We have launched a new group in the Global WebSphere Community: WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud Integration Virtual User Group .

The group is meant to provide an educational  platform that helps solve the real-time issues in developing and delivering integration solutions and services leveraging Cast Iron.

If you are interested in or work with WebSphere Cast Iron or you're involved with your company's cloud computing strategies, this group will be a valuable resource for you!  Join the Cast Iron WUG by logging in to your GWC account, visiting the group page, and clicking the Join this Group link in the right column under the group profile picture.

I just uploaded a great new video provided by the WebSphere Cast Iron team

Here's a description:

In just ten minutes, discover how WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud integration uses a "configuration, not coding" approach to easily connect a hybrid world of public clouds, private clouds and on-premise applications in days using a single complete, trusted and proven solution. Rapid integration plays a critical role in helping you get the most out of your on-premise and Software as a Service (SaaS) applications by sharing critical data and increasing the value of your applications. Learn how to simplify and accelerate integration projects, while slashing costs up to 80%, without burdening specialist resources.

Click to watch Real-Time Cloud and ERP Integration in 10 Minutes

If you're even remotely involved with or interested in IBM WebSphere Cloudburst, you should check out the no charge WebSphere Education video over in our Articles section.  

Here's a short description on what you'll learn:

This video, based on five online lectures and five online demonstrations, provides in-depth information about IBM WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance and WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition. It demonstrates how to: configure resources managed in the cloud; create virtual systems for deployment to the cloud; administer resources deployed to the cloud; and create a multiple image pattern and manage dynamic machines.

Click here for more information and to watch the video. 

 

If you're looking to improve your process management techniques without exhausting your budget or IT resources, then this Thursday's webcast is for you!

Mihnea Galeteanu, Chief Storyteller, IBM is a fabulous presenter, and he is going to walk you through how you can use the newly launched Blueworks Live to make yourself a BPM expert in seconds. 

Here are the webcast details:

Date: Thursday, March 10, 2011
Topic: BPM in the Cloud: From Zero to Process in 90 seconds with Blueworks Live
Time: 11:00 am EST
Abstract: Do you want to implement a better way to manage processes besides email? Would you like to use online business process management tools, but don't have the budget for IT resources or formal training? Then join Mihnea Galeteanu, IBM, as he discusses the revolutionary, ground-breaking Blueworks Live cloud-based business process management tool. Mihnea will cover:

• How anyone, anywhere can become a process expert without taking a class
• How to discover, model, and document business processes by creating Process Blueprints 
• How to easily collaborate across your team using a social approach 
• How to leverage the built-in expert, online community to stay current on best practices, converse, or ask question

Register now!