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Introducing  IBM LinuxONE | Linux your way. Linux without risk. Linux without limits.
IBM InterConnect Call for Speakers - Tell your story at The Premier Cloud and Mobile Conference. Proposals due Sep.  17. Brain  Games’ Jason Silva to speak at IBM Insight 2015
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Analyze data in minutes on your own, without installing software: Create a free Watson Analytics account

IBM and Hootsuite team to advance integration of their cloud and social technologies

Marketers: Reserve your free, hands-on first look at IBM Journey Designer

IBM achieves U.S. Government’s first FedRAMP Mobile Authorization

Is the Internet of Things (IoT) too big to protect? Not if IoT applications are protected!

IBM named worldwide market share leader in enterprise social networks six years in a row by IDC

Achieve delivery velocity with a 482% ROI: The Total Economic Impact of IBM UrbanCode

IBM expands Spectrum Storage software to help companies meet hybrid cloud requirements



Analytics
Analyze data in minutes on your own, without installing software: Create a free Watson Analytics account. Just upload or connect to your data – a spreadsheet, relational data, a report or data stored in the cloud – and almost immediately,  IBM Watson Analytics provides insights you can investigate. Get started.
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New (and hot!) from IBM Redbooks®: Big Data Analytics with IBM Cognos® Dynamic Cubes
Data visualization playbook: Determining the right level of detail
Is analytics the answer to our cybersecurity problems?
Internet of Things
IBM and ARM collaborate to accelerate delivery of Internet of Things. IBM announced an expansion of its Internet of Things (IoT) platform – the IBM IoT Foundation – to connect ARM mbed-enabled IoT devices out-of-the-box with analytics services. Learn more.
Plus:
Acquire, analyze and act on data from the Internet of Things: Research from Aberdeen Group
Podcast: How The Weather Company and IBM deliver actionable, profitable weather insights to businesses
How the Internet of Things is transforming the automotive industry
Cloud
IBM and Hootsuite team to advance integration of their cloud and social technologies. Hootsuite will migrate its popular App Directory to the IBM Cloud, and both companies will integrate their respective university programs to promote social and cloud skill-building. Learn more.
Plus:
THE approach for integrated IT service delivery: All roads lead to hybrid cloud
New IBM Cloud services give developers more flexibility to integrated Java®-based resources into Bluemix
Go after your share of $500K in prizes: Show off your Bluemix and coding skills in TopCoder Challenges
Commerce
Marketers: Reserve your free, hands-on first look at IBM Journey Designer. Collaborating to build and improve customer experiences has never been easier! Only IBM Journey Designer lets you include online and offline experiences, jumpstart design using actual customer journey insights, and build tailored experiences by segment. Sign up for the trial.
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See your business through your customers’ eyes – and close the customer experience gap
The convergence of paid, earned and owned media channels – how smart marketers can maximize impact
10 Tips for Driving Engagement Using Email + Social – read the report
Mobile
IBM achieves U.S. Government’s first FedRAMP Mobile Authorization. IBM’s cloud-based MaaS360® is the industry’s first enterprise mobility management and security platform to attain this milestone certification, making it eligible for use across all federal agencies. Read the press release.
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IBM MobileFirst Weekly Mobile Update on Storify: Follow the very latest mobile news and trends
Getting the most out of interactive app testing with IBM MobileFirst™ Quality Assurance (MQA)
Markor Furnishings uses IBM MobileFirst for iOS app to improve its customers' shopping experience
Security
Is the Internet of Things (IoT) too big to protect? Not if IoT applications are protected! With 212 billion installed things generating nearly $9B in value by 2020, there’s huge opportunity in the IoT. Companies that take a holistic approach to secure core applications driving IoT devices will likely come out on top. Learn more.
Plus:
2015 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing: IBM positioned as a leader again
“The bad guys know where the money is” – the financial services threat landscape
TOMORROW Sep. 10: 3 Enablers of successful cyberattacks, and how to avoid them
IBM z Systems
IBM LinuxONE: Linux without limits. Scale to 8,000 virtual machines, tens of thousands of containers, and millions of active users on a single system. Support 30 billion RESTful web interactions per day with sub-second response times. Learn how IBM LinuxONE unleashes the full potential of Linux® for business. Watch the video.
Plus:
See IBM LinuxONE in action: Watch the scalable financial trading demo (18 min.)
Mobile to Mainframe DevOps for Dummies: IBM Limited Edition ebook
From IBM Redbooks: Secure Cloud-to-Mainframe Connectivity with IBM Bluemix™
Social Business
IBM named worldwide market share leader in enterprise social networks six years in a row by IDC. Read the details in the recently released report, IDC Worldwide Enterprise Social Networks and Online Communities 2015 – 2019 Forecast and 2014 Vendor Shares. Download the report.
Plus:
Start your workforce analytics journey: 10 Critical steps for the first 100 days
Find out why IBM is the leading social software platform for business – attend this on-demand webinar
Ebook library: Industry thought leaders help you prepare for the future of work
DevOps
Achieve delivery velocity with a 482% ROI: The Total Economic Impact of IBM UrbanCode®. Other findings of the Forrester Consulting report, commissioned by IBM, included 97% reduction in cost of releases and 75% faster deployment times. Get the report.
Plus:
Mobile to Mainframe DevOps for Dummies: New IBM Limited Edition ebook
Five things to understand about enterprise DevOps solutions
Video: If stuff needs to be tested together, it should be promoted together
More news
IBM expands Spectrum Storage software to help companies meet hybrid cloud requirements. IBM Spectrum Protect™ now includes new cloud backup capability to help companies reduce backup infrastructure costs. And IBM Spectrum Accelerate™ is now available as a service on the IBM Cloud. Get the details.
Plus:
IBM WebSphere® Application Server Liberty delivers Real-Time Communications engine for Internet applications
Video: Faster results and tangible benefits with IBM DB2® with BLU Acceleration® on IBM Power Systems
IBM Application Server on Cloud: Learn more and try the open beta on Bluemix
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