IBM Announces Innovate 2011 in Bangalore

Bangalore, August 4, 2011: IBM Software Group will host a two-day event, Innovate 2011, on August 9 & 10, 2011 at The Leela Palace Bangalore, a flagship event for Rational. Rational Software provides a software development platform that improves the speed, quality, and predictability of software projects. On the backdrop of the main event, Innovate will also hold its Business Partner Development Day along with a Developer Rock Challenge Contest. Innovate is part of the Rational Software Conference, which is one of the largest middleware conferences in India. The theme for this year’s Innovate is ‘Software, Everyware’.

With over 7 tracks and close to 100 sessions, this is a first of its kind event of this scale from IBM on Rational, targeting over 1000practioners, managers and executives. The day will bring to focus experts and client cases studies from across the world, with keynotes by eminent industry thought leaders, and interactive sessions with IBM executives.

Innovate recognizes, celebrates and enables the development and delivery of software –not only as a key accelerator for growth, but also as the defining competitive differentiator. And since Software is Everyware – like the invisible thread weaving our world together – it has never been more critical. The event will bring to light new technology solutions that drive a higher level of integration across the lifecycle and collaboration across stakeholders in development, operations and business.

As part of Innovate 2011, the Business Partner Development day will be held on August 9, 2011 announcing Rational India’s flexible licensing models, current business partner engagements, and a note on the competitive business partners who have joined Rational in 2011.

On the lighter side, the event will also highlight the Developer Rock Challenge. This is a chance to explore corporate musical talents on a technology stage.

“Successful organizations know that software – with its power to connect people, products and information - offers one of the most cost-effective and dramatic ways to innovate and create competitive differentiation. We are very excited to announce Innovate 2011 which will help businesses escalate profits and reap benefits by integrating people, processes and data and by facilitating team collaboration profit from smarter software,” said Kalyan Sridhar, Country Manager for Rational, IBM Software Group, India/South Asia region.

For registration and more details, please visit :

https://www-01.ibm.com/software/in/rational/innovate/index.html