On October 15 and 16, IBM will host partners and customers at its Executive Briefing Center in Palisades, N.Y., to discuss its cloud services strategy for this rapidly growing market.
Leverage Emerging Delivery Models to Accelerate Business Value - Bringing line of business executives and independent software vendors (ISVs) together
The tides of innovation are driving radical changes in the software market. Alternative delivery models are opening up choices for line of business executives and providing new market opportunity for software vendors. Analysts predictions include: By 2012, 70 percent or more of businesses with greater than 100 employees will have deployed at least one Software as a Service (SaaS) application.
Saugatuck Technology, May 2008: The Cloud opportunity is potentially $95 billion, or roughly 12 percent of the total worldwide software market, within five years. Merril Lynch, May 2008: A powerful event has been planned to address these trends and more.
On Day One, "ISV Day"--Software vendors will
- Hear about IBM’s strategy for Blue Business Platform (BBP) and how they can engage as an IBM business partner
- Ascertain best practices from analysts and successful SaaS ISVs.
- Learn how to leverage IBM's SaaS Partner program
- Discover how to grow their SaaS business by adding business intelligence and collaborative capabilities
- Network with IBM executives and other IBM business partners
On Day Two, "Customer Day" - Line of business executives and IT decision makers will
- Learn how alternative IT delivery models can radically simplify the deployment of IT solutions
- Gain insights from CIOs, analysts and IBM partners who have already successfully integrated these new delivery models
- See demonstrations of relevant Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions from IBM SaaS partners
- Network with peer executives and subject matter experts
Don't miss out on the opportunity to "accelerate business value"!
Cost: $400 for one day, $700 for two days.
For more information on this event, visit https://www-950.ibm.com/events/wwe/swg/08bbpsaas.nsf
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