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IBM Innovation for On Demand Business initiative

Innovation is what makes a company special. It permits a company to cut costs and drive growth in new ways, from new sources and customers. It opens doors in emerging markets. It lets large companies move more quickly and lets smaller companies compete on a global scale. It lets an organization differentiate itself and move up the value change. To successfully build an innovative On Demand Business, organizations need to have a flexible IT infrastructure that supports the business needs to help differentiate the organization from their competitors and strengthen their true competitive advantage.

The IBM Certified for On Demand Business Initiative is designed to increase IT sales and designer professionals' proficiency in two key roles - certified for On Demand Business Solution Advisor and Solution Designer. These certifications focus on key sales and technical capabilities required to guide client's IT infrastructure strategy development by combing a unique blend of business insight, technology and products, effective solution design, and implementation and maintenance competencies. Both certification span IBM's breadth of hardware, software and services offerings giving the certified professional a solid foundation for understanding and promoting IBM's cross brand solutions by bringing together all the products and services available through IBM into a complete solution for your client's IT infrastructure to support their business goals.

When you become certified for On Demand Business as a Solution Advisor or Solution Designer, you differentiate yourself as a trusted advisor, which will help you lead your company or your clients through their transformation into becoming a fully integrated, innovative On Demand Business.

Certifications

IBM Certified for On Demand Business - Solution Advisor V2 IBM Certified for On Demand Business - Solution Designer V2 What's in it for you? The training and testing required for these certifications can help you: Identify IBM solutions that will help the client become an On Demand Business Facilitate the creation of the buying vision that supports the client's business goals Acquire proven skills across IBM's offerings to differentiate yourself and build your skills in a competitive environment Enhance your earning potential and the possibilities of career advancement Enable you to cross sell IBM hardware, software, services and to combine these offerings with your own companies products to create complete solutions for your clients Use IBM sales tools to help you identify sales opportunities and to generate new leads to increase your sales revenue: Turn opportunities into sales lead Become a "trusted business advisor" to clients Understand the business processes and the IBM solutions that will be help your clients resolve their pains Help your clients develop an IT technology blueprint based on their current capabilities and IT goals Learn how IBM uniquely delivers broad and deep software technologies such as Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). SOA helps customers increase the flexibility of their business processes, strengthen their underlying IT infrastructure and reuse their existing IT investments by creating connections among disparate applications and information sources that ultimately enable companies to innovate adapt & grow. Meet the skills requirements of the IBM PartnerWorld program If you are an IBM Business Partner looking for a way capitalize on the Innovation market momentum, Innovation for On Demand Business professional certification for individuals creates a solid foundation to help your company.

Special benefits for IBM Certified for On Demand Business Professionals

	Display the On Demand Business mark Use the On Demand Business mark on your business cards, resume and company Web site (see usage document for details).
	Receive discounts on IBM products Participate in the IBM Purchase Program and receive 10% off the Web published price. Enjoy discounted prices on IBM home-computing products, including desktop PCs, select ThinkPad notebooks, accessories, software and more.
	20% discount on books purchased through Maximum Press, plus complimentary shipping in the US Receive a 20% discount on book purchases through Maximum Press.