IBM Client Innovation Center is per 1 juni lid geworden van Samenwerking Noord. Het convenant is ondertekend door Leofwin Visman (Managing Director bij IBM CIC BeNeLux), Nico Kluin (Sectorvoorzitter ICT-Dienstverleners) en Fred Hassert (voorzitter Samenwerking Noord).
Met de komst van IBM Client Innovation Center wordt de sector ICT dienstverlening uitgebreid tot in totaal vijftien leden. De missie van IBM CIC is: “We are IBM’s innovative force. We transform our client’s business through our combined expertise in design, software engineering, and analytics. Our culture and agile way of working empowers people to continuously challenge and improve what we know and how we work, enabling us to build what matters to the user.”