It's hard to keep up with the fast pace of change — in the economy and the way people live and work today. The world is changing — we can't work harder; we must work smarter. Invite your customers to participate in the Smart Work webcast on 16 Sep 2009. Hear James Surowiecki, financial journalist, and other thought leaders give insights on working smarter. Get practical information to optimize organizational performance by creating an agile, collaborative, and connected business environment.
Clients cannot adapt to the fast pace of change today with rigid IT systems, separate business silos, and an inability to leverage expertise and information. It won't help to work harder or spend more — they must work smarter. Now is your opportunity to close more business by guiding your clients along their path to optimized business performance.
Join Nancy Pearson, Vice President of Business Process Management (BPM), SOA, WebSphere and Industry Marketing, and Kristen Lauria, Vice President, WPLC Marketing and Channels, for this Business Partner webcast to learn how you can help your customers get smarter with Smart Work.
Join Sandy Carter, vice president of IBM Software Group
Channels and author of 'The New Language of Marketing 2.0: How to Use ANGELS
to Energize Your Market' and Darren Bibby, Program Director, Software Channels Research with IDC's
Software Business Solutions Group, as they discuss real-world uses of social media techniques to
incorporate into your marketing and sales plans.
Laurie McCabe, VP, SMB Insights & Solutions, AMI Partners; Jeff Smith, VP of Linux and Open Source, IBM and Lou Esposito, StradaSoft Inc engaged in an interactive discussion touching on how using Linux software appliances to deliver your solution can help you reach your sales goals in the midmarket.
With the recent acquisition of Cognos, IBM enhances it's comprehensive platform designed to help ISVs develop and deploy secure, scalable Software as a Service solutions. This platform, coupled with IBM's industry leading partner program, makes IBM the partner of choice for delivering your applications in this rapidly growing model.
Gartner predicts that Software as a Service (SaaS) will account for at least one-third of business application spending by 2012. The SaaS model is endorsed and promoted by the leading business application vendors and Web technology leaders. We're sure it will grow during the next five years and are rolling out the technology and pricing models to help you grow with it! In this webcast replay, you'll learn how your company can get great pricing on IBM software and start with SaaS today.
