IBM Virtual Conference Series

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To compete in today’s economy you need to make IT decisions that will drive business success. With IBM, you have an alternative: a simpler, flexible infrastructure with a lower total cost of ownership. Our Virtual Conference Series, designed to put you in touch with industry experts, will help you discover how IBM can provide you the innovative technology and world-class expertise to set you on the right path for years to come.

Join us for the Virtual Conference Series, brought to you by IBM and Intel to access:

Expert advice on today's most important technical issues
Webcasts from industry luminaries
New chat, network, and blog capabilities
The premier Virtual Conference Series from the convenience of your desktop

Current Virtual Conference Events

November 11, 2009, 1-2pm EST
Interactive Chat: 2-2:30pm EST
Lower the Cost of Your Data with IBM System x Servers and DB2

It’s no secret, IBM has set the world record for the most database transactions per minute on a single Intel-based server. That achievement came with a price – in fact, the lowest price per transaction in its class. Have you been questioning the real cost of upgrading your database infrastructure? And the payback? If you know your data management solution needs an upgrade, or if you know that time is coming soon, then you won’t want to miss this exclusive presentation by IBM and respected technology analyst group, ITG. Attend this webinar to learn from independent research just how quickly you can recoup your costs when upgrading to DB2 9.7 and IBM System x servers based on the latest Intel Xeon processors.

Attendees will learn:

How IBM and Intel collaborate to deliver enterprise-class information management solutions
Design considerations and trade-offs between scale-up and scale-out solution architectures
New database lifecycle cost analyses that reveal potential savings through effective deployment practices

December 9, 2009, 1-2pm EST
Increasing Energy Efficiency with x86 Servers

Most IT managers are continuing to look for ways to save money on data center operations. One of the key areas of focus is consolidating distributed x86-based compute platforms onto fewer machines in energy-efficient data centers. To get the most out of these consolidation efforts, IT executives need to understand the inefficiencies of their older environments in order to best identify attributes their new servers need to have to maximize server efficiency.

Jerald Murphy, Senior Vice President and Director of Research for Robert Frances Group, and one of the industry's leading authorities on enterprise IT infrastructure design and management will discuss: