Are you an IBM Business Partner focused on Business Analytics? Does your portfolio include Risk Analytics tools to help your customers make risk-driven business decisions?
Sign up for this webinar that examines examples of risk-driven business decisions, why they are necessary, and learn about how IBM solutions, Algorithmics and OpenPages, can be adopted to improve how you meet your clients' needs.
Speakers:
Maura Cieslik, Worldwide Risk Analytics Channel, Business Unit Executive
Andy Coulter, Worldwide Channels Business Development Executive - Risk Analytics
From this session you will learn how to enrich and extend your Microsoft environment and see just how easily IBM integrates with what you have. You'll also come away with a deeper understanding of the latest in social and mobile technologies, and how organizations like Cemex, TD Bank and Lowes are working smarter and driving innovation.
From this session you will learn how to enrich and extend your Microsoft environment and see just how easily IBM integrates with what you have. You'll also come away with a deeper understanding of the latest in social and mobile technologies, and how organizations like Cemex, TD Bank and Lowes are working smarter and driving innovation.
Attendees will learn how Streams works, how to administer Streams as well as learn how to develop Streams applications using Streams Processing Language (SPL). Among them you will learn how to implement data filtering and transformation, database access and text mining applications.
These events will cover an Introduction to IBM Roadmaps and how to use the roadmaps to move your solution to the Marketplace. Contact us to schedule a private roadmap progression discussion.
From this session you will learn how to enrich and extend your Microsoft environment and see just how easily IBM integrates with what you have. You'll also come away with a deeper understanding of the latest in social and mobile technologies, and how organizations like Cemex, TD Bank and Lowes are working smarter and driving innovation.
IBM Flex System™ is a new category of computing that integrates multiple server architectures, chassis, storage, networking and system management capabilities into a single, integrated system that is easy to deploy and manage.
This event is designed for Business Partners, ISVs, MSPs looking to maximize their relationship with IBM. Learn best practices, meet local contacts and establish next steps as you partner and grow with IBM. You will learn through IBM Roadmaps. These sessions can be held in a one-on-one environment or in groups. Contact us to schedule a private session.
From this session you will learn how to enrich and extend your Microsoft environment and see just how easily IBM integrates with what you have. You'll also come away with a deeper understanding of the latest in social and mobile technologies, and how organizations like Cemex, TD Bank and Lowes are working smarter and driving innovation.
The DB2 10 Bootcamp introduces features and enhancements in the latest version of DB2 for Linux®, UNIX® and Windows®. Detailed presentations and hands-on labs are included where attendees will gain in-depth knowledge of exciting new features.
These events will cover an Introduction to IBM Roadmaps and how to use the roadmaps to move your solution to the Marketplace. Contact us to schedule a private roadmap progression discussion.
This event is designed for Business Partners, ISVs, MSPs looking to maximize their relationship with IBM. Learn best practices, meet local contacts and establish next steps as you partner and grow with IBM. You will learn through IBM Roadmaps. These sessions can be held in a one-on-one environment or in groups. Contact us to schedule a private session.
IBM Flex System™ is a new category of computing that integrates multiple server architectures, chassis, storage, networking and system management capabilities into a single, integrated system that is easy to deploy and manage.
Get your hands on IBM’s enterprise-grade features to start experimenting with Hadoop today.
InfoSphere BigInsights combines the power of Hadoop with enterprise-grade features including visualization & exploration, advanced analytics, and security & administration.
InfoSphere BigInsights Quick Start Edition, the latest edition to the InfoSphere BigInsights family, is a free, downloadable, non-production version.
Select IBM Business Partners are eligible for IBM Co-Marketing materials and funds. IBM Co-Marketing provides:
Guidance on how to use Co-Marketing tools to optimize Mid-Market campaigns
Direct links to Co-Marketing assets, incentives and enablement
Access to the latest Sales Plays and hot new Mid-Market solutions
RTE Marketing Campaigns This resource provides you with over 130 "ready to execute" campaign materials for Software Group, Systems Technology Group, and Midmarket that are easy to customize. These assets include:
Execution Blueprints
Follow these blueprints to build and execute a campaign, access enablement resources, demand generation assets, and marketing offers.
Mid-Market Asset Gallery
Current IBM marketing materials to help you sell to your Mid-Market customers.
IBM Paid, Owned, Earned Guide
Learn from best practices for your customer-facing initiatives.
Marketing Resources
Access to PartnerWorld marketing programs.
IBM Co-Marketing Funding Select Business Partners are also eligible for IBM co-marketing funds to help you execute your campaign.
Join IBM executives, Business Partners, and industry analysts at the Pulse 2013 conference. Spread out over four days, 500+ sessions have been built around four key streams:
Cloud and IT Optimization
Smarter Physical Infrastructure
The Mobile Enterprise
Security Intelligence
For IBM Business Partners, here are some key activities to keep in mind during the Pulse 2013 conference:
Hands-on Labs and Certification Testing
IBM certifications are a way for skilled IT professionals to demonstrate expertise and validate skills in IBM technology and solutions. Tests are available on a variety of IBM Software with the first Tivoli brand certification test offered free for all conference attendees. Additional Software Group brand tests and subsequent Tivoli tests are offered at a 50% discount.
Business Partner Summit - March 3
This no-charge exclusive event offers concurrent Business Partner Forums for Tivoli and Security Systems Business Partners on Sunday March 3rd. Don't forget to stick around for the Meet the Experts Networking Event, to mingle and converse with IBM Subject Matter Experts.
IBM Business Partner Cafe
A great place to meet other Business Partners and the IBM team for one-on-one meetings and discussions. Learn from IBM Subject Matter Experts about the latest news on the IBM portfolio, Business Partner programs, offerings, and resources.
Join IBM executives, subject-matter experts, and IBM Business Partners at the 2013 PartnerWorld Leadership Conference.
Date: February 25 - 28, 2013 Location: Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas Audience: 1,500 C-Level Business Partners, 500 IBM Senior level Executives, 60 Press and Analysts
Watch a video invitation from Mark Hennessy, General Manager - Global Business Partners and Midmarket on why you should attend this year's conference.
Did you attend the first quarter kickoff for IBM Business Analytics? This call was targeted for IBM Business Partners and covered the latest news and developments around Business Analytics. Speakers discussed:
strategic market outlook
new products and offerings
new Business Partner programs
events, and
how Business Partners can continue to grow business and profitability
If you missed the session, the replay and slide deck are available online - click here.
Together with our local Information Management (IM) team, the Toronto IBM Innovation Center (IIC) hosts several technical IM bootcamps every quarter. These 3-, or 4-day technical workshops offer free training for IBM Business Partners that include detailed lectures and hands-on lab training on a variety of products and subjects, including:
DB2 software
Informix software
InfoSphere software
Big Data and Warehouse
SAP
Who can attend? You must be a current IBM Business Partner to attend. Additional pre-requisites and product knowledge may be required for some courses.
What is included?
3- or 4-day training, including lectures and hands-on labs
free IBM Technical Mastery Test or Certification Exam at the end of the workshop (offers and conditions may vary for each bootcamp)
Upcoming bootcamps at the Toronto IIC:
February 5 - 8: InfoSphere MDM Advanced Edition Extended Bootcamp
February 12 - 15: PureData for Analytics Advanced Bootcamp (waitlist only)
March 19 - 22: PureData for Analytics Advanced Bootcamp
March 25 - 28: DB2 10 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Bootcamp
For a complete list of the events being held by at the Toronto IIC or other worldwide IICs, visit: https://ibm.biz/Bdx4sN
For more information about the IM Technical Bootcamps and full list of offerings, visit: https://ibm.biz/BdxS3b
Get ready for Lotusphere Connect. This year, IBM has combined the annual Lotusphere and Connect conferences into one event from January 27 through January 31 in Orlando Florida. This can't-miss event brings you the latest information in IBM Social Business.
Audience
IBM Connect: business leaders and C-level executives
Lotusphere Technical Program: IT managers and professionals (application developers, system administrators, integrators, technologists)
Speakers
Hear from IBM executives, industry leaders, and subject matter experts.
Business Partners
Business Partner Development Day - January 27
IBM Business Partners, don't miss out on this full-day event prepared for you! The Business Partner Development Day consists of general and breakout sessions designed to teach you how to expand your social business practice by leveraging IBM products and solutions.
IBM Software Business Partner Virtual Summit - January 28 @ 11AM
Don't miss the IBM Software Business Partner Virtual Summit, which will be hosted live at the IBM Business Partner Cafe. Workstations will be available to access the Virtual Summit expert pavilions and on-demand sessions.
Business Partner Cafe & Resource Center
Meet with IBM subject matter experts to discuss programs, offerings, and benefits to best align your business priorities.Get information about important IBM Business Partner topics and resources, such as:
It's 2013 and the start of a great new year. What are your new year's resolutions? Here at the IIC Toronto, we resolve to continue providing our Business Partners with the resources, training, and events to best assist you with your business and to build on our existing relationship with you.
We've got a busy year ahead with events and training built around the 2012 Tech Trends Report finding that the key areas of interest are analytics, mobile, cloud, and social. We'd love to hear from you, our Business Partners, on topics that are of particular interest to you, or if you are looking for more in-depth coverage of particular topics. Tell us how we can help you succeed in 2013!
Upcoming Events for IBM Business Partners
January 15 Webinar: Ready for IBM Security Intelligence Speaker:
Tom Turner, Vice President, WW Marketing, IBM Security Systems, and
speakers from IBM Business Partners, will offer key insights into this
program, and outline the benefits for you and your clients.
The annual IBM Tech Trends study results have been published by developerWorks and the IBM Center for Applied Insights. Last year, the results showed that analytics, mobile, cloud, and social were the key technologies being developed. The 2012 results represent responses from over 1,200 IT decision-makers and 700 academics (both educators and students).
About IBM developerWorks ibm.com/developerworks IBM developerWorks is an industry-leading, award-winning technical resource and professional network for the developer community. Four million IT professionals, faculty and students across 195 countries use developerWorks each month to learn about advances in IT and open standards, develop skills, solve problems and work collaboratively with experts and peers.
About the IBM Center for Applied Insights ibm.com/smarter/cai/value The IBM Center for Applied Insights introduces new ways of thinking, working and leading. Through evidence-based research, the Center arms leaders with pragmatic guidance and the case for change.
The Beacon Awards recognize the best solutions and services IBM Business Partners have delivered to clients around the world. With over 30 different awards to recognize achievement, this annual award offers IBM Business Partners the opportunity to get recognized.
Beacon Award winners and finalists enjoy a unique competitive advantage through enhanced visibility and recognition for their winning solution. The winners and finalists receive:
Faced with a variety of data you can't analyze? Is the velocity of your data overwhelming and you need decisions in real-time? Do you have an issue with the volume of data that needs to be analyzed? If any of these issues apply then you have a Big Data challenge and are missing opportunities!
With better big data, you can turn your data into trusted information that can be harvested to find new insight and to answer questions that in the past were beyond reach. Due to the popularity of this topic, we've scheduled our speakers to host this event in Montreal on November 29th in addition to our original event scheduled in Toronto for November 27th.
Come hear our industry experts share their real-world experiences to help you learn how to take control of your ever-growing supply of data and turn it into an enterprise source of knowledge.
Agenda
2:30 - 3:00 PM Registration 3:00 - 4:00 PM Achieving Competitive Advantage through Big Data Analytics 4:00 - 5:00 PM IBM Big Data Platform: Real World Approach to Introducing Big Data Business Alignment Strategy, Plan and Execution 5:00 - 6:00 PM Cocktail Reception
November seems to be the month for Big Data here in the Markham office. There are several events targeted towards IBM Business Partners coming up in the next month. If you haven't already heard about them, here they are:
Big Data Fundamentals Bootcamp November 13 - 16, 2012
This bootcamp covers Big Data fundamentals, with focus on InfoSphere BigInsights. Learn how a Hadoop-based solution complements existing IM products and how BigInsights can be integrated into an existing enterprise environment. This session will also touch on the basics and fundamentals of other IM Big Data portfolio products such as InfoSphere Streams and Vivisimo Velocity.
Find out:
What is Big Data to IBM
How to use Hadoop technology and related tools that are provided by InfoSphere BigInsights
How to process streaming data to do real-time analysis and decision-making
How IBM provides extensive enterprise class capabilities, security, performance, development and user tools
NOTE: This bootcamp is for IBM Business Partners only.
Participate in an exclusive Big Data Developer Day hosted by the IBM Big Data Development team. Experience IBM’s enterprise-class big data platform that allows you to address the full spectrum of big data business challenges. The morning will include interactive discussions and live demonstrations of big data for social media and log analytics, then get hands on with Hadoop scripting and text analytics with guidance from development experts. This is a unique opportunity to develop skills and learn about exciting technologies and techniques that you can immediately take back to your organization.
Partnering with IBM Big Data to Grow Your Business November 27, 2012
In today’s world there is an ever increasing amount of data. Estimates point to data growing at 50 percent a year, or more than doubling every two years. It’s not just more streams of data, but entirely new ones. Businesses and government agencies are confronted with three dimensions of this Big Data challenge—volume, variety, and velocity. Of course, Big Data is more than a challenge; it is an opportunity to find insight in new and emerging types of data, to make your business more agile.
According to IDC, the market for Big Data technology and services will reach $16.9 billion by 2015, up from $3.2 billion in 2010. That is a 40 percent-a-year growth rate — about seven times the estimated growth rate for the overall information technology and communications business. Join us at the Toronto IBM Innovation Center to learn about the IBM Big Data solution portfolio and how you can take advantage of the great market opportunity highlighted by this IDC report. Learn how you can grow your business by integrating your solutions with IBM Big Data platforms and by creating practices around IBM Big Data solutions.
In a series of fact-filled presentations and demonstrations at this event, you will:
Learn IBM’s Big Data strategy and platform
See Big Data use cases
Understand how IBM develops Big Data Partner ecosystem and the mutual benefits by partnering with IBM Big Data
On October 9th, IBM announced the newest member of the PureSystems family. The PureData system encompasses the three core attributes of all PureSystems - built-in expertise, integration by design, and simplified experience - with a focus on big data. With today's focus on efficient management and speedy analysis of the vast quantities of data collected each minute, this new system offers three workload-optimized models:
PureData Systems for Transactions
PureData Systems for Analytics
PureData Systems for Operational Analytics
Read more about this newest offering by reading the official IBM News Release at https://ibm.biz/Bdx24c.
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