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The Global WebSphere Community Newsletter -- February 2010
Content Manager
Wellesley Information Services
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Attention Members and Leaders
We would like to encourage our user groups to send any updates or information to share with the rest of our Global Websphere community. We can share your information in the monthly newsletter, or you can post items yourself online.
To submit group updates to the newsletter, send information to websphere@groupintelligence.com
Global WebSphere Community Statistics:
There are over 32,000 members and 140 WebSphere User Groups worldwide. Refer a friend today!
1Q GWC Leader Meeting
In January, WUG leaders from several user groups came together to discuss new activities within the community. During this meeting, we also discussed the results of the member satisfaction survey, new leadership spotlight guidelines, and how to save for IMPACT 2010! If you are a GWC User Group Leader and you missed your chance to attend the meeting, you can find the presentation download and replay in the leader area.
Meeting Ideas
Need a meeting Idea? The Detroit WebSphere User Group is holding a meeting on: WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition technical overview and benefits and WebSphere Application Server Performance Best Practices. Get ideas from other groups and register to attend a meeting.
Nominate our Next Leader Spotlight
Is the leader of your group doing an exceptional job? Nominate your area user group leader to the GWC Leader Spotlight! Get details here.
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Impact 2010 Will Redefine How Companies Work Smarter
 Attend Impact 2010 in Las Vegas, NV, from May 2-7, to discover how to work smarter and achieve Business Agility NOW! Impact offers a broad, robust agenda which includes new interactive workshops, industry and technical thought-leader speakers, networking opportunities with client and IBM executives and technical experts that are designed to bring business and technology leaders together to discover how to lower risk and optimize business performance.
Highlights include:
- Interactive Symposium designed to bring LOB and IT together to discuss and collaborate on key business issues within their industry
- Industry Zone in the EXPO plus targeted sessions by industry featuring best practices and specialized demos
- Business Program that includes tracks focusing on critical business topics such as: optimizing business processes, improving decision management, empowering the changing workforce, and globalization
- Product Technology Center offering open labs, tech zones and product demos integrating networking, hands-on training and other social learning-- all in a "one-stop" location
- Smart SOA and BPM Technology Program that offers lectures, workshops, hands-on labs, and networking opportunities, all designed to maximize the skills of IT executives and professionals
GWC Members Register for Impact today!
At Impact 2010, Knowledge and Certification are Yours for the Taking
Two of the best things to make you a more valuable employee and make your company more credible are knowledge and certifications. Acquire both at Impact 2010, May 2 - 7 in Las Vegas.
In just one information-packed week, you can get a year's worth of education that will keep you and your company ahead of the game.
Choose from more than 400 technical sessions:
- Learn how to build deploy and manage solutions for your business with an extensive portfolio of development and Web 2.0 tools for the WebSphere® Application Server family, CICS® , cloud, virtualization and systems management products.
- Discover enterprise connectivity options that explore the capabilities of the WebSphere® Messaging products, including IBM WebSphere® DataPower® SOA Appliances.
- Get expert advice on how BPM software and solutions can optimize business performance with the IBM BPM Suite, including IBM WebSphere® Process Server and business rules management software, such as the ILOG® Business Rule Management Systems
- Get inside information on the latest announcements, including how the new Power7 servers will benefit WebSphere clients.
Find more Impact 2010 information on our newly, expanded Website including Program overviews and Track descriptions.
The clock is ticking; take advantage of these money saving offers today!
- Save $300! Early bird ends Feb. 28; don't let time slip away from you!
- Deeply discounted hotel rates! Rooms at the Venetion are now just $180 a night; through Feb. 28
- Company Pass! Register 5 or more from your company and save $$s!
- Crunch time? Get the best education in the shortest time with the new 2-day pass
- Ed Pack! Use those funds to pay the conference fee
Keep up with the pace of technology and get inside information on new products and solutions. It's all yours for the taking at Impact 2010. Register today!
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IBM Closes Acquisition of Lombardi Software Acquisition Extends IBM Leadership in Business Process Management
IBM acquires Lombardi, a privately held software company based in Austin, Texas. Lombardi, a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software and services, helps organizations automate and integrate business processes to increase efficiencies and reduce costs.
See Top Stories on w3 (this link is for IBM internal use only) for more information.
The press release is available here.
New Video: CenterPoint Energy Breaks New Ground in Grid Reliability Through the Power of Automation
This video describes how CenterPoint Energy plans to leverage a mix of leading edge communication technologies, smart meters and first-of-a-kind process innovations to create one of the industry's first intelligent utility networks. Watch the video.
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Cloud based Software as a Service (SaaS) Integration solution "WebSpan" built on IBM WebSphere Connectivity and Integration Software
WebSpan is a joint solution from IBM WebSphere and Hubspan - an IBM Business Partner. It is an enterprise-class integration platform that offers you the best of two worlds: Hubspan's innovative, cloud-based platform and managed services combined with IBM's market leading WebSphere Connectivity and Integration software. Learn more about this here.
New Podcast Series: Smarter Banking Processes with ECM and BRMS
IBM banking and technology experts talk about the role of ECM, BPM and business rules in streamlining operations and building stronger customer relationships. This series includes four podcasts focused on customer onboarding, customer service, dynamic tailored correspondence and loan application processing.
Banking
Banks around the world are strongly under pressure to find smarter ways of doing business. Discover 5 keys ways to transform your banking infrastructure using Dynamic Application Infrastructure and Smart SOA Connectivity and Integration from WebSphere with the new Brochure available on this web page.
Retail
Retailers need to be ever more dynamic to keep customer satisfaction high, increase revenue and decrease costs. Read a new brochure covering 5 key projects that can boost your retail infrastructure and business with Smart SOA Connectivity and Integration and Dynamic Application Infrastructure from WebSphere. Click here
SIBS Bank in Portugal Wins New Sources of Revenue with IBM WebSphere Solution
SIBS Bank discusses the need to rapidly deploy a robust and reliable industry data integration solution to comply with European banking standards and expand the services available to their customers. Find out how SIBS was able to reduced development and maintenance costs while expanding revenue opportunities with a WebSphere Message Broker and WebSphere Transformation Extender industry integration solution.
NEW BPM for Industry Video
This video provides a high level summary of the value that IBM BPM can delivery across any industry, It highlights a few case studies in Retail, Telecom and Financial Services.
NEW BPM Interactive Brochure
This new interactive brochure provides a comprehensive look at BPM through multiple industry and adoption patterns lenses. It allows clients to explore BPM on their terms, and links to may additional marketing offer that they can explore to learn more.
New Trial download: WebSphere Service Registry and Repository 7.0
Is Service Visibility and Governance a current topic in your SOA implementation. Get started quickly adding functionality with WebSphere Service Registry and Repository (WSRR) V7. Get the trial download version to try out for 90 days. Add it to your current WebSphere products to see how it improves your overall SOA implementation.
IBM Power Systems = POWER7
Redefining the benchmarks against which performance is measured.
Learn More.
NEW! Community Engagement Services Program for IBM Business Partners offered through the Global WebSphere Community
The GWC now offers essential go-to-market services for IBM business partners to drive brand awareness and generate leads. Take advantage of IBM driven campaigns to optimize your participation and audience reach... details here.
Delivering business value through IBM Business Partners
Software Value Plus represents a new era of delivering business value through IBM's highly skilled Business Partner ecosystem. Through Software Value Plus, IBM Software Business Partners worldwide are making significant investments in their skills and a strong commitment to delivering client value. Whether you are a large enterprise or midsize client, this strategy will impact the way you purchase some IBM Software through IBM Business Partners. Find out more about this new distribution strategy and how it impacts you.
New Tool Helps You Find IBM Business Partners Quickly and Easily!
A new IBM tool is now available to identify IBM Business Partners that can help you with your solution needs. Access the new Software Value Plus Authorized Business Partner Finder tool to find IBM Business Partners that have demonstrated advanced technical skills on IBM software products through certification and approved solutions. They can help you experience faster time to value with the right solution and minimize risk in solution implementations.
Access the tool, select an IBM software brand, then refine your search by product or country. Results are presented by software brand, product, country, city and Business Partner, including a link to the Business Partner web page.
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NEW Releases from IBM Press!
**REMINDER: 40% Discount on Books and eBooks from IBM Press. Log onto WebSphere.org and click on "Member Benefits" for your direct link to the IBM Press member page which will automatically list the discounted prices.
Take the Next Step to Improve your Productivity with New WSRR Information
New article on IBM Developerworks can improve your productivity when using WSRR. The article: "Service Registry with Advanced Search Capability: Part 2: Implementation" discusses 4 core components within WSRR, and how to take advantage of them to improve your Service Visibility and Governance functionality.
White Papers:
Is your Business Agile?
WHITEPAPER: Today's organizations are faced with a multitude of issues - increased pace of change, global competition, greater regulation, and economic uncertainty. Read what business agility is all about through discovering insights that enable innovation, maximizing the value of business interactions, and optimizing productivity and resources.
New BEP Energy & Utilities white paper!
This white paper explores the various ways technology and technology frameworks can help Energy & Utility (E&U) leaders build a smarter grid to help meet the industry's unique challenges. Key business event processing capabilities offer E&U leaders enhanced ability to manage instrumented and intelligent utility networks and transform insight into action.
New White Paper: Accelerate ROI for Business Process Management with IBM Solutions Designed for Rapid Deployment Get Started with BPM
This WhitePaper describes how you can get started with BPM using a prescriptive approach with proven results. For many organizations, the first step in leveraging the advantages of BPM is the deployment of a solution addressing process issues that are prominent for one department. By starting with a clear process area, an initial BPM solution can help prove the value of BPM and support a rapid ROI. Properly developed, a BPM solution can also be scaled to support multiple departments, a division, a functional area or enterprise-wide BPM requirements in the future.
Lower Business Risk and Increase IT with Managed File Transfer for SOA
New whitepaper on Managed File Transfer This IBM whitepaper explains the value of a Managed File Transfer solution for SOA through the use of business scenarios to illustrate the benefits of a IBM approach to file transfer management. Learn how to implement your own Managed File Transfer solution.
Enable Yourself with the SOA Sandbox Cloud!
Try out the SOA Sandbox's newest exercise additions to learn about the compelling business value of IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender and IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition. Using the SOA Sandbox, you'll learn via simple, yet highly informative, cloud based, self-guided exercises.
You'll learn hands-on how WebSphere Transformation Extendeder can help with enterprise data transformation needs and how IBM WebSphere MQ File Transformation Edition provides uniquely reliable and auditable file transfer capabilities.
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Application Innovation Made Easy With WebSphere Application Server Feature Packs
In this Webcast we will explore how WebSphere Application Server Feature Packs make it easier for you to deliver innovative business applications that help you reach customers in new ways - ways that can differentiate your organization. You'll also discover how only IBM enables innovation without disruption through Feature Packs which allow you to leverage the latest open standards and programming models without the need to upgrade your application server.
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Time: 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET
Fast ROI Briefing -- Smarter Decision Processes in 2010
Explore how the IBM ILOG Business Rule Management System (BRMS) goes beyond basic automation by adding smart decisioning capabilities to processes and systems for greater agility, transparency and cost optimization. Through face-to-face meetings with IBM BRMS experts and relevant case studies, attendees will take away proven strategies for extending the value of existing BPM or SOA strategies -- without disruption to ongoing operations.
What: Fast ROI Briefing -- Smarter Decision Processes in 2010
When: Thursday, February 25, 2010, 8:30 a.m - 12:00 p.m.
Where: 1200 Fifth Avenue, Rm. 9-9012, Seattle, WA
Audience: Government and cross-industry
Register here.
Smart Work for Healthcare
Announcing the Working Smarter in Healthcare Videocast! Brought to you by Information Week Healthcare and IBM - Thursday 2/25, 12:00 pm ET
Register to Attend Now.
Up-Scale your Apps in 2010 with Distributed Caching
The market continues to recover and change all around us. Applications written just years, and in some cases months ago, are already appearing outdated in the wake of growing market demand. Learn how to strengthen your business applications to scale and perform as you originally envisioned.
You will hear from Forrester Research how the distributed caching market landscape and customer requirements are shining a spotlight on extreme transaction processing. Additionally, IBM will share how its strategy supports large and small enterprises by helping developers and ISV's develop and test their applications leveraging WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere eXtreme Scale images on Amazon.
Join this webcast and walk away with information around designing a cost-effective solution, as well as resources to help you develop applications that offer consistent response times and possess transactional integrity and strength.
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Time: 9:00 am PT / 12:00 pm ET
Register here.
SHARE Conference
March 14-18, 2010 - Seattle, Washington
Get connected with fellow enterprise IT professionals prior and even at SHARE in Seattle. It's easy to stay connected with the SHARE community!
Replay: Opening the Door to your Enterprise Infrastructure - WebSphere Business Events on System z
Developed for: IT architects, enterprise architects, IT managers, and industry solution analysts and managers In this session, we'll discuss how WebSphere Business Events on System z helps:
Manage the business events flowing across systems and among people using intuitive tools
Business users describe, in business language, the business events and patterns to detect, evaluate and react to in time to meet business objectives
Deliver a seamless development and execution system designed to support the unique processing characteristics of event-driven applications
Speakers: Robert Sawyer, BPM Product Manager, WebSphere Business Events and Peter Crocker, Product Architect, WebSphere Business Events
Replay: Using WebSphere Business Events and CICS to Proactively Define, Analyze and Take Action on Changes Occurring in your Business.
Many enterprises implement line-of-business processes that include CICS applications on the IBM System z platform. The combination of new event technology in IBM WebSphere Business Events software and in IBM CICS Transaction Server v4 makes key business information immediately visible to business managers who can proactively define, analyze and take action on changes occurring in the business to seize critical business opportunities or to mitigate risks. This opens the door of opportunity to increase the range and effectiveness of enterprise governance and compliance by maximizing the business interactions occurring across the enterprise.
WebSphere Business Events experts, Robert Sawyer, Product Manager and Peter Crocker, Product Architect, explain how you can manage the business events flowing across your systems and among your people using intuitive tools. Listen to a replay of their teleconference recorded on 10 February 2010.
POWER7
Webcast: POWER7 announcement the next generation of Power Systems Join Satya Sharma, Chief Technology Officer, IBM Power Systems, to learn how you can utilize increasingly intelligent technology to meet your evolving business needs.
Register for this Webcast Now!
WebSphere Application Infrastructure Summit coming to 4 cities near you, NYC, Toronto, Chicago and Dallas.
- Get the latest on the IBM WebSphere Application Infrastructure solutions straight from the chief architects of these WebSphere offerings.
- Hear how cloud changes in the IT landscape will force middleware vendors to evolve or die and how IBM WebSphere CloudBurst and more ...
Learn More and Register for one of these sessions today!
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New Video: CenterPoint Energy Breaks New Ground in Grid Reliability through the Power of Automation
This video describes how CenterPoint Energy plans to leverage a mix of leading edge communication technologies, smart meters and first-of-a-kind process innovations to create one of the industry's first intelligent utility networks. Watch the video and find out more about the role of Connectivity and Integration in CenterPoint's solution.
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