IBM oLabs

Driving innovation from the edge to the enterprise

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What we do
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Envision

Step into a collaborative environment where you shape and refine virtual scenarios that mirror your agency’s real world challenges. Work hands on with IBM technologists and domain experts to uncover new approaches to achieving your mission goals.

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Collaborate

Dig in on site and work side by side with the IBM oLabs team to create the system architectures, AI/ML models and user focused solutions that will help advance your agency’s goals.

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Prototype and demonstrate

Try things out firsthand. Test real world scenarios, engage AI applications, use specialized devices, and pilot technology solutions we build together. You guide the improvements until we deliver the set of solutions that your agency expects.

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How we do it

At oLabs, government leaders and IT professionals work in a space designed to tackle the government’s most complex technology challenges. We immerse ourselves in your technology landscape, collaborating directly with your agency experts and technologists to develop secure, user‑focused and scalable solutions. Together, we explore and apply advanced capabilities — from hybrid cloud solutions that support generative AI, to data management platforms, AI‑driven analysis tools, business process efficiency solutions, and other cutting‑edge innovations that accelerate the business of government. You bring the mission goals; we work side‑by‑side with you to turn knowledge into solutions that deliver real‑world impact.

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oLabs experience

Located in Northern Virginia, oLabs is your space to explore, experiment and advance solutions tailored to the federal government’s requirements. At our Reston site, you have access to high‑performance computing, state‑of‑the‑art GPUs, advanced system interfaces, secure communications, drones, end‑user devices and an immersive virtual reality dark room. Here, you can work with IBM’s industry experts to put ideas into action, see real‑time solutions in motion and deliver results that make a measurable impact on your mission.

Part of the Federal Labs Ecosystem

IBM Consulting’s ecosystem of Federal collaboration centers was designed exclusively to address the needs of US Federal agencies and is dedicated to helping those agencies harness the power of AI and other advanced IT capabilities. 

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IBM Innovation Studio

Delve into transformation possibilities via technology explorations, immersive experiences and cocreation workshops.

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IBM Garage

Using a collaborative, value-obsessed engagement model, bring together the best of enterprise design thinking, agile development and DevSecOps practices, accelerated by generative AI tools from IBM and partners.

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IBM X-Force Cyber Security Range

Create immersive simulations to guide your agency team through realistic breach scenarios, helping ensure your team can respond and recover from enterprise-level cyber security incidents, manage vulnerabilities and build a stronger security culture in your organization. 

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Man standing at a round black table in the middle of a dark, high-tech studio
IBM Innovation Studio

Delve into transformation possibilities via technology explorations, immersive experiences and cocreation workshops.

Learn more
Man working in modern office setting
IBM Garage

Using a collaborative, value-obsessed engagement model, bring together the best of enterprise design thinking, agile development and DevSecOps practices, accelerated by generative AI tools from IBM and partners.

Learn more
Group of people attending DC Cyber Range
IBM X-Force Cyber Security Range

Create immersive simulations to guide your agency team through realistic breach scenarios, helping ensure your team can respond and recover from enterprise-level cyber security incidents, manage vulnerabilities and build a stronger security culture in your organization. 

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