Information integration, data warehouse, master data management

Teaming with Business Partners
IBM Information Management Software

• Courses offered by IBM Training Services (fee-based for customers and Business Partners)
  
  

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• Courses offered by IBM PartnerWorld®
  
  

  	Software sales training path (training finder)
  	IBM Innovation Centers (IIC) These centers are IBM-run, worldwide facilities providing comprehensive migration and testing services to Business Partners. Benefits include access to the latest technologies, development tools, secure porting labs and expert technical assistance. Classroom-based technical seminars and hands-on workshops are also available at no charge.
  	Top Gun sales training IBM Top Gun training is designed to increase sales, solutions, competitive and technical skills for IT professionals who sell, market or support software products and solutions. The program uses a popular "Top Gun" format involving unique class themes, stimulating lectures, stand-up exercises, hands-on labs, quizzes, and product demonstrations.

  
  

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• IBM recorded demonstration portfolio
  Show your clients the breadth and depth of the IBM Management software portfolio with easy to use product demonstrations. These recorded product demonstrations highlight the business value of our software products. The demos are organized by Solutions, Product Family and Industry, and are packaged with audio that tell the story for you. Other demos available at this site include product tutorials with "how-to" callouts and product overview presentations. Best of all, these demos are available on the Internet, so you can share individual demo links with your clients.
  
  

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• A guided tour of IBM Information Server
  This demonstration provides a graphic "guided tour" and demonstration of IBM Information Server. IBM Information Server enables organizations to integrate disparate data and deliver trusted information wherever and whenever needed—in line and in context—to specific people, applications, and processes. IBM Information Server helps companies to integrate information so it can be accessed and used in new ways to drive innovation, increase operational efficiency, and lower risk.
  
  

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• Introducing IBM Information Server Blade
  See how IBM Information Server Blade can deliver information you can trust — easy to manage, highly scalable and efficient, yet offers a lower cost alternative to tradition deployment platforms. This demo shows how IBM has combined the power of world class information integration software with the flexibility of IBM BladeCenter and grid computing virtualization technology.
  
  

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IBM Business Partner training benefits include:

	We Pay offerings — a reimbursement opportunity to help you offset the expense of building technical skills.
	IBM Training incentives — a discount on all public classroom courses and technical conferences offered by IBM Training.
	IBM Education Pack — a prepaid discount program that gives your organization's employees access to the top-notch classroom training, technical conferences and e-learning offerings at a very competitive price. This option is ideal for companies that need to train multiple employees on limited budgets.
	Other discounts — may apply based on your geographical location or partner profile.

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• Courses offered by IBM Training Services (fee-based for customers and Business Partners)
  
  

  CD-ROM training, mobile learning, Web-based training and more

  
  
• Courses offered by IBM PartnerWorld®
  
  

  	Software sales training path (training finder)
  	Information On Demand lecture series
  	PartnerWorld University Software College

  
  

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Know Your IBM (KYI) is a program that rewards IBM Business Partners who take the time to learn about and sell IBM products. Discover valuable new sales opportunities for IBM Information Management software, and earn more KYI points by spending 30 minutes to complete the latest KYI module: How to identify Information Integration sales opportunities

Access the KYI module.

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The Proof of Technology is a one-day session that uses technical presentations and hands-on scenarios to illustrate how IBM Information Server provides business value by increasing productivity in dealing with heterogeneous information — providing trusted information and leveraging Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Read the detailed description of this session.

To schedule a Proof of Technology session for your customers, please e-mail: rlu@us.ibm.com

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• Information Integration Sales Training Replays
  Previous sales training teleconferences on Information Integration software and solutions have been recorded for your convenience.
  
  
• Think!Thursday Sales Series replays
  The Information Management Think!Thursday series, hosted by IBM sales and marketing leaders, provides brand-specific and cross-brand enablement information to help you accelerate your business practices and sales opportunities. A live Think!Thursday session is held on the second Thursday of each month and recorded for your convenience. If you missed a live session, see the list of Information Management replays.
  
  

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The Virtual Innovation Center (VIC) is an online enablement resource for IBM Business Partners that can help improve your sales, technical, marketing and product skills. The VIC provides online education, migrating and porting assistance, and no-charge architecture consultations. You can also take advantage of e-support such as technical help, live chat sessions, hints and tips, frequently-asked questions and more.

For a list of Information Management online sales and technical training courses recently added to the VIC, visit the Information Management page for VIC training.

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