LITEBI Unveils New Business Opportunity in the Cloud - Melodika.net

As a new way for companies to develop its business, LITEBI, the Cloud Computing Business Intelligence Company, offers the opportunity for companies to join a new variety of Partner Programs in order to contribute to their business success.

According to Pilar Monroy, LITEBI’s Global Alliance Manager, “We offer a wide range of programs to suit the needs of any kind of organization; for those coming from IT fields to those that come from general business areas. As an example, we have the Impulse Partner Program, for companies or freelancers that are not IT experts but are interested in commercializing Business Intelligence Analytic Solutions to their customers.”

One of the main distinctive characteristics of LITEBI is that it is 100% Cloud Computing. This makes the deployment of BI solutions fast, easy and cost-effective for customers, and partners will generate a higher rate of incomes than selling traditional licenses and traditional Business Intelligence solutions.

Javier Giménez, Business Development Manager at LITEBI, statement confirms that “due to all of these reasons, LITEBI is developing a great market expansion with a constant demand of our services, mostly because what we offer is not a software that needs to be installed, but a service that dramatically lowers the risk of acquisition for our customers. We need our clients to be satisfied in the long-term, being able to convert their data into useful information.”

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LITEBI is leading the new Business Intelligence generation with its Cloud Computing platform. It offers advanced analytics, reports, data integration, alerts and comprehensive dashboards for companies from any industry and any size through its SaaS Model

 

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According to Pilar Monroy, LITEBI?s Global Alliance Manager,?we offer a wide range of programs to suit the needs of any kind of organization; for those coming from IT fields to those that come from general business areas. As an example, we have the Impulse Partner Program, for companies or freelancers that are not IT experts but are interested in commercializing Business Intelligence Analytic Solutions to their customers?.

One of the main distinctive characteristics of LITEBI is that it is 100% Cloud Computing. This makes the deployment of BI solutions fast, easy and cost-effective for customers, and partners will generate a higher rate of incomes than selling traditional licenses and traditional Business Intelligence solutions.

Javier Gim?nez, Business Development Manager at LITEBI, statement confirms that ?due to all of these reasons, LITEBI is developing a great market expansion with a constant demand of our services, mostly because what we offer is not a software that needs to be installed, but a service that dramatically lowers the risk of acquisition for our customers. We need our clients to be satisfied in the long-term, being able to convert their data into useful information?.

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Business Marketing Association Unveils Sponsorship Opportunities for 90th Anniversary

CHICAGO, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Business Marketing Association (BMA) announced today a series of new sponsorship opportunities for marketers, businesses and organizations, as part of the organization's upcoming 90th anniversary. 

Over the past 90 years, the Business Marketing Association has dedicated itself to the education and thought leadership of marketing professionals through knowledge, people and programs. This month, BMA leadership and chapter members across the country are joining together to honor the organization's 90th anniversary and its longstanding commitment to enrich the professional lives of business-to-business marketing professionals.

In order to celebrate this milestone, BMA is offering its partners an opportunity to participate in this celebration through special sponsorship opportunities. For example, BMA will release a book in hardcover and electronic versions cataloguing the organization's legacy, transitions and turning points over the years and what the BMA has in store for the future. This commemorative book will debut at the International BMA Conference in Chicago, May 30-June 1, 2012.

"We invite everyone to join us in celebrating the BMA's 90th Anniversary," said Al Maag, 2011-12 National BMA Chairman and Chief Communications Officer of Avnet. "Since its beginnings in 1922, BMA has grown to over 2,300 members internationally and continues to educate generations of leaders in business-to-business marketing. We encourage everyone to learn more about our organization and take advantage of the many opportunities available for participation and sponsorship now."

This project is being driven by BMA members who are eager to share the organization's history, including Carla Johnson, Principal, Type A Communications of Colorado and IDS Technology Marketing of Arizona.

Sponsorship opportunities begin at only $900. For more information, please visit the Business Marketing Association web site.

About Business Marketing Association

Founded in 1922, Business Marketing Association (BMA) works to increase the importance, impact and value of marketing in business worldwide.  BMA is the only professional organization with an exclusive focus on business-to-business marketing and its key drivers: customer engagement and relationships, product and service innovation, value pricing, channels, online/offline marcom, and analytics.  BMA's members represent state-of-the-art expertise in business-to-business marketing and communications, and share best practices for the benefit of the global business community.  For more information about BMA, call 630-544-5054 or visit www.marketing.org.

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Najib unveils 42 Innovative Business Opportunities to businessemn, investors

Posted on April 20, 2012, Friday

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yesterday announced 42 Innovative Business Opportunities (IBOs) offered through open tenders to the business fraternity and Malaysian investors.

He said the IBOs, unveiled in tandem with the government’s ambitious plan to empower the innovation industry in the country, have the potential to generate RM1 billion revenue within a certain period.

Advertisements on the IBOs would be placed in all the Malay and English mainstream and vernacular newspapers today, he said.

Information on the IBOs is also available on the Malaysian Innovation Agency’s (AIM) corporate website, he said

“This is the initial stage. After this, the National Intellectual Property Rights Central Depository will further expand these IOBs.

“The depository will eventually become a one-stop centre for companies to seek innovation opportunities.

“Through this way, small and big companies will have a chance to diversify their business and also propel them to be in the forefront than their competitors,” he told a news conferece after chairing AIM’s Fourth Administrative Council meeting here yesterday.

Najib said he hoped company managements would study the 42 IBOs adduced by local universities and research centres, which AIM felt have vast potential to be commercialised, generate revenue and wealth for the people engaged in innovation programmes and to the nation.

To a question on support for companies involved in innovation, the prime minister said the companies would be considered for support to get loans and enjoy certain incentives.

“However, it depends on the merit of each company,” he said.

Najib said interested companies were given a month to make submissions to AIM and the final decision would be made by the agency’s administrative council.

AIM is a statutory body established by Parliament in 2010 to spearhead innovation initiatives and activities in the country while its administrative council is a management body responsible to give advice and guidance to AIM.

Seventeen members of the management body are ministers and captains of industries.

The IBOs range from hand-held bio-sensors that immediately detect specific infections to bio-pesticides that control the spread of mosquitoes and rice cookers that automatically drain starch from rice. — Bernama

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IBM Unveils New Financial Incentives to Drive Growth With Business Partners - Yahoo Finance

ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new incentives for its Business Partners to help them deliver the latest technology to their clients and drive growth in key markets such as smarter cities, smarter commerce and social business.

(Logo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO )

Advances in technology such as analytics and cloud computing are changing how businesses operate, consumers interact with companies and cities deliver services to their citizens. As businesses and cities look for new ways to improve quality of life and productivity there is a significant opportunity for IBM and its Business Partners to provide new solutions that combine advanced technology with industry expertise.

"Commerce, social business, cloud computing and analytics are all multi-billion dollar industries and we want to ensure that our Business Partners have the resources, skills and support they need to succeed in these markets," said Mark Register, vice president of software business partners, IBM. "These new incentives are designed to help our Business Partners grow their businesses and continue to work with us to deliver simplified approaches to the complex challenges our clients are facing."

The IBM Solution Accelerator incentive is a new channel incentive for selling combined software and systems and/or business solutions.  The incentive has two elements:

Software and Systems Reward: A 5 percent incremental rebate for selling eligible IBM systems and a 15 percent incremental rebate for selling eligible software together to a single client.Business Solutions Reward:  An additional 10 percent rebate for selling a solution aimed at a particular IT challenge on the eligible software content of the solution. The eligible solutions cover client needs such as turning information into insights, managing risk, security and compliance and social business.

In addition, approximately 1 percent in fees can be earned when clients finance their solution through IBM Global Financing.

"Our clients want solutions not piece-parts," said Ernie Yenke, president of Lighthouse Computing Services, an IBM Business Partner. "This new incentive from IBM will help grow our business while delivering solutions that combine hardware, software and business-specific solutions that help address client needs."

Smarter Cities Incentives
Helping cities solve key challenges in urban planning, environmental compliance, energy and water, transportation, education, social welfare and health, public safety, government and agency administration represents a $57 billion market opportunity.* IBM is turning to its Business Partner community to help make integrated solutions accessible to cities globally. To quickly respond to rising citizen demand, IBM is launching incentives for Business Partners including:

SaaS Referral: Business Partners can take advantage of the new SaaS referral incentive for the Intelligent Operations Center Cloud offering and will be rewarded 15 percent of the annual contract value of the sale.  Global Financing: Business Partners working on smarter cities projects that are part of IBM's Software Value Plus Program, can access zero percent, 12-month, interest-free financing from IBM Global Financing.  Government & Industry Expertise: Business Partners can take advantage of additional earning opportunities through IBM's Industry and Capability authorization incentives for on premise use of the Intelligent Operations Center.

Smarter Commerce and Social Business Incentives   
IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative is redefining the way businesses are engaging with today's empowered consumer. At an estimated $20 billion opportunity** for software alone, IBM is enabling eligible Business Partners to sell SaaS solutions for Smarter Commerce to their clients with IBM and obtain 15 percent of the annual contract value. The goal of the Smarter Commerce Saas Incentive Program is to accelerate cloud adoption by encouraging new business models, such as cloud services solution providers, to incorporate SaaS capabilities for Smarter Commerce into their solutions. 

Products offered through this incentive include Smarter Commerce Industry solutions SaaS products such as IBM Coremetrics, Sterling Commerce and Unica. The Smarter Commerce Saas Incentive Program will be available to eligible IBM Business Partners including partners of recently acquired companies such as DemandTec.

Additionally, IBM is announcing new incentives to help Business Partners capitalize on the growing social business market opportunity. According to Forrester Research, the market for social enterprise apps and related services will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 61 percent to become a $6.4 billion market in 2016.*** Now, qualified IBM Business Partners selling SaaS offerings to small or mid-sized companies can earn a 28 percent rebate when they sell IBM SmartCloud for Social Business.

The IBM Solution Accelerator incentive and Social Business incentives are available now. The Smarter Commerce and Smarter Cities incentives are expected to be available in the Second Quarter of this year.

Some incentive components are not available in certain countries. Other restrictions may apply. Offerings are subject to change, extension or withdrawal without notice.

For more information: www.ibm.com/PartnerWorld

For more information: http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/presskit/36796.wss

* Analyst firm IDC estimates that the new Smarter Cities information technology market opportunity at $34 billion in 2011, increasing more than 18 percent per year to $57 billion by 2014.
** IBM Market Insight data
***Social Enterprise Apps Redefine Collaboration, Forrester Research, Inc., November 30, 2011.

Contact:
Erica Topolski
IBM Media Relations
Ericat@us.ibm.com
+1 617 693 2816

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IBM Unveils New Financial Incentives to Drive Growth With Business Partners - Yahoo Finance

ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new incentives for its Business Partners to help them deliver the latest technology to their clients and drive growth in key markets such as smarter cities, smarter commerce and social business.

(Logo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO )

Advances in technology such as analytics and cloud computing are changing how businesses operate, consumers interact with companies and cities deliver services to their citizens. As businesses and cities look for new ways to improve quality of life and productivity there is a significant opportunity for IBM and its Business Partners to provide new solutions that combine advanced technology with industry expertise.

"Commerce, social business, cloud computing and analytics are all multi-billion dollar industries and we want to ensure that our Business Partners have the resources, skills and support they need to succeed in these markets," said Mark Register, vice president of software business partners, IBM. "These new incentives are designed to help our Business Partners grow their businesses and continue to work with us to deliver simplified approaches to the complex challenges our clients are facing."

The IBM Solution Accelerator incentive is a new channel incentive for selling combined software and systems and/or business solutions.  The incentive has two elements:

Software and Systems Reward: A 5 percent incremental rebate for selling eligible IBM systems and a 15 percent incremental rebate for selling eligible software together to a single client.Business Solutions Reward:  An additional 10 percent rebate for selling a solution aimed at a particular IT challenge on the eligible software content of the solution. The eligible solutions cover client needs such as turning information into insights, managing risk, security and compliance and social business.

In addition, approximately 1 percent in fees can be earned when clients finance their solution through IBM Global Financing.

"Our clients want solutions not piece-parts," said Ernie Yenke, president of Lighthouse Computing Services, an IBM Business Partner. "This new incentive from IBM will help grow our business while delivering solutions that combine hardware, software and business-specific solutions that help address client needs."

Smarter Cities Incentives
Helping cities solve key challenges in urban planning, environmental compliance, energy and water, transportation, education, social welfare and health, public safety, government and agency administration represents a $57 billion market opportunity.* IBM is turning to its Business Partner community to help make integrated solutions accessible to cities globally. To quickly respond to rising citizen demand, IBM is launching incentives for Business Partners including:

SaaS Referral: Business Partners can take advantage of the new SaaS referral incentive for the Intelligent Operations Center Cloud offering and will be rewarded 15 percent of the annual contract value of the sale.  Global Financing: Business Partners working on smarter cities projects that are part of IBM's Software Value Plus Program, can access zero percent, 12-month, interest-free financing from IBM Global Financing.  Government & Industry Expertise: Business Partners can take advantage of additional earning opportunities through IBM's Industry and Capability authorization incentives for on premise use of the Intelligent Operations Center.

Smarter Commerce and Social Business Incentives   
IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative is redefining the way businesses are engaging with today's empowered consumer. At an estimated $20 billion opportunity** for software alone, IBM is enabling eligible Business Partners to sell SaaS solutions for Smarter Commerce to their clients with IBM and obtain 15 percent of the annual contract value. The goal of the Smarter Commerce Saas Incentive Program is to accelerate cloud adoption by encouraging new business models, such as cloud services solution providers, to incorporate SaaS capabilities for Smarter Commerce into their solutions. 

Products offered through this incentive include Smarter Commerce Industry solutions SaaS products such as IBM Coremetrics, Sterling Commerce and Unica. The Smarter Commerce Saas Incentive Program will be available to eligible IBM Business Partners including partners of recently acquired companies such as DemandTec.

Additionally, IBM is announcing new incentives to help Business Partners capitalize on the growing social business market opportunity. According to Forrester Research, the market for social enterprise apps and related services will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 61 percent to become a $6.4 billion market in 2016.*** Now, qualified IBM Business Partners selling SaaS offerings to small or mid-sized companies can earn a 28 percent rebate when they sell IBM SmartCloud for Social Business.

The IBM Solution Accelerator incentive and Social Business incentives are available now. The Smarter Commerce and Smarter Cities incentives are expected to be available in the Second Quarter of this year.

Some incentive components are not available in certain countries. Other restrictions may apply. Offerings are subject to change, extension or withdrawal without notice.

For more information: www.ibm.com/PartnerWorld

For more information: http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/presskit/36796.wss

* Analyst firm IDC estimates that the new Smarter Cities information technology market opportunity at $34 billion in 2011, increasing more than 18 percent per year to $57 billion by 2014.
** IBM Market Insight data
***Social Enterprise Apps Redefine Collaboration, Forrester Research, Inc., November 30, 2011.

Contact:
Erica Topolski
IBM Media Relations
Ericat@us.ibm.com
+1 617 693 2816

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IBM Unveils New Financial Incentives to Drive Growth with Business Partners - TMCnet

Mar 01, 2012 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- IBM (NYSE: IBM ) today announced new incentives for its Business Partners to help them deliver the latest technology to their clients and drive growth in key markets such as smarter cities, smarter commerce and social business.

Advances in technology such as analytics and cloud computing are changing how businesses operate, consumers interact with companies and cities deliver services to their citizens. As businesses and cities look for new ways to improve quality of life and productivity there is a significant opportunity for IBM and its Business Partners to provide new solutions that combine advanced technology with industry expertise.

"Commerce, social business, cloud computing and analytics are all multi-billion dollar industries and we want to ensure that our Business Partners have the resources, skills and support they need to succeed in these markets," said Mark Register, vice president of software business partners, IBM. "These new incentives are designed to help our Business Partners grow their businesses and continue to work with us to deliver simplified approaches to the complex challenges our clients are facing." The IBM Solution Accelerator incentive is a new channel incentive for selling combined software and systems and/or business solutions. The incentive has two elements: - Software and Systems Reward: A 5 percent incremental rebate for selling eligible IBM systems and a 15 percent incremental rebate for selling eligible software together to a single client.

- Business Solutions Reward: An additional 10 percent rebate for selling a solution aimed at a particular IT challenge on the eligible software content of the solution. The eligible solutions cover client needs such as turning information into insights, managing risk, security and compliance and social business.

In addition, approximately 1 percent in fees can be earned when clients finance their solution through IBM Global Financing.

"Our clients want solutions not piece-parts," said Ernie Yenke, president of Lighthouse Computing Services, an IBM Business Partner. "This new incentive from IBM will help grow our business while delivering solutions that combine hardware, software and business-specific solutions that help address client needs." Smarter Cities Incentives Helping cities solve key challenges in urban planning, environmental compliance, energy and water, transportation, education, social welfare and health, public safety, government and agency administration represents a $57 billion market opportunity.* IBM is turning to its Business Partner community to help make integrated solutions accessible to cities globally. To quickly respond to rising citizen demand, IBM is launching incentives for Business Partners including: - SaaS Referral: Business Partners can take advantage of the new SaaS referral incentive for the Intelligent Operations Center Cloud offering and will be rewarded 15 percent of the annual contract value of the sale.

- Global Financing : Business Partners working on smarter cities projects that are part of IBM's Software Value Plus Program, can access zero percent, 12-month, interest-free financing from IBM Global Financing.

- Government & Industry Expertise : Business Partners can take advantage of additional earning opportunities through IBM's Industry and Capability authorization incentives for on premise use of the Intelligent Operations Center.

Smarter Commerce and Social Business Incentives IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative is redefining the way businesses are engaging with today's empowered consumer. At an estimated $20 billion opportunity** for software alone, IBM is enabling eligible Business Partners to sell SaaS solutions for Smarter Commerce to their clients with IBM and obtain 15 percent of the annual contract value. The goal of the Smarter Commerce Saas Incentive Program is to accelerate cloud adoption by encouraging new business models, such as cloud services solution providers, to incorporate SaaS capabilities for Smarter Commerce into their solutions.

Products offered through this incentive include Smarter Commerce Industry solutions SaaS products such as IBM Coremetrics, Sterling Commerce and Unica. The Smarter Commerce Saas Incentive Program will be available to eligible IBM Business Partners including partners of recently acquired companies such as DemandTec.

Additionally, IBM is announcing new incentives to help Business Partners capitalize on the growing social business market opportunity . According to Forrester Research, the market for social enterprise apps and related services will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 61 percent to become a $6.4 billion market in 2016.*** Now, qualified IBM Business Partners selling SaaS offerings to small or mid-sized companies can earn a 28 percent rebate when they sell IBM SmartCloud for Social Business.

The IBM Solution Accelerator incentive and Social Business incentives are available now. The Smarter Commerce and Smarter Cities incentives are expected to be available in the Second Quarter of this year.

Some incentive components are not available in certain countries. Other restrictions may apply. Offerings are subject to change, extension or withdrawal without notice.

For more information: www.ibm.com/PartnerWorld For more information: http://www.ibm.com * Analyst firm IDC estimates that the new Smarter Cities information technology market opportunity at $34 billion in 2011, increasing more than 18 percent per year to $57 billion by 2014.

** IBM Market Insight data ***Social Enterprise Apps Redefine Collaboration, Forrester Research, Inc., November 30, 2011.

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IBM Unveils New Financial Incentives to Drive Growth With Business Partners - Yahoo Finance

ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new incentives for its Business Partners to help them deliver the latest technology to their clients and drive growth in key markets such as smarter cities, smarter commerce and social business.

(Logo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO )

Advances in technology such as analytics and cloud computing are changing how businesses operate, consumers interact with companies and cities deliver services to their citizens. As businesses and cities look for new ways to improve quality of life and productivity there is a significant opportunity for IBM and its Business Partners to provide new solutions that combine advanced technology with industry expertise.

"Commerce, social business, cloud computing and analytics are all multi-billion dollar industries and we want to ensure that our Business Partners have the resources, skills and support they need to succeed in these markets," said Mark Register, vice president of software business partners, IBM. "These new incentives are designed to help our Business Partners grow their businesses and continue to work with us to deliver simplified approaches to the complex challenges our clients are facing."

The IBM Solution Accelerator incentive is a new channel incentive for selling combined software and systems and/or business solutions.  The incentive has two elements:

Software and Systems Reward: A 5 percent incremental rebate for selling eligible IBM systems and a 15 percent incremental rebate for selling eligible software together to a single client.Business Solutions Reward:  An additional 10 percent rebate for selling a solution aimed at a particular IT challenge on the eligible software content of the solution. The eligible solutions cover client needs such as turning information into insights, managing risk, security and compliance and social business.

In addition, approximately 1 percent in fees can be earned when clients finance their solution through IBM Global Financing.

"Our clients want solutions not piece-parts," said Ernie Yenke, president of Lighthouse Computing Services, an IBM Business Partner. "This new incentive from IBM will help grow our business while delivering solutions that combine hardware, software and business-specific solutions that help address client needs."

Smarter Cities Incentives
Helping cities solve key challenges in urban planning, environmental compliance, energy and water, transportation, education, social welfare and health, public safety, government and agency administration represents a $57 billion market opportunity.* IBM is turning to its Business Partner community to help make integrated solutions accessible to cities globally. To quickly respond to rising citizen demand, IBM is launching incentives for Business Partners including:

SaaS Referral: Business Partners can take advantage of the new SaaS referral incentive for the Intelligent Operations Center Cloud offering and will be rewarded 15 percent of the annual contract value of the sale.  Global Financing: Business Partners working on smarter cities projects that are part of IBM's Software Value Plus Program, can access zero percent, 12-month, interest-free financing from IBM Global Financing.  Government & Industry Expertise: Business Partners can take advantage of additional earning opportunities through IBM's Industry and Capability authorization incentives for on premise use of the Intelligent Operations Center.

Smarter Commerce and Social Business Incentives   
IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative is redefining the way businesses are engaging with today's empowered consumer. At an estimated $20 billion opportunity** for software alone, IBM is enabling eligible Business Partners to sell SaaS solutions for Smarter Commerce to their clients with IBM and obtain 15 percent of the annual contract value. The goal of the Smarter Commerce Saas Incentive Program is to accelerate cloud adoption by encouraging new business models, such as cloud services solution providers, to incorporate SaaS capabilities for Smarter Commerce into their solutions. 

Products offered through this incentive include Smarter Commerce Industry solutions SaaS products such as IBM Coremetrics, Sterling Commerce and Unica. The Smarter Commerce Saas Incentive Program will be available to eligible IBM Business Partners including partners of recently acquired companies such as DemandTec.

Additionally, IBM is announcing new incentives to help Business Partners capitalize on the growing social business market opportunity. According to Forrester Research, the market for social enterprise apps and related services will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 61 percent to become a $6.4 billion market in 2016.*** Now, qualified IBM Business Partners selling SaaS offerings to small or mid-sized companies can earn a 28 percent rebate when they sell IBM SmartCloud for Social Business.

The IBM Solution Accelerator incentive and Social Business incentives are available now. The Smarter Commerce and Smarter Cities incentives are expected to be available in the Second Quarter of this year.

Some incentive components are not available in certain countries. Other restrictions may apply. Offerings are subject to change, extension or withdrawal without notice.

For more information: www.ibm.com/PartnerWorld

For more information: http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/presskit/36796.wss

* Analyst firm IDC estimates that the new Smarter Cities information technology market opportunity at $34 billion in 2011, increasing more than 18 percent per year to $57 billion by 2014.
** IBM Market Insight data
***Social Enterprise Apps Redefine Collaboration, Forrester Research, Inc., November 30, 2011.

Contact:
Erica Topolski
IBM Media Relations
Ericat@us.ibm.com
+1 617 693 2816

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IBM Unveils New Financial Incentives to Drive Growth With Business Partners - Yahoo Finance

ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new incentives for its Business Partners to help them deliver the latest technology to their clients and drive growth in key markets such as smarter cities, smarter commerce and social business.

(Logo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO )

Advances in technology such as analytics and cloud computing are changing how businesses operate, consumers interact with companies and cities deliver services to their citizens. As businesses and cities look for new ways to improve quality of life and productivity there is a significant opportunity for IBM and its Business Partners to provide new solutions that combine advanced technology with industry expertise.

"Commerce, social business, cloud computing and analytics are all multi-billion dollar industries and we want to ensure that our Business Partners have the resources, skills and support they need to succeed in these markets," said Mark Register, vice president of software business partners, IBM. "These new incentives are designed to help our Business Partners grow their businesses and continue to work with us to deliver simplified approaches to the complex challenges our clients are facing."

The IBM Solution Accelerator incentive is a new channel incentive for selling combined software and systems and/or business solutions.  The incentive has two elements:

Software and Systems Reward: A 5 percent incremental rebate for selling eligible IBM systems and a 15 percent incremental rebate for selling eligible software together to a single client.Business Solutions Reward:  An additional 10 percent rebate for selling a solution aimed at a particular IT challenge on the eligible software content of the solution. The eligible solutions cover client needs such as turning information into insights, managing risk, security and compliance and social business.

In addition, approximately 1 percent in fees can be earned when clients finance their solution through IBM Global Financing.

"Our clients want solutions not piece-parts," said Ernie Yenke, president of Lighthouse Computing Services, an IBM Business Partner. "This new incentive from IBM will help grow our business while delivering solutions that combine hardware, software and business-specific solutions that help address client needs."

Smarter Cities Incentives
Helping cities solve key challenges in urban planning, environmental compliance, energy and water, transportation, education, social welfare and health, public safety, government and agency administration represents a $57 billion market opportunity.* IBM is turning to its Business Partner community to help make integrated solutions accessible to cities globally. To quickly respond to rising citizen demand, IBM is launching incentives for Business Partners including:

SaaS Referral: Business Partners can take advantage of the new SaaS referral incentive for the Intelligent Operations Center Cloud offering and will be rewarded 15 percent of the annual contract value of the sale.  Global Financing: Business Partners working on smarter cities projects that are part of IBM's Software Value Plus Program, can access zero percent, 12-month, interest-free financing from IBM Global Financing.  Government & Industry Expertise: Business Partners can take advantage of additional earning opportunities through IBM's Industry and Capability authorization incentives for on premise use of the Intelligent Operations Center.

Smarter Commerce and Social Business Incentives   
IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative is redefining the way businesses are engaging with today's empowered consumer. At an estimated $20 billion opportunity** for software alone, IBM is enabling eligible Business Partners to sell SaaS solutions for Smarter Commerce to their clients with IBM and obtain 15 percent of the annual contract value. The goal of the Smarter Commerce Saas Incentive Program is to accelerate cloud adoption by encouraging new business models, such as cloud services solution providers, to incorporate SaaS capabilities for Smarter Commerce into their solutions. 

Products offered through this incentive include Smarter Commerce Industry solutions SaaS products such as IBM Coremetrics, Sterling Commerce and Unica. The Smarter Commerce Saas Incentive Program will be available to eligible IBM Business Partners including partners of recently acquired companies such as DemandTec.

Additionally, IBM is announcing new incentives to help Business Partners capitalize on the growing social business market opportunity. According to Forrester Research, the market for social enterprise apps and related services will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 61 percent to become a $6.4 billion market in 2016.*** Now, qualified IBM Business Partners selling SaaS offerings to small or mid-sized companies can earn a 28 percent rebate when they sell IBM SmartCloud for Social Business.

The IBM Solution Accelerator incentive and Social Business incentives are available now. The Smarter Commerce and Smarter Cities incentives are expected to be available in the Second Quarter of this year.

Some incentive components are not available in certain countries. Other restrictions may apply. Offerings are subject to change, extension or withdrawal without notice.

For more information: www.ibm.com/PartnerWorld

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* Analyst firm IDC estimates that the new Smarter Cities information technology market opportunity at $34 billion in 2011, increasing more than 18 percent per year to $57 billion by 2014.
** IBM Market Insight data
***Social Enterprise Apps Redefine Collaboration, Forrester Research, Inc., November 30, 2011.

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IBM Unveils New Financial Incentives to Drive Growth With Business Partners - Yahoo Finance

ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new incentives for its Business Partners to help them deliver the latest technology to their clients and drive growth in key markets such as smarter cities, smarter commerce and social business.

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Advances in technology such as analytics and cloud computing are changing how businesses operate, consumers interact with companies and cities deliver services to their citizens. As businesses and cities look for new ways to improve quality of life and productivity there is a significant opportunity for IBM and its Business Partners to provide new solutions that combine advanced technology with industry expertise.

"Commerce, social business, cloud computing and analytics are all multi-billion dollar industries and we want to ensure that our Business Partners have the resources, skills and support they need to succeed in these markets," said Mark Register, vice president of software business partners, IBM. "These new incentives are designed to help our Business Partners grow their businesses and continue to work with us to deliver simplified approaches to the complex challenges our clients are facing."

The IBM Solution Accelerator incentive is a new channel incentive for selling combined software and systems and/or business solutions.  The incentive has two elements:

Software and Systems Reward: A 5 percent incremental rebate for selling eligible IBM systems and a 15 percent incremental rebate for selling eligible software together to a single client.Business Solutions Reward:  An additional 10 percent rebate for selling a solution aimed at a particular IT challenge on the eligible software content of the solution. The eligible solutions cover client needs such as turning information into insights, managing risk, security and compliance and social business.

In addition, approximately 1 percent in fees can be earned when clients finance their solution through IBM Global Financing.

"Our clients want solutions not piece-parts," said Ernie Yenke, president of Lighthouse Computing Services, an IBM Business Partner. "This new incentive from IBM will help grow our business while delivering solutions that combine hardware, software and business-specific solutions that help address client needs."

Smarter Cities Incentives
Helping cities solve key challenges in urban planning, environmental compliance, energy and water, transportation, education, social welfare and health, public safety, government and agency administration represents a $57 billion market opportunity.* IBM is turning to its Business Partner community to help make integrated solutions accessible to cities globally. To quickly respond to rising citizen demand, IBM is launching incentives for Business Partners including:

SaaS Referral: Business Partners can take advantage of the new SaaS referral incentive for the Intelligent Operations Center Cloud offering and will be rewarded 15 percent of the annual contract value of the sale.  Global Financing: Business Partners working on smarter cities projects that are part of IBM's Software Value Plus Program, can access zero percent, 12-month, interest-free financing from IBM Global Financing.  Government & Industry Expertise: Business Partners can take advantage of additional earning opportunities through IBM's Industry and Capability authorization incentives for on premise use of the Intelligent Operations Center.

Smarter Commerce and Social Business Incentives   
IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative is redefining the way businesses are engaging with today's empowered consumer. At an estimated $20 billion opportunity** for software alone, IBM is enabling eligible Business Partners to sell SaaS solutions for Smarter Commerce to their clients with IBM and obtain 15 percent of the annual contract value. The goal of the Smarter Commerce Saas Incentive Program is to accelerate cloud adoption by encouraging new business models, such as cloud services solution providers, to incorporate SaaS capabilities for Smarter Commerce into their solutions. 

Products offered through this incentive include Smarter Commerce Industry solutions SaaS products such as IBM Coremetrics, Sterling Commerce and Unica. The Smarter Commerce Saas Incentive Program will be available to eligible IBM Business Partners including partners of recently acquired companies such as DemandTec.

Additionally, IBM is announcing new incentives to help Business Partners capitalize on the growing social business market opportunity. According to Forrester Research, the market for social enterprise apps and related services will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 61 percent to become a $6.4 billion market in 2016.*** Now, qualified IBM Business Partners selling SaaS offerings to small or mid-sized companies can earn a 28 percent rebate when they sell IBM SmartCloud for Social Business.

The IBM Solution Accelerator incentive and Social Business incentives are available now. The Smarter Commerce and Smarter Cities incentives are expected to be available in the Second Quarter of this year.

Some incentive components are not available in certain countries. Other restrictions may apply. Offerings are subject to change, extension or withdrawal without notice.

For more information: www.ibm.com/PartnerWorld

For more information: http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/presskit/36796.wss

* Analyst firm IDC estimates that the new Smarter Cities information technology market opportunity at $34 billion in 2011, increasing more than 18 percent per year to $57 billion by 2014.
** IBM Market Insight data
***Social Enterprise Apps Redefine Collaboration, Forrester Research, Inc., November 30, 2011.

Contact:
Erica Topolski
IBM Media Relations
Ericat@us.ibm.com
+1 617 693 2816

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Bob Johnson unveils website to match minorities, business opportunities

27th February 2012   ·   0 Comments

(Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Target Market News)—Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies, in collaboration with Ariel M. Friedler, president of Symplicity Corporation, the market leader in online career tools, today announced the launch of OppsPlace.com. OppsPlace provides companies with the best opportunity to find qualified, minority job seekers and minority businesses in one online destination. OppsPlace is free of charge for job seekers and minority firms and allows corporate human resources and procurement executives to easily access qualified job seekers and qualified minority businesses for openings to provide the best opportunities.

“I created OppsPlace for several reasons,” said Johnson. “First to reduce the disparity in unemployment for minority Americans and to increase access for vendor services and supplier contracts for minority businesses. Second, I also created OppsPlace to provide corporate America with a targeted destination to identify and interact with minorities for employment and business opportunities. With over 30 charter member companies who have joined OppsPlace, it clearly demonstrates their commitment to diversity and inclusion,” he added.

“As more U.S. companies, large and small, become OppsPlace members, OppsPlace will help reduce unemployment for millions of minority Americans, will provide access to capital to thousands of minority businesses, and will help drive the economic recovery of this country by giving minority Americans a fair shot which they deserve to participate fully in the American Dream,” Johnson concluded.

Unique to OppsPlace is the profile builder which allows companies to focus on their diversity initiatives, mentorship programs, business match-making as well vendor/supplier opportunities,” said Friedler,” said Ariel Friedler, president of Symplicity Corporation and co-founder of OppsPlace. “OppsPlace is not a destination to simply upload a standard resume, but it is a platform that allows job seekers and minority businesses to network with each other and interact with professionals at hiring companies,” he concluded.

“OppsPlace is much more than a jobs board,” said Kelli Richardson Lawson, president and COO of OppsPlace. “It is a diverse online network that aggregates rich content and resources in one destination and is dedicated to helping job seekers and minority business owners engage directly with key decision makers in corporate America,” she added. “It is the only place on the web that aggregates job seekers and minority businesses in the spirit of helping communities of color enhance their lives and financial well-being,” she concluded.

For many years, Johnson has been focused on creating opportunities for minorities and recently announced the RLJ Rule for public and private sector businesses. The RLJ Rule is an adaptation of the National Football League’s (NFL) Rooney Rule, which requires the 32 teams, to interview at least one qualified minority candidate whenever a head coaching or general manager position become available. The RLJ Rule is designed to encourage companies to voluntarily establish a “best practices” policy of diversity and inclusion by identifying and interviewing minority candidates or vendors that are often overlooked under traditional hiring or procurement practices.

OppsPlace and the RLJ Rule are two solutions where Johnson believes businesses both large and small can take direct action to increase employment and business opportunities for minority Ameri­cans.

To date, more than 30 companies have joined OppsPlace as Charter Members: Automatic Data Processing, Inc.; Giant Eagle; State Farm; Aflac; HBO; State Street; Avery Dennison; KB Home; Strayer Education, Inc.; BNY Mellon; Kimberly-Clark; Textron; Capital One Financial Corporation; Lowe’s; Toyota; Colgate-Palmolive Company; McDonald’s; Travelers; Dell; New York Life; United States Steel Corporation; Education Manage­ment Corporation (EDMC); Northern Trust; UPMC; EMC; Penn Mutual; Vibrant Pittsburgh (VP); FedEx Corporation; PNC Financial; Visa; General Motors; PPG Industries, Inc.; YUM! Brands; Prudential Financial, Inc.

For more information visit www.oppsplace.com.

This article was originally published in the February 27, 2012 print edition of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper

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