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	01-08-2007

Welcome to the August edition of IBM Connect, where you’ll find special event invitations, some great offers and the latest technology news, which I trust you’ll find interesting and informative.

Kind regards,

Wendy Miller

IBM Connect Editor

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		News briefs and headlines There’s still time to catch the Tivoli Now! Conference online A large group of committed citizens recently attended Tivoli Nation to share and build a new nation on the pillars of Security, Automation, Storage and Innovation. As well as this they built on their technical skills and heard from international Tivoli speakers, users and industry experts. So don’t miss out on the 2007 ‘Tivoli Now!’ technical conference. Presentations from the event will be available on our website on Monday and Tuesday of this week only. more

		Business Centre News Take the IBM Business Risk Self-Assessment today. It’s difficult to plan for resilience if you don’t know how and where your operations are vulnerable. Keep your business up and running by taking the IBM Business Risk Self-Assessment and finding out if you have all your bases covered. more

		News briefs and headlines Get competitors off your heels. Fuel growth with innovation. Like to make ITIL v3 actionable? What about aligning your technology investments and business objectives? Learn from the experts about ITIL v3, with a focus on the alignment of IT and the business, and IBM’s approach to service management. Click here to view the webinar, “ITIL v3 and the Evolution of Service Management”. more

		News briefs and headlines: Get the right storage solution that grows with your business. Priced for you, configured for you, available to you. IBM Express Offerings can keep your network and operations running while minimising your total cost of ownership. more

		Events Attend the 2007 STANZ Conference and stay ahead of the competition. IBM is proud to be a sponsor of the 6th annual Software Testing Australia and New Zealand (STANZ) Conference in 2007. The only major, independent conference for software testing professionals held in Australasia. To learn how IBM Rational can help your organisation become more responsive, resilient and stay ahead of the competition through improved software development capabilities, simply visit the IBM stand. For further information about the upcoming STANZ Conference, visit http://www.softed.com more

		Events Join us at the itSMF Australia Conference and Expo. IBM is proud to be a sponsor of the 10^th annual itSMF Australia Conference and Expo. This year’s theme is ‘A Decade of Value’, which looks at the changes that have occurred in the IT Service Management Industry over the past ten years, looking back and moving forward. Join us and you’ll learn how Service Management solutions can help your IT organisation deliver service excellence, through a structured approach that can enable better governance. For more information, please visit http://www.itsmf.org.au/conference2007.asp more

		News briefs and headlines Get complimentary access to developerWorks now. Build your Tivoli technical skills and knowledge online with IBM developerWorks™. Register now for free access to trial code, online training, briefings, tutorials, case studies and more at ibm.com/developerworks/tivoli/ more

		News briefs and headlines How quickly can you recover from downtime? Four hours of downtime could be fatal for your business. How resilient are you? Take our complimentary online Business Continuity Self-Assessment, which will deliver to you a personalised summary to help you identify areas where your business continuity plan could be stronger. It will also provide access to a range of informative white papers and case studies. more

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