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Volume 7 | Issue 10 | 3 October 2006
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News
Great new resource for open source curriculum and software tools
The Shared Software Infrastructure Program (SSIP), hosted by Texas
A&M University, is a collaboration by several universities that can
help you incorporate leading technology and open source knowledge
into your classrooms. Join now, at no cost, and share in the wealth
of resources.
http://ssi7.cs.tamu.edu/ssi/
India: The Great Mind Challenge enters 2nd phase
The Great Mind Challenge enters the second phase with workshops being
conducted across the country to help students prepare their projects.
For more details on training schedules, eMentors and timelines, log
on to the Great Mind Challenge Web site.
http://www.ibm.com/in/university/greatmind
Brazil: Innovative contest rewards teams of ISVs
and universities
Students, professors and employees of ISVs are working in teams to
develop innovative applications using IBM middleware, open standards,
LINUX, and emerging technologies like VoIP, SOA, and GRID Computing.
The winners will receive trips to the USA, LA, and Brazil, plus money
to help release the application in the market.
http://www.ibm.com/br/news/events/software/ibm_insites/index.phtml
The IBM PhD Fellowship program is open for 2007-2008
nominations
The IBM PhD Fellowship program for the 2007-2008 academic year is
open for nominations from faculty September 18 through October 31,
2006. Please see our Web site for the program description and the web
nomination form.
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/university/scholars/fellowship/phd/
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Special offers
Trial download: IBM Rational PurifyPlus
Download a free trial version of IBM Rational PurifyPlus V7.0, a
runtime analysis solution designed to help developers write faster,
more reliable code. It includes four basic functions: memory
corruption, leak detection, application performance profiling, and
code coverage analysis.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/r/rpp/?S_TACT=105AGX72
&S_CMP=DLBDD&ca=dnl-3109dl2
Trial download: IBM Rational Functional Tester
Download this free trial version of IBM Rational Functional Tester,
an automated regression testing tool for testers and GUI developers
who need superior control for testing applications based on Java,
Microsoft Visual Studio NET, and Web technologies. Get started today
to see the benefits of automation.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/r/rft/?S_TACT=105AGX72
&S_CMP=DLBDD&ca=dnl-3109dl3
Trial download: Test drive IBM DB2 Enterprise 9
Explore the new DB2 data server at no cost and discover how its
patented pureXML technology is creating a fundamental shift in the
way XML data is stored and managed.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/im/udb/?S_TACT=105AGX72
&S_CMP=DLBDD&ca=dnl-3109dl4
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Webcasts, podcasts, and events
Webcast: Live Oct 10,Taking a First Step to SOA Connectivity with
WebSphere MQ
Register today for the upcoming October 10th webcast at 11:00 a.m. ET
(US), "Taking a First Step to SOA Connectivity with WebSphere MQ."
Hear how the latest release of WebSphere MQ further supports its use
as the messaging backbone for SOA, offering the premiere JMS
implementation for messaging providers, no matter what environment or
use case.
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=dw-c-wcsdp
&S_PKG=101006
Webcast: Develop faster, more reliable C/C++ Code with IBM
Rational PurifyPlus
Rational PurifyPlus helps detect memory errors at runtime, identify
performance bottlenecks, quantify the effect of performance
enhancements, and identify areas of code that are not being properly
tested. This webcast discusses some of the key challenges facing
C/C++ developers and explains how runtime analysis tools can help
address these challenges.
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/preLogin.do?lang=en_US&source=dw-c-wcsdpr
&S_PKG=062206&S_TACT=105AGX72&S_CMP=WCBDD&ca=dnl-3109odwc3
Podcast: Broadening your SOA Assets (Episode 7 of WebSphere
technical series)
Catch the new podcast "Broadening your SOA Assets" interview with SOA
Senior Consultant, Rachel Reinitz, and Senior Technical Staff Member
for Enterprise Integration Solutions, Greg Flurry.
ftp://www6.software.ibm.com/software/developer/podcast/websphere/ws-soa2006-7.mp3
Podcast: Tim Berners-Lee and Carol Jones on Web 2.0
Check out the hot developerWorks Interviews podcast with Tim Berners-
Lee, "Father of the Web", followed by an interview with IBM's Carol
Jones who looks at Web 2.0 from a slightly different angle. You can
subscribe to This Week on developerWorks for an entertaining rundown
of new content each week and a guest spot by an author or editor.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/podcast/
Chat with the Lab about Business Intelligence, Best Practices,
and DB2
Join this chat and interact with the experts from IBM Development
Labs and Best Practice teams. Learn the latest technical how-to
information and hear about best practices on DB2 DPF, specifically
within a Business Intelligence environment.
http://www.ibm.com/software/data/education/bichat.html
Event: Discover the potentiality of new DB2 9
Don't miss this chance to discover the potentiality of new DB2 9 by
attending this complimentary event. Prof. Paolo Atzeni of Roma Tre
University will be lecturing on XML and DB evolution: ROME, 24 Oct
2006, 9.30 A.M. at AUDITORIUM DELLA TECNICA, Viale Umberto Tupini,
65. To enroll, please send an email to: ibm_forum@it.ibm.com
http://www.ibm.com/it/events/db2viper
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Training and books
New Certification Tutorial Series: WebSphere MQ certification
prep series
Work through the newly released MQ certification tutorial series and
pave the road to becoming an IBM Certified Solution Designer on
WebSphere MQ.
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/offers/lp/wescert/wes-cert996.html?
S_TACT=105AGX22&S
Rational Education announces boot camp series
Rational Education announces a series of education boot camps, which
are priced at a discount to encourage enrollment in multiple days of
classroom training. The boot camps come in two types: Development
Tools-PPM and Team-Test, and include a 30-day evaluation of Web-based
Training (WBT) for students who register and attend.
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss/us/en?page
Type=page&c=a0011723
Coming soon: DB2 9 New Features book
It isn't due to publish until December, but you can pre-order this
book now from Amazon.com and receive a 37% discount off list retail
price. This book is written by Paul Zikopoulos, George Baklarz, Leon
Katsnelson, and Chris Eaton and will offer a concise roadmap to the
new features of IBM DB2 version 9. Check out what people are saying
about it on the Information Management Skills Blog.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/SusanVisser?
entry=db2_9_new_features_book
Provide your students hands-on exercises to practice
SQL & XQuery
This tutorial series teaches basic to advanced SQL and basic XQuery
topics and includes an integrated sample database. You will learn how
to express commonly-asked business questions as database queries. IBM
Academic Initiative members can use this tutorial series as a part of
their database curriculum.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/lp/sqlxquerytutorials.html
Tutorial: Develop a personal movie database application, based
on PHP and DB2
Do more to kick-start your application development. Explore PHP and
XML development using the Eclipse IDE, DB2 Express-C 9, and WebSphere
Application Server Community Edition. This tutorial gets you up and
running, and shows you how to develop a Web-based movie
information database.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/dm-dw-db2-phpkick.html?S_TACT=105AGX72
&S_CMP=SIMPLELP&ca=dnl-3109tu1
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