www-03.ibm.com/employment/ca/en/job_3.html |title= IBM Canada jobs - Student opportunities|website=www-03.ibm.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208121117/http://www-03.ibm.com/employment/ca/en/job_3.html |archive-date=February 8, 2009}}
• {{flagicon|Canada}} Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• {{flagicon|Canada}} Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• {{flagicon|Brazil}} São Paulo, Brazil

• {{flagicon|China}} Beijing, China
• {{flagicon|India}} Bangalore, India (2004–?)
• Started in 2004 with 9 students in 2 teams{{cite web |author=Abhinav Singh |title=First Extreme Blue internship programme in India |url=http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20041018/market09.shtml |publisher=Express Computing |accessdate=2009-10-12 |location=Bangalore, India |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012170903/http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20041018/market09.shtml |archivedate=2009-10-12 |url-status=dead }}
• {{flagicon|India}} Delhi, India (2010–current){{Citation needed|reason=Please give a reliable source for this location.|date=April 2010}}
• Started in 2010 and is currently active.{{Citation needed|reason=Please give a reliable source for this location.|date=April 2010}}
• {{flagicon|Israel}} IBM Haifa Research Laboratory located in Haifa, Israel{{cite web |title=IBM Haifa Takes Four Technion Students to the Extreme |url=https://www.research.ibm.com/haifa/info/news_IBM_haifa_takes.html |publisher=IBM |accessdate=21 May 2014}}

• {{flagicon|Ireland}} Dublin, Ireland
• {{flagicon|Ireland}} Cork, Ireland
• {{flagicon|Germany}} Böblingen, Germany
• 3 teams in 2002{{cite web |title=Extreme Blue: Top talent puzzle at IBM |url=http://www-01.ibm.com/employment/us/extremeblue/article/toptalent.html |publisher=IBM |accessdate=21 May 2014}}
• {{flagicon|Belgium}} Brussels, Belgium{{cite web |url=http://www-05.ibm.com/employment/be/extremeblue/student.html |accessdate=October 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713001242/http://www-05.ibm.com/employment/be/extremeblue/student.html |archivedate=July 13, 2011|title=IBM Recruitment - Students - Extreme Blue - Belgium/Luxembourg }}
• {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Amsterdam, Netherlands
• {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Uithoorn, Netherlands
• {{flagicon|France}} La Gaude, France
• {{flagicon|UK}} Hursley, United Kingdom
• {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Zurich, Switzerland
• {{flagicon|Italy}} Rome, Italy

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• [https://ibmextremeblue.wordpress.com/ UK Extreme Blue Blog]

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