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IBM June 2007  

IBM Software Newsletter
 

Welcome to the June 2007 edition of the IBM Software Newsletter.

June has been a news-packed month for IBM Rational and its customers. On June 6 Rational announced plans to acquire Watchfire Corporation, a leader in Web application security and compliance. One week later, at the 10th annual IBM Rational Software Development Conference, IBM rolled out new Rational software and announced its new Jazz Project, which will shape future Rational products. Our lead story connects you to these and more news stories about IBM software.

On June 12, after a much-acclaimed public beta, IBM announced Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 11 (code-named “Cheetah”). Be sure to visit the new IDS 11 page for more information and resources.

One final note: The momentum from last month’s service-oriented architecture (SOA) event, IBM Impact 2007, is still going strong. Visit a special Impact 2007 page where you can view keynote speeches, download an SOA brochure, and experience the event in Second Life. Don’t miss it.

Enjoy the newsletter.

Doug Brown

Vice President, Marketing Programs
IBM Software



In this issue.
 




Features.
Image   Development teams of the world, unite – and collaborate. IBM unveils Jazz Project, plus innovations across product line.

Attendees at the 10th annual IBM Rational® Software Development Conference (June 10-14) got a first look at the IBM Rational Jazz Project – a new, major investment by IBM to Keep Development Teams Rational.

Led by the IBM team that delivered Eclipse.org, the Jazz Project promises to infuse the IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform with innovations that let development teams – particularly globally or organizationally distributed teams – collaborate in real time, in the context of the work they’re doing. Other Jazz Project innovations will help teams more effectively manage, audit, and control development. And IBM customers will be able to help shape the Jazz Project, and future Rational products, by participating in the new Jazz.net community. (To find out how you can participate, visit www.Jazz.net.)

IBM also announced new offerings across the IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform, designed to help customers increase project insight and improve their return on their software assets.

There’s more. One week before the conference IBM announced its intent to acquire Watchfire Corporation, makers of technology that Rational developers can use to integrate security and compliance into their Web applications throughout the development process. And at the conference IBM announced its intent to acquire Telelogic, a Stockholm, Sweden-based leader in application lifecycle management technologies.

Learn all that’s new at the IBM Rational page.
Image   The Cheetah is unleashed. IBM announces Informix Dynamic Server 11.

Customers depend on Informix® Dynamic Server (IDS) for its blazing OLTP performance, legendary reliability and hands-free administration. The new, much-anticipated IDS 11 (formerly code-named “Cheetah”) builds on this legacy with innovations that boost replication performance, extend business continuity, and create a virtual “administration-free zone” by enabling even more automation and integration of administrative tasks.

See for yourself why “Cheetah” beta users were so impressed – and learn how IDS 11 frees your administrators to get closer to your business and further from the disks. Download a white paper on IDS 11 availability solutions. Tune in to the new Informix Radio for informative podcasts.

Or visit the IBM IDS 11 page to get all the details on this new release.
Image   IBM Lotus Express Starter Packs: Messaging and collaboration sized and priced for growing small-to-midsize businesses.

Growing a small or midsized business? Two new IBM Lotus® Express Starter Packs give you the right-sized, affordable communication and collaboration tools you need to level the playing field.

IBM Lotus Complete Messaging Express Starter Pack combines secure, business-grade e-mail, calendaring and scheduling, instant messaging, discussion forums, blogs, VoIP and Web conferencing. IBM Lotus Complete Collaboration Express Starter Pack adds online teamrooms, and the ability to run IBM Lotus Domino® applications.

Built for companies with 1000 or fewer employees, each Starter Pack lets a small business leverage the proven capabilities of IBM Lotus Domino Express and IBM Lotus Sametime® technologies for considerably less than the cost of purchasing these technologies separately.

Watch a Flash demo showing the IBM Lotus Complete Collaboration Express Starter Pack in action. 

Visit the Starter Packs page on the IBM Web site.
Image   Respond to customer needs today; predict them tomorrow. Watch the IBM Master Data Management Webcast.

Today you can’t compete without a comprehensive view of your customers. But how can you get that view – and be sure it’s consistent, current and accurate – when customer data is scattered across application silos?

Get answers from the IBM Webcast, “Master Data Management with SOA: Enabling Rich Interaction,” featuring Jeff Scheepers from IBM and Sandra Baskerville from The Co-Operators, a Canadian financial services and insurance company. Together they describe how Master Data Management (MDM) and SOA interrelate, and how The Co-Operators combined MDM and SOA to build a customer information hub that helps grow revenue and enhance customer loyalty.

Register to watch the Webcast – and to download a copy of the recent IDG white paper, “Information as a Service to the Enterprise.”

Register now.
Image   Classroom interaction. Online savings. IBM Rational and WebSphere Instructor-led online courses offer both.

Learn the latest IBM Rational and IBM WebSphere® products and technologies. Interact with fellow learners from all over the world. Ask your instructor questions in real-time. Reinforce what you learn in hands-on labs.

And do it all without leaving your desk.

With new IBM Rational and IBM WebSphere Instructor-led online (ILO) training, you get all the benefits of live classroom training in the most popular topics and techniques, without the expense and downtime of travel. It’s the perfect solution for companies with geographically dispersed teams – or for any company that wants to provide its employees lower-cost, no-sacrifices training.

Visit the IBM Rational or IBM WebSphere ILO page for more information and complete course schedules. 

Find training for other IBM products.
Events and resources.
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  Save US$200. Register early for the IBM Information On Demand 2007 global conference. October 14-19, Las Vegas.

Gain insight, speak to experts, get certified and more at the premier information management event of the year. And save US $200 when you register by August 15, 2007.

 Register today.
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  Increase business efficiency while managing risk. Explore IBM Governance and Risk Management solutions.

Don’t panic about compliance – take control by better aligning business and IT objectives. Discover IBM solutions for transforming service management, business resilience and security.

Find out more.
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  Interview: LVMH Moët Hennessy Luis Vuitton Builds Business Advantage with IBM Information Server

IBM Information Server helped global luxury leader LVMH integrate and consolidate data from multiple sources – and increase productivity and deliveries 100%. Watch an interview with LVMH CFO Marcelo Armentaro and CIO Rodrigo Carretero.

Learn more about the revolutionary IBM Information Server platform.
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  Webcast. “Performance Dashboards for More Productive Employees.”

IDC’s Kathleen Quirk, Boliden’s Sandra Kempers and IBM’s Larry Bowden describe how IBM Lotus Active Insight™ helps employees align their performance with organizational goals.

Watch the Webcast.
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  Build a Second Life Sametime Bot that keeps you connected to the real world when you’re “in-world,” and vice versa.

Live your work life and your Second Life® at the same time. Build a Sametime Bot that relays in-world conversations to your Sametime Client when you’re not in-world – and relays real-world conversations to Sametime when you’re in-world.

Take the tutorial.

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