Business Technology News for Small and Medium Business
01 Jun 2008
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In this issue
Feature articles
Title: Collaboration tools: Operating in real time becomes a reality
From: IBM Corporation
Midsized organizations need ways to move as quickly as market developments. Today’s collaboration tools help make operating in real time a reality. Learn how to collaborate and work faster online with your teams, and find out how one company increased its productivity with a more effective way to work with a dispersed team.
Title: Excel with best practices for recruiting, management and retention
From: IBM Corporation
People, rather than supplies or equipment or rent, are the biggest expense for many businesses; they’re also your biggest asset. The most successful companies maximize employee performance with comprehensive Human Resources programs that treat HR as an investment and an opportunity for growth, rather than as an expense.
Title: PLM oils the cogs of midsized manufacturing success
From: IBM Corporation
Meeting and anticipating customer needs has never been more vital in manufacturing. Learn how the new breed of product life-cycle management (PLM) software can turn midsized manufacturers into well-oiled competitive machines.
Title: In Focus: Telcos find new flexibility with next-generation networks
From: IBM Corporation
For the telecommunications industry, the evolution and convergence of video, voice and data services represent new challenges—and opportunities. Learn how next-generation networks (NGNs) can help midsized telecommunications service providers cost-effectively make the most of converged service offerings.
Blue Sky
Title: Blue sky: Smart paper for today’s paperless office
From: IBM Corporation
The paperless office may be good for the environment, but not all thinking happens at a keyboard. IBM developers have transformed an ordinary writing pad into a "smart paper" medium. Users write, draw or doodle on any standard pad of paper, while a tablet underneath the pad captures the pen's movements electronically and digitizes them. Learn how paper just got smarter!
Buzz
Title: SAP and IBM collaborate to offer integrated business systems to midsize companies
From: IBM
IBM and SAP offer reliable and scalable industry-specific solutions that are pre-packaged for midsize enterprises. Learn how to achieve your goals of complex warehousing strategies, inventory-level optimization, improved customer service, or enhanced regulatory compliance by implementing IBM Express Industry Solutions for SAP Business All-in-One.
Title: Teamwork made simple. File sharing made quick.
From: IBM Corporation
IBM Lotus Quickr is team software that uses Web 2.0-based technologies to redefine the way people share content and collaborate. Ease of IT installation and maintenance, intuitive features and end user self service capabilities makes Lotus Quickr the ideal team collaboration choice for mid-sized businesses. Watch the informational webcast.
Title: Are you choosing & implementing the right IT solutions?
From: IBM Corporation
Does your company accept credit card payments? Any company that stores, processes or transmits cardholder data is invited to join IBM for a complimentary Webcast hosted by Howard Glavin, IBM's PCI expert. We will learn about the 12 areas of compliance, what is required by what date and more. Register today!
Title: Answer a few IT efficiency questions for a free gift
From: IBM Corporation
Worried about your energy efficiency both at work and at home? Talk to our IBM Concierge about your business IT energy efficiency environment and receive a gift monitor for your personal use in helping to identify energy abusers at home.
Title: IBM System Storage and Storage Networking Symposium
From: IBM Corporation
Save the dates July 14-18 for this symposium in San Diego, CA! Learn how IBM storage solutions are addressing the growing challenge of managing and securing retention-managed data and find out how to manage more data with fewer resources using the IBM System Storage portfolio.
Title: How can ESMT save you time and money?
From: IBM Corporation
What is ESMT? ESMT is a Web based Workflow tool enabling large SWG Customers to manage Distributed & zSW Software licenses deployment notification within their contracts Terms & Conditions.
Spotlight
Title: System x and BladeCenter promotions
From: IBM Corporation
Innovation, speed, growth, performance - systems designed for your business needs.
Title: Think you can't afford IT? Think again!
From: IBM Corporation
Learn how IBM Project Financing can customize an IT financing solution for your organization - regardless of size, industry or location!
Title: Complimentary seminars: "The Efficient Data Center"
From: IBM Corporation
IBM and IBM Business Partners are hosting a series of special seminars targeted at helping you make your data center more cost effective.
Title: Web seminar: Going Green is Good Business!
From: IBM Corporation
Join best-selling author Jim Harris and industry experts for “Going Green is Good Business! We asked the experts. Now you can!” Register today!
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