Arrow ECS IBM Group Newsletter

BP Advantage Newsline webcast on April 7

IBM Channel Marketing invites you to join the Business Partner Advantage Newsline webcast on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 for a review of the 2Q sales plays. Learn what sales plays and offerings your firm can leverage to help ensure a successful quarter and gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

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IBM DS Series Portal has new "Industry Solutions" tab

IBM has updated their DS Series Portal to include solution-specific information. 

• Under Healthcare you will see Certifications, Customer Cases and Sales Resources.
• Under Media and Entertainment; Sales Kit, Customer Cases and Sales Resources. 

Arrow Partners Can Jump Start a Software Campaign with Fully Funded Dollars

Are you looking to capture some additional marketing funds? IBM is currently accepting nominations for business partners to receive $5,000 in fully funded dollars to drive a software demand generation activity. In order to be considered for funding you must meet the following criteria:

• Must be a member of PartnerWorld
• Must be enrolled in GPP
• Must be Advanced or Premier Level
• Must be enrolled in either SVI, VAP, SWVN or have signed a BP Territory Model Agreement

Your IBM Sales Rep must nominate you and fill out the nomination form completely. You must also submit a marketing plan into PartnerPlan outlining how you plan to use the funds.

Jump Start nominations are currently being accepted. Approval is based upon meeting the above criteria and available funds. If accepted, you will receive $5,000 fully funded dollars. Your IBM Sales Rep will be responsible for compliance in the process, including submission of leads.
 
For further information and to receive a nomination form, please contact Lyndsay Dowd at IBM business partner co-marketing at lyndsay_dowd@us.ibm.com 

Mark Your Calendars -- 2Q10 Topics for IBM Storage and Data Services Quick Learn Education Series for Business Partner Sellers

IBM Global Technology Services, Storage and Data Services is hosting regular IBM Business Partner webcasts the second Wednesday of each month at 11:00 a.m. ET.  This series is comprised of high-impact, 45-minute events for Business Partner sellers to help build pipeline and drive revenue.

Following are the participation details and topics for the 2Q 2010 sessions. Be sure to mark your calendar accordingly. We invite you to join us each month on LotusLive Meetings. You will need to dial in to access the audio. There is no registration required for this call.

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Two for the Price of One, IBM Power Systems Technical Symposium and IBM DB2 for i Technical Symposium

Only a few weeks left to enroll in the IBM Power Systems Technical Symposium and the IBM DB2 for i Technical Symposium in Dallas,Texas on April 13-15. These events will provide timely training on recent announcements for IBM POWER7 and IBM DB2 for i. Enroll in one event and attend sessions at both events for no additional charge. Sellers that bring two paying clients can get 100 percent of their symposium tuition waived. Get your clients to enroll, then submit the customer and company names to Connie Wiles/Rochester/IBM and get your tuition waived.

2Q10 Launch Education - Mark your calendars!

On April 13, IBM will make announcements to continue on our promise of Smarter Systems for a Smarter Planet with new Power 7 models and new eX5 - based workload optimized solutions to provide the scale and performance needed for new and emerging workloads. New storage solutions will address the growing need to store, manage and retrieve vast amounts of data. New and enhanced offerings for Business Analytics will help clients analyze and unlock insights into data, and IBM continues in its leadership position by ensuring scale without complexity through Virtualization and Integrated Service Management. GTS continues delivering skills with new services for remote implementation and migration services across our product family. Mark your calendar to attend the 2Q 2010 Launch Education Kickoff - April 6 (NA / LA / Europe), Senior IBM Executives will share an overview on the new systems from IBM that will redefine the industry's prevailing view of performance - Smarter Systems for a Smarter Planet. 2Q 2010 Launch Education Kickoff - April 6 Power Systems 2Q Preannouncement Webcast - April 7 IBM Information Infrastructure April Launch Overview - April 7 System z Update for 2Q 2010 - April 7 Replay: Pre-announcement Detailed Overview for eX5 on March 30 IBM Power Systems Technical Symposium IBM DB2 for Technical Symposium

Storage Software Technical Workshop

This hands-on workshop provides students a technical update to IBM FlashCopy Manager, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.2, and IBM Information Archive. There is no fee for this workshop. Students are responsible for their own travel expenses. You will initially be pended into this class. Please wait to make travel or hotel reservations until you receive your registration confirmation note. For questions, contact Donneitta Morrison at dkmorris@us.ibm.com.

Workshop logistics:
Date: April 27 - 29, 2010
Time: 8:30 a.m. April 27 and concludes by 2:00 p.m. April 29
Location: The Chicago Center, Chicago, IL

Register today.

A comparison of virtualization features of HP-UX, Solaris and AIX

IBM's POWER7 Systems alter the 2010 landscape

By Ken Milberg, Writer/site expert, Future Tech

Summary:  Most AIX® administrators understand the virtualization features available to them on their System p® platform through PowerVM™, which is also available on the System p for Linux®. What about the other UNIX® hardware platforms? What do they have to offer and how do some of their features compare to PowerVM. This article explores innovations for 2009 and 2010, including coverage of IBM's newly released POWER7 systems.

Register Now for the IBM Oracle/Sun Sales Rally Near You!

With the Sun acquisition complete, Oracle has boldly declared it will go after IBM clients worldwide. AS AN IBM BUSINESS PARTNER, THIS IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO TEAM WITH IBM TO EXECUTE! When you combine our hardware, software, services, financing capabilities and our team of IBM sellers and Business Partners — hands down — there's no competition...IBM wins.

Arrow Electronics Named Again to FORTUNE's World's Most Admired Companies

According to Yahoo Finance, Fortune has again name Arrow Electronics, Inc to its annual ranking of World's Most Admired Companies, Representing the tenth consecutive year the company has been recognized in the magazine's linking. Read more...

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