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	December 2007

IBM Software Newsletter

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		Simplify data protection with Tivoli Storage Manager Collaborate, innovate and grow with Lotus Express offerings Test-drive new Rational Tester products Quickly build portlets for portal apps, Notes and more Whet your appetite for Lotusphere 2008 Download the ultimate guide to Smart SOA IMS customers: A CCR2 just for you Jump-start your next Tivoli integration project Create and stream multimedia – without a server

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		Modernize mainframe assets with Smart SOA IMS™ 10, CICS^® and other IBM mainframe servers are embracing Web services. This means you now have the opportunity to modernize your mainframe infrastructure for less cost, and with less risk, by reusing mainframe assets via a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Download a new IBM white paper, "Unleash the power of mainframe assets into SOA," to learn how you can repurpose critical mainframe applications and business processes for use in an SOA environment. For more detailed information get the IBM developerWorks^® ekit, "Did you say mainframe?" - a comprehensive package of papers, webcasts, demos and other resources that show how IBM Rational and WebSphere tools can help you move your current mainframe investments to a more flexible, agile future. Get the ekit

		Simplify data protection with Tivoli Storage Manager Read how Gyldendal, one of Denmark’s largest publishers, simplified its backup operations and improved its business resilience by implementing centralized, automated backups with IBM Tivoli^® Storage Manager. Learn about the innovative features and improved performance in new Tivoli Storage Manager 5.5. Read the Gyldendal success story

		Collaborate, innovate and grow with Lotus Express offerings If you're involved in a growing small or midsized business, make time to watch the webcast, "IBM on the Value of Collaboration: Strategies for Midsized Companies to Drive Growth." Gartner^® vice president Robert Anderson tells how data, voice and video collaboration technologies can help even the smallest businesses compete globally for customers, talent, and profits. Then Tim Kounadis, IBM Lotus^® director of Worldwide Channels and SMB, draws on real-life examples to show how right-sized, right-priced IBM Lotus Express software helps small and midsized customers generate more revenue while they control costs. Watch the webcast

		Test-drive new Rational Tester products Get hands-on experience with the new features in the latest IBM Rational^® Tester upgrades – V7.0.1 of Rational Functional Tester, Manual Tester, Performance Tester and Tester for SOA Quality. Visit developerWorks today to download 30-day trial versions of these and other featured Rational products. Download the trial code

		Quickly build portlets for portal apps, Notes and more New IBM WebSphere^® Portlet Factory 6.0.1 adds representational state transfer (REST) support for building portlets that access data from IBM Lotus Connections and IBM Lotus Quickr™. It also adds support for building portlets that run in IBM Lotus Notes^® 8 and portlets that integrate content from IBM Workplace Web Content Management™. Watch a demonstration of just how easy it is to create, deploy, customize and change portlets that access data from IBM Lotus Domino^® applications. Visit the WebSphere Portlet Factory site

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		Whet your appetite for Lotusphere 2008 Tune in to IBM TV for highlights from last year’s show and testimonials from customers and business partners. Learn why people come back to Lotusphere^® year after year. Register for Lotusphere 2008 today				Download the ultimate guide to Smart SOA Exploring IBM SOA Technology & Practice is a no-cost, updatable e-book loaded with proven advice for making your SOA implementation a success. Don’t do SOA without it! Get your copy today

IMS customers: A CCR2 issue just for you

Learn about IMS 10 and SOA. Get OMEGAMON^® deployment tips. Backup and recover data more efficiently. Read the November 2007 CCR2 special issue featuring IMS.

Read the CCR2 IMS special issue

Jump-start your next Tivoli integration project

Browse the Tivoli Open Process Automation Library (OPAL) for more than 700 integration modules available for purchase or no-cost download.

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Create and stream multimedia – without a server

IBM Personal Presenter, a no-cost alphaWorks^® download, lets you capture and combine desktop video, audio and stills to create a rich multimedia presentation – and then stream that presentation directly from your desktop to remote computers. Great for online meetings, training and more.

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