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The new Business Analytics & Optimization (BAO) Study (launching today, Dec. 9th) is entitled Breakaway because the report found that organizations that were making smarter decisions and applying predictive analytics were starting to put distance between themselves and competitors.

It also found that such breakaway businesses were succeeding, even in these challenging times, by taking intelligent risks and embracing new opportunities.

In that light, tomorrow’s webcast is something of a first for IBM: a live, webcam-enabled video dialog between BAO leader Fred Balboni and James Taylor, lead author  of Smart Enough Systems with Neil Raden, a thought leader on the analytics frontier of Decision Management, and CEO and Principal Consultant at  Decision Management Solutions.

This “diavlog” (video blog dialog) will also include a Q&A session with viewers sharing questions by chat or Twitter,  by including the hashtag #ibmbao in the tweet.

Finally, the webcast will also kick off the Analytics Virtual Center (AVC): a 3D, voice-enabled collaboration space intended to complement the six physical analytics centers IBM has launched this year in London (just last week), Berlin, Beijing, Tokyo, New York and Washington D.C. In fact, a group of viewers will be watching the webcast live from within this new, easy-to-use virtual complex.

To RSVP for the webcast and the launch of the AVC, visit: http://bit.ly/ibmbreakout.  And to follow the tour from the Breakaway video clip we used to stir up interest and awareness, start at http://bit.ly/babuzz

What: Breakaway Breakout Interactive Webcast

Who: Fred Balboni, Global Leader, Business Analytics & Optimization, IBM Global Business Services and author James Taylor, CEO Decision Management Solutions

When: Dec. 9 3pm EST

Where: IBM New Intelligence Video Studio

Assets/Links:

Download our two business analytics and optimization studies and find how, driven by intelligence rather than intuition, organizations can gain speed, agility and timing to execute winning maneuvers.

• Download “Business Analytics and Optimization for the Intelligent Enterprise” (323KB)
• James Taylor on Twitter (@jamet123), blog:  JT on EDM (Everything Decision Management) http://jtonedm.com
• Analytics Virtual Center: http://bit.ly/ibmavc

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