Spotlight October 26th, 2009

Does your solution drive the sale of IBM hardware and/or software? If so, then you could be eligible for up to $5,000 in matching funds from IBM for a demand generation campaign. Read more... The New Power Equation briefings are part of the IBM commitment to building a smarter planet. Read more... The IBM Competitive Transaction Exception (CTE) program is a popular promotion that has proven to be particularly useful in closing business. Learn more... The IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC) is designed to increase the efficiency and flexibility of your storage infrastructure, so please join us as we bring you up to speed on SVC within your sales opportunities by attending on of our webinars. Read more... The goal of the bi-weekly STG Education Newsletter for IBM Business Partners is to help you close more business by delivering more targeted and strategic content about key STG education and events. Learn more here...

Web-facing applications and databases are the #1 target of hackers seeking to exploit vulnerabilities. Read more... The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 simply extended the bonus provisions of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.   Read more... Effective 10/5/2009, IBM has revised the fines for discovery of Non-Compliance Maintenance/Service transactions. Read More... For many companies, IT budgets on the surface appear nearly frozen. In sales, we are having a plethora conversations about how the customer wants to do things in the IT space, but budgets will not be approved due to cost savings. The question is, what can we do to keep our sales moving? Read more... Hear how midsize firms improve flexibility with Dynamic Infrastructure Learn more... Check it out!IBM Retail Store Solutions is hosting monthly conference calls on the third Tuesday of each month at 2:00 PM ET. Read more...