Houston, TX/May 5, 2010/FPSnewswire/-- Samuel J. Palmisano, Chairman and CEO of IBM, right, talks with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood about creating advanced transportation systems for the 21st century at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America annual meeting, Weds., May 5, 2010, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. IBM also announced a research and development initiative with the Texas Transportation Institute and a new project with the Finnish Transport Agency. (Feature Photo Service)