IBM CEO Sam Palmisano at Second Life announcing $100M investment to start incubate new business

link at ZDnet

Here is Irving Wladawsky-Berger, IBM's vice president of technical strategy and innovation:

"So, here we are in 2006, once more facing a set of fledgling technologies and capabilities -- massively multiplayer online games and virtual worlds – that are already being used by many millions out there. Once more we have the very strong feeling that this will have a huge impact on business, society and our personal lives, although none of us can quite predict what that impact will be. It will be fascinating to see where this ride takes us in the future. from Irving Berger's Blog

More on IBM's initiative at The Greater IBM connection