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April 2015   More Top Stories: IBM delivers first cloud data services with Twitter data built in Report: IBM among vendors that “Lead the Pack” for large enterprise mobile app services providers Introducing social messaging for a New Way to Work: IBM rolls out IBM Verse The z13 era officially begins: The mainframe for a mobile economy ships to global clients from the USA New interactive ebook: Maximizing customer value in the digital age Over 1 billion personal information records breached in 2014: Get the details from IBM X-Force DevOps for Managers and Organization Leaders: Make the ROI Case to Executives New IBM Integration Bus V10 delivers improved user experience, key functional enhancements New sections! Scroll down for more on IBM solutions for Analytics, Internet of Things, Cloud, Mobile, Social Business, Security, Middleware, Commerce, and much more. Analytics Watson Analytics - a new way to work in the new insight economy. Learn how IBM Watson™ Analytics overcomes a common barrier to entering the new insight economy: Sourcing data from outside the organization. Hosted by David Rowan, UK editor of Wired magazine. Watch on demand. Plus: Infographic: 4 things you may not know about IBM, Hadoop and Open Source What’s new in IBM InfoSphere® Streams 4.0: Business agility, application resiliency, much more Buyer’s guide: What you should know when shopping for a cloud-based, mobile ECM solution Internet of Things IBM connects Internet of Things to the enterprise. IBM will invest $3 billion over the next four years to establish an Internet of Things (IoT) unit, build a cloud-based open platform for leveraging IoT data, and roll out new IoT cloud services for driving insights into business operations. Get the details. Plus: IBM and The Weather Company partner to bring advanced weather data, and insight, into business decisions Internet of Things on Bluemix™: Quickly deliver apps that leverage data from connected device and sensors eBook: A Ten-Point Guide for Using the Internet of Things to Change the Game for Your Business Cloud New IBM Business Intelligence (BI) on Cloud: BI for everyone. Now you can access the functionality of IBM Cognos® Business Intelligence on the SoftLayer® cloud – for faster answers and easier access to game-changing insights. Learn more and try free. Plus: IBM offers Bluemix as the cloud development platform for NASA Space App Challenge events around the world The 25 Most Influential Women in Cloud 2015 include two IBMers New storage options for SoftLayer cloud servers: Optimize cloud performance and costs Mobile Portraits of mobility: Use cases from the reinvented enterprise. Four composite uses cases illustrate how putting mobile at the core of your enterprise enables your people to work in new ways – and deliver new value for customers, shareholders and business partners. Take a look. Plus: The fast track for enterprise mobile apps: IBM MobileFirst Platform for iOS A complete guide to mobile wallets: Ten things you need to know Use APIs to build powerful mobile apps – watch on demand Social Business A New Way to Startup: Follow the competition and the web series. IBM is giving 10 millennial startups, each focused on social good, a chance to raise their profiles – and to win software, services, mentorship, and a trip to TED@IBM. And you can help elect the winner! Learn more and meet the startups. Plus: Made with IBM: Social gets down to business New ebook: 25 Inspiring Global Social Business Leaders Smarter Workforce blog: Don’t be fooled by the wrong hiring metrics! Commerce New interactive ebook: Maximizing customer value in the digital age. Find strategies and best practices for meeting and conquering customer-centric business challenges – through the smart application of customer analytics. Download the ebook. Plus: New IBM Control Center V6: The next step in the evolution of track and trace systems The New CMO Guide: A Handbook for Marketing Leaders 4 Things Michelangelo would do as a CMO – IBM’s Kevin Bishop on LinkedIn Security Over 1 billion pieces of PII breached in 2014: Get the details from IBM X-Force. It’s true: At least one billion records of personally identifiable information (PII) were breached in 2014. Ramp up on this and other critical security topics in the IBM 1Q X-Force® Threat Intelligence Quarterly, published in March. Register and read the report. Plus: IBM Films presents Hacked! – because the question isn't if you’ll be breached, but when The State of Mobile Application Insecurity: How and why mobile security eludes many organizations Privacy and security in the coming Internet of Things DevOps DevOps for Managers and Organization Leaders: Make the ROI Case to Executives. You can't ask stakeholders to change what they’ve done successfully years without monetizing the benefits and ROI. Attend this webinar to learn how to monetize key DevOps benefits and associated costs. Join us April 23. Plus: Video: Turning all-day Saturday production releases into five-minute, push-button events Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Development Life Cycle Management: Learn who delivers Variable Speed DevOps: A Deep Dive – DevOps.com webinar series beginning May 5 Middleware IBM Integration Bus V10 now available. IBM Integration Bus (IIB) delivers market-leading, universal connectivity across enterprise systems, applications and data. This latest release installs in minutes, provides an improved user experience, and includes key functional enhancements for cloud, mobile and big data. Read the announcement. Plus: Video: WebRTC (Real-Time Communications) on IBM WebSphere® Application Server Liberty Profile Lustratus Research: Why did IBM produce the MQ Appliance? IBM WebSphere on SoftLayer promotion: Reuse existing WebSphere on-premises licenses on the public cloud Systems and Storage The z13 era officially begins: The mainframe for a mobile economy ships to global clients from the USA. IBM began shipping the new IBM zSystems™ z13™ mainframe from its plant in Poughkeepsie, NY. The z13 boasts world’s fastest microprocessor, and is built for the demands of a digital economy. Learn more. Plus: OpenPOWER Foundation unveils latest innovations from its members Sign up for the IBM Storage Insights beta, via IBM Service Engage CICS® Performance Series: Effective Monitoring for CICS Performance (an IBM Redpaper™ publication) Back to top    IBM Amplify 2015 May 11-13 in San Diego See the future of customer engagement now! IBM Amplify is packed with 200+ sessions and workshops to help you get better results from every customer interaction. More IBM Software events IBM Empower, May 11-13 in San Diego: Preview sessions and register NOW   World of Watson, May 5-6 in Brooklyn, NY: Meet the Watson of Today IBM Vision 2015, May 17-20 in Orlando: Register by April 11 to save $300 IBM Edge2015, May 11-15 in Las Vegas: 900+ technical sessions, Penn & Teller, more! Register NOW. 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