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Also in this issue: There's opportunity in collaboration – learn how muchNew ebook: Secure by DesignDon't miss Impact 2011 speaker and savings deadlinesIBM Rational drives Chevy VoltPund-IT: IBM leads, againSee Cognos 10 in personModernize business rules - replay the webcastPodcast: Smarter Industries Symposium recap



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Register for Lotusphere 2011 today   Anticipation is building for Lotusphere 2011 - be a part of it!

Lotusphere® 2011 returns to Orlando January 30 - February 3 – but the Lotusphere community is already gathering online! Join them at the Lotusphere 2011 social media page to see and share event-related tweets, blog posts, video and more. And follow the official Lotusphere 2011 Blog for updates, insights and insider info in the run-up to the event.

Get excited and get to Lotusphere 2011 - register today
Register TODAY for Pulse 2010   Get ready for Pulse 2011 – the Premier Service Management Event

Pulse 2010 was the most successful Pulse ever – and Pulse 2011 is shaping up to be even better, with more client speakers, more interaction with technical professionals, and more hands-on training. Don’t miss it – plan NOW to join us February 27 - March 2 in Las Vegas.

Preview Pulse 2011 on YouTube.

Register TODAY for Pulse 2011
BPM and analytics for greater agility, smarter outcomes   Use BPM and business analytics together for greater agility and smarter business outcomes

Agility is what separates today’s most successful businesses from those that merely get by. By combining business process management (BPM) and business analytics, you can achieve the agility you need to respond to constant change, while raising the ROI from your IT investments.

Read a new, complimentary white paper.

Replay a recent Webcast featuring IBM experts
Break down barriers to innovation with Rational   Break down barriers to innovation with new and enhanced software from IBM Rational

Bridge the gap between IT and business stakeholders. Integrate across silos, throughout the development lifecycle. Leverage more flexible software delivery models. IBM Rational® solutions shatter the barriers that isolate people, processes and projects – so you can make exponential gains in innovation.

Learn more
Information On Demand Virtual 2010   December 15 (TODAY!) @ 1 p.m. ET: Sample the excitement and insight of Information On Demand

Attend presentations of conference sessions and customer success stories. Chat live with an information governance expert. Replay conference general sessions PLUS a new keynote on information governance, on demand. And receive a free copy of The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by keynote speaker Dr. Atul Gawande (restrictions apply).

Register NOW for Information On Demand Virtual 2010
SEC XBRL for Dummies   Get some clarity on the SEC XBRL mandate – download this free ebook

Are you ready to comply with the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) mandate for submitting financial reports in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) format? SEC XBRL Mandate for Dummies – a limited edition from IBM Clarity Systems – demystifies the process, and helps you choose the right XBRL solution for your business.

Learn more and download your copy
Consolidate security with System z   Consolidate security across platforms with System z and IBM software

Learn how IBM Tivoli® and Information Management security solutions combine with IBM System z™ hardware to allow your mainframe to serve as an enterprise security hub – providing comprehensive, centralized security for your distributed, multi-platform IT environment.

Read the paper (PDF, 1.5MB, no registration required)
IBM Collaboration Assessment Tool   There’s opportunity in collaboration – find out how much

Co-developed with the Aberdeen Group, the IBM Collaboration Assessment Tool reveals how your collaboration practices stack up against those of 450+ corporations. It recommends specific collaboration strategies to advance your social business, including technologies you can adopt to meet your business goals and get a jump on your competitors, while maximizing ROI.

Learn more and try the tool
Read Secure by Design ebook   Weave security into the fabric of your organization - read Secure by Design

As your organization extends more services and applications to the Web, you can no longer afford to approach security as an afterthought – your IT infrastructure should be designed, created and operated with security in mind. This ebook from United Business Media explains why, and tells you how to get started.

Nothing to download - just click to read it online.
register early for Impact and save   Don’t miss Impact 2011 Call for Speaker and Early-Bird Registration deadlines

At Impact 2011 (April 10-15, Las Vegas) you’ll discover innovative ways to work smarter – and achieve business agility now. Register by February 18 to save US$300 off the standard conference fee. And if you’re interested in sharing your expertise at Impact, submit your speaker proposal by January 7, 2011.

Get all the details – and get ready for Impact 2011
IBM Rational drives Chevy Volt   IBM and GM build smart systems for the Chevy Volt

The software systems on the 2011 Chevy Volt – Motor Trend magazine’s 2011 Car of the Year – contain 10 million lines of software code. The IBM Rational Jazz® platform enabled General Motors’ globally distributed development teams to design and engineer the Volt in record time.

Watch IBMers test-drive the Volt at the ‘Volt Unplugged’ event on IBM’s North Carolina campus.

Learn how IBM Rational ‘drives’ the Chevy Volt
IBM leads in workload optimized systems   Analyst paper: ‘Workload-Optimized Systems – IBM Shows the Way, Again’

Pund-IT analyst Charles King cuts through the market noise to explain why ‘IBM has considerably more experience in workload optimization than any other vendor’ – and why the new IBM Smart Analytics System 5600 and 9600, and the IBM pureScale™ Application System, will take workload optimization to the next level.

More in the press: IBM workload optimized systems take aim at the Oracle-Sun appliance.

Read the paper (PDF, 130KB, no registration required)
Attend a Cognos 10 Event   Don’t miss your chance to see IBM Cognos 10 live and in person, in a city near you

Join us at any of the 25 remaining IBM Cognos® 10 live events throughout North America. You’ll get an up-close, in-depth look at IBM Cognos 10 – and see first-hand how this game-changing business intelligence solution will redefine the way you interact with information, collaborate with peers, and drive competitive advantage.

Space is limited – find an event and register TODAY
Modernize business rules ILOG and Rational on System z   Modernize business rules with ILOG and Rational solutions for System z – replay the webcast

The new IBM business rule modernization solution combines the rule-mining capabilities of IBM Rational Asset Manager and the rule management capabilities of IBM WebSphere® ILOG® BRMS. Learn how they help address the challenges of inflexible applications – and become more agile in adapting rules that govern your key business decisions.

Register and replay the December 8 webcast
Podcast: IBM Smarter Industries Symposium   Get a taste of the IBM Smarter Industries Symposium 2010 - listen to the podcast

In November more than 1250 IBM clients, partners, executives, influencers and experts met in Barcelona for the first-ever IBM Smarter Industries Symposium – to create strategies for accelerating transformation, driving competitive advantage, and delivering greater value across entire industries. IBM's Todd Watson recaps the event in an IBM developerWorks® podcast.

Listen in
IBM social collaboration platform   Connect. Engage. Become a social business with the IBM social collaboration platform.

Social business isn’t in your future – to stay ahead of your competition, you’ve got to get social NOW. Discover how the IBM social collaboration platform helps companies like yours build stronger customer relationships, develop better products faster, operate more efficiently, and see breakthrough business results.

Ignite your company’s potential with social collaboration
Combine Lotus Notes, Domino and LotusLive   Integrate on-premise and cloud-based collaboration – and reduce your infrastructure costs

Learn how you can combine your existing IBM Lotus® Notes® and Domino® infrastructure with LotusLive Notes™ and other LotusLive cloud-based services – and create a cost-effective, flexible, easy-to-manage hybrid solution that gives everyone in your company the right amount of collaboration capability.

Download the brief (PDF, 246KB, no registration required)
Submit Innovate 2011 speaker proposals   Deadline January 3: Submit your speaker proposal for Innovate 2011

As a speaker at Innovate 2011 (June 5-9 in Orlando) you’ll have the opportunity to share your story and your expertise with your industry and your community – and you’ll get a full conference registration, on us.

Visit the Innovate 2011 site for content track descriptions and complete event information.

Submit your speaker proposal by January 3, 2011
Requirements management powered by Jazz   CLM Webcast Series, Part 4: “Requirements Management Powered by Jazz”

Learn how IBM Rational Requirements Composer can help your organization deliver applications that better meet the true needs and expectations of your business – helping to reduce risk, prevent rework, shorten time to market and improve stakeholder satisfaction.

This is the latest installment in the webcast series, Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) powered by Jazz.

Attend LIVE January 18 at 11 a.m. ET
Customer video information management & analytics   Take it from customers: Information management and analytics can transform your business

Four IBM customers tell how information management, business analytics and advanced case management have brought measurable improvements to their businesses – by helping them lower costs, improve customer service, boost efficiency, identify fraud and much more.

Watch on the Information on Demand YouTube channel
pureScale v Oracle   Bloor Research compares IBM pureScale Application System, Oracle Exadata X2-2

Bloor’s Phillip Howard writes: “…we expected to find that there were some areas in which IBM excelled and others in which Oracle did so. We have been surprised to find that that is not the case and that the IBM pureScale Application System out-competes Oracle® Exadata in almost every area we have examined.”

Read the full report (PDF, 350KB, no registration required)
Social collaboration for Linux on z   Boost productivity enterprise-wide with social collaboration for Linux on System z

IBM social collaboration solutions for Linux® on System z can help you build an expertise-based organization that leverages everyone's skills and experience. Learn how you can implement wikis, communities, enterprise content management and more – all in an encrypted, authenticated and managed environment, with no IT staff required.

Register and replay this recent webcast
Rational Developer for z ROI calculator   Calculate the payback for your investment in Rational Developer for System z

IBM Rational Developer for System z improves developer productivity, lowers application development and maintenance costs, and reduces MIPS required for application development. Use this new ROI calculator to learn how these benefits can pay off at your company.

Register and try the calculator



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