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IBM September 2007  

IBM Software Newsletter
 

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

This month IBM brings you many new ways to collaborate – and one very exciting way to save money and be more productive every day.

On September 18, at the first-ever Lotus® Collaboration Summit, the world got its first look at IBM Lotus Symphony™ – no-charge, enterprise-grade software for creating and editing word processing, spreadsheet and presentation documents. Download Lotus Symphony and start using it today. Then read our first two feature articles to learn about all the other newly released or recently announced products in the IBM Lotus collaboration portfolio.

Don't neglect to read the rest of the newsletter, because the big news at IBM is by no means limited to collaboration. This month we cover some of the latest developments in service-oriented architecture (SOA), federated search, Web 2.0 and other hot IT topics. In particular, if you're interested in SOA, the IBM Fall 2007 SOA Announcement Webcast hosted by IBM Vice President Sandy Carter, is an online event you won't want to miss.

Enjoy the newsletter.

Doug Brown
Vice President, Marketing Programs
IBM Software



In this issue
 


Features
Image   Download no-cost, enterprise-grade office software. Deploy Notes as a hosted service. Replicate Notes content to mobile devices. And much more.

Starting today you can create, edit and publish documents without worrying about ongoing software licensing and royalty fees.

New IBM Lotus Symphony is word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software you can download and install at no charge – and start using right away to create new documents, edit documents created with Microsoft® Office programs, and publish documents in Adobe® Acrobat® (PDF) format. Lotus Symphony also supports open document format (ODF), so you can integrate documents with applications, business processes and data feeds.

IBM unveiled Symphony alongside an entire suite of next-generation collaboration products at the first-ever Lotus Collaboration Summit in New York City on September 18. Two of these new offerings include IBM Applications on Demand™ for IBM Lotus Notes®, making Notes 8 available as a service with enterprise-level application hosting; and IBM Lotus Notes Traveller, a mobile client enabling real-time replication of email, attachments, calendar entries, addresses, journal entries and to-dos to mobile devices.

Read about these and all the other new products in the IBM collaboration suite.

Learn how Audi, the FAA, and SkyWorks are pioneering IBM collaborative technologies.

Get a first-hand, up-close look at everything new in collaboration – attend a Lotus Collaboration Summit in a city near you.

And start creating, editing and using documents the open, flexible, no-cost way.
Image   Web conferencers Unyte! IBM acquires WebDialogs and announces new Lotus Sametime products.

On August 22 IBM acquired WebDialogs, Inc., a privately-held provider of easy-to-adopt, easy-to-use Web conferencing services – and rebranded those services as IBM Lotus Sametime® Unyte™. Now you can choose the Web conferencing solution that's best for your organization, from a single vendor: on-premise Web conferencing via Lotus Sametime software, or Web conferencing services requiring no added IT overhead via Sametime Unyte.

IBM also announced the next generation of Sametime products – entry-level, standard and advanced offerings, plus integrated telephony technology, that let you deploy exactly the level of real-time collaboration functionality you need.

Find. Reach. Collaborate. Now Sametime makes it all easier than ever before.
image   Enable better, faster decisions with federated search.

If you’re serious about helping your knowledge workers make better decisions faster, you need to give them more effective tools for finding and accessing information. One such tool is federated search – search that corrals information scattered across separate application and content silos into a single, consolidated view.

IBM OmniFind™ Enterprise Edition brings scalable and secure federated search to your intranet, public Web site or information applications. Optimized for IBM Lotus Domino and IBM WebSphere® Portal environments, it supports more than 200 file formats, and provides pre-built connectors to content from more than 25 enterprise information sources in more than 50 languages.

Read InfoTrends’ white paper, “The Business Advantages and Requirements of Actionable Search,” to learn the need for federated, cross-enterprise search – and the benefits of implementing it with IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition. Or download “Selecting the best search solution for your IBM WebSphere Portal installation,” an IBM white paper that details the benefits of moving from the WebSphere Portal search engine to IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition.

Explore the entire family of IBM OmniFind solutions.
image   Snap together next-gen, real-time Web apps. Discover Web 2.0.

Imagine Web applications that combine data, in real time, from multiple sources inside and outside your corporate firewall. Imagine your people using these applications to make faster, better decisions – decisions that tap more of your extended teams’ collective expertise. Imagine building these applications by clicking your mouse.

No need to imagine any more. You can do all this and more today with Web 2.0.

To introduce yourself to some of the core Web 2.0 technologies – and to the ease of Web 2.0 development – watch a demo-packed Webcast hosted by IBM evangelist David Barnes. For more specific techniques, check out an IBM developerWorks Webcast on supercharging portal applications with Web 2.0 and IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory or IBM Lotus Component Designer. For a management-level view of what Web 2.0 can accomplish, pick up IBM VP Sandy Carter’s new book, The New Language of Business: SOA & Web 2.0 (or download and read a free sample chapter before you buy).

Be sure to visit IBM developerWorks for more Web 2.0 information and resources.
image   Fend off threats. Jump on opportunities. Fortify your infrastructure with business resilience solutions from IBM.

Having a resilient business means more than being able to anticipate, prevent, withstand and quickly recover from natural and man-made threats. It also means being able to anticipate and respond to critical opportunities – ideally ahead of your competition.

Ramp up on the latest business resilience thinking and technology by tuning in to “Business Continuity and CIOs”, a podcast interview with CIO publisher Gary Beach and IBM VP Don De Marco. It’s just one of many resources you’ll find in IBM’s Business Resilience multimedia content library.

For the ultimate in man-made threat monitoring visit X-Force®, IBM Internet Security Systems™ (ISS) headquarters for tracking the latest malware threats, identity theft schemes and more. While you’re there be sure to read the expert insights posted on Frequency X, the official X-Force blog.

Start building resilience into your business.
Events and resources
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  Must-see LIVE Webcast, Oct. 9 at 11AM EDT: Major new IBM SOA announcements.

New SOA solutions from IBM can help make your entire business more flexible and efficient.  Learn how to optimize your business processes through SOA and establish metrics for success. IBM experts will tell you how – and answer your questions LIVE – in an exclusive Webcast on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at (). Save the date and REGISTER TODAY.

For still more SOA insight consider attending the IBM SOA Executive Summit (Sonoma, CA, Oct. 29-30) or the IMPACT Comes to You event in your area.

Learn what’s new from the SOA market leader.
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  2007 IBM WebSphere Technical Conferences, Nov. 5-9 in Vienna: Register for one, attend both.

This year IBM will host the 2007 IBM WebSphere Technical Conference and the 2007 IBM Transaction and Messaging Technical Conference concurrently in Vienna, Austria, November 5-9. Attendees registered for one conference can attend the other at no additional charge!

Learn more about the 2007 IBM WebSphere Technical Conference.

Learn more about the 2007 IBM Transaction and Messaging Technical Conference.

Find other IBM technical conferences worldwide.
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  Software maintenance or IBM Premium Support: How do you choose?

Make sure you have the level of support you need – watch a point-by-point comparison of the support provided by the standard IBM Software maintenance license and optional IBM Premium Support.

Watch, learn and make the right choice.
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  Feel the power and impact of IBM System z. Watch the new IBM TV episode.

See how a Brazilian gaming company uses System z™, Linux and virtualization to control costs and optimize performance. Then learn how System z and Linux® can help you consolidate servers to reduce energy consumption and IT costs at your company. In this latest episode you'll also find coverage of IBM Global Financing, IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 8 and more.

Tune in today.
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  IBM Rational users: Now Web-based training is even more convenient.

IBM Rational Web-based training is now available through the IBM Learner Portal. Choose among portfolios of Rational courses priced for one-year terms; then learn at your own pace. The IBM Learner Portal hosts and manages all your online course content, user authentication, tracking and reporting. Course portfolios cover the range of development lifecycle stages, including Architecture Management, Process and Portfolio Management, Change and Release Management, and Quality Management.

Learn more at the IBM Learner Portal.

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