Service Oriented Architecture

SOA fall launch 2008 information for Business Partners

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Get trained on the fall launch announcements and learn how to incorporate these new offerings into your solutions and selling efforts!

Training is available both online and at local venues in cities participating in the Smart SOA™ World Tour, 7 - 17 Oct 2008.

Equip to sell—the Smart SOA way! For a seller's insight into the 2008 SOA fall launch, view this 60-minute SOA launch presentation. Topics covered include: What is the audience profile for each launch message and announcement? What prospecting questions can I use, and what do I listen for to identify an opportunity? What are our key differentiators, the compelling reasons my clients will want to know more? Where can I find more information, resources, and assistance with advancing my pipeline? Self-running presentation (24.5MB; Microsoft® Windows® only) Microsoft PowerPoint® presentation (6.8MB) Podcast (12MB)

Podcasts: IBM WebSphere business process management, connectivity, and infrastructure product sales updates Enhance and expand your SOA solutions. Listen to these brief WebSphere product podcasts to learn how the new enhancements can be used to grow and close business in 2008. Pipeline building material is also included. Additional product sales podcasts will be available 17 Oct 2008.

IBM provides a variety of self-paced, online, and classroom courses and professional certifications to help you build the skill set you need to lead your clients to SOA value.

Note: These courses are available only in the US. Please check the course descriptions for course availability outside the US.

Available SOA courses

	Getting started with Smart SOA
	Smart SOA solution design
	Smart SOA application development
	Business process management
	SOA governance
	WebSphere sales

Getting started with Smart SOA
Audience: All technical staff interested in SOA

	Introducing the value and governance model of service oriented architecture
	Designing SOA solutions with project, technical and operational governance
	Technologies and standards for SOA project implementation
	Getting started with SOA survey course for technical managers, system developers, IT architects Instructor-led classroom Instructor-led remote virtual classroom

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Smart SOA solution design
Audience: Technical sales, solution designers on SOA projects, IT architects, process advisors, project managers, business analysts, and business process analysts

SOA Architect Summit The flagship SOA event is for enterprise and IT architects.

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Smart SOA application development
Audience: Application and integration developers with a role in implementing SOA solutions

Developing applications with a service oriented architecture

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Business process management
Audience: System administrators, database administrators, and technical individuals who are involved with process integration or business process management

	Overview of IBM products for process integration
	Process integration basics - Business driven development and model driven development
	Application development using service data objects
	Business processes in WebSphere process choreographer concepts
	Understanding WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Integration Developer
	Integration using IBM WebSphere Integration Developer and Process Server

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SOA governance

Introduction to SOA governance (IBM developerWorks article)

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WebSphere sales

	WebSphere selling course (WebSphere 201) Module 1: SOA and business process management Module 2: WebSphere connectivity Module 3: WebSphere infrastructure
	WebSphere top gun sales class