Established in 1978, IBM Tucson is known for innovations that capture the market. Alongside numerous storage products that are architected, developed, and tested at IBM Tucson, the team also works on the well-recognized Spectrum Protect software for enterprise backup solutions, and the mainframe storage development team works on DFSMS enterprise software. IBM Tucson’s field support teams maintain 24-hour support for customers in a variety of products and the state-of-the-art Client Briefing Center.

IBM Tucson’s employees and distinguished engineers create significant intellectual property with more than 375 patents in 2020, representing 5% of the high-value IP for the company. Away from the office, employees donate their time and expertise to dozens of education and community outreach programs.

This year, IBM Tucson was the proud recipient of the Arizona Technology Council’s Governor’s Celebration of Innovation award for Innovator of the Year – Large Company.

ILLUME offers end-to-end consulting to the energy industry through cutting-edge social and data-science research services. Drawing on a deep bench of technical experts – from backgrounds as varied as anthropology to economics to public health to engineering to physics to graphic design — ILLUME provides our clients a holistic and boutique consulting experience. We support clients as they push the envelope to leverage emerging technology, empathy-focused research, data analytics, and customer-centric design strategies to build cleaner, safer, and more resilient energy infrastructure and, ultimately, healthier and more sustainable communities.