News has reached our ear of the following that some of you guys may be interested in. There is no charge to attend and it might be useful to see what IBM have to offer.

Business Seminar on Thursday February 12th 2009: The Innovation Centre, IBM Technology Campus, Mulhuddart

Are you an IBM Business Partner hoping to maximize your relationship with IBM? Are you new to IBM, wishing to learn more about the benefits of becoming an IBM Business Partner? If the answer is yes, then you won’t want to miss this seminar!

A leader in Web 2.0 technologies, IBM has the software, services and hardware to help businesses gain value from Web 2.0 today. IBM can help your company use Web 2.0 technologies to enhance the customer experience and value by innovating the way you interact with your customers, boost the quality and speed of the decisions employees make and accelerate new business design.

IBM has the resources to help you market and sell your IBM technology-enabled solutions, and this seminar will teach you how to connect with the right people to ensure success! You’ll learn how to get off to a fast start with IBM, get to market faster, and shorten your sales and development cycles using the resources available to you as an IBM Business Partner – many of which are no charge! And, at the end of the seminar, you’ll receive a Benefits Resource Guide to use as a reference.

10.00 Industry Developer Relations Executive Presentation: Melinda Mathews – IDR Executive – North East Europe opens the seminar. Noel Crawford – IBM Innovation Centre Manager takes the attendees on a small tour of the facility and gives participants an overview on how working with the Dublin Innovation Centre can help them to grow their business.

11.00 Tea & Coffee Break

11.15 Web 2.0 technologies for business Mike Roche from our IBM Innovation Centre presents on Web 2.0 Technologies and how they are bringing together individuals, information and data to drive new market opportunities in business today enabling people to connect, collaborate and innovate.

12.00 Light Lunch & Refreshments

13–15.00 Networking Opportunities for participants – Q&A Sessions with Presenters – Round Table discussions with Innovation Centre Team and IBM Team – Benefits Resource Guide Sharing her industry insights and an overview of Industry Developer Relations Programs in place to support our Partner Communities.

10.20 Industry Developer Relations Programs & Offerings Jake Brown from our World Wide IDR Team presents an overview on contents and benefits of the IBM IDR Program.

10.40 Dublin IIC – Tour of facility & Overview of Capabilities and Expertise

If you have an interest in this then follow the links below to register or see the website information.

Go here to register or here for more information