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Current IT capabilities and economic realities give developers the unique opportunity to radically transform the world's most important systems to be more efficient and effective. Find out more about creating a smarter planet. >>

(05-08-09)

Download a free trial of Rational Quality Manager , a collaborative, Web-based, quality management solution that offers comprehensive test planning and test asset management from requirements to defects. >>

(05-08-09)

Looking to define High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now. >>

(12-17-08)

Prepare for the IBM Certification Test 992, IBM WebSphere Business Modeler Advanced V6.1, Business Analysis and Design. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to develop a process model capable of simulation, as well as how to assess the risks and benefits of a future process design based on simulation data, process design goals, and using statistical distribution to describe allocation of resources in the model.  >>

(12-11-08)

Just like oil and water don't mix effectively without an emulsifier, so too is the problem with Java and SQL. With IBM's pureQuery data access platform, developers can more simply blend the two together. >>

(12-08-08)

This ebook discusses how collaboration in software development is evolving and looks at the latest tools to simplify the software development process. >>

(12-17-08)

Adobe has released the free, open source Flex SDK framework to enable developers to create Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). The Flex framework provides you with a method of creating cross-browser, cross-platform Web applications that is quick and simple. Flex applications run in the Flash player, which is installed on the majority of Internet-connected computers, but Flex provides you with an object-oriented user interface framework similar to Java's Swing. In this tutorial, develop a Facebook application in Adobe Flex that displays a slideshow of a user's Facebook photo albums. The Facebook application will contain a Profile box listing all of the user's photo albums, each a link to a Flex slideshow of that album. The Flex application will use the Facebook REST API to fetch the photos of the selected Facebook album and dynamically generate the slideshow. >>

(12-17-08)

In this installment of the UniVerse performance series, explore the cost of opening files in BASIC programs. Measure opening simple hash files, dynamic files, and directory files, and measure the impact of adding indices to files. Time open distributed files, with and without indices, and examine variations by looking at OPENSEQ and OPENPATH. >>

(12-17-08)

Use the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 6 to create a stand-alone Web services application that can be run from the console. In this tutorial, the first in a series, start by getting familiar with the Eclipse IDE. Configure the environment; create projects, packages, and classes; then run the application from the command line. >>

(12-17-08)

Developing mobile applications can be a daunting task. With hundreds of handsets to develop against and support, mobile application development can be time consuming and costly. Fortunately, Yahoo! Blueprint helps alleviate this pain by providing a single way to develop mobile applications. With Blueprint, you can author a mobile application one time that can be targeted at mobile devices with a browser (or devices that support the Blueprint platform), allowing you to potentially reach thousands of users. In this tutorial you will see how to develop a weather mobile widget using the Yahoo! Blueprint platform. >>

(12-17-08)

Prepare for the IBM Certification Test 992, IBM WebSphere Business Modeler Advanced V6.1, Business Analysis and Design. In this tutorial, you'll learn about modeling business processes, the various data models supported by WebSphere Business Modeler, and process flow control logic and process layout. Finally, you'll learn about sharing processes using configuration management tools as well as import and export functions. >>

(12-17-08)

A disconnect between the stakeholders who define requirements and the developers who implement them has long plagued software development. In recent years, frameworks based on dynamic languages and domain-specific languages (DSLs) have tried to bridge the stakeholder-developer gap by making code read more like normal language. This tutorial shows how easyb -- which provides a more natural DSL that is closely attuned to stakeholders -- helps developers and stakeholders collaborate effectively.  >>

(12-17-08)

Learn how Web servers are used in modern enterprise environments and how to install and integrate IBM HTTP Server. This tutorial explains why IBM HTTP Server, a key component of IBM WebSphere Application Server, is also an excellent choice as a stand-alone Web server because of its standard configuration and seamless upgrade path for evolving enterprise Web environments. >>

(12-17-08)

XUL is a tried and true application framework. In fact, the recently released Firefox 3.0 is not only built using XUL, but provides a XUL runtime environment that enables any Firefox user to run other XUL applications. In this tutorial, you start to program in XUL and learn about some tools to help you develop XUL apps. Build a XUL-based blog editor as you enhance your Web development skills to build desktop apps with XUL. >>

(12-17-08)

This tutorial series covers information about the business process management industry and tool usage. We'll review general business process management concepts and modeling methodologies. In addition, you'll learn how IBM WebSphere Business Modeler relates to the SOA life cycle. Finally, you'll explore critical success factors for business process modeling.  >>

(12-17-08)

User-defined functions (UDFs) are used to enrich the capabilities of DB2 by providing new functionality that is not available with the rich set of built-in functions provided. This tutorial introduces you to functions and walks you through the basic steps used to construct user-defined functions. This tutorial also introduces you to the structure of SQL functions and covers the ins and outs of SQL function development.  >>

(12-17-08)

Create applications with full-text search capabilities using DB2 Text Search, by embedding full-text search clauses in SQL and XQuery statements. Set up a database to support text search and walk through a scenario to get some experience for setting up your own text searches. >>

(12-17-08)

SearchMonkey is one of the first attempts from a major search engine to make use of Semantic Web technologies to enhance search results. In this tutorial, you will implement a Yahoo! SearchMonkey application that enhances blogger.com search listings to include other information about the blog and blog owner. You will first implement a basic application using the default data available from Yahoo!. Then you will create a custom data service to provide your own structured data to SearchMonkey before you develop a more advanced application that takes advantage of this new custom data service.  >>

(12-17-08)

Application lifecycle management (ALM) coordinates the lifecycle activities of software development, including requirements, modeling, development, building and testing. Collaborative ALM solutions provide a next-generation approach to helping organizations achieve greater value from their software investments. In this Buyers guide, we explore key criteria to consider as you consider creating a request for proposal RFP for a collaborative ALM solution. It discusses key capabilities of an effective solution and provides checklists you can use when evaluating vendors and their products. The guide also shows you how solutions based on IBM Jazz technology can help you achieve your goals. >>

(12-17-08)

There are many challenges in requirements definition and management all centered around the difficulty of getting your requirements right , before the software product is released. This white paper examines the challenges that impede teams as they try to collect, analyze and evaluate ideas, to define the best possible solution requirements, as well as the costs of missing the mark. The paper also provides valuable information on the four critical areas to defining great requirements, and how IBM Rational® solutions help teams to address these areas, and drive better solutions to market faster. >>

(12-17-08)

Customizable, personalized, and managed access to widgets that are compliant with the iWidget Specification, thus extending the existing capabilities of WebSphere Portal to provide flexible integration with web components, independent of their technology.  >>

(12-05-08)

Did you know that a software change management solution you possibly already own, Rational ClearQuest, can be the cornerstone of your Application Lifecycle Management strategy? I bet not. You were probably thinking, "That's crazy, Rational ClearQuest is just for tracking bugs." >>

(11-21-08)

While application servers are not terribly glamorous, they are vitally necessary to any successful business operation. With WebSphere Application Server Community Edition, developers have sophisticated tools making it easy to build and deploy right-sized applications. >>

(10-17-08)

Are you working on multiple projects, with some developers that lack the proper skills or deep development knowledge in the face of continuously changing business goals? Do you want to incorporate new techniques such as agile methodologies, SOA, and Web2.0 into your current projects? Then it's time to consider IBM Rational Software Architect for WebSphere and the rest of the IBM Rational Architecture Management and Construction V 7.5 tools for your current or next project. >>