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IBM Taps Social Network to Link Business Partners
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As noted in SmartBrief on Social Media & IT Jungle ... IBM is rolling out a social-networking site aimed at accelerating tech collaborations and facilitating sales among its members. PartnerWorld Communities will link the chip maker's 100,000 business partners based on shared technological expertise, geographic area and market reach.
Rich Hume, the general manager for IBM Global Business Partners, sees the new network as a giant leap for partner collaboration that ultimately leads to better business solutions and improved avenues to reach organizations that are looking for advances in functionality aimed at specific niches. Hume says the PartnerWorld Communities will be a better way for partners to engage clients in "higher value" discussions that lead to "more effective, efficient selling" and "jointly laying the groundwork along with our partners for the infrastructure of tomorrow."
According to IBM, the idea to bring social networking to the business partners grew from an online brainstorming session with global partners where it was seen as a viable method for establishing new relationships across global markets ... To augment the business partner relationship, IBM is also introducing an online skills resource that includes more than 60 online classes, Webcasts, and global events ...
Read on at: http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh061509-story09.html
ENJOY!
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As noted in SmartBrief on Social Media & IT Jungle ... IBM is rolling out a social-networking site aimed at accelerating tech collaborations and facilitating sales among its members. PartnerWorld Communities will link the chip maker's 100,000 business partners based on shared technological expertise, geographic area and market reach.
Rich Hume, the general manager for IBM Global Business Partners, sees the new network as a giant leap for partner collaboration that ultimately leads to better business solutions and improved avenues to reach organizations that are looking for advances in functionality aimed at specific niches. Hume says the PartnerWorld Communities will be a better way for partners to engage clients in "higher value" discussions that lead to "more effective, efficient selling" and "jointly laying the groundwork along with our partners for the infrastructure of tomorrow."
According to IBM, the idea to bring social networking to the business partners grew from an online brainstorming session with global partners where it was seen as a viable method for establishing new relationships across global markets ... To augment the business partner relationship, IBM is also introducing an online skills resource that includes more than 60 online classes, Webcasts, and global events ...
Read on at: http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh061509-story09.html
ENJOY!
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