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IBM's Mary Hall gives a rousing roundup of IBM's IMPACT User Conference opening session, which kicked off yesterday in Las Vegas.

The first news item of particular note is the social network being developed by IBM on the topic of SOA.

According to Mary:

"Sandy Carter, IBM's VP of Marketing and Channels described the network as a concept to " brings together a like-minded, global community of thought leaders, information technology (IT) and business professionals, university professors and students, and other interested parties through both online and in-person forums designed to help members build skills and share best practices."

The IBM SOA social network is open to any customers, partners, academics and interested parties aiming to advance and share SOA knowledge and best practices. Membership is free and not restricted to the IBM community.

Mary noted several more interesting items that we will continue to learn about today, including new ventures in industry platforms for innovation (if this interests you, sign up for our panel on SOA in Financial Services, here), and a reloaded BPM Suite with Business Events included. Mary also mentioned the SOA healthchecks that can help your SOA get operationally fit.

I'll check back in later in the day and see what else IBM is up to! And if SOA in industry verticals is of interest to you, sign up immediately for our April 16th panel discussion on SOA in Financial Markets.

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