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In this issue: The IBM 5 in 5, the Software Newsletter Top Ten and much, much more
 

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Also in this issue: New IBM SmartCloud DocsVideo invitation to PulseImpact Early Bird SavingsNominate an IBM Champion for RationalExpert IT events near youIBM to acquire StoredIQFour steps to secure mobileArchitect’s guide to CICSStay ahead of IT trends

PLUS more news and content based on your interests!



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IBM Connect 2013   Jane McGonigal headlines IBM Connect 2013 speaker lineup

The world-renowned game designer, inventor and author is just one of the industry and business leaders speaking at IBM Connect 2013, January 27-31 in Orlando. Get the insight and skills you need to create a smarter workforce, deliver an exceptional customer experience, and build your social business.

Guess the identity of the Opening Session Guest Speaker – enter LotusUserGroup.org’s ‘Guess Who?’ Contest!

Register TODAY for IBM Connect 2013
Optimize IT with storage management   Why optimize your storage management? Hear directly from customers.

Learn how several companies (including IBM) have reduced backup and restore failure rates, taken control of growing storage volumes, cut storage costs and improved their overall level of service with IBM Storage solutions.

Want to hone your storage expertise? Make plans now to attend IBM Edge 2013, June 10-14 in Las Vegas.

Read and watch these testimonials
IBM WebSphere v. Oracle Fusion   IBM WebSphere vs. Oracle Fusion: Real-world lessons

Branham Group analyst Andrew Bisson’s in-depth study of middleware users reveals why IT leaders have chosen IBM WebSphere® over Oracle Fusion – and outlines the factors you need to consider to choose the right middleware platform for your enterprise.

Register and replay the webcast
IBM Mobile Development Lifecycle Solution trial   IBM Mobile Development Lifecycle Solution now included in SmartCloud Services trial

IBM Mobile Development Lifecycle Solution (IMLDS) combines the capabilities of IBM Rational® Collaborative Lifecycle Management with the IBM Worklight mobile application platform. Now you can try IMLDS as part of the IBM developerWorks® SmartCloud Services 90-day trial – just use the promo code “IMDLS” when requesting your invite.

Learn more and get started
New IBM Analytic Answers   Leverage predictive analytics, as a service: Introducing IBM Analytic Answers!

No analytics expertise? Tight budget? With the IBM Analytic Answers portfolio of cloud-hosted solutions, you can get predictive, prescriptive insights for better business decisions – and you don’t need to purchase software, hire analytics expertise or implement infrastructure.

Get the details
Security predictions for 2013   Arm yourself with insight: An IBM expert makes security predictions for 2013

What will happen in cloud and mobile security? Will we get better at defending against sophisticated threats? Is compliance making a comeback? Marc van Zadelhoff, VP of IBM Security Systems, predicts how security will change in the coming year. (Requires IBM Institute for Advanced Security membership.)

Watch the video
Enterprise COBO for z/OS managed beta   Apply for the IBM Enterprise COBOL Managed Beta program – deadline January 15

IBM’s new Enterprise COBOL for z/OS® compiler features leading-edge optimization and code generation technology, enabling your applications to maximize performance and fully exploit IBM z/Architecture®.

Learn more and apply for the managed beta
PureSystems Event Feb 12   Webcast February 12: Speed Analytics and Simplify Cloud with IBM PureSystems

Join us for a live event featuring IBM experts, clients and Business Partners – and learn how the latest IBM PureSystems™ innovations can help you gain more insights from your data, simplify your cloud transformation, and consolidate your systems, applications and databases for simplified management and reduced expense.

Register and save the date
New IBM SmartCloud Docs   Co-edit in the cloud with new IBM SmartCloud Docs

IBM SmartCloud Docs lets you and your team author and edit word processing, spreadsheet and presentation documents simultaneously, in the cloud. And it eliminates costly desktop office suite licenses.

See SmartCloud Docs in action – watch on YouTube.

Start using SmartCloud Docs today
Scott Hebner invites you to Pulse 2013   Accept this personal invitation to attend IBM Pulse 2013!

Pulse 2013 (March 3-6 in Las Vegas) is the industry’s premier event for optimizing the value of your business infrastructures – and all the services and products that they deliver. Scott Hebner, IBM Tivoli VP of Marketing, wants to see you there.

Explore the Pulse agenda with the Session Preview Tool.

Watch Scott Hebner’s video invitation
Impact 2013 Early Bird savings   Save big when you register early for Impact 2013

Join more than 9,500 business and IT leaders to learn how they’re leveraging mobile, social, cloud and big data – and to share your own stories and expertise. Make plans now to attend Impact 2013, April 28-May 2 in Las Vegas. And register by February 15 to save US$300 off the standard conference rate.

Learn more, register now and save
Nominate an IBM Champion for Rational   Nominate an IBM Champion for Rational software

Do you know an IBM client or Business Partner who drives others toward IBM Rational software or solutions – by forming and leading new user groups, speaking at conferences, and otherwise sharing expertise? Nominate that person to be an IBM Champion for Rational Software.

Learn more about what makes an IBM Champion.

Submit your nomination by February 8, 2013
Expert IT events near you   Accelerate Big Data and Cloud with Expert Integrated Systems

Attend an Expert IT event near you – and learn how IBM PureData™ Systems help you meet your complex business and IT challenges, head on! See in person how IBM expertise is applied to data and analytics in the newest member of the IBM PureSystems family.

Find an event in your area
IBM to acquire StoredIQ   Bring information lifecycle governance to big data: IBM to acquire StoredIQ

Stored IQ software provides scalable analysis and governance of disparate and distributed email, file shares and collaboration sites – including the ability to discover, analyze, monitor, retain, collect, de-duplicate and dispose of data.

Learn more about the acquisition
Four steps toward a secure mobile enterprise   Take four steps toward developing a secure mobile enterprise

With employees increasingly choosing their mobile devices as their primary productivity tool for the workplace, how can IT regain control and maintain security policies? Darren Argyle, IBM Worldwide Security Solutions Leader, offers a four-point strategy.

Read on the IBM Software blog
Architect's Guide to CICS Transaction Server   New from IBM Redbooks: Architect’s Guide to IBM CICS on System z

Get a thorough understanding of the value and capabilities of IBM CICS® Transaction Server and the entire CICS tools portfolio. Learn leading practices for designing and integrating CICS applications. And discover patterns and techniques for achieving the qualities of service your business requires.

Download this IBM Redbooks® publication
IBM Software Subscription and Support   Stay ahead of IT trends – with renewable IBM Software Subscription and Support

Renewing your IBM Software Subscription and Support ensures that you have uninterrupted access to the latest capabilities in your software – and to the support you need, when you need it. Hear IBM experts explain how renewable IBM Software Subscription and Support helps keep your company competitive.

Watch the videos
impactful content and microsites   January 10 (TOMORROW) @ noon ET: Deepen customer engagement with high-impact content

Learn how a company created a centralized content authoring, management and deployment solution that enabled its marketing team to create improved, engaging customer experiences – all while reducing demands on IT and increasing ROI from existing content investments.

Attend the Brainyard webcast
Customer Experience Suite and WebSphere Commerce   Create meaningful relationships with today’s empowered customers

Learn in detail how rich, out-of-the-box integration between IBM Customer Experience Suite and IBM WebSphere Commerce helps you deliver exceptional web-based experiences – experiences that boost your online branding, sales, marketing and customer service effectiveness.

Read the white paper (PDF, 1.9MB)
Game changers for AIX development   See new game-changers for AIX development on Power

Watch this on-demand webcast to see new application development features in IBM Rational Developer for AIX® for Power – including performance and porting wizards that support your multi-core and multi-thread application requirements to exploit your POWER® hardware.

Register and play the webcast
Innovate 2013 Call for Speakers   Hurry – submit you speaker proposal for Innovate 2013: the IBM Technical Summit

Attention clients, Business Partners and experts: You’re invited to submit your proposal to speak at Innovate 2013, June 2-6 in Orlando. Send us case studies, best practices, hints and tips that provide practical guidance – and highlight tangible results. But hurry: the deadline is January 14, 2013.

Submit your proposal today
Consilidating IT with WebSphere   D+H improves application performance, shortens time to market, reduces cost of ownership

After acquiring several companies – and performing several proofs of concept (POCs) – Davis + Henderson Corporation (D+H) chose to consolidate it’s IT environment using IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM WebSphere DataPower® appliances and IBM DB2® database software.

Read the case study (PDF, 694KB)
PureData System for Transactions   On-demand webcast: The value of workload-optimized systems for transaction processing

Noel Yuhanna of Forrester Research and Rado Nikolov of IBM discuss the challenges of keeping pace with the exponential growth of transactional data – and how new IBM PureData System for Transactions can meet those challenges.

Register and replay the webcast
Big data and CMOs   Big data and analytics: the impact on CMOs in a socially-connected world

With a flood of big data, a shift in consumer demographics, and more channels than ever, how can CMOs improve intimacy with customers, increase customer acquisition and retention, and keep their companies competitive? Replay this GigaOM Pro/IBM roundtable for answers.

Register and replay the webcast
How to build a workload-optimized hybrid cloud   Why and how to build a workload-optimized, highly automated, heterogeneous hybrid cloud

Clabby Analytics concludes that IBM is the best vendor “focused on building a set of common cloud management tools and utilities that can help IT buyers build hyper-efficient information systems environments using a hybrid cloud management approach.”

Register and read the report
Integrate and optimize analytics into DB2 for z/OS data   Webcast January 22: Best practices for integrating and optimizing analytics into your DB2 for z/OS data

Attend this webcast to learn ways to integrate and optimize IBM Cognos® Business Intelligence, IBM SPSS® predictive analytics and the IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator with your DB2 for z/OS® data – to deliver greater benefit to your business, and speed your query response times.

Presented by TechTarget – register now
Dear Rocky: OMEGAMON XE for IMS   Dear Rocky – OMEGAMON XE for IMS on z/OS performance improvements

Writing on the System z™ Management blog, IBM’s Rocky McMahan describes several new capabilities in OMEGAMON® XE for IMS® on z/OS v5.1.0 – and details specific performance enhancements when running the Application Trace Facility (ATF).

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