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	07-11-2007

Welcome to the November 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,
Priscilla Kim
IBM Connect Guest Editor

Top stories
		Events Drive your business forward – and threats away Collaboration is opening up a wealth of opportunities for organisations but also increasing the risk of security attacks. So how do you keep your business connected and protected? IBM recently held an exclusive live security webcast on this topic that's now available for general viewing. Hear an independent expert from Stratsec, with IBM's cyber security experts, discuss the latest security risks and scenarios as well as how to stay ahead of threats with innovative security strategies and solutions. Click here.

		Events Achieving Enterprise Application Security Briefing Application security is a must-have for successful e-commerce, yet it's hard to achieve. The goal is to make the cost of breaking into a system or stealing data more expensive than the value of the system contents or data in question. Join us at the Achieving Enterprise Application Security Briefing which covers application security end-to-end. To register, click here.

		Events What are your options to address your Space, Heat and Power challenges? You're invited to attend IBM's exclusive launch of our World Wide BIG Green Initiative in Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra and Melbourne. Hear how your organisation can recover IT Infrastructure space, dramatically reduce IT costs, build more flexible and scalable infrastructure and minimise the environmental impact of your IT. You'll also hear from our special guest environmental campaigner, scientist, educator and one of the facilitators in the Al Gore climate change leadership program, Rob Gell. To learn more, click here.

		Events Grow your skill with IBM Technical Conferences IBM offers a comprehensive portfolio of technical training and education services designed for individuals, companies, and public organisations to acquire, maintain, and optimise their IT skills. To learn more, click here.

		Events Exploit IT for business advantage IBM's user group Interaction hosted its annual conference between 22 – 24 October at The Sebel Hotel, Albert Park in Melbourne. The conference provided a great opportunity for IBM users to hear from over 30 top line speakers worldwide. Seven session streams operated daily covering a range of topics across IBM's hardware brands. The conference highlight was a gala dinner attended by over 200 IBM users and partners. To find out more, click here.

		What's new at ibm.com? Disaster Recovery: Are you Prepared? Disasters happen. From burst waterpipes to fires, floods and theft. If it happens to you, it can bring down your business. This seminar helps you plan ahead. It deals with questions that make a difference. It’s essential advice to prepare you for the unexpected delivered straight to your desk. For more information, click here

		What's new at ibm.com? IT Security made easy IBM offers IT departments a deep knowledge of security solutions to help make your infrastructure more robust, cost effective and able to meet the needs of your business. This podcast is presented by Hydrasight, an Australian-based independent analyst firm which specialises in industry trends and forecasts, and is a great opportunity to hear how to maximise your spend on IT infrastructure security. To register for the webinar, click here.

		News briefs and headlines An exciting new way to experience the Australian Open With the creation of IBM Open Space, fans can get even closer to the action of the tennis and meet the people behind the scenes of Tennis Australia via the collection of exclusive personalised profile pages. See what really goes into producing the first of the four grand slams by clicking here!

		News briefs and headlines: Gain business intelligence The newly announced IBM® DB2 Web Query for System i™, a Web-based query and report writing product, offers enhanced capabilities over the popular IBM Query for iSeries (also commonly known as Query/400) product. Make sure you take advantage of this modernised, Java™-based solution for a more robust, extensible and productive reporting solution, while preserving investments in Query for iSeries by including this technology in the new product package. To learn more, click here.

		News briefs and headlines: Achieve new levels of efficiency – with System i The new IBM System i POWER6 570, delivers exceptional versatility and scalability. Some of the features include: Customisable systems designed to run multiple transaction processing, collaborative and Web application workloads simultaneously, virtualised workload management to run i5/OS, AIX and Linux application environments and the energy efficiency and extraordinary performance of IBM POWER6 processors. To learn more, click here.

		News briefs and headlines: The new IBM BladeCenter S Designed specifically for small to medium businesses, the new BladeCenter S combines the power of blade servers with integrated storage and uses standard office power to run your IT without having to invest in a data center. Like all IBM BladeCenter systems, the BladeCenter S is designed to be green, offering up to 50% better energy efficiency than rack or tower servers of comparable performance and capacity. For more information, click here.

		News briefs and headlines: Announcing the 4th Generation of IBM X-Architecture® technology Central to IBM X-Architecture® technology is a unique chipset that’s currently in its fourth generation. The X4 chipset is designed to deliver a balanced, reliable, scalable, high performance solution for your business. New System x servers with the X4 chipset can tackle your most demanding workloads, while helping you manage complexity and risk and offering extraordinary energy efficiency so you can go green and save. For more information, click here.

		News briefs and headlines: IBM System i introduces two new Solutions Editions Need a robust, flexible, cost-effective server to run Oracle's JD Edwards applications? The new System i 525 Solution Edition for JD Edwards includes a built-in operating system and database, virus resistance and security tools, backup and recovery tools, performance tuning Web-based management and Capacity on Demand. Equally the new IBM System i 525 Solution Edition for SAP helps reduce SAP project risk and responds easier to changes in business. For more information, click here.

		News briefs and headlines: Are you capable of adapting to change? Join us at the exclusive presentation of the IBM 2008 Global Human Capital Study. You'll learn what 400 HR executives from 34 countries had to say about the challenges, pressures and opportunities they face and how they can differentiate themselves and succeed. The IBM 2008 Global Human Capital Study will help organisations look at critical focus areas that can help transform the workforce and take it to the next level. To learn more, click here.

		Infrastructure Solutions Create your BCP and keep it up to date A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) ensures that your key people know each other's roles and responsibilities if disaster strikes. But BCPs aren't much use if they aren't kept up to date. IBM's BCP Toolkit provides the technology for this lifecycle management. It only takes half a day's training before you can begin adding content. And with web-based technology it delivers the plan to the people who need it, wherever they are. To learn more, click here.

		Infrastructure Solutions Net nasties blasted Find out about better protection from web-based threats with flexible pricing to suit your business. Try IBM Express Managed Security Services for Web™ security for 14 days – without obligation. IBM Express Managed Security Services for Web security protects your corporate network from Web threats with 24x7 scanning that helps stop viruses, spyware and unwanted content. To learn more, click here.

		Case studies Achieve communication anywhere, anytime To find out how you can create a more flexible, connected enterprise, increase operational efficiency and develop innovative approaches to the way you do business, click here.

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