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IBM PULSE 2010 Experience, Debrief and Outcomes Feb 2010. Lasting impressions of Pulse…. What is PULSE 2010? http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/pulse/. IBM sponsored - Principle Global Industry Service Management event.
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IBM PULSE 2010 Experience, Debrief and Outcomes Feb 2010
What is PULSE 2010? http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/pulse/ • IBM sponsored - Principle Global Industry Service Management event • Integrated Service Management – linking the management of assets and providing a supporting service. • Smarter Planet, Cities and Buildings • Instrumented, Interconnected and Intelligent • Al Gore – Key Note Speaker – Global Environmental Champion – 40% of all CO2 emissions are Property related – links to smarter energy efficient buildings. • Split into Streams and sub tracks – EAM and IT etc. • Best Practice, Implement/Upgrades, Functional sessions, Technical sessions, User Group and Smarter asset Management
Its Big! PULSE Metrics • 5326 attendee’s • Over 2000 customers – the rest must be IBM! • 347 customer presentations and break out sessions • 145 IBM Technology Exhibit stands • 77 Partner exhibits • 00,000’s bottles of Heineken drunk. • avg. 4km each day from hotel room to conference .
Why would you Attend? • Majority of attendee’s are people with experience of the same applications, projects and issues as you. • You can engage directly with the people who are designing the future of the product – Roadmap. • There is no overt ‘selling’ – small ‘partner’ area • Best opportunity to meet the experts face to face • Hands-on Labs to test your knowledge of Maximo • Industry User Group meetings – take confidence – 000’s of EAM users. • Best Practice + lessons learned from like minded users. • Stay in touch – free wireless and laptop use. • You may even find something out about your competitors.
So what? • Q – What did I find out? • A – Lots of focus on EveryPlace (Maximo on an iPhone), Optim (Archiving) , Scheduler, BIRT & Cognos and Property Performance management (PPMS). • Q – When will Version 8 be coming out? • A – No word of this. v7.5 was seen as the next significant release. • Q – How can I justify the cost of going? • A – No need to go every year, it can influence technology decisions that involve £00,000’s. • Q – What can I take away from the event? • A – Every presentation is available on line for those who attended, there is even a virtual experience where you can relive the presentations – but perhaps not the food and drink. Click here. • A – Pulse communities on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn etc. • Q – Is there a Pulse in the UK? • A – Yes – 27th May - Grange St Paul’s Hotel -10 Godliman Street, London • Q – Did I get Married in Vegas? • A – What happens in Vegas ….stays in Vegas.