Innovate 2011 was held from June 5-9 with over 3527 attendees across 18 technical tracks and 400 sessions. Key announcements included new versions of RTC, RQM and RRC, new IBM Rational cloud offerings, and a free cloud software development tool. General sessions covered topics like product roadmaps, client pain points, and priorities. The next VoiCE client conference will be in Reno, Nevada in November 2011 and Innovate will come to various North American cities over the summer and fall of 2011.

1. Innovate 2011 Wrap up
CRUG 23 June 2011

4. Innovate
• 5th June – 9th of June
• 400 technical sessions in 18 tracks
• Attendees
– Total: 3527
• IBM: 1537
• Partners: 530

5. QR Codes

6. • http://www.livestream.com/ibmrational
Social
Links

7. VoiCE –Sunday June 4th
• VoiCE is a series of 1-day or 2-day confidential conferences held in
conjunction with Rational software conferences (Innovate) world-wide.
• Organized around product or solution-related tracks, VoiCE is attended by
key clients, usually 10-25 per session.
• VoiCE is sponsored principally by Rational Support and VoiCE sessions are
owned by Rational engineering and product delivery.
• Discussions are about product roadmaps, direction, client pain points, and
feature / requirement priorities.
• Next VoiCE in Reno, Nevada November 14 - 17, 2011

8. Opening Reception

10. General Sessions Mon & Tue
• Gina Poole, VP Marketing, IBM Rational
• Felicia Day, Comedian and Actress, The Guild
• Kristof Kloeckner, GM, IBM Rational
• Robert LeBlanc, SVP, Middleware Software
• Walker Royce, Chief Software Economist, IBM Rational
• Steve Mills, Senior VP and Group Executive, Software &
Systems
• Harish Grama, VP Product Development, IBM Rational

11. General Sessions Wed & Thu
• Grady Booch, IBM Fellow, IBM Research
• David Shepler, Jeopardy Challenge Program Manager, IBM
Research
• Martin Nally, Chief Technical Officer and IBM
Fellow, IBM Rational
• Kevin Stoodley, Chief Technical Officer Enterprise
Modernization and IBM Fellow, IBM Rational
• Mark Wegman, IBM Fellow, IBM Research
• Capers Jones, President and CEO of Capers Jones &
Associates and Chief Scientist Emeritus of Software
Productivity Research

12. Tracks
• Automation, deployment and asset management
• Change and configuration management
• Application lifecycle management best practices
• Modeling, architecture and construction
• Quality management
• Requirements definition and management
• Collaborative development and operations

13. Streams
• Application lifecycle management
• Application security and compliance
• Enterprise modernization
• The Rational network
• Software and systems innovation
• Strategic planning

14. Announcements
• New CLM offering
– RTC, RQM and RRC (new versions releasing)
• New (HPC) cloud offerings
• Free Cloud Software Development Tool
• OSLC 2.0 (open-services.net)

15. Legacy Tool Announcements
• New fix pack releases to come out end of June
– 7.1.2.3
• Next release out in December
– Might be 8.0, or 7.2
• New ClearCase client ClearTeam
– Eclipse based
– CCRC like
• 8.0 Open Beta version 2 is available

16. EXPO

21. Special Event

22. Innovate Comes to You
July 20 Austin, TX
Aug. 2 Washington, DC
Aug. 25 Long Beach, CA
Sept. 8 Nashville, TN
Sept. 22 Minneapolis, MN
Sept. 22 Toronto, Canada
Oct. 11 Philadelphia, PA
Oct. 18 Boston, MA
Oct. 20 New York, NY

23. Next Year