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IBM October 2007  

IBM Software Newsletter
 

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

This is one issue you’ll want to read from start to finish.

We lead with coverage of the Smart SOA launch and the Information on Demand 2007 conference – and the wave of new products and capabilities announced at each. By enabling customers to build more flexibility into their infrastructures, and to arm their people with trusted information on demand, IBM is helping companies become more agile and competitive. Make sure you follow the links in these articles, especially if you missed these events.

This issue is also loaded with special offers. There’s something for everybody: no-cost downloads, savings on upgrades and additional licenses, open source server software and special tools for developers. Anyone who owns a computer should download the trial version of IBM Tivoli Continuous Data Protection – backup software so simple and effective you’ll wonder how you’ve gone without it. And don't miss your chance to score up to $10,000 in extra training from your IBM Education Pack.

So scroll down, dive in and enjoy the newsletter.

Doug Brown
Vice President, Marketing Programs
IBM Software



In this issue
 


Features
Image   5,700 customers can’t be wrong. For the business agility you need to compete, it’s Smart SOA from IBM.

Two years ago only IBM and a handful of IT cognoscenti were talking about the benefits of service-oriented architecture (SOA). Today companies are embracing SOA to transform themselves into agile, globally-integrated competitors. And IBM is leading the charge, with more than 5,700 SOA customer engagements and a 53% share of the global SOA market (WinterGreen Research, 2007).

Now IBM introduces Smart SOA - a set of guiding principals to help extend the business value of SOA deployments - along with new, innovative offerings and proven methodologies that bring the full weight of IBM’s SOA leadership and experience to any business, large or small.

Achieve greater agility in a specific department or business area. Optimize and innovate end-to-end business processes. Transform your business models to support a globally integrated business. Or build a dynamic enterprise that senses and responds to market forces, with far less human intervention than required today. Smart SOA helps you determine where you’re ready to start – and results in a simple but robust solution, whatever scope of project you choose. 

For a comprehensive overview of the Smart SOA approach, watch the Webcast replay, “Accelerating Business Agility through Smart SOA” (following the replay you'll receive complimentary access to the IBM Online SOA Business Value Analyzer tool and the IBM Real World SOA Stories Flash Book). Then download and install the Smart SOA Widget, a simple software tool that will keep you up-to-date on new Smart SOA product and program developments.

Evolve into a global competitor with Smart SOA
Image   Deliver the information that’s in demand, on demand. IBM introduces new capabilities that maximize the value of information.

To innovate and differentiate – and to cope with intensifying compliance requirements, competitive pressures and customer demands – you need to manage your information as a strategic asset. IBM is extending its comprehensive Information on Demand (IOD) portfolio to help you unlock the value of information by freeing it from silos and delivering it in real-time to every person for every transaction.

New and enhanced IOD offerings include IBM Information Server, which offers a fast track to real-time data delivery via integration of Data Mirror; IBM Master Data Management Server (scheduled for release in January 2008), a new platform for real-time, multi-form master data; and IBM DB2 Data Warehouse Edition, with extreme workload management for real-time insight.

Expanded expertise and new accelerators – delivered through updated IOD industry frameworks – help clients in banking, retail, telecommunications and government address important new initiatives specific to those industries. And all of IBM’s new IOD offerings enhance IBM’s overall SOA capabilities and work hand-in-hand with the new Smart SOA strategy, in which information as a service is a key entry point.

The best way to absorb all that’s new in IOD is to see it first-hand at the Information On Demand Comes to You event in your area.

Get more details on all the new offerings – plus links to informative content - at IOD headquarters
Image   Take control of complex SAP deployments with new IBM Rational tools and capabilities

It’s important to reduce the cost and time required to test SAP® applications. But it’s just as important to optimize SAP application quality, performance and integrity. New SAP-specific features and enhancements to the IBM Rational® portfolio help you do both.

IBM Rational Functional Tester Extension for SAP (recently Certified for SAP NetWeaver®) automates functional and regression testing of SAP GUI applications. IBM Rational Performance Tester Extension for SAP reduces the time required to devise and conduct high-fidelity scalability and performance tests. And IBM Rational Extensions for SAP applications – a no-cost download of Rational RequisitePro® and ClearQuest® templates – makes it easier to capture requirements and manage lifecycle activities throughout SAP deployments, upgrades and integrations.

Together these new offerings make it easier to govern delivery of in-house or commercial SAP applications. If you develop the latter, make sure you also take a look at the demos, Webcasts and articles in the Rational Quality Management eKit for Packaged Applications.

Learn more about IBM Rational solutions for SAP
Image   Put yourself in the driver’s seat. Deploy performance dashboards with IBM Lotus ActiveInsight.

You and your team are under constant pressure to make faster, better decisions. But the data you need to support those decisions sits in scattered systems, applications, email attachments and other sources. And too often, pulling this data together into useful, actionable information is inefficient and time-consuming work.

IBM Lotus® ActiveInsight™, the Dashboard Accelerator for IBM WebSphere® Portal, can help. With ActiveInsight you can grab data wherever it sits and deliver it as real-time performance indicators displayed in a personalized, portal-based dashboard. Plus you can combine these indicators with built-in alerts and collaboration tools – so users are aware of potential problems and can take corrective action before issues become critical.

Want to learn more? Test-drive ActiveInsight today using a live-code demo. Attend a Webcast replay to learn how one company uses a management dashboard, created with ActiveInsight, to monitor enterprise-wide application performance. Or download the ActiveInsight 6.1 beta, which adds integration with leading business intelligence systems, among other enhancements.

Take the wheel with Lotus ActiveInsight
  Continuous, transparent backup. Drag-and-drop restoration. Try it for 30 days.

IBM Tivoli® Continuous Data Protection (CDP) might just be the most useful and indispensable software product you’ve never heard of.

Working quietly and transparently in the background, Tivoli CDP backs up your important files every time you save them. It can save backups in as many as three locations – including your own hard disk or networked drive for rapid restoration, and online storage space provided by your ISP for restoration from any computer connected to the Internet. It stores as many backups as you want, so you can restore a lost or damaged file to a specific point in time. And restoration is a simple drag-and-drop process.

Tested and proven in large corporations, Tivoli CDP works just as well for small companies or home offices. At $42 per individual license, it’s priced right, too.

Visit the Tivoli CDP product page for more feature information, a simple product demo, a video telling how one IT service provider uses Tivoli CDP to protect its clients’ data, and a story telling how Tivoli CDP saved one couple’s tax return (and marriage).

Then download the Tivoli CDP trial version and test it yourself
Events and resources
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  Linux or z/OS on System z? Watch this Webcast replay for answers.

More and more growing enterprises are conserving data center space and energy by moving workloads to Linux® on IBM System z®. But when should an organization consider deploying z/OS® instead? This Webcast replay presents scenarios, based on actual business issues, that warrant one platform or the other.

Sign up and attend the replay
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  See what all the buzz is about - and save. Reserve your seat early for Lotusphere 2008.

Details of the 15th annual Lotusphere® conference are still unfolding, but Lotus diehards and zealots are already signing up. New content for 2008 includes QuickStart sessions for all new Lotus products, TWO opening general sessions (enabling all attendees to experience the opening session live) and a first-ever Industry Salon with yet another special guest host. Register before November 2, 2007 for special Early Bird savings.

Register today
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  Find strength in numbers at your local Tivoli User Group

Learn more about IBM Tivoli products. Network with other Tivoli users. Contribute ideas that may shape future Tivoli software, support and maintenance offerings. If your job depends on Tivoli software, your local IBM Tivoli User Group (TUG) is an invaluable resource.

Find a TUG near you
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  Discover proven collaboration solutions in the IBM Software Catalog

More than an easy way to buy, the IBM Software Catalog is a resource for ideas. See some of the latest IBM collaboration products. And learn how organizations like the PGA Tour combine them to create innovative time-saving, cost-cutting, business-building solutions.

Download the catalog
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  Score up to $10K in bonus training dollars with your IBM Education Pack - online account

When you purchase a US$25,000 IBM Education Pack - online account (or add $25,000 to an existing IBM Education Pack - online account) IBM will provide an automatic 10% discount plus deposit an extra $2000 in training dollars to your account. That's $27,000 worth of training for $22,500! Purchase or add $50,000 and pay only $45,000, plus get $5000 in extra training dollars - for a total of $10,000 in extra training! Offer expires February 15, 2008.

Check out the new course offerings in the Fall 2007 IBM Training eCatalog

Score big with the IBM Education Pack - online account

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