IBM ISRAEL - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LTD

Their core work

IBM Israel is the R&D arm of IBM Corporation based in Israel, specializing in cloud computing, data analytics, cybersecurity, and distributed systems. They build enterprise-grade software infrastructure for secure cloud environments, big data processing pipelines, and privacy-preserving data exchange — particularly in healthcare and manufacturing contexts. Their work spans from low-level hardware security and hypervisor optimization to high-level blockchain and IoT platforms, making them a full-stack technology provider for complex European research and industry challenges.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their early H2020 period (2015–2017), IBM Israel focused heavily on cloud infrastructure fundamentals: hypervisor optimization, high-performance computing, hardware security architectures, and secure cloud storage. Their work was about making cloud platforms faster, more secure, and more reliable at the infrastructure level. From 2018 onward, the focus shifted decisively toward blockchain (6 projects), IoT, edge computing, deep learning, and applied data analytics — moving up the stack from infrastructure to intelligent, trust-enabled applications in domains like maritime, smart cities, and healthcare.

IBM Israel is moving from building secure cloud foundations toward distributed trust and intelligence at the edge — expect future work in decentralized data governance, federated AI, and blockchain-enabled IoT systems.

How they like to work

IBM Israel overwhelmingly operates as a technology partner rather than a project leader, coordinating only 3 of 59 projects while contributing specialized components to 56 others. With 727 unique consortium partners across 38 countries, they function as a high-connectivity hub — a go-to industrial partner that many different consortia want on board. Their participation in both Research and Innovation Actions (35 RIA, 22 IA) shows they engage across the full spectrum from fundamental research to near-market deployment.

With 727 unique consortium partners spanning 38 countries, IBM Israel has one of the broadest collaboration networks in H2020 — effectively connected to a significant fraction of Europe's research and innovation ecosystem. Their reach is truly pan-European with strong ties into both Western and Eastern European institutions.

What sets them apart

IBM Israel brings the engineering depth and enterprise credibility of a global technology company combined with a genuine research culture — their Haifa Research Lab is one of IBM's most productive R&D centers worldwide. Unlike academic partners who deliver prototypes, IBM Israel contributes production-grade software components that can scale beyond the project lifetime. For consortium builders, having IBM Israel on board signals industrial validation and provides a direct path from research output to enterprise deployment.

Highlights from their portfolio

• BigDataStack
  One of only 3 projects IBM Israel coordinated — led the design of a high-performance data-centric stack integrating Data-as-a-Service with adaptive visualization.
• RESTASSURED
  Their highest-funded coordinated project (EUR 1.3M) focused on secure cloud data processing, representing their core identity at the intersection of cloud and security.
• MIKELANGELO
  Their largest single project contribution (EUR 1.15M) on microkernel virtualization for HPC — demonstrates deep systems-level engineering capability.