IBM Technology Conference & Expo 2012

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  In 2011, a new era of IT was introduced with Smarter Computing to over 4,200 attendees in Asean. The potential for integration, automation and transformation was effectively demonstrated through IBM Watson, a computing system so effective at handling specific workloads that it could beat participants in Jeopardy!, America’s leading quiz show.

  
  

  Excerpts and press coverage for IBM Watson and POWER7 capabilities

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  "IBM Power7 is able to improved price performance, improved energy efficiency and reduced footprint size in the data center of PT Trias Sentosa." - Warta Ekonomi (Indonesia)

  
  

  “The company has been able to improve its performance by 70% and the respond time to process transactions has also increased by 70%.” - Head of IT Dept, TCE 2011 press conference (Indonesia)

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  “In the Philippines, IBM was number one in UNIX, growing revenue by 12 percent resulting in IBM holding 53.9 percent market share according to IDC.” - Pinoy Tech Blog (Philippines)

  
  

  "Our goal is not to produce computer games, but [to] apply this ground-breaking computer science to business and enterprise-level issues." – IBM Fellow, Networks Asia (Singapore)

  
  

  “IBM’s answer to intelligent computing” (link resides outside of ibm.com) – Video, ZDNet Asia (Singapore)

  
  

  “…technology integrated in Watson has been available in the market, showing that we can incorporate it into the existing solutions to meet demands in Vietnam” – IBM Vietnam, Dantri (Vietnam)

IBM Technology Conference & Expo 2010

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  The 2010 event saw a marked increase in attendance from previous years, in 7 different locations in 6 countries. A total of 4,100 attendees heard from experts on topics such as cloud, service management, business resiliency and more.

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  Overwhelmingly positive response

  
  
  • "Great event, great speakers. A great host!” - Malaysian government agency
  • "Thank you for delivering a beautiful event.“ - Indonesian oil and gas company
  • "The new x86 system offers 600% more memory than is available across the industry today." - Chip Online (Indonesia)
  
  

  Over 82% of Malaysian, Philippines and Indonesian respondents said that they would participate in similar events again.

  
  

  75% of Thai attendees had their expectations met or exceeded.

  
  

  76% of Indonesian attendees responded positively to the event's relevance.

Past Event Videos

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  IBMTech Expo 2011

  
  View the video (00:01:07)

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  IBMTech Expo 2011 (Smarter Computing)

  
  View the video (00:04:41)