GBM Horizons Issue 22 Summer 2005

GBM recently held a roadshow tour of IBM’s Rational Software to introduce the latest IBM announcement for new products and major enhancements to the core solutions from Rational software in the IBM Software
Development Platform. These solutions, which were code-named "Atlantic", will unify development team members on the open Eclipse framework and more tightly link business, development and operations organizations.
      The IBM Rational Software Development Platform is a complete solution for developing software and
software-based systems. It allows organizations to operate more efficiently and deliver innovative products and services that set them apart from their competitors. By defining, automating and integrating the strategic business process of software development in an open, proven and yet modular manner, companies can:

   • Better respond to competitive and customer demands
   • Maximize output
   • Improve time-to-value
   • Increase business agility

      Regardless of platform or application type - Eclipse, Java, NET, Linux or embedded and pervasive - Rational takes you from start to finish, ensuring the complete success of your project.
      The roadshow toured throughout the GCC and focused on introducing the software development platform to customers. Presenting each show was Olivier Roubine, Rational SMB and Channel Manager - IBM EMEA, John Huber,
Sales Manager of Software Development Tools/Rational - IBM CEMA, Babak Sadeghi, Rational Technical Sales - IBM Middle East and Walid Gomaa, GBM Manager of WebSphere and Rational - Gulf Region.

Welcome In this issue... GBM Rewards Participants of Customer Satisfaction Survey GBM Participates in Smartcard Virtual ' Roundtable' IBM Announces New Software to Dramaticaly Simplify Information Integration GBM Provides Linux System Administration Training for GCC Professionals Linux Technical Enablement Session held at GBM Dubai Gulf Business Machines Sponsors and Takes Part in Futurs IT 2005 GBM Employees Attend Professopnal Selling and Communications Skills Training Course Khorafi Business Machines Host Kuwait English School Work Shadowing Programme Students IBM Offers Mainframes Solutions to its Customers IBM's Rational Software Tours the Region Participants Upgrade Skills at GBM GBM Launches Latest Tivoli Offerings GBM Showcases WebSphere Software Top Analyst Firm Positions IBM in Leaders Quadrant for Storage Services New IBM Solutions Help Insurance Companies Speed Claims, Transform Outdates Infrastructure Zasvata Reinforces Design Innovation With IBM PLM Solutions Implemented by CAD - CAM Data IBM Designers to Help Create Breakthrough Products and Business Opportunities Main GBM stories New Horizons (pdf) New Horizons (zip) GBM home page		IBM’S RATIONAL SOFTWARE TOURS THE REGION
	At the event in Bahrain. {Left to right}, Olivier Roubine, IBM; Mohd. Abdelhak, GBM; John Huber, IBM; Abdulla Ishaq, GM BBM;Walid Goma, GBM; Babak Sadeghi, IBM and Jiten Sil, BBM.

	At the event in Kuwait. {Left to right}, Olivier Roubine, IBM; Shafiq Hamid, KBM; Babak Sadeghi, IBM and John Huber, IBM.
	GBM recently held a roadshow tour of IBM’s Rational Software to introduce the latest IBM announcement for new products and major enhancements to the core solutions from Rational software in the IBM Software Development Platform. These solutions, which were code-named "Atlantic", will unify development team members on the open Eclipse framework and more tightly link business, development and operations organizations. The IBM Rational Software Development Platform is a complete solution for developing software and software-based systems. It allows organizations to operate more efficiently and deliver innovative products and services that set them apart from their competitors. By defining, automating and integrating the strategic business process of software development in an open, proven and yet modular manner, companies can: • Better respond to competitive and customer demands • Maximize output • Improve time-to-value • Increase business agility Regardless of platform or application type - Eclipse, Java, NET, Linux or embedded and pervasive - Rational takes you from start to finish, ensuring the complete success of your project. The roadshow toured throughout the GCC and focused on introducing the software development platform to customers. Presenting each show was Olivier Roubine, Rational SMB and Channel Manager - IBM EMEA, John Huber, Sales Manager of Software Development Tools/Rational - IBM CEMA, Babak Sadeghi, Rational Technical Sales - IBM Middle East and Walid Gomaa, GBM Manager of WebSphere and Rational - Gulf Region.