Extreme Blue is one of IBM's internship program for both graduate and undergraduate students; it also serves as a placement opportunity for future IBM employment due to the significant effort put into placement of the interns.
Extreme Blue was created in 1999 by David Grossman, Jane Harper, Ronald Woan, Sean Martin, Morris Matsa.
[4] In 2009, according to an Extreme Blue manager, over 10,000 applications were received for fewer than 50 US positions.
[citation needed] Since its inception, the program has expanded to include 15 active international locations.
Publicly released projects include the following: In 2004, there were 44 Extreme Blue teams in North America.