IMPACT 2007

Thousands of IBM’s customers and Business Partners are gathered for IMPACT 2007, IBM’s inaugural worldwide customer event focused on advancing the $160 billion service oriented architecture (SOA) market through education and demonstrable business results. More than 100 IBM customers including Cardinal Health, Wachovia and Royal Caribbean will share experiences on how an SOA strategy has made an impact on their business. The week-long event also features more than 400 sessions targeted to four key audiences: business leaders, information technology (IT) executives, technical communities and the roles that intersect business and IT.

*Press releases*
Date	Title
21 May 2007	IBM Sees Growing Market Demand for Service Oriented Architecture as Thousands Gather at Inaugural 'IMPACT' Global User Conference
22 May 2007	IBM Recognizes Partners for Driving Innovation and Business Impact

Photos

Innov8: A BPM Simulator (screen shot)

Date added: 18 May 2007

Innov8: A BPM Simulator, is an immersive, 3-D educational game simulator designed to bridge the gap in understanding between IT teams and business leaders in an organization. This screen shot shows two of the characters having a discussion in the gaming environment.

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Innov8: A BPM Simulator (screen shot #2)

Date added: 18 May 2007

Innov8: A BPM Simulator, is an immersive, 3-D educational game simulator designed to bridge the gap in understanding between IT teams and business leaders in an organization. This screen shot shows one of the characters standing in the lobby of the virtual office environment.

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Steve Mills

Date added: 01 Jun 2007

IBM's Steve Mills discusses the business value of service oriented architecture at IMPACT 2007, IBM's inaugural SOA worldwide event attended by more than 4,000 customers.

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