Arrow ECS IBM Group Newsletter

SPPOTLIGHT - January 30, 2012

Storage
IBM N Series Partner - Deal Registration Refresher Training.  Mark your calendars and plan to join this call for a quick refresher on how to submit an IBM N series deal registration into the NetApp PartnerEdge portal. Read more...

Empower Collaboration
Announcing ICS Basics Virtual Top Gun!  Want to learn how to help clients transform their businesses with IBM social collaboration solutions? Want to better understand the concept of an "exceptional web experience" or "exceptional work experience" ? Need to hear the latest announcement from Lotusphere 2012?  Read more...

Empower Automation & Security
Important Update on ISS Transition to IBM Software Group  in us for this important call as we review the announcement and changes, discuss the IBM SWG SVP and channels programs, and the steps you need to take.  Read more...

Retail
Retail Store Solutions presents the 2012 RS4 event at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego. The event will focus on current issues facing retailers and creative ways sales teams can craft and install intelligent business solutions to meet your customers’ needs.  Read more...

Education
2012 Education and Test Vouchers are ready for requesting! The 2012 PartnerRewards Program offers eligible business partners education vouchers that will cover 80% of the published tuition on STG classes and conferences and 100% discount off ILO classes in the U.S.  Read more...

Financing
Clothing Deals with IBM Services and Financing - BP Sales Newsline Call.  Join this call on February 1, to hear all about the latest IBM Maintenance and Technical Support Services, IBM Integrated Technology Services, as well as the valuable IBM Global Financing options to wrap up your deals. Read more...

Upcoming Power Systems Calls and Webcasts

BP Sales Monthly Newsline Call - Wednesday, February 1, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern
Toll free:  (888) 455-1770
Toll:  (773) 799-3560
Passcode:  SALES
LotusLive:  http://www.lotuslive.com/join
Enter Meeting ID "3163634" and your name, then click "join meeting"
For PRESENTATIONS and REPLAY information, click here.

Quarterly Key Competitor Update - HP - Thursday, February 2, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Eastern
We have assembled a panel of experts to review HP's current activities in the marketplace.  Join us to hear how you can use this information to create value for your clients.
Register at:  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/333728688
For more details, click here. 

Power of AIX Webcast Series:  Cloud Computing and Infrastructure as a Service - Thursday, February 2 , 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern
Learn how Power Systems is optimized for Cloud computing and how you can deploy an agile cloud computing infrastructure as a service (IaaS).  This webcast is open to IBMers, partners, and end-user customers.
Register at:  http://www.poweritpro.com/go/aix1

IBM i Update - Monday, February 6, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Eastern
Hear the latest news about IBM i.  Learn about support for IBM i 5.4, valuable new sales and marketing materials, a new strategy for RPG Open Access, an update on IBM i Technology Refreshes, and the latest information on PowerVM Live Partition Mobility.
Register at:  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/791214312
For more details, click here.  

Power of i Webcast Series:  Best Practices for Security and Compliance with IBM i - Thursday, February 9, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern
Join us to hear experts cover the topic of security and compliance for the IBM i environment.  This webcast is open to IBMers, partners, and end-user customers.
Register at:  http://www.systeminetwork.com/go/ipower1

Power Systems Monthly Sales Call - Tuesday, February 14, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern
Toll free:  800-779-9908
Toll:  773-799-3454
Passcode:  POWER SYSTEMS
For PRESENTATIONS and REPLAY information, click here.   

Introducing IBM Power Linux Solutions - Wednesday, February 15, 10:00 AM - 11:00 Eastern
Join Scott Handy, Vice President of Power Linux Strategy & Business Development, to learn about the new IBM Power Linux strategy and go to market plans.
Register at:  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/740130112
For more details, click here. 

Return to Basics - Understanding POWER7 Capacity Entitlement and Virtual Processors - Jan. 31st

This webcast will review considerations for proper sizing, configuration, and implementation of POWER7 processors in order to achieve optimum performance and throughput.  Register

How 8 Distributors Are Tackling the Cloud

CRN talked to top executives at eight IT distributors to find out how they are approaching cloud computing and carving out their own roles within the evolving technology landscape.  Read more...

Announcing ICS Basics Virtual Top Gun!

Want to learn how to help clients transform their businesses with IBM social collaboration solutions?  Want to better understand the concept of an  "exceptional web experience" or "exceptional work experience" ? Need to hear the latest announcement from Lotusphere 2012?

Important Update on ISS Transition to IBM Software Group - February 7th

IBM recently announced the ISS products that will be moving from GTS to IBM Software Group in 2012. As a result, there will be specific actions that the business partners will be required to take in order to remain compliant with IBM’s software programs and resell the technology.  We want to help make this transition smooth for you and Arrow has the expertise and resources to help you through this process. Join us for this important call as we review the announcement and changes, discuss the IBM SWG SVP and channels programs, and the steps you need to take.  Register

IBM Software Subscription & Support Quarterly Call Series

The IBM Software Subscription and Support Sales team will be launching a NEW call series for Software Business Partners.   At these webcasts, you will hear from the Software Brand Subscription and Support Sales Executives and subject matter experts on topics such as:  new product release announcements, pricing & licensing changes for renewals, re-instatement sales plays, new initiatives, acquisition updates, and other topics that are relevant to the IBM Software Renewal business. 

ICS Sales Talk: Use Social Dashboards to Help You Sell More Social Portal - Jan. 31st

In today's world organizations,Social businesses need to be able to make fast accurate decisions. This involves being able to get timely accurate information, decipher it, engage the right people and evolve/iterate to deliver the best solution, where ever you are (ie mobile). In this session, find out how you can use IBM technology to help deliver critical information to the people that need it. Solutions will include dashboards, portals and infusing social capability using IBM Connections, WebSphere Portal Server, and WebSphere Dashboard Framework.

IBM N Series Partner - Deal Registration Refresher Training - February 2nd

Please mark your calendars and plan to join this call for a quick refresher on how to submit an IBM N series deal registration into the NetApp PartnerEdge portal.  The following topics will be discussed:

• Why it’s important to register EVERY IBM N series deal in PartnerEdge?
• Submission Helpful Hints and Pitfalls
• Who’s who on the NetApp IBM N series team… Area Partner Managers, Technical Partner Managers, Solution Engineers and Distribution resources

Register today!

Plug-into-POWER: eConfig: Files-Types, Import, Export and Saving Webinar

This webinar is the second in a series of eConfig training calls. This hour will cover eConfig file types and how to import, export and save them.  We will cover basic concepts and then build on those to improve and streamline your eConfig usage.

2012 PartnerRewards, Mid-Market Co-Marketing Call - Feb. 8

The 2012 PartnerRewards, Mid-Market Co-Marketing and SWG Co-Marketing programs have been rolled out.  Funds for eligible partners have been loaded into the IBM Co-Marketing Center (CMC) tool.  The Primary Relationship Contact (PRC) for eligible partners should go into the CMC tool to accept their funding offerings and associated terms and conditions.