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	July 2008

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		New IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1: Now more than ever, build your world your way Deliver exceptional Web experiences for customers, partners and employees. Easily extend existing business assets to new applications. Grow effortlessly in response to new business opportunities. And run your entire business more efficiently. With its high-value enhancements and expanded Web 2.0 capabilities, new IBM WebSphere^® Portal 6.1 makes it easier than ever to combine enterprise and Web information - and to deliver that information in ways that help people find answers faster and be more productive. To accompany WebSphere Portal 6.1 IBM is also releasing IBM WebSphere Portal Express 6.1, a portal solution for small and mid-sized businesses; IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory 6.1, for simplified portlet development; enhanced portal accelerators that help speed time-to-value; and an upgrade to the IBM Lotus Web Content Management companion product. Together these offerings represent the largest IBM introduction of portal capabilities, ever. Learn all that's new in the world of WebSphere Portal

		IBM solidDB: Experience extreme database performance and availability IBM solidDB™ in-memory database software performs up to ten times faster than conventional databases - and, with fail-over times measured in sub-seconds, it provides extreme data availability for mission critical applications. No wonder there are more than 3 million deployments of solidDB in telecommunications networks, enterprise applications and embedded software and systems worldwide. Find out for yourself why market leaders such as Cisco, HP, Nokia and Siemens depend on solidDB - take the 60-day no-cost trial. Learn more about the entire IBM solidDB product family

		New IBM Rational Team Concert: Try. Buy. Collaborate. Conserve. Announced at the IBM Rational^® Software Development Conference 2008, IBM Rational Team Concert is here - ready to help your global development teams collaborate and innovate. With Rational Team Concert your teams get collaboration capabilities that streamline development. They get the insight they need to govern the most complex projects. They get automated data collection and reporting tools that can reduce documentation, meetings and status reports by as much as 50%. And no matter how dispersed your teams may be, they get the power to work together like a single, local team - without the costs and carbon emissions of travel. Try Rational Team Concert for 60 days at no charge, when you register at Jazz.net. Find the Rational Team Concert edition that's right for you

		It's time to industrialize IT. Catch the 2008 IBM Service Management World Tour. Looking for a holistic approach to IT automation - a better way to respond to continually changing business needs, at a lower cost? Then you can't afford to miss the 2008 IBM Service Management World Tour. Learn how service management innovation from IBM can help you: Deliver business results faster, with repeatable quality Scale development and operations beyond current capabilities Manage the complexity of IT infrastructure and aging assets Meet demanding security, data retention and recovery requirements Get the visibility, control and automation you need to industrialize your business and IT operations. Register for the event nearest you

		New IBM Lotus Connections 2.0: Harness the business power of social networks With new IBM Lotus Connections 2.0 you can create vibrant communities of customers and coworkers - communities that help everyone discover information, develop and refine ideas, and find and collaborate with just the right people to get the fastest business results. New features include customizable profile data types, social tagging for individuals, community discussion forums, integration with SocialText and Confluence wikis and much more. Also new: the IBM Lotus CEO Community Bundle, which combines Lotus Connections with IBM Lotus Sametime^® Advanced and IBM Lotus Quickr™ to create a complete collaboration bundle, at a great price. Discover expertise and deliver results with Lotus Connections

		Minimize the impact of a security breach. Attend this System z teleconference. Join IBM Tivoli^® on July 24, 2008, at 11:00 AM EDT for a live teleconference, "Determining the Potential Impact of a Security Breach." Walk through a hypothetical IBM System z™ security breach scenario - and learn how you can exploit the automated capabilities of IBM Tivoli Service Management Center for System z to detect the breach, determine its potential impact and minimize damage. Register for the teleconference

		From business-critical workloads to the desktop: Extend Linux to new areas with IBM Middleware Linux^® isn't just for Web servers and clustering any more. Today businesses around the world are bringing Linux flexibility, reliability, security and cost savings to everything from mission-critical workloads to desktops, Web 2.0 and emerging application technologies. Together, IBM Middleware and Linux provide the open, integrated technology infrastructure you need to extend Linux benefits to more areas of your organization. More than 500 proven IBM Middleware products run on Linux; you can find them here. And take a moment to browse our Linux case study library to learn how companies benefit from IBM Middleware for Linux, on multiple hardware platforms. Discover all the advantages of IBM Middleware for Linux

		IBM Mashup Center now available: Give the masses the power to build mashups IBM Mashup Center enables everyone from line-of-business employees to technical professionals to build situational mashup applications with graphical ease - and with the manageability, security and governance that IT requires. Mashup Center combines the capabilities of IBM Lotus Mashups, for assembling mashups from personal, enterprise and Web content; and IBM InfoSphere™ MashupHub, for unlocking and sharing personal, enterprise and Web data for use in mashups. Join Larry Bowden, IBM Software Group Vice President, Portals and Mashups, for a webcast detailing how your company can benefit from mashup technology and the IBM Mashup Center. Ramp up on IBM Mashup Center

		SOA for ROI: Conserve cash flow and maximize value through the IBM Smart SOA approach In today's increasingly uncertain economic climate, existing service oriented architecture (SOA) projects are being scrutinized for value, and new projects must promise higher return on investment (ROI). That's why the Smart SOA approach has never been more important: it lets you leverage IBM's unmatched SOA leadership and experience to position your company for increased flexibility, while simultaneously meeting ever-more-rigid cost containment requirements. Join Sandy Carter of IBM and David Saul of State Street Bank for the webcast, "Achieve Greater ROI through SOA" - and learn practical tips for increasing the ROI from SOA engagements. Find more resources at the SOA for ROI launch page

		Introducing SOA for PLM: Extend the value of your PLM investments Provide a single view into product and project information, to support executive decision-making. Build a flexible infrastructure that adapts quickly to new business models and processes. Integrate product lifecycle management (PLM) with other systems to create a source of product development knowledge for all stakeholders. These are just a few of the ways IBM SOA technology and innovation can help you extend your PLM investments beyond engineering, to benefit the entire value chain. Read an IBM white paper, "Empowering product lifecycle management with service oriented architecture" to learn how SOA can extend PLM from a product design facility to a powerful decision support resource. Learn all the benefits of SOA applied to PLM

		IBM Lotus Mobile Connect 6.1.2: Extend enterprise applications to more mobile devices IBM Lotus Mobile Connect software helps enterprises provide a mobile virtual private network that encrypts data over wireless and wired network connections. Use it to provide access to IBM WebSphere Portal, IBM Lotus Sametime, IBM Lotus Notes and IBM Lotus Forms applications via a wide variety of wireless devices. This latest release adds Nokia E90 device support, enables authentication chaining and offers an API-only client. Get all the details - and stay connected

		Calculate savings from Deep Compression. Download the IBM DB2 ROI tool. The Storage Optimization feature in IBM DB2^® - known as "Deep Compression" - can reduce database size by as much as 80 percent. But did you know it can also save money? If you're a developer, database administrator or senior IT manager, you can use the IBM DB2 ROI tool to estimate how well Deep Compression can compress your databases and the resulting cost savings. It even includes a handy break-even calculation. Register for the tool, then calculate your savings

		Extend 3270 green-screen applications to mobile devices: Read the CCR2 article Elizabeth Pawelka, communications specialist with the IBM Rational Enterprise Modernization team, explains how you can use IBM Rational Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) to extend 3270-based green-screen applications (or selected functions thereof) to mobile phones, PDAs and data collection terminals. Get more value from existing mainframe assets - and empower your mobile workers to generate more business and improve customer satisfaction from wherever they happen to be. Read the article

		Security needs to change. Find out why and how from an IBM expert. The RSA^® Conference is the world's premier security conference. So when Val Rahmani, general manager of IBM Internet Security Systems™, started her keynote speech by claiming that "the security business has no future," she definitely got the room's attention. Find out why the traditional, threat-based approach to security is no longer sustainable - and why companies need to design integrity into business processes from the start. Read the article

		Ball State bridges disparate systems, solves key adminstrative issue with SOA "SOA has been such a gift to us," says Dr. O'Neal Smitherman, Ball State University CIO. "It enables us to embrace a new technology that provides services at a level we couldn't even imagine before." Read to learn how Ball State University leveraged IBM's SOA expertise and the IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus to coordinate 40 different name and address systems in just 10 months, instead of the years required by other solutions. Read the Ball State case study

		New Tivoli Federated Identity Manager 6.2 extends online collaboration, supports user centric identity management IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) simplifies application integration using many forms of identities, and improves visibility and access to resources that span companies or security domains. This release adds user-centric identity management support, enhances Microsoft .NET^® and mainframe integration with built-in SOA identity services, extends auditing and reporting for compliance, and much more. Learn more about TFIM

		Tivoli Beat article: New products and resources for mid-market customers IBM Tivoli continues its commitment to offering big-company business benefits to mid-sized companies. New products, such as IBM Maximo^® Asset Management Essentials, can help mid-sized companies optimize their IT operations. New online services, including the Tivoli Survival Guide, help companies understand the value of Tivoli solutions for data backup and recovery, systems management and operation, and asset protection and security. And through the Tivoli Deployment Accreditation Initiative, mid-sized companies can find the IBM Tivoli Business Partners best qualified to implement a specific solution. Explore the latest Tivoli resources for mid-sized companies

		IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 open beta: Preview the innovations Here's your chance to get head-start, hands-on experience with all the new capabilities of the visionary IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 platform, including enhanced Java™ and Web services standards, an improved user interface, simplified administration and much, much more. Plus get no-cost training through the Getting Started guide, and access to an open forum monitored by IBM personnel who respond to all questions within 24 hours. Join the beta program

		Calculate the benefits of IBM Rational quality management solutions Is your QA team struggling to keep pace with development? IBM Rational quality management solutions help you save time - and cut cost - by automating your functional testing and governance processes. Use this new ROI calculator to quantify how much time and labor you can save when you automate. You can also get hands-on experience with Rational quality management solutions, via the Rational Quality Management Open Beta program. Attend a webcast to learn more about the program. Register and try the calculator

		New IBM Rational Asset Manager 7.1: Enhance collaboration, accelerate delivery IBM Rational Asset Manager enables your organization to efficiently govern and reuse software assets across a distributed development environment. Enhancements in this latest release include support for polices, automation of asset creation, and integration with IBM Rational Team Concert, IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database and IBM Rational ClearCase^® Unified Change Management. Visit the Rational Asset Manager page

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