Impact-Overview* Dates May 20 – 25, 2007 Location Orlando, Florida Marriott World Center Registration: Early registration extended through March 30

IBM Impact 2007 – Unlock the Power of SOA* Impact is the premier technical education event for SOA and WebSphere –Introduce customers to emerging technologies in SOA as supported by the WebSphere brand –Focus on the current technical education needs of customers –Advanced content that can not be found in a classroom or may be hard to consume in a whitepaper –Focus on the issues that IT decision makers are trying to solve today –Where the market is going, what’s new, what’s coming and how does this relate to what the customer currently has –Explore winning strategies and insights on creating business flexibility to drive an innovation agenda to drive breakthrough growth Highlights –Combines the best of WS Inner Circle, WTE & T&M events –Dedicated Business Partner Day & Solution Center – including partner demand generation workouts –Spring Launch Anchor Event featuring new SOA product and services announcements –150+ Analyst and Press attendees

Creating a Climate for Innovation By increasing business flexibility and responsiveness Hear directly from leaders who have made an impact  Mark Burnett, producer of Survivor, The Apprentice, and The Contender  Jamie Clarke, adventurer and explorer in over 40 countries  Innovative business leaders sharing their success stories An opportunity to network with over 300 business leaders attendees Exclusive 2 day Non-IT Business Leader Track:  Forward thinking mini main tent sessions on how to create a climate for innovation:  Expanding the Innovation Horizon  Become “Process-Aware”: Business Transformation Starts with Agile Processes  Over 30 business focused sessions, many industry specific and all centered on some of today’s most pressing topics:  From supplier to store shelf – putting the customer first  Unlocking customer advocacy in Financial Services  Achieving Global Collaboration Across Manufacturers  Optimizing the Order-To-Cash cycle  Delivering consumer driven healthcare Join us at Impact 2007 Monday, May 21 st through Tuesday, May 22 nd in Orlando, FL Early registration through March 30

Impact-Tracks* Three Customer Tracks with 400+ Sessions Focus on best practices and real world experiences of our customers e.g. Circle Computing, Prolifics, Verizon, Perficient, Schwab, Standard Life, CNA CommerceQuest, Bank of America, Aetna, Alltel

Impact-Content* TracksIT Executive TrackBusiness Leader TrackTechnical Track AudienceCIO CTO VP in the IT Organization IT Decision Maker Line of Business ExecutivesAdministrators, Developers, Architects, System Programmers, Execs, Managers,, Solution Designers, Business Analysts, IBMers Number of Sessions & Speakers 56 lectures 2 IT Executive Mini main tent sessions 32 lectures plus repeat 2 Business Leader Mini main tent sessions 400 sessions with repeats (300 unique sessions) 17 Breakouts 25 Unique Labs Sub TracksBusiness Centric SOA, Business Process Management Enabled by SOA, SOA Reuse and Connectivity, Flexible Infrastructure and Management, SOA Governance & Service Life Cycle Management, Getting more out of your SOA investment from your existing applications Financial Services, Distribution, Industrial, Communications, Public Application Server, Architecture, BPM, CICS & Enterprise, Development, Messaging, Portal & Collaboration, Security & Mgmt Solution Center – w /Partner Sponsors

Technical Trackat a Glance Technical Track at a Glance Target Audience Administrators, Developers, Architects, System Programmers, Executives, Managers, Solution Designers, Business Analysts, Clients Objectives Premier technical education event for the WebSphere brand  Introduce customers to emerging technologies in SOA as supported by the WebSphere brand  Focus on the current technical education needs of customers  Development, Performance, Security, Administration and Architecture in the WebSphere brand  Best Practices and real world experiential sessions  What’s new, what’s coming and how does this relate to what the customer currently has  Advanced content that can not be found in a classroom or may be hard to consume in a whitepaper 325 unique lecture and labs with repeats 9 Tracks:  Architecture  Application Server  Business Process Management  CICS and Enterprise  Development  Messaging – Integration – Connectivity  Security & Management  Portal & Collaboration  General Interest

Impact-Speak* IBM Key Note Speakers Steve Mills Robert LeBlanc Tom Rosamilia Sandy Carter Ambuj Goyal Irving Wladawsky-Berger Special Guest Speakers Mark Burnett –Producer of Survivor and The Apprentice Jamie Clarke –Everest Adventurer, Author & Filmmaker Joel Cohen –Writer and associate producer for The Simpsons Carol Baroudi –Best-selling author of SOA for Dummies & Internet for Dummies 65+ customers

Impact-GWC* Special incentives for Global WebSphere Community Members Prior to the conference: User group members will be tracked via registration process User group leaders/liaisons will receive $25 per member who registers for the event for up to 10 members, to be applied toward refreshments for user group meetings The user group leader with the highest number of user group members registered will receive a free pass to the event At the conference: All GWC members will receive a WebSpherian baseball cap at event registration All GWC members attending the event will eligible to enter the raffle for a Nintendo Wii!

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