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Volume 7 | Issue 9 | 5 September 2006
This back-to-school issue is bigger than ever with news and offers from around the world. Our top story is about a brand new University Relations web site at a familiar address: ibm.com/university. This new comprehensive "one-stop shop" for IBM's academic offerings will make it easy for faculty, researchers, students, administrators...everyone to find out about all of IBM's academic programs, including the Academic Initiative. Check it out!
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This newsletter is intended for members of the IBM Academic Initiative. If you are a faculty member of an accredited academic institution but are not registered, please apply today by going to: http://www.ibm.com/university/members/.
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New University Relations web site
The address is familiar but the web site is new! ibm.com/university
will now take you to the brand new IBM University Relations web
site, where you can easily find links to all of IBM's academic
offerings, including the Academic Initiative. Look for the IBM
Academic Initiative on the new University Relations web site, or
bookmark our new link: www.ibm.com/university/academicinitiative/.
http://www.ibm.com/university/
Master The Mainframe: A big iron contest with no experience necessary
College students looking for a challenge can take charge of a world-
class system in this nationwide contest. They work with live systems
and tackle real-world problems using storage management, Java and
DB2. Prizes include T-shirts, iPod nanos and Xbox 360s. Registration
opens for USA and Canada (excluding Quebec) on September 5th.
http://ibm.com/university/students/contests/mainframecontest2006.html
IBM announces Accessibility ODF Coding Challenge 2006
Professors: IBM is asking you to help challenge students to create
new ways to open up technology to all people, including those with
disabilities. The new learning module introduces accessibility and is
available to everyone. The contest is available in Canada, China,
Japan, and the USA.
http://www.ibm.com/able/contest/
IBM/ACM Curriculum Mapping Guide
The Academic Initiative has mapped open source and IBM technologies,
as well as available IBM courseware, to the list of ACM recommended
courses for Computer Science.
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/university/scholars/PDF/
CurriculumMappingFinal_072506.pdf
43 faculty members worldwide receive IBM Eclipse Innovation Awards
IBM recently announced the recipients of the highly competitive 2006
Eclipse Innovation Award for Faculty in support of teaching,
research, and community building around Eclipse. Congratulations to
our award recipients!
http://www.ibm.com/university/eclipseinnovation
ESC Toulouse Business School creates an "e-management" chair with IBM
This chair aims to create education and research programs about
e-management, specifically in the field of aerospace, which already
has a dedicated MBA program. More than ten IBM experts will teach
about 100 hours of tutorials and case studies, focusing on innovation
from both marketing and technology perspectives. (French)
http://www.esc-toulouse.fr/m_articles.asp?id=443
The Great Mind Challenge (TGC) contest in India ramps up
The TGMC contest launched nation-wide in India on June 15, 2006 is
witnessing an overwhelming response. In less then 2 months it has
received registrations from 357 institutes, 1141 faculty, 1620 teams
and 4811 students. Don't miss out; you can still participate!
http://www.ibm.com/in/university/greatmind
ACM Programming Contest winners meet with IBM executives
The three winners ACM Programming Contest from Saratov University
were invited to visit the IBM Moscow office and the new Russian
System and Technology Laboratory where they discussed innovative
technologies and IBM's role in education. (Russian)
http://www.bogatej.ru/bogatej/index.php?chamber=main
&art_id=2&article=3072006120535&oldnumber=354
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Special offers
New System p courseware featuring UNIX on RISC
This new course introduces students to a UNIX operating system
running on RISC architecture on IBM System p servers. Academic
Initiative members can download the courseware right now!
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/university/scholars/courseware/systemp.html
Evaluate Rational Application Developer online
You can evaluate IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere
Software V6.0 without installing it on your system! Rational
Application Developer for WebSphere Software V6.0 is an integrated
development environment for Web, service-oriented architecture (SOA),
Java, J2EE, and portal applications.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/onlinetrials/products.html
IBM enterprise architect kit for SOA
Enterprise IT departments must adapt to the fast-paced change in
business today. The enterprise architect kit from IBM provides a
collection of materials, including podcasts, demos, webcasts,
tutorials and more, that highlight how enterprise architecture
software development tools from IBM can help align business demands
with IT.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/architecture/kits/archkit2/index.html
DB2 9 Test Drive Challenge for Indian Developers
Be one of the first to test drive DB2 9 and you could win an MP3
player or a DB2
certification voucher.
http://204.2.106.79/ibm/db2viper/index.html
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Webcasts, podcasts, and events
On-Demand Webcast: Migrating to DB2 Viper - Advice from the Pros
Migration is a key issue when installing new software in IT
departments around the world. Join this on-demand webcast for
practical advice on making the move from Oracle, Microsoft SQL
Server, Sybase, or MySQL to the new IBM hybrid data server, DB2
Viper. It includes data and application migration and demonstrations
of migration tools.
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=dw-c-wcsdp
&S_PKG=080906&S_TACT=105AGX72&S_CMP=WCBDD&ca=dnl-3108wc4
Make SOA real with IBM WebSphere podcasts
Unlock the power of SOA with the latest episode on enhancing
qualities of service for WebSphere applications.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/podcast/websphere/
Podcast: Leveraging open source technology
This podcast discusses WebSphere Application Server Community
Edition. Learn about this free, lightweight Java 2 Platform,
Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application server built on
Apache Geronimo.
ftp://www6.software.ibm.com/software/developer/podcast/websphere/ws-soa2006-se.mp3
Event: WebSphere Technical Exchange
Choose from over 150 technical sessions at two locations: in San
Francisco, CA starting October 30 and in Salzburg, Austria starting
November 13.
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss/us/en?pageType=page
&c=a0011317
CASCON 2006, October 16-19 in Toronto, Canada
International conference for computer science and software
engineering, hosted by the IBM Center for Advanced Studies and the
IBM Toronto Software Development Lab. Comprehensive forum addressing
questions and developments surrounding technology at large. CASCON is
free of charge.
https://www.ibm.com/ibm/cas/cascon
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Training and books
DB2 9 Database administration 731 certification prep series
This is a series of seven tutorials to help you prepare for the DB2 9
for Linux, UNIX, and Windows™ Database Administration (Exam 731).
These tutorials focus on topics including server management, data
placement, Monitoring DB2 activity and more.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/offers/lp/db2cert/db2-cert731.html
Tutorial for WebSphere Integration Developer: Hello World,
Part 3
This third tutorial gives you a high-level introduction to WebSphere
Integration Developer. It includes three hands-on exercises in which
you'll create a BPEL business process and a business rule group, and
then integrate them.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/wes-dw-wes-hellowid.html?S_
Tutorial for IBM DB2, SQL & XQuery, Part 1: Introduction to
Aroma and SQL
The first in a series of tutorials that teach SQL and XQuery basics,
this tutorial lays the foundation, introducing the Aroma database
that will be used in the series and showing how SQL and XQuery are
used to solve typical business questions.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/dm-dw-dm-0607cao-i.html
Tutorial for IBM DB2, SQL & XQuery, Part 2:
Basic queries
Through a series of simple examples, this tutorial illustrates how to
retrieve data from a DB2 database with standard SQL SELECT
statements. Learn how to retrieve specific rows and columns from a
relational database table, perform logical operations on retrieved
data, and use wildcard characters in search conditions.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/dm-dw-dm-0608cao2-i.html
The Role of IBM System z in the Design of a
Service-Oriented Architecture
This Redpaper provides a brief overview of service-oriented
architecture (SOA) and includes information on SOA lifecycle,
strategy, standards, and design, development in relation to
IBM System z.
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/redp4190.html
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developerWorks technology newsletter on the Web
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/newsletter/nl-weekly-archive.html
developerWorks product newsletter on the Web
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/newsletter/nl-prod-archive5.html
Rational Edge e-zine
http://www.therationaledge.com
IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal
IBM Systems Journal
http://www.research.ibm.com/journal
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