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IBM March, 2007  

IBM Software Newsletter
 

Welcome to the March edition of the IBM Software Newsletter.

Last issue highlighted resources to help you optimize your IT infrastructure. This month, I would like to introduce the new CIO Interaction Channel, a portal which contains resources to help address your business challenges, including IT optimization. Explore it and discover information and tools that can help you drive innovation in your company.

Our features will help you drive greater value from the mainframe. In 2006, IBM embarked on an effort to make the mainframe easier to use. A new article shows you how this is being accomplished from a systems management perspective. Plus, learn how to spark innovation with new mainframe technology at an event in a city near you.

There is a lot more. Find out what is happening with IBM Impact 2007 and Lotusphere® Comes to You events. And see how mid-sized companies can get comprehensive portal capabilities tailored to leverage their resources and budget with a demo of the new IBM WebSphere® Portal Express Version 6.0.

Enjoy the newsletter!


Doug Brown
Vice President, Marketing Programs
IBM Software



In this issue.
 


Features.
image   Learn how IBM is making mainframes more accessible. Yes, really.

Enhancements. Online education. Updated graphical interfaces. These and more are at the heart of IBM's efforts to make the mainframe truly accessible to all levels of computing professionals. Through simplification and modernization, systems management and application development for IBM System z(TM) is more approachable than ever. Read this informative article to learn more about:

  • Portal technology, system automation, workload scheduling and performance modeling from IBM Tivoli® software, helping to enhance IBM z/OS® management.
  • New, modern, GUI-based interfaces for System z management, including a unifying Web console, a Hardware Management Console, A Web-based print interface and more.
  • Graphical tools that help you implement network security without implementing new applications.
  • New WebSphere software that helps simplify application development for System z.

There's much more available to you, so check out this informative article and pass it on.

Read the article.
image   Go deep. Come out on top. System z Mainframe Technology Roadshows.

If the mainframe is at the heart of your business, you need to know the latest information to stay on top of your job and meet IT challenges. A new series of Systems z roadshows is for you.

These two-day events feature sessions grouped into eight tracks defined by topic and job responsibility. So you get the specific information you need to succeed. Maybe your focus is the mainframe from an architectural, system-wide perspective. Or you need the inside track on COBOL and IBM CICS® application programming. IBM DB2® on the mainframe? Covered. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web services? Done. And more.

If you can not commit to two full days, you can attend the one-day Modern Mainframe at the Heart of Your Business seminars and learn how to increase programming productivity, run new WebSphere and Linux workloads, leverage CICS for SOA and more.

Learn more and find a System z roadshow near you.
image   IBM DB2 9 brings pureXML(TM) technology to the mainframe.

IBM DB2 9 is now available for System z customers. With many new features, DB2 9 for z/OS will provide unmatched security, enhanced data storage compression and, for the first time, allow the seamless management of relational and XML data in the same database. Get all the details. See what those who tested the software say and more.

Learn more.
image   Empower your business through streamlined software delivery.

Your business must continually evolve to meet ever-expanding needs. SOA. Open source software. Globally distributed development. To keep pace, you need your software to evolve just as quickly. That's where IBM Rational® steps ahead of the rest. A new whitepaper by Danny Sabbah, PhD, General Manager, Rational Software on the future of software delivery looks into the evolution of Rational software and showcases how it can help you sidestep technological obsolescence in your business.

Download the whitepaper.
image   Put your information to work. Introducing IBM dynamic warehousing.

As your business grows, your data grows. And grows and grows and grows. Too often, organizations approach this problem by simply dumping data into storage, and never leveraging it to improve their performance. All that is about to change.

IBM has introduced dynamic warehousing to help you deploy, maintain and evolve warehouse solutions that put your information to work. The new IBM DB2 Warehouse and IBM Balanced Warehouse offerings feature business intelligence capabilities that help you use real-time information to realize business insight. And do it with a secure reliable platform that can handle large data volumes and maintain high availability. Includes all the tools you need to get started with dynamic warehousing.

Learn more.
Resources and events.
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  Webcast. Turn your application server environment into a reliable, low-cost, high-return machine.

IBM WebSphere solutions can help you improve resource utilization and manageability, lower costs and achieve fast ROI in your application server environment. Improve server utilization and transactional messaging reliability, and address a host of other issues. Plus, gain insights from a Harvard Research paper.

Learn more and register.
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  Save US$200 on IBM Impact 2007 registration before March 30.

New to SOA or already realizing the benefits of SOA flexibility, come to IBM Impact 2007, it is going to be a defining SOA event. Over 75 companies will share experiences. There will be 400 educational sessions. Plus strategic insight from industry experts. And much more. Join us in Orlando, May 20-25, 2007.

Learn more and register today.
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  Demo. Claim victory over collaboration issues. IBM WebSphere Portal Express 6.0.

Victory Sports is collaborating like never before. Single-sign-on to business applications. Team collaboration on documents. Instant messaging for communication anytime. Productivity is up and everybody has access to the tools and information they need to work more efficiently.

Watch the demo.
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  Webcast. Real-time dashboards deliver immediate information access and operational visibility.

Learn how TransMontaigne achieved real-time online information access with IBM Workplace(TM) Dashboard Framework and IBM WebSphere Portal. Access information immediately. Expedite data reconciliation. Gain insight into operations and performance.

View the Webcast.
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  Case study. Learn how IBM cut costs by US$45 million with enterprise content management.

IBM consolidated and optimized its 4,000 Web sites to lower costs and improve efficiency and user experience. We did it with a complete enterprise content management initiative based on IBM software and servers. See how your business can do the same.

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