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.

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Download a free trial version of WebSphere® Studio Application Developer Integration Edition. WebSphere Studio Application Developer Integration Edition is a build-to-integrate solution for accelerated development and integration of complex applications. In addition to all of the features of WebSphere Studio Application Developer, it features J2EE™-based visual workflow tools, service-oriented architecture support, and support for the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation more>

IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality is a functional and regression testing tool that enables the creation, comprehension, modification and execution of testing GUI-less Web services. IBM Rational Performance Tester Extension for SOA Quality is a load and performance testing and problem analysis tool that extends performance and scalability testing to SOA applications. These new tools allow you to perform: Script-less automated functional testing of Web services, Functional verification testing of Web services, Interoperability testing of Web services, Load testing of Web services System Resources and SOA monitoring more>

The Plants by WebSphere application is a sample included in the IBM WebSphere Application Server. Although it is meant to showcase the capabilities of WebSphere Application Server, it is useful in many testing and development scenarios. Register today for this tutorial that provides a step-by-step guide outlining how to transform the Plants by WebSphere application into a distributed application. more>

Learn to develop Spring applications that you can use with IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Community Edition, a free, lightweight Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application server. With this tutorial, you'll get familiar with database connection management options available to you while developing Spring applications, and learn how to use an open source connection pool implementation more>

Free Web Server Software: Download IBM WebSphere® Application Server Community Edition V1.0.1.2, a free, lightweight J2EE Web application server that utilizes Apache Tomcat and is built on Apache Geronimo technology. This free web server software harnesses the latest innovations from the open source community to deliver an integrated, readily accessible, and flexible foundation for developing and deploying Java applications. It is designed to help you accelerate your development and deployment efforts by offering no-charge technology that is quick to download and easy to use. more>

IBM e business Websphere Application Server Express for Linux and Windows: WebSphere Application Server - Express Version 6 is a tightly integrated development tool and application server that provides an easily affordable entry point to e-business for companies creating dynamic Web sites using J2EE. Try the free Websphere Application Server Express download now. more>

IBM Websphere Application Server Download for J2EE: WebSphere Application Server is an application server platform based on Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and Web services. WebSphere delivers high performance and transaction scalability for e-business applications. Try the free Websphere download now. more>

Use IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository for Web service management, governance, and sharing across your company. This hands-on tutorial will step you through exercises for navigating the software’s Web UI for publishing, finding, reusing, and updating your services.

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Nearly 6000 IBM customers have leveraged the Smart SOA approach using WebSphere Service Registry and Repository solution. These software tools help you focus on control and visibility for your services and assets to improve agility and minimize risk. IBM Rational Asset Manager helps you manage the information to assist in development, reuse, and management of reusable assets. IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository Advanced Lifecycle helps manage information for runtime, management and development of services.

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Creating persistent JEE applications is now made easy with the Java Persistent API (JPA). This free IBM tutorial guides you through the entire API by creating a sample software application with WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (WASCE) and Eclipse. These development tools can be downloaded from IBM for free, so you can get started on your persistent application programming now.

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This free tutorial will illustrate multiple procurement systems integration with a PunchOut session. The steps include determining requirements, figuring out available-to-market procurement systems, analyzing customization requirements, and integrating a real-world procurement system.

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This free IBM tutorial will step you through the process of using Data Studio to create a data-driven Web service and then develop an Ajax game industry application with play, search, add, edit and delete functionality. You will learn how to configure the client Ajax application to communicate with the Web service via XML while these are served from a WebSphere Application Server.

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Improve your SOA skills with the IBM SOA Sandbox’s hands-on, practical system. Learn the Business Process Management (BPM) features by exploring 2 business scenarios: financial underwriting and account verification. SOA entry points from the SOA Sandbox for process allows you to get experience with WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Integration Developer, WebSphere Business Services Fabric, WebSphere Business Modeler, and WebSphere Business Monitor.

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Governance allows companies to structure their organizations so business objectives are realized and measured appropriately. Governance of Reuse introduces core best practices for such oversight by using IBM Rational Asset Manager and IBM WebSphere Integration Developer tools. Learn more about how oversight can help your company in this SOA Sandbox Governance of Reuse download.

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Check out the free IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory V6.1 trial download. This useful software is easy to use and provides advanced functionality to enhance and make your portlet more efficient. WebSphere Portlet Factory helps with your rich client application and Web application development process.

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Is XML data used in your applications? Do you need tips for how to best work with XML data? This free IBM webcast will introduce you to different storage and retrieval techniques for XML. The webcast will provide a variety of useful tips to help you maximize your application performance and flexibility.

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Learn how to use best practices and tools to keep your testing teams aligned with business priorities. Get the details about this half day event and register today. more>

Business Process Workflow Management Software: IBM WebSphere MQ is the market-leadingbusiness integration software that connects virtually all your business software together, forming one efficient enterprise by providing an open, scalable, industrial-strength messaging backbone. Download a free trial version of IBM WebSphere MQ V6.0 for your company’s business process workflow management. more>

WebSphere Application Server Community Edition Download: Get the free lightweight J2EE application server from IBM now to start developing your Java web applications. WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (WASCE) can be downloaded free of charge. more>