IBM Software Express Buying and Selling Guide

Welcome to the IBM Software Express Buying and Selling Guide. Is your business as profitable and competitive as you would like? Are your communications between employees, suppliers, customers, and trading partners as efficient and effective as they should be? Are you using the Web's global reach and always-open-for- business capabilities to your advantage? Did you know that IBM Software products used around the world in important applications are now available in editions that are affordable for businesses of all sizes?

If you answered no to any of these questions, this paper is for you.

It is tailored specifically to help management and IT staff of small and midsized businesses evaluate how offerings in the IBM Express Portfolio can provide simple and cost-effective solutions to common business problems. This guide is also designed to help IBM teams and Business Partners improve their effectiveness in serving small and midsized businesses. It illustrates how IBM Express Middleware products can help businesses use the Web to reduce expenses, improve customer service, and expand into new markets. It covers each IBM Express Middleware product, including what it does, the platforms on which it runs, where to find more information, and how it can help your business become more profitable.

This guide also includes helpful reference information. By consolidating information from many sources, this guide gives you "one place to find it all."

Chapter 1. Introduction to this guide
Chapter 2. IBM WebSphere
Chapter 3. IBM Lotus
Chapter 4. IBM Information Management
Chapter 5. IBM Tivoli
Chapter 6. Cross-brand and partner enablement offerings
Chapter 7. IBM Rational
Chapter 8. Putting it all together
Appendix A. Additional product information
Appendix B. Frequently asked questions
Appendix C. Technical and sales resources

Publish Date
15 April 2008

Last Update
26 May 2008

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Author(s)
LindaMay Patterson

IBM Form Number
REDP-3975-06

Number of pages
232