Dear Tivoli User Community Members,

We would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to all of you who attended Pulse 2010. It was a pleasure to see many of you who stopped by the Tivoli User Community Networking area to join the community for the first time, update your profile, and receive your "Premier User Group Awards" or to just say "hello".

Pulse 2010 proved to be successful in building awareness of the Tivoli User Community (TUC) as well as providing the opportunity for many of you to meet and network with each other.

Here are just a few of our successes at Pulse 2010:

• 910+ new members joined through the Pulse 2010 registration
• 67+ new membership sign-ups took place at the TUC Networking Area while at Pulse
• 93+ TUC members updated their profiles
• 3,600+ Pulse attendees received flyers in their badges about the Tivoli User Community
• 8 Maximo User Groups held meetings the Sunday before the conference including:
• Oil & Gas Working Group
• Life Sciences User Group
• Transportation User Group
• Facilities Management User Group
• ITSM User Group
• Airports User Group
• Manufacturing User Group
• Utility Working Group
• 18 Videos of TUC members were captured. You can view these videos in the Community Video Gallery

8 Premier User Groups accepted their 2010 Premier User Group Awards including:

• Carolinas User Group
• Central Ohio Tivoli User Group
• Dallas Fort Worth Texas
• Japanese Tivoli User Group
• Maximo Utility Working Group
• North Central Tivoli Storage Manager

Did you attend Pulse 2010 and would like to discuss your experiences with other community members or make suggestions for Pulse 2011? Post a comment on the TUC forum titled "Discussion on Pulse 2010 and what you would like to see at Pulse 2011".

The Global Tivoli User Group Council (GTUG) held their 7th Annual Face to Face meeting following Pulse 2010, with 18 members in attendance. The purpose of the meeting was to bring together GTUG council members to share insights and feedback regarding products, support, services, Tivoli marketing and to enhance the discussions about GTUG requirements.

Some meeting highlights include:

• A feedback session on Pulse 2010 by all GTUG Pulse Attendees to the Pulse executive planning team
• Tivoli Strategy Update by Wing To, IBM VP Tivoli Strategy and Product Management
• Development Update by Laura Sanders, IBM VP Tivoli Strategy and Development
• Marketing Update by Teresa Whittle, IBM Director Marketing for IBM Service Management
• Other topics included: Cloud, Security, IT Asset Management, User Interface Discussion, Industry Solutions/Smarter Planet and Tivoli Support/Services

A more detailed report will be posted to the GTUG council home page this month.

Pulse 2010 was a great success and we look forward to what Pulse 2011 in Las Vegas, February 27-March 3 will have in store. Post a comment about what you'd like to see at Pulse 2011.