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Tivoli Top Gun Class - Chicago, July 9-12, 2012

This class focuses on the IBM Tivoli IT Service Management (ISM) solutions, from a solution-selling perspective. It is NOT a product training class. Students will learn how every sale can and should include Tivoli ISM products, based on business value. They will also gain knowledge on how to beat the competition and acquire the skills and tools to do it. Students will craft their software win plans utilizing cross selling techniques. Upon completion students will use the skills to drive additional software revenue within their industries, and be able to identify, own and close their own software opportunities.  More information...

Registration is now open for Information On Demand 2012

Join us in Las Vegas, October 21 - 25, 2012 for Information On Demand 2012. Hear from thought leaders and renowned experts who will share ways to harness the power of today's unprecedented volume, variety and velocity of data. Gain insights into new and innovative strategies that will accelerate your Information Management, Enterprise Content Management and Business Analytics practices. Discover the latest IBM products and solutions, and receive the very best technical and business education.

Power Competitive Boot Camp - Austin, TX, July 16-18, 2012

The Power Systems Competitive Boot Camp, Austin, TX, is a 3 day event. The goal of the Power vs VMware/Competitive x86/Lintel Boot Camp is to provide in-depth competitive face-to-face education for Power Seller, FTSS and Business Partner attendees to give them the tools needed to counter the competitive threat primarily from VMware/x86/Lintel.

IBM i for Business Intelligence Technical Solution Workshop

The 2.5 Day Solution Workshop will be held in Rochester Minnesota on May 22-24. The workshop is designed to provide you with the required skills to sell and service analytics offerings built for Power Systems, targeted for mid-market IBM i clients. There is no charge for the workshop, all travel and living expenses are the responsibility of the participant.

"The Switch is ON!"

You are invited to attend a special IBM technology solutions briefing, specifically for Business Partners: “The Switch is ON!”

The event is complimentary and will cover:

• IBM Cloud Solutions for Private, Public and Hybrid Clouds
• Big Data - Big Challenges & Opportunities
• IBM Integrated Data Center Networking - Smarter Networking for Smarter Data Centers
• Building a Services Practice around Data Analytics with IBM Netezza.

Share the savings! Your clients save on IBM training...You save big on IBM training events!

Help your clients maximize their investment in IBM hardware. Reward your clients* with a 10 percent discount on eligible IBM systems training classes. For every 10 students who enroll and attend eligible IBM training beginning April 16, 2012, but no later than October 15, 2012, you receive an incredible 90 percent discount on attendance for one seat at these 2012 IBM Storage and Technology University events:

Datacap Taskmaster Capture V8 Quick Start Workshop

A new class has been added at May Days 2012!

In this workshop you will learn about Taskmaster's flexible, rules driven, cost effective, high volume architecture.  You will learn about the features of Datacap Taskmaster Capture including scan, recognize, verify and export.  You will be introduced to the Datacap products Taskmaster, Taskmaster Web, Taskmaster Flex, Rulerunner and FastDoc Capture. You will have the opportunity to perform hands-on lab exercises exploring Taskmaster, Taskmaster Web, and Taskmaster Flex using capture workflows and using Datacap Studio for image processing, and rules administration.

IBM Edge2012

IBM Edge2012 is a first-of-its-kind, premier storage conference that brings together client success stories and best practices, industry thought leaders, world-class training and innovative IBM technologies all in one place—the Bonnet Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida, from June 4-8, 2012.

WebSphere Commerce, Sterling CPQ and Order Management Training and Certification - May 30 & 31 (Schaumburg, IL)

Take advantage of these informative sales and technical sales mastery training sessions to enhance your skills and obtain Commerce sales and technical mastery certifications.  The opportunity to take Sales and Technical certification exams are included during the sessions.

Download 2012 Commerce Enablement Sessions Registration Links

B2B Integrator, Managed File Transfer Sales & Technical Mastery Training - May 8 & 9 (Chicago, IL)

Enable your organization to effectively identify and sell IBM B2B Integration and Managed File Transfer solutions.   Take advantage of these sales and technical sales mastery training sessions to enhance your skills.  The opportunity to take Sales and Technical certification exams are included during the sessions.