IBM Innovation Centers

Overview

Resources

Training and events

The worldwide IBM Innovation Centers offer a wide range of no-charge workshops, seminars and briefings conducted by highly trained subject matter experts. Whether you want to gain technical skills, learn how to market and sell more effectively with IBM, or connect with other Business Partners, there's sure to be something for you.

Workshops are offered in 2 formats—traditional classroom and virtual. Hands-on exercises are included in both formats.

	Business and marketing			Emerging technologies
	IBM servers			Information Management
	Lotus			Rational
	WebSphere

Business and marketing
	Business seminar: Maximize your relationship with IBM If you’re an IBM Business Partner hoping to maximize your relationship with IBM, then don’t miss this seminar!
	IBM Business Partner Development Series: Building a smarter planet; a focus on green and beyond Learn how you can work with IBM to create innovative solutions to reduce energy use and to lower the impact of IT on the environment.
	IBM and VMware: A dynamic infrastructure Learn about VMware vSphere 4.0 with IBM System x products and solutions; the tools, training, and resources available from IBM to help you sell VMware with System x; and the programs that allow you to learn more.
Emerging technologies
	Eclipse: Empowering the universal platform This technical briefing takes a deep dive into some of the most important and feature rich projects under development by the Eclipse community.
	IBM Community Tools: Start small to grow large This briefing will explore the innovation of open solutions available from IBM and illustrate the power and flexibility of an open community development environment.
IBM servers
	IBM middleware on IBM Power Systems: An unbeatable combination Learn how the Power Systems stack can help you build highly profitable solutions with maximum market potential yet with minimal investment.
	Introduction to z/OS with optional Linux on System z Learn about the z/OS environment, the z/OS operating system and major subsystems like CICS, DB2 and WebSphere Application Server.
Information Management
	DB2 9.7 boot camp and Oracle to DB2 9.7 migration clinic This workshop provides training on IBM DB2 9.7.
	IBM Content Collector system administration workshop Learn about the features in IBM Content Collector which intelligently collects archives and manages the proliferation of e-mail and other unstructured content throughout the enterprise.
	IBM FileNet P8 API workshop Learn how IBM FileNet P8 addresses the most demanding compliance, content and process management needs for your entire organization.
	IBM InfoSphere Warehouse V9.5.1 technical boot camp This technical workshop provides training on IBM InfoSphere Warehouse V9.5.1 for Linux, UNIX and Windows.
	IBM Optim Solutions boot camp This technical workshop is for IBM Business Partners who are currently working with or are interested in working with IBM Optim Solutions on the distributed platform.
	IDS 11.5 boot camp This technical workshop provides training on IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.5 and related technologies.
Lotus
	IBM Lotus Foundations Start technical workshop Learn about Lotus Foundations Start which provides the essential software you need to focus on running the business.
	IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5: Building collaborative applications workshop Learn how improvements to the breakthrough innovation started in IBM Lotus Notes 8 and Domino 8 can help you build applications more quickly and reuse existing assets as business needs evolve.
	IBM Mashup Center: Mix and mash content into dynamic business applications Get the information and skills you need to develop your own dynamic Web applications to serve specific business needs using mashups.
	Lotus Expeditor 6.2 client and toolkit Learn about IBM Lotus Expeditor, an end-to-end environment that includes a server, universal client for desktops, laptops, tablet, mobile devices, and toolkit.
	Lotus Quickr 8.2 Learn about Lotus Quickr 8.2 which is designed to transform the way business content is shared and enable more effective team collaboration.
	Lotus Sametime 8: Building solutions for the communications and collaboration platform Learn about the capabilities of Lotus Sametime 8, the new collaboration engine.
	Lotus Sametime Unified Telephony basic skills workshop This workshop describes the features of Lotus Sametime Unified Telephony and includes hands-on exercises for planning, installing, configuring, and verifying a system. It is offered in two formats— virtual led by an instructor and self-paced.
	Lotus Symphony 1.3: Customization and seamless integration Learn about the rich features and developer extensions possible with Lotus Symphony.
Rational
	Rational Harmony for Systems Engineering: Best practices for model-based systems engineering This seminar focuses on the model-based systems engineering part of the integrated systems and software development process IBM Rational Harmony.
WebSphere
	IBM WebSphere Portal V6.1: Application integration with WebSphere Portal Server Learn how IBM WebSphere Portal products bring new capabilities for customization, content management, application integration, and collaboration.
	Project Zero and WebSphere sMash: Leverage the power of Web 2.0 Learn about the features and functions of WebSphere sMash which is a development and execution platform based on the highly-acclaimed public incubator, Project Zero.

We are regularly expanding our list of topics and adding new events to the schedule, so check back with us often. Interested in topics not listed here?  If so, contact your nearest center.