This IBM e-kit will provide resources to teach you how to use the Rational Architecture Management and Construction software to deliver scalable and innovative solutions. The free e-kit gives IT architects a package of how-to guides, best practices and other valuable materials to show you how to develop a reusable and stable architecture. The e-kit also provides guidance on other IBM tools for project communication and solutions to unify the entire software design and development process.

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Access the free IBM e-kit to learn how to use web test automation to improve control and visibility of dynamic web content. You will be provided a variety of training resources including podcasts, demos, case studies, and on demand webcasts. With these resources, you will learn how to use automation to help you comply with accessibility and privacy standards as well as improve overall website quality.

Check out Lotusphere 2009 in Orlando, Florida, at the Walt Disney World Resort from January 22 to January 29, 2009. The theme of the conference will be the “power of the community”. Join us and celebrate sixteen years that Lotusphere has been a industry leading conference. If you are a business or IT professional, administrator, or developer and know that collaboration is a key asset, then Lotusphere 2009 will give you access to the latest and greatest expertise and information about IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Lotus software products. Come to Lotusphere 2009 and help power our community.

This free IBM tutorial will get you ready for the IBM Certification Exam 992 for IBM WebSphere Business Modeler Advanced, Business Analysis and Design. The tutorial goes over tool usage and the industry of business process management. We will cover common concepts in business process management as well as business modeling methods. You will also learn how WebSphere Business Modeler software is related to the SOA lifecycle. The tutorial will conclude with business process modeling factors that are critical for success. Get started with the IBM Exam 992 tutorial today.

Dealing with the challenges of today require thinking on the edge, requiring developers to both simplify and innovate. IBM's latest version of WebSphere Application Server provides support for emergent technologies, the latest standards, and streamlined programming models for better developer efficiency. IBM's latest version of Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software ships with the current WebSphere Application Server release. This free IBM webcast provides software developers and architects a variety of Agile development tools to help speed up the full software lifecycle of design, development, quality assurance, and deployment of their Web applications, SOA software, and Java Enterprise solutions.

XPages, a recent addition to the IBM Lotus Domino Web development technology toolkit, is probably the most cutting edge and powerful of the set. Xpages provides for capabilities that were previously not thought possible to have in the Domino Web application development environment. XPages gives you the capability to easily develop Web 2.0 type user experiences for your existing web applications. This tutorial will demonstrate the power of XPages by illustrating how to update the Domino address book template with Web 2.0 functionality. Check out this Lotus Domino XPages tutorial now.

Throughout the history of web development, developers have created many different methods and frameworks for separating out business and data logic from presentation logic. In this free tutorial, we will try out two different solutions for the separation of data and business layer from the presentation layer. One method will be using a PHP 5 module called SimpleXML, and the other technique will be using the XSL module and XSLT. The sample web application will be a resume stored in XML format. Start the PHP 5 XSLT and SimpleXML tutorial now.

One of the leading search engines, Yahoo!, has created the SearchMonkey framework that uses Semantic Web technologies for enhanced search results. In this free IBM tutorial, you will learn how to create a Yahoo! SearchMonkey application for enhancing search results on blogger.com so it includes additional information about the blog owner and blog. The first step will be to create a simple application by leveraging Yahoo! Default data. Afterwards, we will write a data service that will provide SearchMonkey structured customized data. The final step will be to create an advanced application that leverages the custom data service. Start the Yahoo! SearchMonkey tutorial now.

This free IBM tutorial will get you ready for the IBM Certification Exam 992 for IBM WebSphere Business Modeler Advanced, Business Analysis and Design. The tutorial goes over tool usage and the industry of business process management. We will cover common concepts in business process management as well as business modeling methods. You will also learn how WebSphere Business Modeler software is related to the SOA lifecycle. The tutorial will conclude with business process modeling factors that are critical for success. Get started with the IBM Exam 992 tutorial today.

Dealing with the challenges of today require thinking on the edge, requiring developers to both simplify and innovate. IBM's latest version of WebSphere Application Server provides support for emergent technologies, the latest standards, and streamlined programming models for better developer efficiency. IBM's latest version of Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software ships with the current WebSphere Application Server release. This free IBM webcast provides software developers and architects a variety of Agile development tools to help speed up the full software lifecycle of design, development, quality assurance, and deployment of their Web applications, SOA software, and Java Enterprise solutions.

Web applications are the target of attacks 75% of the time compared to all attacks, hacking has become a big business where sensitive data can be stolen and used for large monetary gains. Regulation groups have acknowledged this ever-increasing issue and have created security compliance requirements for Web applications. The PCI (Payment Card Industry) has created the DSS (Data Security Standard) which was developed by the credit card companies to help protect their customers by ensuring secure ecommerce systems. These evolving standards include security requirements to insist vendors fortify their Web applications to guard against typical attacks or else risk being held in non-compliance. This free IBM webcast will discuss new and upcoming methods of attacks and provide recommendations for protecting against the latest threats as well as best practices to handle the current security compliance regulations.