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Pulse 2009 - "The Best User Community
Experience"Thank you to the 1000 members who attended Pulse 2009 in Las Vegas!
Thanks to the many TUC members who stopped
by the User Community Networking Area. Watch
these videos on what was offered and what you
may have missed.
Tivoli User Community Networking Lounge at the Pulse 2009 Solution Expo Danyel Otteson on customer networking at Pulse 2009 Mark your calendars for Pulse 2010! February
21-24, 2010 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las
Vegas, NV
Help IBM/Tivoli, help you!Take 3 minutes for the Events/Conferences survey. Your input is valuable to the future of IBM's conference offerings. YOU MADE IT HAPPEN! - We have reached
20,000+ members. Our recent semi-annual
survey results are in and 95% of you are very
satisfied or satisfied with the website. We
are looking forward to serving you and
enabling you.
A Big Welcome to Our New Tivoli User Groups since January 2009: MAXIMO USER GROUP PAKISTAN Maximo User Group Brazil Seattle Tivoli Business Automation User Group Delaware Valley Tivoli Storage Users Group New Zealand Storage User Group Check out the compete list of 8 user groups who have
recently joined the community in the past
four months! Sign up for one near you today.
News YOU CAN use from the Global Tivoli User Group (GTUG) council. Read the quick summary notes from the recent meetings. FREE Certification Testing at User Group
Meetings
Thank you to IBM/Tivoli Certification program for continuing to offer Free Certification testing at local user group meeting in 2009. You will receive 1 free exam per user group meeting. Plus half off any additional certification exams you wish to take while at the meeting. |
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Education
IBM Tivoli Training at User
Group Meetings Continues in 2009
Tivoli Training is offering free, in-depth technical training delivered by technical product experts via emeeting at regularly scheduled Tivoli User Group meetings. And you and your User Group Leader select the product and topics to be taught at your meeting from a list of over 225 courses covering over 80 Tivoli products. Instructor-Led Online
Training
Let the classroom come to you! IBM Tivoli offers many of our most popular courses in a new format - instructor-led online (ILO). Choose from several courses that offer our highest-rated classroom instructors and content with the flexibility, convenience and cost savings of online training. To view our portfolio of courses, click here. IBM Tivoli Web-based
Training Subscription Offer
IBM Tivoli Web-based Training Subscription can help you keep your TivoliŽ skills up-to-date without the travel. This subscription gives an individual or site access to the entire Tivoli Web-based training library for one year. For more information, click here. Events
Pulse 2009
Webcasts
Dynamic Infrastructure
Virtual Forum on March 3-4, 2009!
Without leaving your desk, you can expand
your horizons and learn how IBM can help them
make your infrastructure as dynamic as
business itself.
Webinar: Beyond Backup Reporting
- Data Protection Services - Delivering Results with Bocada Enterprise and TSM 6Date: March 31, 2009 at 9:00 AM PT |
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Pulse Conference - What everyone should know!
IBM strategy for Pulse 2009 was focused around "Dynamic infrastructure". It refers to growing intelligence in the data center and client assets and technologies that allows for smarter usage and management of those assets while being able to provision and throttle their usage more dynamically. The easiest way to describe it is usually through an example. Consider the utility company that provides the power to industrial and residential clients. By replacing the power meters with digital intelligent meters, the utility company can communicate with meters through RF or other protocols from centralized locations and throttle the usage of power down when no one is home and increase it back up in the evening when people come home. This capability can reduce the energy bill for individual customers and the utility companies to save money and help the environment. Obviously, the same paradigm can be applied to other industries as well. At the heart of providing the dynamic
infrastructure capabilities are Maximo
products that provides IT and non-IT asset
management, Configuration Management System
using federated CMDB to provide the
centralized knowledge management to automate
various processes and event management and
monitoring capabilities that check the
hearbeat of this dynamic infrastructure at
all times.
There was a new product announcement that had
direct association with dynamic
infrastructure strategy. This product is
called Tivoli Service Automation Manager
(TSAM). This is a new buzzword you may hear
and I wanted to include an introduction of
it. This product addresses the service
request management, then enables creation and
usage packages using pre-determined workflows
to deploy the packages (using provisioning
manager) and also perform the management of
the deployed package after it is implemented.
For more information about the new strategy
and solutions refer to the presentations in
the Pulse Agenda Builder.
Hints and Tips from the Pulse
Conference
As usual, there were solution presentations that announced new releases and additional capabilities which you can explore when reviewing presentation slides for each product. However, there were some capabilities that I wanted to highlight. One of the new trends in monitoring and business service management is the "Predictive Analysis or Predictive monitoring". IBM's strategy is to begin to introduce this capability in each one of their products such as: ITM, TBSM, Omnibus, Impact and others. This capability will use standard mechanisms across the monitoring and BSM portfolio to work together and amalgamate this intelligence in a centralized view to present overall impact to a business. Those capabilities will also be highlighted in each product's roadmap. One nice move by IBM was the inclusion of
Tivoli Performance Analyzer product as part
of ITM. This means that you don't need to
pay for this product to purchase anymore and
it will be shipped as part of ITM 6.2.2
around July timeframe.
TPA uses Tivoli data Warehouse to perform
historical trending of resource usage like
CPU, capacity, etc ... TPA's historical
analysis coupled with more real-time
predictive analysis by each product is a
major step toward realization of the dynamic
infrastructure strategy.
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Support
One of the best FREE Support Tools for
2009!
IBM Support Assistance - this product can support the customer by problem resolution and take care of creating the logfiles requested by Level 3 support. As Customers you are always asking:
Get IBM Support Assistance for Free at http://www.ibm.com/software/support/isa Announcements
Service Management Simulator
The Service Management Virtual Simulator is a challenging and engaging game to operational maturity, customer satisfaction and business success. Free to play, the immersive learning game is designed to help players understanding customer pains, the benefits of ITIL-based process, and how the business as a whole can improve Service Management. The New Service Management Resource Center
on ibm.com
Visit the new Service Management Resource Center sites, sponsored by IBM. Content includes information on topics of interest, industries, solutions from IBM, news feeds, blogs, education, current events, and more. IBM Service Management for a Dynamic
Infrastructure
IBM Service Management provides the visibility, control and automation that helps you manage a dynamic infrastructure and remain competitive in today's digitally-connected world. IBM Service Management delivers the solutions and expertise that organizations need to design, build and manage a dynamic infrastructure that leverages and integrates IT and 'smart' business assets to deliver next-generation services. Read the press release.. Cloud Computing
Cloud computing helps you rapidly gain access to scalable computing power and more intelligent networks - all while reducing labor requirements and maintaining or reducing your physical space and energy consumption. Read the press release.. White paper: Seeding the Clouds: Key Infrastructure Elements for Cloud Computing Brochure: IBM's Perspective on Cloud Computing IBM Service Management and Cloud
Computing
Businesses are looking to cloud computing to foster rapid innovation and decision making, for the agility needed to respond quickly in today's highly competitive environment, to reduce capital and operational costs, and as an environment that scales easily to effectively meet customer needs. IBM Service Management helps you effectively manage your cloud environment so you can cost effectively deliver high quality services to all of your customers. Learn more about Service Management and Cloud Computing. |
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Maximo presentations at Pulse, download today!
Camp Implementing Maximo in a High Availability Environment and High Performance in a Regulated Environment (Tues-2:00) Asset Configuration Mgt for Transportation Industry Service Providers (Wed 2:00) Maximo user groups are growing! Sign up for one of the 24 Maximo user groups. Check out the recent question asked by
your peers on the IBM Asset Management
products through the
Peer to Peer Knowledge
Exchange
Check out the recent uploads to the Tivoli Information Exchange (TIE) on Security Get your free EAM book today! Register and download your free copy of The Business Impact of Enterprise Asset Management! The book provides a straightforward, jargon-free look at the way Enterprise Asset Management is changing the world of business with a spotlight on current issues. Gartner Intelligent IT & Enterprise Asset Management Webcast! View this Gartner and IBM webcast with Kristian Steenstrup, Gartner's EAM lead analyst, Rich Caplow, IBM Strategy and Planning Market Manager, and McCarran International Airport's executives. Announcement
New Asset Management Product Zone now
LIVE! Our portal of information on
products, news, event, education/training,
collaboration and resources/links tailored by
type of user groups.
WANTED: Are you a member of a Maximo user group and would like to represent your user group on the Global Tivoli User Group (GTUG) maximo subcouncil? As the representative from your user group you'll have quarterly meetings with IBM and other representatives to discuss requirements, user group networking and more. If you are interested in joining the maximo subcouncil please contact the GTUG council president, Brian Lally at brian_p_lally@bluecrossmn.com. NEW Maximo Linear Asset
Management: (Please type 208-101 in
the "letter number" field)
This new option is available as an "add-on" component to IBM Maximo Asset Management and allows you to track, manage, and optimize performance levels of linear assets such as roads, railways, and pipelines. NEW VERSION: IBM
Maximo Adapter for Microsoft Project V7.1 and
IBM Maximo Enterprise Adapter V7.1 deliver
new and updated capabilities for IBM Maximo
Asset Management products
NEW VERSION: IBM
Maximo Mobile, Maximo for Service Providers,
and Maximo Industry Solutions deliver new and
updated capabilities for IBM Maximo Asset
Management V7.1 and IBM Tivoli Asset
Management for IT V7.1 products
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Check out the recent uploads to the Tivoli Information Exchange
(TIE) in the Availability area
Check out the recent question asked by your peers on Monitoring products through the Peer to Peer Knowledge Exchange Hints and Tips
Need some hints and tips on these
products? Check out the March Hints and Tips
sheet
OMEGAMON x.x OMEGAMON XE for Messaging 7.1 ITCAM for WebSphere FP4 ILMT 7.1 - IBM License Metric Tool TADDM 7.x TBSM 4.2 and 4.x ITM 6.2x TEPS (Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server) and ITM 6.x.x Announcement
Availability presentations by customers at
Pulse, download today!
TEC to OMNIbus Migration - Project Experience Moving from CA Unicenter to IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2 Next-Generation Measuring, Monitoring, and Eventing in a Virtualized Sun Solaris Environment Using CCMDB 7.1 with TADDM in a Large-Scale Financial Environment Take Your Test Lab to the Next Level New Service Availablity and
Delivery..Product Zone now LIVE! Our
portal of information on products, news,
event, education/training, collaboration and
resources/links tailored by type of user groups.
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Check out the recent uploads to the Tivoli Information Exchange
(TIE) on Security
Check out the recent question asked by your peers on Security Management products through the Peer to Peer Knowledge Exchange Tivoli Identity Manager wiki is now
live! Check it out at: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/tivoliim/Home
Sign up for one of the Security user groups Announcement
Here are a few Security presentations by
customers at Pulse, download today!
Improving Productivity and Expanding Business Services with Access Management and Single Sign-On Uniting the Distributed World with the Mainframe Using Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Real-World Experiences Implementing and Maintaining a Global TIM and TAM Environment Are you a member of a Secruity user
group and would like to represent your
user group on the Global Tivoli User Group
(GTUG) security subcouncil? As the
representative from your user group you'll
have quarterly meetings with IBM and other
representatives to discuss requirements, user
group networking and more. If you are
interested in joining the security subcouncil
please contact the GTUG council president,
Brian Lally at brian_p_lally@bluecrossmn.com.
New Security, Risk and Compliance Product Zone now LIVE! Our portal of information on products, news, event, education/training, collaboration and resources/links tailored by type of user groups. Podcasts
How can we improve security and
productivity with Enterprise Single
Sign-On?
Organizations are looking to increase their employees' productivity, improve security and compliance, and reduce costs of help desk operations. These organizations must stay compliant, protect their information and systems while giving an ever-growing number of users easy access to the systems and applications they need. Listen to the podcast to find out more. How can we secure traditional applications
and new Web services?
As Industry regulations force tighter controls on access to sensitive data, managing internal and external business partners and secure automated transactions security is quickly becoming requirement for anyone doing business today. Company's are looking for ways to streamline development costs and speed up deployment of services while at the same time provide good security practices for its various development organizations. Learn more about how you can secure your traditional applications and also new Web Services by listening to this podcast. I thought we were safe from insider
threats?
Listen to this IBM a podcast to learn more about these internal threats: what are they, why are they more dangerous than external ones and how can we practically protect the organizations against them. Stay Ahead of the Hackers: Strategies to
Protect your Web Applications - and Your
Organization
This podcast will address the state of web application security today as well as how you can make web applications more secure. Two leading experts on Application Security: John Pescatore from leading analyst firm Gartner and IBM Rational's Michael Weider will explain today's web application security challenges that organizations face and, more importantly, how to overcome them. Understanding the Impact of Web 2.0 on an Organization's Security Risk This podcast will highlight examples of common Web application vulnerabilities, review recent public security and privacy breaches, applicable regulatory compliance legislation and will explain how to defend against attacks at the Web application layer. This podcast will also discuss common Web 2.0 vulnerabilities, explain techniques for exploiting and protecting web services and Ajax and the common attacks (ie. Cross-site scripting) they enable. Continuous Compliance Management - the CSO's Role - Ted Ritter, analyst and researcher at Nemertes Research addresses the challenges of compliance management. Webcasts
2009 and Beyond: Managing
Security and the New Compliance Landscape in
an Adverse Economy
2009 is going to present some incredible challenges to business world wide. The economic downturn is a global phenomenon, and in the US, the new administration seems committed to increased regulatory scrutiny for the financial services industry and many others. Given that budgets and resources are scarce, how can an organization successfully protect the enterprise and manage its compliance burden? Join Kris Lovejoy with IBM and analyst Scott Crawford with EMA to learn more about how to manage these challenges. Trust but Verify..Managing and Auditing Privileged Users Join speakers from IBM and analysts from the Burton Group for a discussion on how to better manage, monitor and audit the most powerful and thereby potentially the most dangerous user - the privileged user. An analyst will highlight the importance of managing the privileged user, the damages that can and have been caused by privileged users and highlight a strategy to better manage privileged users. IBM will then identify how IBM identity and access management products and services can help address this security and compliance challenge. IBM Security webcast - "The
Danger Inside
- The Top 5 Strategies for Addressing Insider
Risk"
Recent headlines detail the horrifying impact of what can happen when a trusted insider uses the confidence placed in him/her to circumvent or avoid controls intended to protect business processes or sensitive information. While governance and compliance issues have been top of mind lately, this type of incident clearly goes far beyond and impacts the confidence of customers and partners, as well as the bottom line. So what can enterprises do? Join Andreas Antonopoulos, SVP and Founding Partner, Nemertes Research and Kristin Lovejoy, Director Corporate Security Strategy, IBM Tivoli for a webcast as they discuss "The Danger Inside - The Top 5 Strategies for Addressing Insider Risk" Find out who these insiders are..what motivates them..and most importantly things you can do to prevent them! Demos!
IBM Tivoli Security User
Compliance Management Demo
The products shown are IBM Tivoli Identity Manager, IBM Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-on and IBM Tivoli Security Information and Event Manager. IBM Identity and Access Management cross brand flash demo This illustrated demo shows how IBM offers a smarter, business-driven approach to Identity and Access Management. IBM's extensive integration capabilities can secure access to all your business data and processes, while enhancing business productivity. IBM Information Security
cross brand flash demo
This illustrated demo shows a comprehensive overview of the IBM Information Security solution. IBM offers a smarter, business-driven approach to information security. It allows you to balance availability and risk as you safeguard your information assets, support compliance efforts, and enable dynamic collaboration. IBM Infrastructure Security cross brand flash demo This illustrated demo shows a comprehensive overview of the IBM physical security solution. IBM offers a smarter, business-driven approach to physical security. It allows you to turn surveillance videos into critical intelligence for improved security and enhanced, real-time decision-making. |
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Check out the recent uploads to the Tivoli Information Exchange
(TIE) on Storage
Check out the recent question asked by your
peers on Storage Management products through
the Peer to Peer Knowledge
Exchange
Announcement - Tivoli Storage Manager
6
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) has been a leader in helping organizations protect, retain and assure availability of their most important asset, their data, for more than 15 years. The TSM family is a truly comprehensive, enterprise-wide data protection and recovery solution, with features including: Backup / Restore, Archive / Retrieve, Continuous Data Protection (CDP), Disaster Recovery, HSM / Information Lifecycle Management, Application Protection, Database Protection, Bare Machine Recovery and Robust Remote Office Recovery. On February 5, 2009, IBM proudly took the next big step in the mission of keeping our clients ahead of the tidal wave of data with the announcement of Tivoli Storage Manager 6. Tivoli Storage Manager 6 offers a wide array of dramatic improvements that include: simplified deployment and management; increased scalability, availability and performance; built-in data de-duplication; and improved integration with VMware and Microsoft environments and with NetApp and IBM N series NAS systems. These improvements provide the basis for a unified recovery management platform that delivers improved Quality of Service (QoS) levels. Tivoli Storage Manager 6 customers will be able to manage more data, more efficiently, with less infrastructure. To learn more, please visit the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager web page. What one person at the Pulse conference
took away about TSM6:
Announcements Here are a few customer presentations from
Pulse, download today!
Using CCMDB 7.1 with TADDM in a Large-Scale Financial Environment Take Your Test Lab to the Next Level Are you a member of a Storage user group and
would like to represent your user group on
the Global Tivoli User Group (GTUG) storage
subcouncil? As the representative from your
user group you'll have quarterly meetings
with IBM and other representatives to discuss
requirements, user group networking and more.
If you are interested in joining the storage
subcouncil please contact the GTUG council
president, Brian Lally at brian_p_lally@bluecrossmn.com.
New Storage Management Product
Zone now LIVE! Our portal of
information on products, news, event,
education/training, collaboration and
resources/links tailored by type of user groups.
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