Manage, govern, and share services across your organization by using WebSphere Service Registry and Repository. Follow the hands-on exercises to learn how to navigate the Web interface to publish, find, reuse, and update services.
Your most valuable SOA assets are worthless if you and your team can't find, use, and manage them. Find out how IBM Rational Asset Manager and IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository's governance solution can help you maximize your SOA investment to meet your business needs.
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With IBM Rational Systems Development Solution, you can deliver products faster with higher quality. Within this kit, Read the “Model Driven Systems Development” white paper to see how to improve product quality and communication. Then check out the rest of the e-Kit to learn more about important topics that can affect the success of any software project through customer examples, tutorials, informative Webcasts, and best practices for designing, building and managing systems. Read more. >>
Visit IBM developerWorks to download a free trial version of Lotus Quickr 8.0, which enables collaboration by transforming the way everyday business content such as documents, rich media, photos, and video can be shared. Lotus Quickr makes it fast and easy to share content of all types (not just documents) within virtual teams as well as simplifying collaboration across organizational boundaries, all within the context of familiar desktop applications. >>
Analysts, architects, and developers who have existing COBOL or PL/I skills and want to extend those skills to deploy new workloads on the mainframe can use the IBM Enterprise Modernization Sandbox for System z to find hands-on walkthroughs of common real world scenarios. Leverage existing scenarios to rapidly design, create, assemble, test, and deploy high-quality Web, Web services, portal, and SOA applications for IBM CICS, IBM IMS, and IBM WebSphere Application Server. >>
Join us for this on demand webcast to learn about developing complex systems more quickly and efficiently. We'll cover market drivers for developing, governing and reusing system software assets with Rational Asset Manager. >>
In this Rational Talks to You teleconference, Clear Case experts Paul Boustany and Mark Krasovich discuss becoming a Rational ClearCase power user. Get a chance to ask your questions and learn tips and tricks for using Rational ClearCase in Agile development. >>
Attend this launch webcast with Scott Hebner, Vice President of IBM Rational Marketing and Strategy, for an overview of Rationals new software offerings and resources to help modernize and accelerate software innovation on i on Power Systems while ensuring past application investments are protected and continue to grow. Learn how Rational solutions help customers extend their core i5/OS solutions toward modern architectures such as SOA and web technologies. >>
Change is a constant of software development. Tracking defects, issues, and feature requests is a critical component of project success. When bugs are resolved early and quickly, lower development costs, higher quality products, and faster time to market are the likely outcome (along with the attendant boost to your team's reputation). The question is how one successfully manages change in today's complex heterogeneous development environments. >>
Learn from the best! Find out how developers use Rational ClearCase to be more flexible, innovative and deliver higher quality code in the Rational ClearCase Power Users eKit. This complimentary eKit provides a collection of materials, like articles, whitepapers, and demos that can help you become a power user of Rational ClearCase. >>
IBM Enterprise Modernization solutions help organizations evolve core IT systems towards modern architectures and technologies--reducing the burden of maintenance and freeing up resources to develop new business requirements and capabilities. With the IBM Enterprise Modernization Sandbox for System z you can evaluate IBM Enterprise Modernization solutions focused on five key areas: Assets, Architectures, Skills, Processes and Infrastructures, and Investment. Each solution is based upon real customer experiences and offers a proven path to get you started with your modernization projects. >>
Secure your Web applications with IBM Rational AppScan Standard Edition V7.7, previously known as Watchfire AppScan. This Web application security testing tool automates vulnerability assessments and scans and tests for common Web application vulnerabilities. Visit IBM developerWorks to download a free trial of IBM Rational AppScan Standard Edition V7.7. >>
Discover how IBM Rational AppScan Standard Edition can help you detect vulnerabilities in your Web applications in the Web Application Security eKit. IBM Rational AppScan is a leading suite of automated Web application security solutions that scan and test for common Web application vulnerabilities. The new Web Application Security eKit provides you with valuable resources, including whitepapers, demos, and additional information on the benefits of testing your Web applications. >>
Attend this launch Webcast with Scott Hebner, Vice President of IBM Rational Marketing and Strategy, where he will overview Rational's new offerings and programs to help customers accelerate software innovation on System z. He will discuss how these solutions help organizations extend their core business processes toward modern architectures such as SOA and Web technologies to deliver business improvements that stand the test of time. >>
Visit IBM developerWorks to download a free trial version of WebSphere Business Modeler Advanced V6.1.1, IBM's premier business process modeling and analysis tool for business users that offers process modeling, simulation, and analysis capabilities. IBM WebSphere Business Modeler helps you visualize, understand, and document business processes for continuous improvement. >>
Learn how IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality addresses IBM WebSphere MQ with Web services. You get hands-on experience in creating a test, handling the WebSphere MQ series protocol, configuring the test, and then replaying it. >>
Learn how to do more with your reusable assets with the free Rational Asset Manager eKit, which includes demos on how Rational Asset Manager tracks and audits your assets in order to utilize them for reuse. Plus youll find whitepapers and a Web cast that discuss the challenges of a Service Oriented Architecture and how Rational Asset Manager can provide quick and effective solutions. >>
Set up a PHP Web interface for the Java business application using a database created in earlier in this series. The PHP Web interface collects information from users and sends the session data to the Java business application for processing and for a response. >>
Ubuntu is a great server and desktop distribution for the GNU/Linux operating system, but did you know that it's also ideal for handheld and mobile embedded devices? Ubuntu's latest release, Gutsy Gibbon, now includes support for the embedded and mobile spaces with the Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded (UME) project. Get to know the UME project, and find out how to get started. >>
When you create browser-based applications that display XML data feeds, you often need to code the data-retrieval mechanism and the user interface. Mozilla Firefox provides an infrastructure that frees you from these tasks, so you can concentrate on your application's functionality. Learn how to use Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (Ajax) to download XML data from a Web server, and discover how you can use Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) to transform it dynamically into Firefox user-interface elements expressed in XML User Interface Language (XUL). You can apply these techniques to any application that uses XML data sources. >>
This tutorial shows you how to use OpenOffice's import/export filters to open your XML data as though it's just a plain document. From there, users can edit the document much more naturally and then save it back to its native format. You can also use this feature to easily turn your documents into XML data. >>
IBM DB2 9.5 provides new options for tighter security, and allows for more granularity and flexibility in administration of the database. Follow the exercises in this tutorial, and learn how to take advantage of the new DB2 feature trusted contexts in combination with other essential e-business technologies such as Web services, Web application server, and DB2 database server. >>
This first part of the series walks you through building a Web service for a simple calculator application. You generate and test two different types of Web services clients: a Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) client and a stand-alone Java client. You also handle user-defined exceptions in Web services. >>
XML has become a common way of storing business data as flat files and many data server vendors, including IBM, have provided ways to store this data within relational database systems. Increasingly, collections of XML files are accessed like databases using an xQuery and other XML standard mechanisms. Businesses find the need to combine the traditional tabular structured data with XML formatted data. In this Webcast, you'll learn about IBM's WebSphere Federation Server technology, which provides users with the ability to integrate these two data formats. >>
The IBM DB2 Deep Compression ROI tool is designed for DBAs and IT management personnel to perform a clinical analysis of the cost savings gained from the Storage Optimization feature of DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX and Windows. The feature, also known as Deep Compression, compresses data that lies within a database by up to 80% at times. >>
Visit IBM developerWorks to download a free trial version of WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid, which lets you schedule, execute, and monitor batch jobs. Because online transaction processing and batch jobs execute simultaneously on the same server resources, you can avoid costly duplication of resources. Compute Grid supports job types of Java transactional batch, compute-intensive and a new type called "native execution", which enables non-Java workloads to run on distributed end points. >>
As systems increase in complexity, communication between systems and software teams becomes more and more difficult. Now, there's a way to improve product quality and communication. Read the "Model Driven Systems Development" whitepaper to see how. Also included in this kit are more educational whitepapers, customer examples, tutorials, informative Webcasts, and best practices for designing, building and managing systems. >>
Portfolio management is about effectively managing portfolio value by aligning portfolio investments with business goals. This complimentary e-kit provides a collection of materials that can help you understand how IBM Rational enables and automates best practices for improved governance and clear visibility into portfolio and project performance across the entire IT project lifecycle. >>
Listen to this Webcast to get an overview of Info 2.0 and a technical demo of how to quickly build an enterprise mashup. IBM's Info 2.0 technology leverages emerging Web 2.0 technologies such as mashups, feeds, AJAX, and JSON in order to simplify assembly of information using feeds and services. Come learn about the technical elements of Info 2.0 including the Feed Generation framework, Mashup Engine, and mashup assembly components. Learn how to pull information from databases, departmental information, and the Web to create mashups critical to your company's success. We will also discuss best practices to help you get started.
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In this Webcast, IBM Rational will discuss the importance of Web application security and will share techniques and best practices to introduce application security testing into current QA processes including: understanding common security vulnerabilities and techniques to integrate security testing with defect tracking and remediation systems in an effort to safeguard sensitive online information.
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Achieving true agility is a never-ending effort. We will showcase how you can become agile incrementally, a few practices at the time. Which practices should any agile team strive to adopt? What additional practices should you consider based on your needs to scale? Adopting practices are however made much easier with the right tool support. What about if your tools adapt to your practices? We will take a look at how the Jazz technology can be leveraged to make your process change the behavior of your tools.
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Rational Build Forge Express Edition is an automation framework that packages the latest enterprise-grade technologies into a reliable, flexible and robust configuration designed and priced specifically for small to midsize businesses. The new Rational Build Forge Express eKit provides you with valuable resources including a case study, podcast, demo, and articles to help you increase staff productivity, compress development cycles and deliver better software, fast. >>
Asset reuse is a key strategy for companies looking to create innovative solutions to solve complex software development problems. Searching for, identifying, updating, using and deploying software assets can be a difficult challenge. Listen to this Web cast to learn about strategies and tools that you can leverage for a successful project, including Rational Asset Manager, Rational Software Architect and WebSphere Service Registry and Repository. >>
Regression testing--in which code is thoroughly tested to ensure that changes have not produced unexpected results--is an important part of any development process. But many testing environments neglect the terminal-based applications that still form the backbone of many industries. In this tutorial, you'll learn how the Rational Functional Tester Extension for Terminal-Based Applications works with other Rational Functional Tester to help test terminal-based applications quickly and easily. >>
Learn how Rational Build Forge can extend a simple compile and package build process by adding customization and deployment capability. Go from a manual method to automating: checking for code changes; getting the latest source; compiling and packaging; customizing; copying to and restarting a deployment server; and sending e-mail notification that a new version is available. >>
Learn how to implement a build management system that uses and extends your existing automation technologies. This tutorial shows, step-by-step, how to install and configure IBM Rational Build Forge to manage builds for Jakarta Tomcat from source code. >>
Learn the basics of the IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS). With a hands-on exercise, learn how to get your first CICS application up and running on your desktop using TXSeries v6.1 for Windows. The tutorial shows you how to download and install a free trial version of TXSeries v6.1. >>
Visit IBM developerWorks to download the latest trial version of IBM Data Studio V1.1 at no cost. IBM Data Studio is a comprehensive data management solution that helps you effectively design, develop, deploy and manage your data, databases, and database applications throughout the data management life cycle utilizing a consistent and integrated user interface. Unlike other client-side data management solutions that focus on only one aspect of the application lifecycle or database administration, Data Studio complements the Rational Software Delivery platform, providing unparalleled flexibility for a heterogeneous data server environment across platforms.
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Learn how to leverage ideas and better enable collaboration in your organization using Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs, wikis, and social bookmarking, Find out how Lotus software brings social networking to the enterprise in this Lotus Web 2.0 Developer kit that includes podcasts, articles, demos, and Web casts. >>
Learn how to do more with your reusable assets with the free Rational Asset Manager eKit, which includes demos on how Rational Asset Manager tracks and audits your assets in order to utilize them for reuse. Plus youll find whitepapers and a Web cast that discuss the challenges of a Service Oriented Architecture and how Rational Asset Manager can provide quick and effective solutions. >>
In this tutorial, you can learn how to install and configure the IBM Rational Asset Manager Eclipse client, explore the different views in the Asset Management perspective, learn various search techniques, work with existing assets, and submit a new asset. >>
Learn about the critical role that a discipline called integrated requirements management can play in helping to ensure that your business goals and IT investments are continuously aligned--whether you are sourcing, integrating, building or maintaining software. >>
Web applications are now the #1 focus of hackers. It's not surprising given the increasingly high value of data collected. Customer information, credit card numbers, health and financial records are all ripe targets for the unscrupulous. According to Gartner, an astounding 80 percent of organizations will experience an application security incident by 2010. >>
Download a free trial version of IBM DB2 9.5 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. DB2 9 is the result of a five-year development project that transformed traditional (static) database technology into an interactive data server that merges the high performance and ease of use of DB2 with the self-describing benefits of XML. >>
Visit IBM developerWorks to download IBM DB2 Express-C 9.5, a no-charge version of DB2 Express 9 database server. DB2 Express-C offers the same core data server base features as other DB2 Express editions and provides a solid base to build and deploy applications developed using C/C++, Java, .NET, PHP, and other programming languages. >>
Download the Rational Application Developer (RAD) v7.5 open beta code and start developing applications for the JEE5 standard which features EJB3.0, JPA, JSF 1.2, JSP 2.1 and Servlet 2.5 standards. When you use this beta you will see how you can increase developer productivity for already existing applications with improved support for refactoring, as well as adding new features to existing applications. In addition, the beta provides tooling for JD Edwards, Oracle, SAP, Siebel and PeopleSoft to improve the developer productivity with these enterprise systems. >>
You've heard the buzz about Jazz... want to know more about it from a developer's perspective? Check out the Jazz space on developerWorks--an up-to-date resource for developers, including technical information about Jazz and products built on Jazz, such as Rational Team Concert Express. The Jazz space includes content from a wide variety of sources, including links, feeds, and comments from experts. >>
Rational luminaries Lee Nackman, Mike O'Rourke, and John Wiegand talk about the motivation for Jazz, how it fits into the overall Rational story, and what the big news is with the Rational Team Concert open beta. They touch on how open source has contributed to the development of Jazz, which is built on Eclipse, and they share views on the importance of the open commercial software development model. >>
The demands SOA places on your QA team are enormous and neither traditional nor manual test processes can keep up with Web service development's unique challenges. Learn how IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality automates the complexity away from functional and performance testing of Web services without requiring extensive training or programming knowledge. >>
Access five complimentary kits for testers, developers and business domain experts. Each kit provides a collection of materials that can help you understand and use IBM Rational testing tools and best practices. >>
Learn to enable users to both rate existing animations and to combine existing animations into new snippets. This is the third in a series of three tutorials that chronicle the building of a site that enables collaborative discussion and animation building using Domino and OpenLaszlo. » >>
Viper 2 brings a great value to developer communities including SQL, XML, PHP, Ruby, .NET and Java. You probably already know that DB2 Express-C is free for developers to develop, deploy and distribute. Viper 2 provides a variety of means that help move your application from the development stage to deployment more rapidly. This Webcast shows how to best utilize the latest tools available for developing DB2 applications. >>
This tutorial takes you step by step through unit and component testing specifically for Java code, Web services, servlets, Service Component Architecture (SCA), and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) beans using the JUnit and Jakarta Cactus testing frameworks and simple HelloWorld samples. Also, learn how to automate these tests using IBM Rational Software Architect, IBM Rational Application Developer, and IBM WebSphere Integration Developer. >>
The Eclipse community is constantly working to extend Eclipse's functionality. In this Webcast, learn about some of the most important and feature-rich projects under development. From multi-language support to plug-in development, tune in to see what Eclipse is capable of now. >>
In this tutorial, you'll start to program in XUL. You'll see how to leverage your Web development skills to build a XUL-based blog editor. The editor will provide some basic rich text editing, and allow you to save drafts locally that you can reload later for editing. >>
You might know that you can pull XML data into OpenOffice's spreadsheet program, Calc, but did you know that you can create a filter to make word-processing documents out of data stored as XML? This tutorial shows you how to use OpenOffice's import/export filters to open your XML data as though it's just a plain document. From there, users can edit the document much more naturally and then save it back to its native format. You can also use this feature to easily turn your documents into XML data. >>
Discover how an integrated metadata repository ensures that technical projects meet the needs of the business by enabling information integration teams to explore, analyze and manage metadata across IBM Information Server for improved reporting on data movement, data lineage, and impact of changes. Replay available for 9 months. >>
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The newest phase in the evolution of file backup is continuous data protection, and that's where IBM Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files comes in. It's a real-time solution for file servers and user-endpoints. Instead of waiting for a scheduled interval, Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files backs up your most important files the moment they are saved, in real time. What's more, it does this effortlessly and transparently, in some cases eliminating the backup window.
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