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March 27, 2006, Volume 3, Issue 3

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Welcome to the March 2006 edition of the IBM Software Newsletter. If you experience any difficulties viewing this newsletter, you can access it online here.

This issue explores Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) in two important ways--the governance of SOA and the critical connection between SOA and Business Process Management (BPM).

Our feature shows you how IBM can help you maximize the benefits of your SOA efforts through a new SOA governance portfolio. Learn how IBM is taking a comprehensive, lifecycle approach to SOA and read a new white paper that outlines an effective SOA governance strategy.

One of this month’s top stories introduces you to a new resource center that helps you leverage SOA for improved BPM. The goal of BPM is to create flexible workflows that can be adapted, re-configured and re-used across your business to deliver the responsiveness and agility you need to compete and win. Visit the resource center to discover how SOA has a profound effect on BPM and how you can use it to improve your flexibility and your business.

Enjoy this month's newsletter!

Dan Galvan
Vice President Marketing Programs
IBM Software

	Software Feature Article

		IBM introduces new SOA governance software and consulting services to help you take control and maximize the business benefits of SOA. The emergence of SOA has brought new capabilities to the IT world, but it has also brought a new set of challenges. What are the 'rules of engagement' for developing, deploying, sharing and maintaining services? How can IT departments prevent service creation and use from becoming service chaos and ensure the maximum business benefits? IBM has introduced a SOA governance portfolio to help businesses address concerns that arise when adopting a SOA infrastructure, including measuring business goals, aligning IT to meet those goals and tracking business performance. Comprised of best practices, processes and new software, the portfolio provides a complete solution that automates SOA governance through industry-leading services, methodologies and technologies. The portfolio helps business people engage in the SOA discussion and process to create a unified SOA strategy and help drive better business results from SOA efforts across the enterprise. It includes the best practices, methods and skills to create an effective governance plan. It also includes the software to automate and simplify the governance process by managing services throughout their lifecycle. Learn more about the IBM SOA governance portfolio and explore common governance challenges to see how you can leverage IBM SOA management methods. [More]

	Top Stories

The one-two punch to take out inflexible business processes. Visit the BPM and SOA resource center. Inflexible today. Extinct tomorrow. That's the reality. A key element to gaining business flexibility is SOA in conjunction with BPM. BPM provides the ability to model, monitor and redesign processes. The goal is complete flexibility--where workflows can be determined in real time to respond to any business need. Yet, to achieve this goal, processes must become independent of specific information and IT environments. Enter SOA and the ability to abstract the application logic from information and IT intricacies and share and re-use processes and practices as needed. It's a powerful combination. You can find out just how powerful at the IBM BPM and SOA resource center. Two Webcasts featuring industry analysts and IBM experts show you how BPM and SOA can work together to improve your business. An executive brief shows you how companies are making SOA pay off now. And there is much more to explore. [More]

		Build better databases. Try the new IBM Rational Data Architect. A big challenge facing the IT community is understanding the multitude of enterprise data assets and how they are related. To meet the challenge, IBM has released IBM Rational® Data Architect. The new software is an enterprise data modeling and integration design tool. It helps data architects design relational and federated databases, understand data assets and their relationships and streamline database projects. Rational Data Architect provides the ability to create logical and physical data models, discover data sources and explore and visualize the structure of data sources. It also supports proper data modeling with its ability to relate, compare and analyze data sources to discover similarities and conform to enterprise standards. You can try Rational Data Architect for yourself by downloading a trial version. [More]

	Customer Spotlight

Video--IBM System z software customers speak out. See and hear their stories and learn how to meet the challenges you face every day. -- Increase business flexibility while improving IT service. -- Conquer the dual challenges of ever-increasing system usage and security demands. -- Reduce unsolved system problems to virtually zero. -- Create a SOA that stands up to the toughest performance standards. Watch these customer testimonials and learn how IBM System z™ software can help you achieve your business and IT goals. The videos span a range of industries from around the world to show you how to gain competitive advantage. Each video provides a concise focus on specific IT and business challenges. [More]

	On Demand Business

Webcast, May 2, 2006--Make better decisions with new corporate dashboard capabilities.
One of the keys to becoming an On Demand Business is the ability to increase accountability across your organization. Forward-thinking companies are moving beyond traditional scorecard and dashboard applications by adding new capabilities that help identify issues deeper in the organization. The result is better information and visibility that enable better business decisions throughout the organization. These solutions are being used today, and you're invited to an upcoming Webcast that can show you how they can help you dramatically improve performance.

Join AMR Research's John Hagerty and IBM Vice President, IBM® Workplace™ Software Solutions, Larry Bowden, to discover the emerging trends that add further control and capability to the company dashboard. Mr. Hagerty will discuss how companies are struggling to improve performance and how more complete dashboard and performance management solutions are making a difference. IBM and IBM Business Partner, Actuate, will describe their solutions and help you understand how these new dashboard capabilities can help you improve performance on your journey to becoming an On Demand Business.
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	Other areas of interest

		Your toughest information challenges are no match for IBM information management solutions. See how at information management central. IBM information management solutions are taking on all challengers. Get the details at a new, centralized resource center. Integrating data? Get a white paper that shows you how IBM delivers a complete data integration solution. Building SOA solutions? See how you can make information part of your service-orientation efforts by delivering information as a service. Master Data Management? View a Webcast that shows you how to create a single view of your critical information. Data Warehousing? Watch a video that will help you gain the insight to stay ahead of the trends and the competition. Plus, register for an upcoming Information on Demand Live! event near you. And mark your calendars and get the preliminary details on the IBM Information on Demand Global Conference, October 15-20, 2006. You can even register now for the early bird discount on the registration fee. [More]

Give us three and a half days. We'll show you how to make your IT management more efficient than ever.
Attend the IBM Tivoli® Technical User Conference, April 24-27, 2006 in Chicago and it may change the way you think about IT management forever.

-- IBM Tivoli executives show you how to leverage IT Service Management for a more effective IT organization.

-- See the debut of the new IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database and Process Managers.

-- Address your top IT concerns, like the IT Infrastructure Library, compliance and IT governance.

-- Customer-driven forums show you how to leverage IT automation and other best practices from your peers.

Plus, you get first-rate IT education, industry thought leaders, customer speakers and more. Register today and also mark your calendars for the Tivoli Technical User Conference in Montpellier, France, May 9-12, 2006.
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Who says IT projects can pay off faster and be more manageable? Your peers. Read a new brief from IBM and see how four growing businesses deployed IBM solutions that were built for their needs and delivered short-term ROI. Business is business, whether you are a large enterprise or a successful start up. But when it comes to IT investments, small and medium businesses can't afford IT investments that don't pay off. Olex Cables in Australia uses an IBM call center solution to save US$300,000 per year and dramatically improve call center efficiency. South Africa Revenue Service generates potentially US$3 million a day with an IBM integration solution that gives them a 360-degree view of taxpayers. Register and read more. [More]

		New white paper--Why data serving on the mainframe? Good question. The answer is that the System z9™ platform can help you leverage its robust data-serving capabilities to drive down risk and reduce business costs. With the System z9 platform you can use IBM leadership qualities to help address new business opportunities. When utilizing System z9 with DB2® and many of today's innovative programming models, you can derive new value from the data and applications on the mainframe. This paper gets back to the basics and reviews the core needs of corporate data serving. It then provides an examination of the synergies and strengths of IBM System z and IBM DB2 for z/OS® and how they can provide a solid yet remarkably flexible foundation for enterprise data serving. [More]

IBM Tivoli executives show you a better way to manage the business of IT. Join IBM at GigaWorld 2006, April 3-6 in Las Vegas.
If you are planning to attend Forrester's IT Forum: GigaWorld 2006, there are a few sessions you don't want to miss.

-- Kick off the conference with IBM Tivoli Software General Manager, Al Zollar, at an exclusive pre-event seminar and continental breakfast. Al's presentation will show you "A Better Way to Manage the Business of IT."

-- On April 4, join the IBM Guest Executive Forum session with Bob Madey, Vice President of Strategy and Market Management for IBM Tivoli Software, as he outlines the Tivoli strategy and gives you the IT Service Management answers you've been looking for.

-- Plus, check out the showcase of Tivoli products and technology innovation on the main session stage.

Learn more about the Las Vegas event and find out how you can get the VIP treatment. Plus, mark your calendars for GigaWorld 2006 in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Your European connection for productivity. IBM Lotus Technical Forum, May 15-17, Karlsruhe, Germany. If you are looking for the knowledge, technical tips and insights as well as the future vision of IBM Workplace, WebSphere Portal, and IBM Lotus® software solutions, the place to be is Karlsruhe, Germany for the IBM Lotus Technical Forum. Working with the largest European IBM Lotus Notes® User Group, Deutsche Notes User Group e.V, IBM will play a key role at this event. You can leverage IBM expertise and content while participating in an independent forum with your peers to learn, discuss and network. The Conference features top-level participation from IBM with presentations by Craig Hayman, IBM Vice President of Development and Technical Support, Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software and Mike Rhodin, IBM General Manager, Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software. The focus is productivity for businesses and organizations large and small. The forum provides a unique opportunity to bring the IBM Workplace, WebSphere Portal and Lotus software community together to gain expertise and help each other drive stronger returns from collaborative software solutions. [More]

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