Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 02:01:14 +0000 (CUT) From: IBM Connect Subject: IBM Connect - Australia This month, enjoy the latest in science based activities and games as part of National Science Week. Read how businesses are increasing their involvement in public schooling. And as always, we whet your technology appetite with amazing personal computing offers. Remember, you can use the ‘update your profile’ link at any time to change your interest areas or change the format of your IBM Connect. If you would like to receive special offers and information related to your industry be sure that your preferences state the industry that you are in. Kind regards, THE EDITOR. ------------------------------------------------------------ News briefs and headlines ------------------------------------------------------------ Improve IBM Connect in just 5 minutes. Thanks to those who completed our August survey. 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Visit the link below and play the latest 'Extreme Challenge' games, based on four hard core sports - snowboarding, rock-climbing, kayaking and mountain biking. http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=AUST030911 Students "OnTrack" to work. What happens when you cross us with a bank and a non-profit organisation? You get an online mentoring program that gives students the specific skills they need to make the transition from school to work. The online environment lets volunteers from the business community share their work experiences and industry knowledge when and where it suits them. Read about this innovative way for businesses to increase their involvement in public schooling. http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=AUST030912 ------------------------------------------------------------ Special offers ------------------------------------------------------------ 'Tis the season to be jolly with $1 option offers. 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The Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies to lead the Web to its full potential. Join us in Sydney on 9 September as we host a workshop on the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project (P3P) and share our new Enterprise Privacy Languages. Discover these new developments and challenges for privacy enhanced technologies in the web services and mobile applications sectors. Seats are filling fast, so click and RSVP today to avoid disappointment. http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=AUST030908 ------------------------------------------------------------ Case studies ------------------------------------------------------------ IBM and SAP business solution delivers smiles at Colgate. Competition and speed of change in the consumer goods market are no laughing matter. With approximately US$9.3 billion in sales worldwide and operations in 54 countries, Colgate knew it was time to upgrade its existing business intelligence suite and server environment so that it could have accurate, up-to-date information on consumer behaviour. Seeking consolidation, they standardised their SAP applications on just 12 IBM eServer pSeries 680 systems running IBM AIX. By virtualising their storage on SANs, employees throughout Colgate-Palmolive have access to SAP information when they need it. http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=AUST030915 ABC bridges digital divide between its broadcast past and future. Stephen Camerlengo, a General Manager at our IBM Global Services unit says that "There is a unique digital divide within the broadcast history. The future is digital, and the past has been captured in analogue." ABC faced such a challenge. But no more. In an Australian first, more than 6 decades of television and radio history stored on aging analogue tape will be converted into digital data to preserve a vital part of our broadcast heritage. http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=AUST030918 ------------------------------------------------------------ Solution briefs ------------------------------------------------------------ Wireless solutions in an on demand business world. Technology changes at the speed of the imagination. In this special feature on wireless solutions, we discuss how Wireless solutions help customers respond rapidly to changing market requirements with anytime, anywhere access to vital business data. Wireless solutions provide a secure, flexible and reliable operating environment that can adjust rapidly to your changing business demands. http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=AUST030916 ------------------------------------------------------------ Products and specifications ------------------------------------------------------------ For easy-to-order configurations and savings go no further. IBM eServer pSeries Express Configurations are popular, easy-to-order configurations of entry and mid-range pSeries servers at a saving from standard list prices. And, to allow customers the flexibility of configuring pSeries servers to their specific system requirements, additional features can easily be added to the pSeries Express Configurations. http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=AUST030925 Are you up-to-speed with the latest server product innovations? Introducing the IntelliStation POWER 275. Experience the uncompromising performance and reliability of POWER4+ technology. 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