- IBM Pulse conference
The [http://ibm.com/tivoli/pulse08 IBM Pulse conference] is a large annual
IBM Service Management event that is intended to bring together a community of IBM Customers, Business Partners, industry analysts, and technical experts to discuss the latest technology and best practices in the Service Management industry. The conference mainly focuses on IBM Tivoli, Maximo and Tivoli Netcool products and solutions. For more information, seeTivoli Software .Given recent acquisitions by IBM which have become part of its Tivoli brand, IBM has combined past conferences (such as the Tivoli Technical Users Conference and Maximo World) into a single conference, IBM Pulse 2008.1 The conference is held at a different location every year. In 2008, the event will take place May 18–22 in Orlando, Florida at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel.2
The keynote speakers for the first of these conferences are
Lance Armstrong , seven-timeTour de France champion and Chairman and Founder of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, and John Wood, founder and CEO ofRoom to Read .Hootie & the Blowfish , the Grammy-award winning rock band, will provide entertainment at the conference.Conference curriculum
The conference will focus on six tracks:3
1. Enterprise Asset Management
2. Service Assurance for Communications Service Providers
3. Service Availability and Performance Management
4. Service Delivery and Process Automation
5. Security, Risk Management and Compliance
6. Storage ManagementOther activities
Other conference activities include:4
-IBM Business Partner Summit: Education on latest technologies, key certifications, and marketing and selling resources to increase revenue5
-Guru Galaxy: Access to many IBM technical experts for question and answer sessions
-Maximo campgrounds: Implementation, product, industry, and best practices campgrounds on how IBM's increased investment in Maximo development delivers a strong roadmap for expanding and enhancing delivery capabilities for industry solutions
-On-site education and certification: Labs, demonstrations, training, and testing6Related links
IBM Pulse 2008 Web site: http://ibm.com/tivoli/pulse08
IBM Service Management community: http://ibm.com/developerworks/spaces/smCitations
1 Tivoli Technical User Conference FAQs: http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/pulse08/ttuc-faq.html
2IBM Pulse 2008 Hotel Information: http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/pulse08/hotel.html
3Conference tracks: http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/pulse08/tracks.html
4Pulse agenda: http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/pulse08/agenda.html
5IBM Pulse 2008: For Business Partners: http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/partners/pulse2008
6IBM Pulse 2008 Training and Certification: http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/pulse08/training.html
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