The décor in the executive wing at Coca-Cola's headquarters -- Ming vases, mahogany furniture, plush carpets -- could have been lifted straight out of 1886, the year Coke was born. No question, Coke is a company steeped in tradition. But equally important for Coke is continued innovation, and that's where CIO Jean-Michel Arès and his team are helping out.

I met with Jean-Michel and some of his team members at Coke's Atlanta headquarters last week, to talk about systems and processes that are helping keep innovation alive at Coke. See for yourself what Coke is doing:

To recap from the video, what follows are some of Coke's innovation efforts:

Arès says Coke also is looking at software as a service, joining the growing legion of very big companies who don't consider SaaS just a small-to-midsize business thing. CRM and desktop apps, Arès says, are obvious areas Coke will be looking at.

All this seems pretty good proof to me that even 100-year-old companies can still innovate. What do you think?