Welcome to the IBM Software Newsletter -- your complimentary source for announcements, special offers, reports, articles, technical information and more about IBM software. Each month the newsletter brings you the stories and insights to help your business and IT strategies, and does it in a way that lets you choose the topics that interest you most. Simply access the subscription services page and select or update your interest areas. If you are a first time visitor, you will need to request a password to manage your subscription and interest categories.
Software Feature Article
Cut costs. Save time. Improve performance. It happens when you manage IT like a business.
IT is no longer being viewed in a purely business support role. It is a business. It has processes and goals just like any other part of your business. IBM is rolling out a set of software and services that enable you to automate and standardize IT service management across your business. Imagine being able to define processes for IT—add a server, release a security patch—and apply them quickly and easily across separate departments. The result is less time hand-coding and integrating IT services for different units and more time focused on services that can create efficiency, opportunity and growth. Learn more and access online videos of customer testimonials and get highlights from the recent Gartner Symposium ITxpo.
Plus, access the events section and attend a replay of the InformationWeek TechWebCast, "Developing a Holistic Approach to IT Service Management." Speakers from the Hackett Group, IBM and industry experts discuss the best approaches for implementing IT services management in complex, enterprise environments.
IT leaders are looking at IT investments in a new way. See how.
IT portfolio management brings a new perspective to IT governance by evaluating IT investments with the traditional techniques of financial portfolio management. It takes a high-level view of investments and measures value based on strategic goals. Where am I invested? How are my returns? Where is risk low and return high? How am I realizing value?
IBM provides a special information kit to help you get the answers. As a result, you gain visibility into financials, demand, resources and other factors that help you align IT delivery with business priorities. The kit features a report on how to make IT investments more efficient, plus a demo and details on how IBM software can help.
Express yourself. A new guide for mid-sized businesses shows you how to match performance and economy.
Today's Web-based landscape means medium-sized businesses must compete on a worldwide basis. Success is defined as much by reach as by resources, and these organizations often turn to technology to become more competitive. This new guide from IBM shows how you can align your IT with your business needs and improve performance without breaking the budget. Learn how to drive greater value from your IT infrastructure across hardware, middleware, services and financing. See the features section to read the guide and get details on the IBM Express Portfolio™.
New IT lifecycle solutions bridge business, development and operations for business value.
In an on demand world, business and IT unite for competitive advantage. IBM has introduced four new IT lifecycle solutions that can help remove the barriers between business, IT development and operations. Get an end-to-end view of your IT lifecycle that can help you create efficiencies and focus greater attention on business needs. IBM is not only delivering the software tools, processes and services, but also the guidance to help you see how business, development efforts and operations are connected through the IT lifecycle. Get the details on the new solutions and access a white paper and Webcast.
Find out who's who and who knows who... anonymously.
How can you compare proprietary data sets without jeopardizing privacy? IBM has introduced a set of solutions that enable you to compare proprietary information in a way that never exposes sensitive data. Compare customer lists and develop new leads, cross-reference identity records and boost security, determine the amount of customer overlap in a merger and improve customer relations. All anonymously. Learn more and access two white papers to get additional details on how these solutions can help you save time and create new opportunities.
Becoming more responsive is easier than you think. Our integration demo for growing businesses shows you how.
There is plenty to respond to: regulatory compliance, customer demands, partner and supplier requests. Watch this demo and see how connecting your systems can help. It's simpler than you think and solutions from the IBM Express Portfolio are designed for the needs of mid-sized companies. Watch the demo and see how basic integration such as connecting inventory to order-entry could reap huge benefits in efficiency and agility as customers, suppliers and employees access information in near real-time. Get the demo and learn more.
SOA comes to the mainframe. Unleash the power across your enterprise.
As featured in our May issue, business needs are driving organizations to restructure applications into service components that can be leveraged and re-used across departments and business functions. It's happening in the mainframe world, too. This new feature shows you how IBM WebSphere® middleware can help you achieve a component-based, service-oriented architecture (SOA) on the IBM zSeries® platform. Access an array of resources and see how you can extend service-oriented architecture to get more value from existing IT assets while quickly deploying new applications to help grow your business.
Destination flexibility. IBM's Sandy Carter shows how financial services are on the move with SOA and WebSphere.
In this interview, IBM's Sandy Carter, Vice President, WebSphere Strategy, Channels and Marketing discusses how financial services companies are achieving business flexibility through new WebSphere offerings and SOA. You will understand what's driving SOA and how IBM is offering software, services, tools and education to help you achieve it. See how the new IBM Business Integration Adoption Model makes optimizing integration logical and manageable. Take an SOA self-assessment to gauge where you are. Real-world examples demonstrate how SOA supports integration and how it can make businesses more efficient and competitive across a range of industries.
Webcast series. Get all the info on information and content management.
Whether you are trying to...
— Manage electronic records across the enterprise
— Gain better control over your documents and e-mail
— Enhance your integration efforts by integrating your information assets
— Protect your information from disaster
— Or want the complete story on IBM's Ascential acquisition and what it can do for you
IBM has a resource for you. The IBM information management Webcast series provides a central location to access Webcasts on the topics that matter to you. All you need to do is click, register and learn.
Get the latest issue of IBM's Linux Executive Report.
The IBM Linux Executive Report is packed with features, trends, opinions, and insights to help you get the most from your open computing efforts. The latest issue features the role of Linux® with the world's fastest computer. See what's happening with Linux and banking. Plus, read about a broad range of Linux applications across many industries. Get the IBM executive perspective and get up to speed on the latest trends and input from Linux practitioners.
Pass it on! Tell a colleague about the IBM Software Newsletter..
It's simple and quick to share this newsletter with a friend, colleague or customer. Send a note right now with a direct link to the latest edition of the IBM Software Newsletter.
Note: This process will open the e-mail client designated in your browser preferences.
