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	01-NOV-2006

Information Management Software Today

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Information On Demand 2006 Global Conference -- what a dynamic and successful conference it was! This year's event in Anaheim provided clients and Business Partners with a forum to hear first hand how other customers have implemented IBM solutions, network with their peers, participate in labs and technical sessions, and meet with IBM strategists and software leaders. This year's conference featured:
- 5,000+ conference attendees
- 1090 certification exams administered
- 1,000 Business Partners, 70 of whom spoke
- 835 total electives
- 621 new Certified professionals (a passing rate of 57% - the average pass rate is 50%)
- 120+ customer speakers

Planning is already underway for Information On Demand 2007. Mark your calendars for October 14-19, 2007.

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		Information On Demand 2006 For those of you that attended the conference in Anaheim, CA...the presentations are posted in the Tracking Enrollment System. Instructions: To download a presentation, log into the online enrollment system and choose Materials from the left navigation pane. Select By activity and choose a session with a paperclip icon. The link to the presentation is at the bottom of the listing. Open the presentation or right click the link and choose Save target as from the context menu to specify where to save the file. We also launched a new Blog Site for Information Management. You can follow along as various IBM product managers, technical architects, marketing managers and strategists talk about the key issues and market trends we are tracking across Information Management. Visit

		IBM Announces IBM Information Server On October 16, 2006 at the Information On Demand 2006 Global Conference, IBM Information Management announced the launch of IBM Information Server. IBM Information Server is a revolutionary new software platform from IBM that helps organizations derive more value from the complex, heterogeneous information spread across their systems. It enables organizations to integrate disparate data and deliver trusted information wherever and whenever needed, online and in context, to specific people, applications, and processes. It provides breakthrough productivity and performance for cleansing, transforming, and delivering this information consistently and securely throughout the enterprise, so it can be accessed and used in new ways to drive innovation, increase operational efficiency, and lower risk. More

		New DB2 9 Professional Certification Just released, now you can validate your skills and demonstrate your proficiency on IBM DB2 9 technology by becoming an IBM Certified Database Associate - DB2 9 Fundamentals and an IBM Certified Database Administrator - DB2 9 DBA for Linux, UNIX and Windows. Becoming an IBM Certified Professional can help you excel at your job by giving you and your manager confidence that your skills have been tested. To achieve one or both of these new levels of certification, candidates must take and pass one or both of the brand new exams: DB2 9 Fundamentals - Exam 730 and/or DB2 9 DBA for Linux, UNIX and Windows - Exam 731. For information on these exams including the new complimentary preparation tutorials. Visit

		New Data Servers Cross Product Training Get the latest information on new public training classes from IBM. Bookmark this page and check back periodically to see all the new courses that get added to our portfolio. More

		Business Process Management As part of the focus to achieve higher value with service oriented architecture (SOA), companies are combining the principles of Business Process Management (BPM) with the flexibility provided by SOA to move their levels of innovation and operational excellence higher. SOA software elements rely heavily on information management to create business dashboards, service repositories, tools, and rules engines to help accelerate process improvements. Learn the basics of Business Process Management through this entertaining, 3 minute video that looks at BPM through the eyes of a fictional company. More

		Save Twice! Get 10% and up to $5,000 with an IBM Education Pack Online Account Buy a $25,000 or $50,000 IBM Education Pack online account and watch the savings multiply. You can save not once but twice with our special limited time offer. When you purchase $25,000 of training to open an IBM Education Pack online account, save 10% and pay only $22,500. Save a second time when you receive an extra $2,000 in bonus dollars posted to your account right away. That is $27,000 worth of training for just $22,500. And when you purchase $50,000 of training in your online account, you pay only $45,000, plus you will receive $5,000 in bonus training dollars for an account value of $55,000. That is a total of $10,000 worth of training free! Don't miss your chance to Save Twice! October 17, 2006 thru February 16, 2007. More

Webcast and Replays
		November 7th Teleconference - SQL Learn how IBMŽ DB2 Query Monitor and DB2 SQL Performance Analyzer work together to give you a complete SQL performance solution that optimizes your overall database performance through well performing SQL queries. Join speakers Elaine Morelli and John Casey to explore tuning SQL statements, estimating the cost of queries, and determining the best access paths for queries. More				Teleconference Replay: One View, One Command Simplify IMS with IMS Command Control Facility. Learn why IMS Command Control Facility has no peers when it comes to processing IMS commands log from a single point of control and helping you manage IMS database environments more efficiently while improving overall IMS system performance. Janet Leblanc and Gary Heimerl discuss the value of the tool in the replay of the October 24 presentation. More

Teleconference Replay: DB2 for z/OS Version 8 Migration

If you are involved in or about to be involved in the migration to DB2 for z/OS V8, join John Campbell in the replay of this October 25th presentation as he discusses planning for a successful upgrade and offers tips for implementing new V8 functions. You will learn how to traverse the three modes to completing your upgrade -- Compatibility Mode (CM), Enable New Function Mode (ENFM) and New Function Mode (NFM) -- and you will have an understanding of the value that this release can offer your company.

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