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	March 2008

IBM Software Newsletter

Tools for success. Insights for innovation.

Also in this issue:

Drew Carey kicks off IMPACT 2008, April 6-11 in Las Vegas. Register today for the SOA event of the year!
Harness more Web power every day with new IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.0.1
Attend the "Build a Better Infrastructure" road show featuring IBM middleware and System p
Learn what recent IBM software acquisitions can mean to your SOA – and your business

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		The future runs on the mainframe! Explore software for the new System z10 EC. With its greater levels of performance, security and resiliency - and its increased capacity for growth, server consolidation and energy efficiency - the new IBM System z10 Enterprise Class server (z10 EC) is positioned to be the cornerstone of the new enterprise data center. If you’re looking ahead to a z10 EC-driven future, now is the time to ramp up on related System z™ software offerings. IBM Enterprise Modernization Solutions for System z can help you evolve existing IT assets to meet future business requirements and opportunities - and the new IBM System z Sandbox gives you a place to explore these technologies through hands-on practice. New Information on Demand Software for System z includes IBM Cognos and DB2^® solutions that enable you to make better, faster business decisions while you lower TCO. And new IBM Tivoli Service Management Center for System z delivers new levels of management visibility, control and automation. Learn all you can about System z10 EC software and hardware

		Drew Carey kicks off IMPACT 2008, April 6-11 in Las Vegas. Don't miss the SOA event of the year! World-class service-oriented architecture (SOA) education and Vegas-class entertainment – only IMPACT 2008 brings you both! IMPACT 2008 offers an unbeatable education value with four role-based tracks, 500 sessions, 220 customer speakers and a hands-on SOA solutions center. (Watch an IBM TV sneak preview to see what we mean.) Plus the learning doesn’t stop when you leave the show – thanks to special discounts on instructor–led online WebSphere training, exclusively for IMPACT attendees. There’s more - including entertainment and inspiration that will make IMPACT the most memorable IT event you have ever attended. Put your Smart SOA™ knowledge and skills to the test for a chance to win a smart^® car! Laugh and learn with award-winning comedian Drew Carey as he brings new meaning to Smart SOA on Day 1 of the show. And party in true Vegas style with the B-52s! Don't wait. Register today - then build your agenda online to make the most of your time at the show. Register for IMPACT 2008!

		Harness more Web power every day with new IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.0.1 Deliver email to your mobile phone with the new Notes Traveler. Drag-and-drop widgets from Google and other sources into your Notes^® workspace; then wire them to your emails and documents for unprecedented automatic collaboration! Get improved Domino^® Web Access performance over low-bandwidth (phone) connections. And benefit every day from Domino 8.0.1 server enhancements such as server bandwidth consumption, CPU usage and mail file storage requirements. The IBM Lotus^® Notes and Domino 8.0.1 release delivers all this and more. If you’re already using Notes and Domino 8, make this simple upgrade to improved flexibility and functionality. If you’re not using Notes 8 yet, watch this IBM TV video to find out what you’re missing. Read the Notes and Domino 8.0.1 announcement letter for complete feature information

		Attend the "Build a Better Infrastructure" road show featuring IBM middleware and System p. It’s the event that Sun, HP, Oracle and BEA want you to miss! In one day - and at no charge to you - “Build a Better Infrastructure” will help you understand how IBM System p™ hardware and IBM middleware can help you reduce complexity, boost operating efficiency, and create a dynamic, responsive, cost-effective IT environment. You’ll also learn - through direct comparison with competitive offerings - why the IBM middleware-on-System p combination is like no other in the marketplace. Register for a road show near you

		Learn what recent IBM software acquisitions can mean to your SOA – and your business In 2007 IBM acquired, or announced agreements to acquire, nine software companies. Why? “To help produce the industry’s most complete product portfolio, and more importantly, to help our customers address their business challenges," says Steve Mills, IBM Senior Vice President and Group Executive, IBM Software Group. Find out how these acquisitions can help your organization tackle the challenges posed by SOA and other crucial IT initiatives. Read the Acquisitions article

		Lotus Sametime earns two prestigious awards. Try it yourself for 60 days. In 2007 Network World magazine rated more than 170 products based on performance, features and ease of use. The product that scored highest overall: Lotus Sametime, which was also named Clear Choice Award winner in the Convergence and Collaboration category. In March 2008 Sametime was a winner again - this time named North American Enterprise Product of the Year by leading global consultant Frost & Sullivan. Read the award press release. Then have an award-inning collaboration experience of your own by trying Sametime for 60 days, at no charge. Download the Sametime 60-day trial

		Should you build a portal or buy one? Get answers at this IDC webcast. It’s no longer news that a portal can improve employee productivity, streamline processes and enable new Web-based product and service opportunities. But do these benefits justify the expense of building a portal from scratch? Join IDC’s Kathleen Quirk and Randy Perry for an account of the savings and time-to-value benefits customers have gained from deploying portals with IBM WebSphere^® Portal and IBM Portal Accelerator offerings. Tune in to the build-vs.-buy webcast

		Build your SOA – and your future – on trusted IMS transactions and data. Introducing IBM IMS 10. For more than 40 years organizations have relied on the IBM Information Management System (IMS™) as their IT foundation. Today IBM IMS 10 can help these businesses move swiftly into the future - with ground-breaking SOA support that enables organizations to reuse their trusted IMS data, transactions and applications in new and innovative ways. Let IBM Vice President Sandy Carter introduce you to the capabilities of SOA-enabled IMS 10, on IBM TV. Then learn more about SOA-enabled IMS 10

		Master multiple data domains with IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Server The industry’s first-ever master data management server, IBM InfoSphere™ Master Data Management (MDM) server enables companies to centrally manage critical customer, product and account data that’s distributed across multiple front- and back-office systems. Learn more about IBM InfoSphere MDM Server, and about the growing family of IBM software products that leverage InfoSphere’s unique capabilities to turn raw data into valuable business insights. Then read a new white paper to learn how MDM can drive improvements in compliance, cross-selling, upselling, customer service and other important business processes. Read the MDM white paper

		Don’t miss the industry’s premier service management event – IBM Pulse 2008, May 18-22 in Orlando IBM Pulse 2008 will bring together more than 4,000 IBM Tivoli^® , Maximo^® and Tivoli Netcool^® users with industry analysts and IBM partners and technical experts to create the first conference of its kind – a global event dedicated to the latest in service management technology and best practices. Get informed at hundreds of sessions, including more than 100 real-world case studies presented by customers and business partners. Get answers in one-on-one sessions with IBM experts, or at the first-ever Guru Galaxy hosted by our panel of technicians. Get motivated with keynotes from Lance Armstrong and John Wood, Founder and CEO of Room to Read. And get down at the Pulse Palooza, featuring Grammy Award winners Hootie and the Blowfish. Get registered for Pulse 2008

		RU ready to save the day? Then save the dates for the Rational Software Development Conference 2008 - June 1-5 in Orlando Now in its 11th year, the 2008 Rational^® Software Development Conference (RSDC) will offer more sessions, more networking, more product demonstrations and more real-life examples of how Rational users – R-Heroes – save the day, every day! Thanks to a record response to this year’s Call for Papers, the expanded program also includes 14 technical tracks, including new Systems Development and Application Security & Compliance tracks - and a "Night School" offering extended hours for more technical sessions. Watch highlights of last year’s conference on IBM TV. Register for RSDC 2008

		Three-demo series: Build and deploy applications with Rational and Tivoli technologies Got 30 minutes and a Java-enabled browser? You’ve got everything you need to see how easily you can build and deploy applications using IBM Rational ClearCase^®, ClearQuest^®, Build Forge^® and IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager. In Demo One see how to develop, build and test applications in your own IDE using Rational Application Developer and Eclipse-based ClearCase, ClearQuest and Build Forge plug-ins. In Demo Two see how to build the application with Build Forge and track the build with ClearQuest. And in Demo Three you’ll see how to deploy the build to the application server using Rational Build Forge and Tivoli Provisioning Manager. Download the first demo

		Find application vulnerabilities early, when they’re easiest to fix. Watch the “Calling all testers!” webcast. Join IBM experts Mari Teitelbaum and Bryan Bryson to learn techniques and best practices for building application security testing into the development and QA processes – so you can catch security vulnerabilities before they find their way into the live application environment. Register and watch

		Open your mind – and your desktop – to innovation. Deploy the desktop of the future today. Desktop software is no longer just about email, word processing, spreadsheets and presentations. Future desktops have to support global collaboration in context, Web 2.0 capabilities, SOA integration – and the flexibility to deploy right-sized, role-based capabilities to virtually any platform, operating system or device. Sound far off? It isn’t - IBM offers an open collaboration client solution today, built around Lotus collaboration software, WebSphere Portal and offerings from partners in the Linux community. The IBM open collaboration client is ready for Linux and Windows now, and will support Macintosh later this year. See the full open client solution story on IBM TV

		Dig into a treasure trove of service management expertise - an IBM Systems Journal special issue As the role and significance of services continue to grow in the global economy, your ability to manage services effectively becomes a distinct competitive advantage. The July-September 2007 issue of the IBM Systems Journal includes 15 papers on IBM Service Management technologies for managing risk, governing data and delivering business value. It’s a great resource for building your knowledge – and for honing your competitive edge. Read this special issue of the IBM Systems Journal

		Go green to save green – watch the IBM webcast Going green may be politically correct, and it’s certainly better for the environment. But did you know it can also be good for business? Watch this IBM webcast to learn how data center consolidation can help you reduce your power, floor space, and systems management costs – and be kinder to the earth at the same time. Then take in the recently-put-forward IBM vision of the New Enterprise Data Center – an open, virtualized, resilient and energy-efficient infrastructure for super-efficient IT service delivery. Watch the "Go Green" webcast

		Mid-market company competes globally with robust collaboration platform. Read the case study. Iowa-based feed company Nutra-Flo has a global reputation for quality and innovation. But until recently its technology for conducting business with global teams and customers - email - resulted in slow response times and version-control errors in business-critical documents. Learn how this mid-sized company combined Lotus Notes and Domino 8, Lotus Sametime and Lotus Quickr to collaborate more productively, innovate continually, and compete effectively worldwide. Read the complete case study

		Need to produce safer products faster? Get to a PLM Center of Excellence. Through the global network of IBM Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Centers of Excellence, IBM experts and PLM Business Partners help you meet your thorniest PLM challenges – from product design and data management, to supplier collaboration and business process management (BPM), to integrating PLM with CAD, collaboration, supply chain management and other critical business systems. The PLM Centers of Excellence give you access to more than 3000 researchers, 9000 developers and 1000 consultants. Visit the PLM Centers of Excellence page to learn more, see online demos and schedule a session at the center nearest you. Visit PLM Center of Excellence headquarters

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