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The Global WebSphere Community Newsletter - April 2008
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Wellesley Information Services
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Dear WebSpherian,
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Thank you for subscribing to the Global WebSphere Community Newsletter - distributed on a monthly basis and containing the latest information on Global WebSphere Community announcements and WebSphere software-related topics of interest.
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IBM's Smart SOA Approach: Aligning Business & IT for Maximum Impact
Please Join Speakers:
Steve Mills, Senior VP & Group Executive, IBM Software Group
Robert LeBlanc, GM, Global Consulting Services & SOA
Tom Rosamilia, GM, WebSphere software
Sandy Carter, IBM VP, SOA & WebSphere Strategy, Channels & Marketing
Austin Waldron, SVP, Customer Claims Service, Health Care Services Corp (HCSC)
This is an exciting video web seminar covering the latest IBM SOA announcements from Impact 2008 & SOA Launch!
Features LIVE Question & Answer session with the speakers.
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GWC User Group Leaders and Members congregated Wednesday evening to discuss an overview of the Community and its overall direction. The presentation can be found here if you wish to use it during your own User Group meetings.
We had some exciting raffles as well - the Madison WUG won the raffle for Groups with 5 or more members in attendance. Their prize was a Nintendo Wii gaming system which will be available at an upcoming meeting.
GWC Member Magnus Pảlsson from Sweden won the raffle for GWC members in attendance at the session itself. Congratulations Magnus!
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Do you want to influence the direction of the Global WebSphere Community? Here is your chance! Join the Movers and Shakers Board! - an Advisory Council to the GWC
Purpose:
- Provide ideas and suggestions to improve GWC value and vibrancy
- Provide input and feedback to WebSphere product teams, representing the perspectives of the greater GWC community
- Improve GWC Communications to our audience
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The ever expanding WebSphere User Group UK held its most ambitious event yet on March 4th, when nearly 300 WebSphere users from around the UK flocked to IBM's glittering Bedfont Lakes Forum in London.
An international group of speakers supported the event with presentations and Q&A sessions. Speakers included Jerry Cuomo (IBM Fellow and WebSphere CTO), Tim Francis (Senior Technical Staff Member, WebSphere Tools), Tim Vanderham (Senior Development Manager for WebSphere Usability and Consumability), Greg Truty (Senior Technical Staff Member, WebSphere Web Services) and from the Java Technology Center in Ottawa, Senior Technical Staff Members Andrew Low and Trent Gray-Donald.
Click here for a full report and photographs of the UK Meeting.
For more information on the WebSphere User Group UK, or to register so that you will receive news of future events, visit their website: www.websphereusergroup.org.uk
Unable to attend the WUG UK Event? Find the content here!
In conjunction with the WUG UK, the GWC is proud to present the presentations from the March 2008 WUG UK meeting. Please find below a list of 23 technical and business presentations from the speakers at this exciting event, all of which are available to download for free at WebSphere.org!
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Description:
Rational Application Developer (RAD) is tightly integrated with WebSphere Application Server (WAS) to provide seamless development and deployment for complex web, J2EE and SOA applications. This webcast highlights some of the key areas of functionality that enhance developer productivity, such as web service development leveraging the WAS Web Service Feature Pack, and the built-in WebSphere Test Envirnoment allowing applications to be quicky deployed and tested locally.
Speaker Bio:
Tim deBoer is the release architect for IBM's Rational Application Developer. He is a PMC member for the Eclipse Web Tools Platform and has been in various development roles within WebSphere and Rational for over 10 years. Tim has a BScH in Physics and Computer Science from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
Regional Seminars
Application Integration for Smart SOA
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Rational Enterprise Modernization Seminar
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System z: Lean and Green With WebSphere
Attend one of these regional free technical seminars to learn how the System z platform supports a new generation of SOA-enabled applications - and saves costs.
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