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Cut your application integration costs with new IBM WebSphere middleware.
IT departments want to maximize the value, security and efficiency of existing assets by connecting applications and re-purposing them to support new business processes.
According to a new report from Software Strategies, these integration efforts can cost two to four times less with new IBM application integration software than with custom approaches*. IBM has updated its WebSphere® MQ middleware to deliver greater integration flexibility, experience and expertise.
Read the Software Strategies report, case studies and access other resources to learn more about IBM's new application integration middleware.
Manage your systems like you manage a business.
Today you have to manage your IT infrastructure as a business in support of your organization's goals. You need to continually demonstrate improved productivity and value. Comply with an increasing number of stringent business policies and regulations. Leverage best practices across the enterprise to reduce complexity and improve performance. IT Service Management solutions from IBM Tivoli® help you deliver IT services that further these business goals.
Attend any of four worldwide events and find out how IBM Tivoli IT Service Management solutions can help you:
Automate service management capabilities
Manage the availability and performance of composite applications
Gain a centralized way to view and manage your IT infrastructure
Attend an upcoming Gartner Symposium ITxpo in San Francisco or Barcelona or find out more at the IBM Tivoli Technical Conferences coming up in Dallas and Munich. Get the details and get ready for a new way to manage the business of IT.
Common WebSphere code base brings greater speed and productivity to z/OS.
The introduction of IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/0S® Version 6.0 brings a common code base to both distributed and mainframe WebSphere environments. Extending the code base to the mainframe enables you to leverage WebSphere skills across platforms and improve productivity and speed development. Just as WebSphere extends its code base to the mainframe world, IBM CICS® Transaction Server for z/OS Version 3.1 extends CICS applications to service-oriented architecture environments. The result is faster, more productive management of CICS applications through a simplified interface.
Aligned and agile. Gain flexibility with IBM software.
According to analyst Gartner, CEOs view IT as a barrier to change, not an enabler. This perception is causing IT departments to better align IT processes with business goals to quickly adapt to shifting business needs. Learn how IBM software is helping companies in industries as diverse as telecommunications, finance and healthcare to integrate, automate, optimize and collaborate to stay fast and flexible on demand.
Do more with what you have. Tivoli Solution Seminars bring automated provisioning closer than you think.
Managing the IT infrastructure is a constant battle with ever-expanding complexity and the proliferation of new equipment and applications. The IT skills of your teams grow more valuable with each new resource you are tasked to manage. Attend an IBM Tivoli Solutions Seminar near you and learn how to automate your IT provisioning and dynamically allocate resources based on business priorities. As a result, you can focus teams on higher-value tasks, improve productivity and reduce turnover. Find an event near you and register today.
Run your software for less.
Now you can get IBM hardware at a lower cost with IBM Certified Used Equipment™. Choose from a wide selection of IBM certified desktops, notebooks, servers, monitors and more priced to fit your budget. The extensive inventory is updated daily, so check often for the latest selection and prices. There are also sales and weekly specials that offer even better bargains. Shop now for IBM Certified Used Equipment and select 'view all special offers' to get the latest deals.
Webcast - Make integration efforts pay off. Extend business information, applications and processes to your people.
Integrating applications, information and processes is only of true value when you extend those resources to decision makers--your employees, partners and customers. Join IBM WebSphere worldwide sales executive Kevin Jackson and learn about a new breed of people integration solutions. You will see how these solutions enable access to information in real-time and from virtually any device. The result is the responsiveness, flexibility and speed that your integration efforts promised in the first place.
E-mail is not enough. See how IBM Workplace Services Express can help you be more productive and grow.
Growing businesses need to connect to applications and access documents from virtually anywhere at any time. Attaching documents to e-mails and then sorting through them later is too slow, cumbersome and inefficient. IBM Workplace™ Services Express is a new, online team-collaboration solution with an integrated Web portal. Your teams can connect quickly with instant messaging, set up customized Workplace environments and improve document sharing and workflow. Register and get a view of the features with a new demo, join a Webcast for more details and download a buying guide with a full product tour.
Webcast - Add information integration to be more flexible and responsive.
Today's businesses are enhancing application and process integration efforts with information integration. The goal is to gain a single view of complex, multiple data sources to improve the access and consistency of business information. Once this goal is achieved, you can improve decision-making, flexibility and responsiveness to customer and business needs. This Webcast will show you what's driving today's information integration initiatives and how to create a single view of your data through federation or virtualization. The Webcast includes customer examples and brings compelling insight into the business value of information integration.
Improve team performance. Transform roles and improve competitiveness.
This guide to IBM resources will help you discover how IBM provides comprehensive support to help your teams excel. No matter where you are in the performance improvement process, IBM has the software, services, training and other resources to help you boost efficiency and productivity.
IBM Workplace Live! The information and resources at one event to boost your productivity.
Attend the IBM Workplace Live! events to learn how IBM Workplace solutions can bring information and resources together in one place for greater productivity.
These events, hosted by IBM and IBM Business Partners, will show you how these offerings cut through the complexity of today's user environments to connect people to the tools and resources they need when they need them. Find out how the IBM Workplace environment adapts to users' roles in business processes. You will experience first-hand the choice and flexibility to help you transact business more efficiently, make better decisions and take targeted actions faster and with greater precision.
The events feature top-level keynote speakers and separate tracks for technical, competitive and business focuses. Learn more about IBM Workplace Live! and register for an event near you.
Unlock the value of your legacy applications and more.
What about those legacy 'green screens' lurking in your back room? Isn't it time to Web-enable your IBM CICS, IBM IMS™ and IBM eServer® iSeries™ applications? It's a lot easier than you think to connect and extend your application investments with Web technologies.
Visit the IBM Software e-catalog to learn more. You will also find information about IBM application integration solutions, application infrastructure solutions and ways to improve your online marketing and sales efforts.
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