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National Institute of Standards and Technology

Last updated: 24 Nov 2010

Major initiatives include outreach initiatives and information security training, awareness and education; and producing and updating NIST Special Publications on security management topics.

Process-based approach to handling risks

Last updated: 24 Nov 2010

Most IT professionals understand the critical role that managing risk plays in job success, but risk management has come to mean something different to everyone; it's both perceived and expressed in terms of specific disciplines.

Featured analyst reports
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Gartner Magic Quadrant for SOA Governance Technologies.

Last updated: 20 Dec 2011

In the report, Gartner explains that SOA governance technology is about managing artifacts in an SOA, ensuring compliance, and measuring outcomes. And a consolidated review of Tivoli, WebSphere and Rational solutions showcases IBM Software Group's comprehensive, leading edge solution for SOA Governance.

Gartners Magic quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring

Last updated: 20 Dec 2011

In their latest release of the 2011 Magic Quadrant, Gartner has identified IBM as a leader in the APM industry. Tivoli’s APM solutions assist with the Visibility. Control. Automation.™ needed to deliver quality services, manage risk and compliance, and accelerate business growth.

Featured announcement letters
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Information Lifecycle Governance enhancements support retention and records management of IBM InfoSphere Optim archived data and third-party retention systems

Last updated: 06 Dec 2011

Retention Policy Federation Framework V6.0.1 enables users to automate syndication of retention schedules to IBM InfoSphere Optim Data Growth Solution and other systems such as Microsoft™ SharePoint. Learn more in announcement letter 211-525.

IBM Business Monitor V7.5.1

Last updated: 18 Nov 2011

IBM Business Monitor V7.5.1 delivers real-time, end-to-end business operations, transactions, and process monitoring for IBM middleware infrastructure

Featured blogs
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Brian Krebs blog

Last updated: 24 Nov 2010

Washington Post blog on security

Day in the life of an information security investigator

Last updated: 24 Nov 2010

This security guru shares his unique experiences working with federal, corporate, and military institutions and provides his perspective on the security issues impacting the IT industry today.

Featured books
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XPages Portable Command Guide

Last updated: 27 Jan 2012

XPages Portable Command Guide offers fast access to working code, tested solutions, expert tips, and example-driven best practices. The authors explore many lesser known facets of the XPages runtime, illuminating these capabilities with dozens of examples that solve specific XPages development problems.

An Introuction to IMS - Second Edition

Last updated: 21 Dec 2011

More than a complete tutorial, this book provides up-to-date examples, cases, problems, solutions, and a complete glossary of IMS terminology. Prerequisite reading for the current IBM IMS Mastery Certificate Program,

Featured briefs
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Solution Brief: WebSphere Message Broker Overview

Last updated: 01 Feb 2012

This solution brief describes how WebSphere Message Broker can help simplify the connectivity between IT assets and add direct value to your business and customers.

Solution brief: Simplify progression from a point-to-point messaging infrastructure to full ESB capability with WebSphere Message Broker

Last updated: 01 Feb 2012

WebSphere Message Broker allows you to unlock savings across all of your business applications through seamless, end-to-end connectivity.

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Engage and delight more customers with an exceptional web experience

Last updated: 13 Sep 2011

Exceed the expectations of web-savvy users with marketplace-leading software solutions

IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services Plus

Last updated: 11 Aug 2011

IBM® Sterling B2B Integration Services Plus builds on the capabilities of IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services Basic to provide B2B process management.

Featured case studies
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ITCAM for Microsoft Applications Customer Implementation Review.

Last updated: 17 Nov 2011

Managing a mixed platform and vendor IT environment presents many challenges for customers looking to reduce the number and variety of management tools they must use. An early adopter of IBM’s ITCAM for Microsoft Applications shares the lessons learned from that experience and comments on the benefits of the latest version.

Service Desk Management Works for Insurance Firm’s Enterprise and SMB Clients.

Last updated: 17 Nov 2011

Grow IT Maturity using ITIL-based Best Practices for in-house service delivery.

Featured data sheets
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Cross-enterprise visibility with redesigned IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON family.

Last updated: 31 Jan 2012

Introducing the IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON Extended Edition (XE) family. This enhanced portfolio features expanded capabilities, driven by marketplace demands, that greatly simplify the task of managing the performance of an integrated IBM z/OS enterprise environment.

IBM Endpoint Manager for Core Protection

Last updated: 18 Jan 2012

IBM Endpoint Manager for Core Protection delivers real-time protection from malware and other malicious threats via capabilities such as file and web reputation, personal firewall and behavior monitoring.

Featured demos
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Trial: WebSphere Message Broker v7.0

Last updated: 01 Feb 2012

Try new features and functions of WebSphere Message Broker V7.0. Trial Edition allows you to use the product as a free, 90-day download.

Maximo Asset Management for Healthcare Organizations

Last updated: 25 Jan 2012

This high level overview video shows how Maximo Asset Management provides solutions for critical asset management challenges for health care providers.

Featured evaluation guides
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Solutions to Manage Government Assets.

Last updated: 21 July 2010

Maximo software helps government agencies address accountability and mission-readiness goals, support rational system consolidation and business process standardization, and manage service providers more proactively.

Featured information centers
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WebSphere Transformation Extender documentation

Last updated: 01 Dec 2011

Welcome to the WebSphere Transformation Extender Version 8.4 information center where you can find reference information for the WebSphere Transformation Extender product and related product components.

IBM Database Patterns Version 1.1 Information Center

Last updated: 18 Nov 2011

The IBM Database Patterns Information Center provides information about creating and deploying databases in a Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) cloud environment.

Featured magazines
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Application Infrastructure Virtualization: An Essential Element of a Green Data Center

Last updated: 11 Sep 2008

Application Infrastructure Virtualization: An Essential Element of a Green Data Center

WebSphere Advisor

Last updated: 01 Sep 2004

Expert advice and know-how on IBM WebSphere software business strategies, technology products and more

Featured newsletters
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Tivoli Beat: Newsletter Back issues

Last updated: 16 Nov 2010

All the back issues to 2006! Tivoli Beat is a weekly newsletter that offers high level discussions of Tivoli products, solutions, issues, promotions and related topics with links to deeper Tivoli content for more information

Improve IMS Data Accessibility Using the IMS Cloning Tool for z/OS and Fast Replication

Last updated: 31 Mar 2010

by Kelly Smith, Sr. Product Manager, Rocket Software Cloning IMS systems provides opportunities to offload some business and data management processes from production systems to cloned copies, thereby allowing the offloaded processes to be run in parallel, without affecting production IMS systems and applications.

Featured podcasts
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Maximo Monday – Maximo 7 Reporting (auf Englisch)

Last updated: 24 Mar 2011

BIRT ist das neue System von IBM für die Berichterstellung, das mit der Version 7 von Maximo zur Verfügung gestellt wird.

Find out what IIUG can do for you!

Last updated: 01 April 2009

Stuart Litel is Director of the International Informix Users Group (IIUG), and will be talking about what IIUG has to offer it's members.

Featured presentations
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Guardium Financial Sector Case Studies

Last updated: 08 Nov 2011

Understand how Guardium can secure sensitive enterprise or customer data from breaches and read how it's helped financial organizations address their security issues. Powerpoint presentation

IBM Security Solutions for Banking

Last updated: 08 Nov 2011

See how IBM Security Solutions can help address security concerns for banking clients who are concerned about; external threats from hackers, internal security breaches from privileged users, compliance / audit reporting and secure mobile banking. Powerpoint presentation.

Featured product documentation
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List of publications for ISPF Productivity Tool for z/OS (IPT) - Installation and Customization Guide

Last updated: 29 Nov 2011

IPT Product Documentation

List of publications for ISPF Productivity Tool for z/OS (IPT) - User's Guide

Last updated: 29 Nov 2011

IPT Product Documentation

Featured redbooks
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Enterprise security architecture

Last updated: 24 Nov 2010

Redbooks publication presents the IBM approach to enterprise security architecture.

Identity Management Design Guide

Last updated: 24 Nov 2010

This book is a valuable resource for security administrators and architects who wish to understand and implement a centralized identity management and security infrastructure.

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Featured release notes
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WebSphere Transformation Extender product release notes

Last updated: 01 Dec 2011

WebSphere Transformation Extender release notes contain the most current information about the release.

IBM WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance, Version 2.0 Technical Notes

Last updated: 18 June 2010

The technical notes for WebSphere CloudBurst provide late breaking information or changes that have been made after the 2.0 product was shipped and the information center was made available.

Featured resource kits
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IBM Tivoli Unified Process

Last updated: 18 Nov 2010

This is a Web-based tool that provides detailed documentation of service management processes based on industry best practices, including the recently released ITIL V3 best practices.

Self Assessment tool for ITIL v3

Last updated: 18 Nov 2010

Taking this assessment is your first step in realizing the benefits from an integrated, services oriented approach to IT Service Management.

Featured solution sheets
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IBM SmartCloud Foundation: Enabling technologies for cloud.

Last updated: 07 Feb 2012

With SmartCloud Foundation, truly effective cloud implementations go beyond virtualization and include capabilities such as dynamic provisioning and scheduling that more fully leverage the infrastructure, enhance IT functions, free existing resources for new use, and support new business opportunities.

IBM SmartCloud Solutions: Software as a Service

Last updated: 07 Feb 2012

Learn about how IBM SmartCloud Solutions provide the power of cloud to reinvent business by transforming business processes so that organizations can better engage with employees, citizens, customers and extended communities.

Featured teleconferences
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IMS Database Replication for Enhanced System Resiliency

Last updated: 27 Mar 2012

Join us for this teleconference as Greg Vance, IMS Replication subject matter expert, as he shows how IMS and IBM InfoSphere IMS Replication for z/OS can help improve system resiliency and availability.

Coordinated Disaster Recovery for IMS and DB2

Last updated: 14 Feb 2012

Are you concerned about being able to recover your business data successfully and in an acceptable amount of time for both your IMS and DB2 databases?

Featured tutorials
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Tivoli Service Manager.

Last updated: 25 Jan 2012

These tutorial-style demo videos show how Tivoli Service Request Manager makes it easy to work with assets and service requests. These demos are relevant for the Tivoli Live-service manager, Tivoli Service Request Manager, Change and Configuration Management Database and Tivoli Service Manager Quick Install products.

Service availability and performance

Last updated: 18 Nov 2010

IBM shows how to optimally manage your services by providing visibility, control, and automation of your IT environment, with an integrated service availability and performance solution.

Featured videos
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Enhanced Service Delivery with Asset Management and Analytics solution.

Last updated: 13 Feb 2012

Learn more about how IBM enables the caputre of device information and analyze trends , thus helping improve the asset engineering wise as well as performance wise.

IBM Real Time Asset Locator solution

Last updated: 13 Feb 2012

Understand how IBM Real Time Asset Locator enables optimize asset inventory and thus purchasing costs.

Featured webcasts
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Shave time off application and service delivery with enhanced event management

Last updated: 22 Mar 2012

If you’re already on System z or you’re moving to zEnterprise, you’ve taken the most important step. Now it’s time to make sure you’re taking advantage of recent improvements in performance. The best place to start is by quickly discovering all the applications and events on your mainframe.

What's New from the Optimizer in IBM DB2 10 for z/OS?

Last updated: 20 Mar 2012

DB2 10 for z/OS is no exception to the goal of delivering incremental query optimization enhancements to the world’s most respected cost based optimizer.

Featured white papers
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Asset management for the life sciences industry

Last updated: 13 Feb 2012

A unified, enterprise-wide asset management platform such as IBM Maximo Asset Management can serve to help life sciences companies reduce compliance cost and risk, maximize asset utilization and performance, boost product quality and reduce overall IT complexity.

Understanding the real risk for asset-intensive companies.

Last updated: 13 Feb 2012

The goal of having one enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for all business processes is still popular, yet the idea is no longer practical, particularly in asset-intensive industries. A flexible asset management solution such as Maximo Asset Management can provide more value.