In a comment to an earlier post, Vinnie asked if IBM itself was innovative. I really don’t know the answer to that question, but their initiative to setup a global hub for SOA component assembly (via Charles) is pretty damn impressive if anything because of the shere scale of the initiative. From what I read about it I don’t think you would classify this as IBM being innovative, but rather an example of IBM recognizing an opportunity to capture the innovation of their customer facing consultants and their clients themselves, and then setting up the infrastructure to make it happen.

BTW, to hell with being PC, I don’t think that large companies in any industry are prone to being innovative.

The ideas for new replicable components will typically come from clients and field staff, Porta said. IBM Solutions Boards will evaluate suggestions and once approved, the management of component development will be handed over to the Global Business Solutions Center.