2013 IBM Impact Zone - Middleware News

Impact Conference Overview
Visit the Impact 2013 website to register and for more information on tracks, sessions, conference activities, and more.

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Session Preview Tool is Live! 
Browse the session preview tool and learn how the curriculum allows attendees to build new skills and increase expertise in a range of topics: Mobile, Big Data, cloud, Expert Integrated Systems, Social, BPM and ODM!

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Guest Speakers Announced!

Attend Impact and join in conversations with this impressive line up ofguest speakers:

Tim O'Reilly, CEO and founder of O'Reilly Media
Grady Booch, IBM Fellow and Chief Scientist for Software Engineering
Michael Copeland, Senior editor of Wired Magazine
Rich Karlgard, Publisher, Forbes 

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Look What's New at Impact 2013!

• Introducing MobileFirst, with a new Mobile Enterprise track, and added emphasis on IBM PureSystems™, cloud, process and integration technologies
• More on-site certifications and hands-on labs and more client success stories
• Forbes Business Program focused on venture capitalists and entrepreneurship trends
• Enhanced developer experience throughout the week with special emphasis on mobile technology and the Code Rally game
• Expanded Social Playground activities and tweet-up receptions in a dedicated area on the Solution Center floor  
• Focus on usability of IBM SmartSite® executive meeting tool and mobile applications
• Conference reduced from six days to five and breakout sessions reduced to 60 minutes
• But we kept everything you liked from Impact 2012:
• Product Technology Center where attendees engage in discussions with technical experts, meet the development teams and get hands-on experience with the latest products and technologies
• Developers Unconference where developers and IT professionals can submit, and vote on, the topics you want to discuss—online and onsite.
• More than 500 sessions and 300 client, business partner, analyst and thought leader speakers sharing their success stories—plus Meet-the-Expert, Client Feedback and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions as well as certification testing
• New business integration and business process software capabilities that can help you start using the collaborative, flexible and intelligent capabilities of social media, mobile computing and cloud computing in enterprise applications

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Arrive in time to attend the Discover WebSphere Session: April 28, 2:00 – 5:00Discover WebSphere (SUN-2926) Are you new to the WebSphere family of solutions or perhaps not familiar with the value other parts of the WebSphere portfolio can bring to your organization? Jump start your week with this educational pre-conference session that will help you to “discover” WebSphere. Via presentations from subject matter experts and live demonstrations, learn the technical details and benefits of key WebSphere technologies such as application servers, mobile development, business process management, decision management, enterprise service bus, and expert integrated systems. With the foundation that you get here, you will be able to get even greater value from the sessions you choose to attend during the rest of IMPACT.

Agenda:

2:00-2:15	Let's Discover WebSphere
2:15-2:45		Application Infrastructure
2:45-3:15	Mobile Enterprise
3:15-3:35		BPM, Case, and Decision Management
3:35-3:50		BREAK
3:50-4:10		Messaging, SOA Integration and Governance
4:10-4:45		Expert Integrated Systems
4:45-5:00		Learn More at Impact

This session takes place in the conference center at The Venetian, Las Vegas. Don’t forget to add session #2926 to your schedule.

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Top Five Reasons to Attend Impact
1. ACCELERATE YOUR IMPACT.
Hear how market-leading organizations are combining business with technology—including mobile, social, cloud and big data—to optimize their applications and processes.

2. ACQUIRE THE SKILLS TO SUCCEED
Get certified and grow your technical skills with lectures, hands-on labs, meet-the-experts sessions and an expanded Developer Unconference. Explore breakthrough technologies and innovations in mobile, cloud, expert integrated systems, BPM, Operational Decision Management (ODM), SOA integration and WebSphere software. Get your business in motion.

3. LEARN FROM TECHNOLOGY INNOVATORS
Learn from IBM customers, analysts and thought leaders how today's outperforming organizations are succeeding by leveraging innovative solutions to forge new relationships and drive deeper engagements. Gain valuable insights from leaders who solved their most critical challenges by re-imagining their operations, processes and technology. Learn how others do business, in motion.

4. ACHIEVE GREATER BUSINESS VALUE
Attend the Forbes Business Leadership Forum, where forward thinking business and IT leaders will share how key technologies are helping them reinvent their business operations, master exploding amounts of data, anticipate and respond in real-time to marketplace changes, and drive innovation.

5. SEE SOLUTIONS IN ACTION
Visit the solution center to interact with the latest cutting-edge solutions and technology from IBM and its Business Partners to enable business in motion. Connect with colleagues and network with others at the Social Playground, get hands-on experience with live demos and experience the new “touch” labs featuring mobile apps.

Register to Attend Today!!