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Also this month: Yale researchers on Netezza performanceSametime 8.5 Reviewer’s GuideCreate a cloud-ready data centerBusiness Agility Executive ForumApples, Oranges, Acorns and AgileCognos Mobile – because some decisions can’t waitSee the future of Watson, ECMShrink IT costs up to 50%– get the facts

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Michael Lewis at Information On Demand   Join special guest speakers Michael Lewis and
Billy Beane at IBM Information On Demand 2011

Over 10,000 attendees. 700 technical sessions. 110 hands-on labs. 300 customer speakers. Information On Demand 2011 (October 23-27 in Las Vegas) offers the best in technical and business education – PLUS a keynote from the author and subject of the book (and movie), Moneyball.

Don’t miss it – register TODAY
Lotus Protector 2.8   Get improved data protection and compliance for email and social collaboration – for $15 per user

New IBM Lotus® Protector for Mail Security 2.8 has been independently shown to block over 99% of spam – and can help prevent confidential or sensitive content, such as customer information or offensive material, from leaving your company. Read about the newest features.

Learn more about Lotus Protector for Mail Security
Rate and review Tivoli Software   Share your insights – rate and review your Tivoli software

Attention savvy IBM Tivoli® software users: Writing a review of your Tivoli software is a great way to share your expertise – and a great way to help IBM better serve customers like you. Plus your ratings and reviews are displayed next to the appropriate product.

It’s easy – write a review today
Business Agility Webcast   Mark your calendar: Attend this Business Agility webcast October 13

IBM VP Nancy Pearson joins a panel of experts to explain how your organization can achieve the agility you need to innovate, transform and grow in today’s uncertain and challenging market.

Learn more and register today
Rational. Everywhere.   Work the way you want to work with Rational. Everywhere.

Transform the way your people work together. Watch these ‘interactive whiteboard’ videos and see how you can scale agile development, implement collaborative application lifecycle management (ALM), and stand apart from your competition with IBM Rational® software.

Tune in
Enterprise Modernization webcast   Enterprise modernization is the cornerstone of smarter computing – don’t miss this webcast

IBM’s Doug Brown and Hayden Lindsey share how IBM Smarter Computing is helping companies transform their organizations to deliver breakthrough innovations – all while dramatically lowering the cost of deploying new workloads. Hosted by IBM Systems Magazine.

Join us September 20 at 11 a.m. ET – register now
Smarter City Solutions on Cloud   Deliver exceptional services to citizens, faster, with Smarter City Solutions on cloud

IBM Intelligent Operations Center (IOC) for Cloud, a software as a service (SaaS) solution, lets any city quickly start integrating information across city operations, for improved service delivery and faster response to incidents.

Learn more about Smarter City Solutions on Cloud
Migrate to Passport Advantage   Are you missing out on software volume discounts?

Enroll in Passport Advantage® or migrate your existing Passport Advantage Express licenses – and start earning points today.

Find out how
Netezza v. Cloud and R   Netezza and Revolution R Enterprise vs. the Cloud
and R: Yale researchers discuss their findings

During research to validate new stock trading regulations against historical data comprising 24 billion trades, a solution combining IBM Netezza® and Revolution R Enterprise reduced analysis times from months to hours.

Webcast Sep. 29 at 2 p.m. ET – register now
Samtime reviewer's guide   Evaluate the full range of functions in Sametime 8.5 – get the reviewer’s guide

Download this comprehensive guide to learn how the latest versions of IBM Sametime Standard, Sametime Advanced, and Sametime Unified Telephony can help you activate your professional networks and become a more social business.

Register and get the guide
Get cloud-ready with integrated service management   Get ‘cloud ready’ with a cloud-enabled data center from IBM

Watch IBM experts describe how Visibility, Control and Automation can help you create a cloud-enabled data center that transforms your IT economics, enables new levels of service innovation, and improves business outcomes.

Find videos, webcasts and more
Business Agility Forums   Business Agility Executive Forum – a survival guide for tough economic times

C-level executives and key decision makers: Join us in New York, Chicago, London or Mumbai to learn how business agility software and services can position your company to leap beyond your competition, and maneuver toward more revenue-generating opportunities.

Choose a venue and register today
All Agile tools are not the same   Apples, oranges and acorns: Learn why all Agile development tools are not the same

Every Agile vendor claims to be the best – but you need to choose based on your teams’ unique needs, environment and budget. Replay this on-demand webcast to compare different Agile offerings, and learn how to evaluate the requirements of your Agile initiative.

Register and replay the webcast
Cognos Mobile BI   Introducing IBM Cognos Mobile – because some decisions can’t wait

With new IBM Cognos Mobile, your team can have the same rich, visual business intelligence experience they get at the office – on Android 3, Apple iPhone and iPad, RIM BlackBerry smart phones and PlayBook, Microsoft® Windows® Mobile and Symbian devices.

Learn more
IBM Watson and ECM   See the future of Watson – and the future of ECM

Attend this webcast to learn how IBM Watson works, how you can apply the technology today, and how Watson will influence the future of enterprise content management (ECM) by unlocking the value in social media, documents, images and other unstructured content.

Join us Sept. 21 at Noon ET – register
System z for consolidation   Shrink IT costs as much as 50% with System z – get the facts

Since the start of 2010, more than 250 companies have migrated workloads (including Oracle workloads) to IBM System z™ – and have reaped big benefits, such as 50% savings on applicable IT costs, up to 99.999% uptime and availability, and much more.

Learn what System z can do for you
Data volumes made easy   Make four smart moves as data volumes grow, and access demands increase

Hear a panel of experts explore four proven strategies that can help you optimize your data storage – and keep explosive data growth from hampering your applications and busting your budget. Part of the IT Budget Killers series.

Register and replay the webcast
InfoSphere Data Replication and Federation   Using data replication and federation for real-time integration – replay the on-demand webcast

Phillip Howard of Bloor Research International LTD presents the results of an IBM-commissioned paper that examines the capabilities of IBM InfoSphere® Data Replication and Federation offerings, and tells how companies are using them to optimize and streamline data integration.

Register and replay the webcast
Vantage for Sametime and Connections   NEW security, management and compliance software for real-time collaboration

Vantage for IBM Sametime enhances Sametime’s native security, management and reporting functionality to help you protect your brand and reputation, ensure ethical practices, and maintain compliance with industry regulations and legislation.

Also see new Vantage for IBM Connections.

Learn more about Vantage for IBM Sametime
Social Business Digital Library   Tune in to the latest social business news and insights from IBM

At the new IBM Social Business Digital Library you can watch customer testimonials, presentations from IBM events, insights from IBM experts and much, much more.

Watch now, bookmark and revisit often
collaborative ALM   Read a comprehensive, objective review of the Rational Jazz strategy

Author, industry analyst and Agile expert Liz Barnett interviewed IBM distinguished engineers, evangelists and customers to produce this 27-page evaluation of the IBM Rational Jazz® strategy for collaborative application lifecycle management.

Register and read the full report
Software delivery and cloud   Transform software delivery with cloud – read this thought leadership paper

Learn the many ways that the cloud and IBM can help your software development and delivery professionals overcome challenges, enhance security, meet goals more rapidly and improve efficiency.

Read the paper (PDF, 362KB)
System z Technical University   Don’t miss System z sessions and activities at Information On Demand 2011

Choose among 200+ System z-specific executive, business and technical sessions, covering DB2®, IMS®, data warehousing, business analytics and much more. And don’t miss the ‘Rock the Mainframe’ System z reception at the House of Blues!

Learn more
NetView 6.1 for z/OS   Driving down network management and troubleshooting costs with NetView 6.1

Independent analyst Joe Clabby describes new IBM Tivoli NetView® for z/OS® 6.1’s “ability to find problems, to display problems, and to solve some problems automatically.”

Read the research report (PDF, 242KB)



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