Webcasts

This free IBM webcast will show you how to leverage the Smart SOA (service-oriented architecture) approach based on IBM’s vast experience with nearly 6000 customers. IBM has tightly integrated design and run-time SOA repositories for governing the entire service lifecycle from service creation to service consumption. IBM’s Rational Asset Manager provides the capability to develop, reuse, and manage reusable assets while WebSphere Service Registry and Repository helps with information management and runtime operation of reusable services.

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Find out how agile practices can help with offshore development projects by using Rational Team Concert from IBM. The new development collaboration tool provides built-in templates for agile processes as well as continuous integration and iteration planning functionality. The software assists with differing time zone management and remote communication with project dashboards, specialized reports, and other collaboration features, making offshore projects more efficient and manageable.

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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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See how DB2 has transformed and become one of the most easy-to-use data servers around. You can virtually put your DB2 server on auto-pilot by using its business policy maintenance, built-in monitors, automated storage, lock visualization, and automatic parameter settings. We review favorite customer autonomic features for DB2 9 and discuss the new features for DB2 9.5 including a super slick Web management toolset.

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Imagine creating an application that needs access to your company’s central database but that server is bogged down with many other applications already. You might extract the data you need periodically but your application really needs current data. Perhaps, you can run your application on the primary system but this isn’t ideal either since you require higher availability than that would offer. This webcast will discuss your options for ensuring your application data is available when your application needs it.

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Join Senior analyst at Macehiter Ward-Dutton and “The Technology Garden” author, Neil Ward-Dutton, in this IBM webcast on how to create an actionable Enterprise Architecture. Mr. Ward-Dutton discusses the best approach for true Enterprise Architecture Management.

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You might not know it but your company’s Web based applications are your Achilles heel in terms of security risks. If you want to minimize the risk of unauthorized access to trade secrets, employee and customer confidential data, and proprietary information, check out this free IBM webcast and learn the best practices and strategies for the best online application security compliance.

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Watch this video to find out about the new efficient and scalable data archive products from Sun. See how the architecture and features of the Sun Open Archive Solutions can help solve your data storage problems. more>
Future development of open source Hear the latest on OpenSolaris and open source, and why participation, community, and sharing are the future of software. Check out this Sun Net Talk on Demand as Sun experts survey the fast-changing open source landscape. more>
Ken Krugler, co-founder of code search company Krugle, and Laura Merling, vice president of Marketing and Business Development for Krugle, join to talk about the ins and outs of code search and what it means as a new feature for developerWorks users. more>
Discover how Rational tools and best practices for testing can make your job easier. The new Rational Testing eKits provide you with valuable resources – including demos, webcasts, tutorials, and articles – that help you address your specific testing needs across the software lifecycle. Five new eKits are available covering the topics of Requirements and Test Management, Functional Testing, Performance Testing, Code Quality and Embedded Systems, and SOA and Web Services Testing. more>
Learn how you can extend modern application lifecycle management to IBM System z through the IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform (SDP). The Did you say mainframe? e-kit includes podcasts, webcasts, tutorials, white and red papers, demos, and articles designed to help ease the challenges of modernizing your enterprise. This complimentary kit for mainframe developers is a practical, how-to guide for making the most of an existing development environment, including the skills and infrastructure already in place at an established enterprise. more>