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Improve decision-making with Information On Demand. The Outstanding Information On Demand Solution Beacon Award recognizes a solution that:
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deploys an information infrastructure that enables organizations to deliver relevant and trusted information in real time to employees, customers and partners and become an on demand business — able to respond quickly to market demands, opportunities and threats |
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deploys the power of Information On Demand using primarily the suite of IBM Information Management software and secondarily, complementary IBM middleware that enables an organization to obtain fact-based, conclusive and actionable information about their business |
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enables organizations to easily capture, organize, integrate, analyze, discover and securely deliver all types of information, regardless of where that information resides or its format |
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Special consideration will also be given to IBM Business Partners who have successfully served the mid-market community. Additional criteria:
Minimum of 1 (maximum of 3) client references required.
This category recognizes a solution that most effectively leverages part or all of the IBM Lotus portfolio, including IBM Lotus Notes and Domino, Lotus Sametime (including Unified Collaboration and Communications) Lotus Quickr™, Lotus Forms, Lotus Connections (our social networking offering), IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Mashup Center. Solutions based on software from Lotus are designed to make people more productive in the context of what they do -- everyday. These solutions empower people and organizations to Connect, Collaborate and Innovate to take full advantage of their collective knowledge in the context of business processes, thus helping them achieve better business outcomes. The winning solution in this category will illustrate how Lotus offerings (including IBM WebSphere Portal) integrate the human element into business processes by leveraging Lotus' messaging, collaboration, document and content management, situational applications, and integration capabilities. For consideration, the solution must be deployed at a customer site and demonstrate clear Return On Investment (ROI). Special consideration will be given to solutions that drive quantifiable improvements in business performance, those that have enabled a competitive win, and/or those that leverage Web 2.0 capabilities. If you previously submitted a nomination to the 2009 Lotus Awards, there is no need to also submit to the 2009 IBM Beacon Awards. Lotus Award nominations are automatically considered for the IBM Beacon Awards. Additional criteria:
Minimum of 1 (maximum of 3) client references required.
This award recognizes an IBM Business Partner solution delivering the Visibility, Control and Automation needed to industrialize business and IT operations. The solution must demonstrate improved management of the customer IT infrastructure through an integrated set of IT services based on Tivoli products. The desired solution documents the unique power of using IBM Service Management. Documentation on the candidate solution should show improved management of the customer’s IT infrastructure through an integrated set of IT services rather than managing it as groups of servers, software, databases and networks. Additional criteria:
Minimum of 1 (maximum of 3) client references required.
The business value behind developing and deploying higher quality software solutions in less time is the distinct competitive advantage every organization needs in today’s on demand world. Winning IBM Business Partners in this category are those who strive to improve the software development capability of their customers with the IBM Rational software development platform. Key measurements of the IBM Business Partner’s success include the number of new accounts into which the Business Partner has supported, influenced or sold IBM Rational software, including the IBM Telelogic Portfolio of products; number of certifications held by the Business Partner; number of references and successful engagements; and use of multiple IBM Rational software solutions in the deployment of customer applications. In addition, those IBM Business Partners who have actively engaged, participated and demonstrated opportunity identification and ownership of SMB and new customers through the use of marketing and field activities promoting Rational solutions, participation in Rational sponsored events, and contribution to customer testimonials and references are given particular consideration. Additional criteria:
Minimum of 1 (maximum of 3) client references required.
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a business-centric IT architectural approach that can enable companies to better address today's changing business needs through improved flexibility and agility, SOA integrates a business as linked, repeatable business tasks or services.
IBM will recognize our Business Partners who have created SOA based assets or solutions, or delivered services to help businesses become truly agile organizations. Nominations must include at least one customer reference that describes how the customer's business has benefited from the Business Partner’s SOA solution, asset or service. The customer solution should identify, for example, reduced cost, improved implementation efficiencies or greater flexibility through the reuse of the asset. The referenced customer must be willing to talk publicly regarding their experience.
The solution will be judged based on how it incorporates the components of Smart SOA. This includes SOA entry points, People, Process, Information Connectivity and Reuse, Web 2.0, and process integrity. Nominations will also be judged on how the solution utilizes the SOA Foundational products. Additional consideration will also be given to the nominations that have qualitative and quantitative results.
Preference will be given to Business Partners that are participating in the SOA Specialty, have an entry in the SOA Business Catalog or have SOA customer references in the IBM Customer Reference Database. Solutions must be deployed on the following WebSphere version 6.0 or higher software: WebSphere Application Server (WAS), WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus (WESB), WebSphere Process Server (WPS), WebSphere Portal Server, WebSphere Business Modeler, WebSphere Business Monitor, or WebSphere DataPower. Additional criteria:
Minimum of 1 (maximum of 3) client references required.
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