That is also true of IBM Japan marketing, points out Iwano. In carrying forward his mission of combining theory and application, Iwano has singled out three areas in which TRL's strengths can best be exploited. The first is working with IBM's worldwide Industry Solution Units on advanced solutions. Already, TRL has shown that it can. It has had the effect of making people feel more comfortable in applying for a loan, says Iwano.
Software technology is the second strategic area.
The widely used programming language JAVA is another focus. One project is aimed at developing mobile agents, called aglets. These are small programs that may be dispatched from one computer and sent to a remote computer for execution. TRL's third strategic area centers on mobile-centric and graphics technology. Collaboration with the Yamato ThinkPad development teams has become even simpler since TRL moved to the Yamato site from its downtown Tokyo location in 1993.