2010’s Premier Service Management Event!
IBM is proud to announce Pulse 2010, the premier service management event. IBM is managing the world's infrastructure by delivering integrated service management for IT and instrumented operational systems across the enterprise. IBM helps clients drive business innovation and success by bringing visibility, automation, and control to their organizations. Pulse 2010 is the perfect opportunity for you and your customers to exchange best practices and experience firsthand the leading service management capabilities in the industry.
- Pulse 2010 will attract more than 5,000 attendees in an environment perfect for building deeper relationships, developing new leads and expanding into new markets
- Over 300 In-depth Technical Breakout Sessions with Industry Expert Keynotes and 100+ IBM Demonstrations
- Hands-on-labs, Certification & Post Conference Education
- New CIO Summit track for customers will attract some of the industry’s most influential decision-makers – and more prospective clients for you to attain
- Business Partner Café where you can meet with IBM subject-matter experts
- The latest in thought leadership, solution deep dives and real-world experiences for those managing IT, service delivery and operational infrastructures of every kind, across every major industry
IBM Tivoli Business Partner Summit
Refining Your Tivoli Strategy: Success with Integrated Service Management
The exclusive Business Partner Summit will be held in conjunction with Pulse on Sunday, February 21st, preceding the start of the conference. This pre-conference event will include executive insights to Tivoli’s strategy and direction, along with many sessions designed to help you maximize performance and solidify how you and IBM can go to market together to drive business results. You will hear from industry, solution, sales and marketing experts who will provide critical business information to help sharpen your Service Management portfolio knowledge, refine your sales strategy, and define your marketing plans for 2010. Get the inside track on our strategy and plans before your clients and prospects arrive. Let us show you how you are a key part of our business and join us for the Business Partner Summit.
Preliminary Business Partner Summit Agenda:
| TIME | Session |
|---|---|
| 11: 15 - 12:15 | Business Partner Welcome Luncheon |
| 12:30 - 3:15 |
Business Partner Summit General Session - Faye Chandler, Director of World Wide Channel Sales, Tivoli Software - Al Zollar, General Manager, Tivoli Software - Joao Perez, Vice President of World Wide Sales, Tivoli Software - Sandy Carter, Vice President, IBM Software Group Channels - Doug Brown, Vice President Marketing, Service Management & Tivoli Software - Laura Sanders, Vice President Development, Tivoli Software |
| 3:15 - 3:45 | Afternoon Break |
| 3:45 - 5:15 |
Breakout sessions - 9 sessions to choose from! Topics will be focused around strategy and growth within: IBM Tivoli Netcool, IBM Tivoli Monitoring, IBM Tivoli Security, IBM Tivoli Storage, IBM Maximo, System z, Tivoli Appliances,Technical Enablement & Marketing with IBM |
Why Should Partners Attend the Business Partner Summit?
The IBM Tivoli Business Partner Summit is an exclusive, one day, complimentary pre-conference Business Partner event held in conjunction with Pulse 2010. It is designed for the “seller” IBM Business Partner audience with a focus on how to increase market differentiation by learning more about the full breadth of Tivoli solutions, technology, and strategy. Meet the experts, hear from Tivoli’s executives, and network with other partners.
Join us in sessions to assist you with marketing, Growth through Skills, Tivoli Deployment Accreditation, and more!
- Get the Information - Get the exclusive on our Tivoli Service Management strategy and direction
- Increase Revenue - Learn how to effectively sell broader solutions with support from IBM Marketing, Sales and Channel Resources
- Get connected - Engage and leverage IBM executives and subject matter experts from across the Tivoli portfolio
Even More Value: Become a Sponsor of Pulse 2010
You’ve spoken – we’ve acted. The Pulse 2010 Conference will be better than ever because it’s been suited to meet the needs and requests of our valued Business Partners. Exciting updated sponsorship opportunities to add more value to your Pulse experience:
- Substantial sponsorship pricing discounts from 2009
- Expo Hours Extended to 20.5 hrs—16% longer than Pulse 2009, with 7 hrs of dedicated EXPO time
- All Lunches and breaks strategically located within the EXPO hall
- Stress-free exhibiting with all-inclusive, specially priced “Turnkey” Exhibitor pedestals
- Huge, bright, 92,000-square-foot, pillarless Expo Hall provides more booth visibility and ease of navigation
- An estimated audience of over 5,000 attendees!
Resource & Collateral
Use the following tools and invite your customers to attend Pulse 2010 and leverage the Pulse event to extend your stay, participate in deeper technical sessions and network with peer, customers and prospects.
- Business Justification Letter (DOC, 23.5KB)
- Client Invitation (DOC, 22.0KB)
- Postcard (ZIP, 165KB)
- Pulse Flyer
Business Partner Awards!
IBM Tivoli 2010 Business Partner Awards will be presented at the Business Partner Summit. Nominations for: 1) the IBM Tivoli 2010 Business Partner Innovation Award; 2) the IBM Tivoli 2010 Service Management Solution; and 3) Pulse 2010 Best of Show Award are now OPEN through January 8th, 2009. Learn more and submit your nomination!
IBM Business Partners Made Pulse 2009 Successful!
Even in the tough economic times early last year, you helped us were able to bring the value of Service Management to over 4,300 total Pulse attendees.
- Over 800 IBM Business Partners from around the world participated in Pulse 2009 & the IBM Tivoli Business Partner Summit.
It was a great environment for you to network, showcase your solutions and skills, get valuable information & training, prospect & obtain leads, and more.
- Pulse 2009 Highlights & Videos on YouTube! (link resides outside of ibm.com)
- Pulse 2009 Business Partner video highlights! (link resides outside of ibm.com)
- Go to the Pulse Community site to find more and stay connected!
Pulse was well-received as a spectacular event by the 76 analysts who attended. Pulse received very positive results, with 97% rating it as good or excellent. In fact, 47% rated it as "excellent," and 76% indicated they intend to publish research based on what they learned at Pulse.
Pulse Press Quotes:
"First came the lofty pronouncements. Now, comes the products--and the timing couldn't be better ... IBM on Monday put its chief's words into action, announcing a broad update of its products and services aimed at building those intelligent systems and dealing with the massive amounts of data they would create. Such projects could include adding millions of sensors to the nation's power grid or digitizing every American's health records."
-- Forbes (link resides outside of ibm.com)
"The initiative, dubbed dynamic infrastructure, encompasses products, services and technologies from Big Blue, which this week will unveil to thousands of attendees more specifics around the strategy at its Pulse 2009 service management event in Las Vegas. IBM officials say the company is working to reduce the management nightmare customers face today that will inevitably worsen as more data and devices extend the realm of the data center. According to IDC, the market opportunity for the software, servers, technologies and services to manage the world's converged IT and physical infrastructure will be $122 billion by 2012."
-- Network World (link resides outside of ibm.com)
