IBM Conference Day 1

Today was the first day of the IBM Software Technical Conference. It started with an opening speech by high-ranking personals of IBM, giving us a overview of how the world is benefiting from IBM and that how the IBM has benefited the various companies around the world. Case studies of a flowers company, telecommunications company, bus company and a power company were also shared with us. They were successive stories of the projects that IBM had done.

I started the IBM conference track by going to the Tivoli track listening to a lecture on ”Performance Visibility for IP Network in Large Enterprise using TNPM” I learnt a lot from this lecture about how the Tivoli Network Program Management works and how it can be applied to our programming computers. Learning about the ONMIbus of the Tivoli software is my next lecture.

Lunch was very interesting for me. We get to mix around with the other people attending the IBM conference. Talk to then about why they attend the conference and other stuffs. I also get to chat with an ex-SP student from maritime engineering who is now a country manager of the software group services of the IBM, Mr Raymond Wong.

I also attended the sharing session on the case study of an Indonesian Bank whereby a Thai speaker talked to us about the project that they do to help the Indonesian Bank using the Master Data Management (MDM) and the Rapid Development Package (RDP). We also know how this project had benefited the Indonesian Bank.

Lab session was very fun for me. I learnt the basic of the WebSphere software from Mr Ernese Norelus who patiently taught us the basic concept of the WebSphere softeware. He even when the extra mile to simplify what is needed to be taught in 5 days to a half an hour session for me and my group.

Mr Raymond Wong further gave us a lecture on how the world is getting smarter with IBM and that how IBM can relate to the world. Giving us a more detailed and simplier to understand of the overview of the IBM conference.