The Global WebSphere Community Job Board is Now Open for Business
The GWC is pleased to announce the availability of the Global WebSphere Community Job Board. The Job Board is available for posting WebSphere related, non IBM employment opportunities. To post job openings on the Job Board start from the Home page of the GWC website. Select the “Job Board” icon under “Explore the Community”. Click on “Add Listing” and complete the form to announce your Job opportunities to thousands of Global WebSphere Community professionals.
Triple Points for Joining a WUG!
Have you joined your local WebSphere User Group (WUG) yet? If you haven't, you're missing out on all sorts of information and opportunities to network with your local WebSphere colleagues. All through the month of September, the GWC is offering triple loyalty points if you join a WUG! Log in to your GWC account and select Find Groups from the Network drop down in the light blue bar across the top of any GWC page. Enter the area in which you live into the Search For box and click the Search Groups button. Click on a WUG name in the search results to access the WUG's group page and click the Join this Group link under the group profile picture on the group page.
Don't see a WUG for your area? Click here and select the Send Message link under the profile picture to send the Community Manager an email.
Don't miss out on your chance to get 30 loyalty points!
The Global WebSphere Community together with IBM’s Smart Work Program Announce “Enabling Cloud Computing with WebSphere”
You’re interested in cloud computing but you’ve got to have more information before making a commitment. What is it? What technologies enable cloud computing? What about my data? Will it be safe? How do I integrate cloud with my on-premise applications? How complex is this integration?
Find answers to these questions and more by joining us on September 7th at 11:00 AM EST to kick off a 4-week series of events sponsored by the Global WebSphere Community and IBM Smart Work Program and learn how cloud computing with WebSphere emerging technologies can drive greater operational efficiency and flexibility in your business. Events will include webcasts, educational podcasts, and a mini online Jam Session. For more details of the events listed below, visit the GWC Monthly Focus page: “Enabling Cloud Computing with WebSphere” and mark your calendar now to hear IBM cloud experts from around the world discuss the coolest, most cutting-edge cloud and virtualization technologies from IBM WebSphere.
GWC Survey for Extreme Transaction Processing
Ever say to yourself "no one ever asks me for my opinion or input"? Well here's your chance! With the accelerating trend toward faster, more efficient, consistent application response times, we are inviting you to participate in a survey that will help quantify the kinds of needs driving Extreme Transaction Processing (XTP) adoption and the kinds of capabilities vendors need to provide. Additionally, your survey participation will enter you in a GWC giveaway raffle! Find out more here.
Open Beta program announced - IBM® WebSphere® Application Server V7 Feature Pack for Modern Batch
The IBM WebSphere Application Server V7 Feature Pack for Modern Batch provides support for a Java Batch programming model, offers tools and operational controls for Batch workload execution, enables development and deployment of batch applications, and allows concurrent execution of batch and OLTP workloads.
The Global WebSphere Community Announces the Enabling Cloud Computing with WebSphere Series
Upcoming September 2010 WebSphere Support Technical Exchange Webcasts
Don't miss all of the scheduled WebSphere events and WUG meetings on the GWC Calendar of Events
Don’t Miss the Impact Comes to You Seminars in your Area
At Impact 2010 Comes to You, see for yourself how smarter work is turning performing companies into outperforming companies and learn from IBM product experts, Business Partners and customers how to implement new ways of working.
- Ottawa, Canada - September 9, 2010
- Boston, MA - September 21, 2010
- Helsinki, Finland - September 21, 2010
- Toronto, Canada - September 22, 2010
- New York, NY - September 23, 2010
- Raleigh, NC - September 23, 2010
SOA Architect Summit - Sept. 14, 2010 Kansas City, MO
Discover how SOA can help you align IT and business goals in this full-day educational event. Get on the right track with SOA – the right implementation will add immediate value, delivering true flexibility and responsiveness to changing business needs – while optimizing costs. IBM knows what it takes. IBM technical experts will provide the practical knowledge you really need for a successful implementation, in a professional interactive learning environment. You’ll also have the opportunity to network both with your peers and leading IBM strategists, architects and technical experts at this flagship event for the architect community.
IBM Smart SOA Connectivity: Hursley Comes to Chicago - Sept. 13-14, 2010
Simplify Connectivity and Integration with SOA. Experts from the Hursley and US labs will show you how. The software development experts from the IBM® Software Development Laboratory in Hursley, England are coming to Chicago to join their U.S. counterparts for an exclusive briefing on how service oriented architecture (SOA) connectivity can help your company succeed with SOA initiatives
WebSphere Application Infrastructure Summits
Join us at the complimentary IBM WebSphere Application Infrastructure Summits.
Get the latest on the IBM WebSphere Application Infrastructure portfolio of solutions straight from the top -- the product Chief Architects. Don't miss them at our Summits near you...
WebSphere Foundation and Connectivity Summits
Please join the IBM WebSphere Chief Architects and Software Development Laboratory experts from Hursley, England and North America for an exclusive briefing on how Application Infrastructure and SOA Connectivity solutions can help solve a variety of business and IT challenges.
The 2010 European IBM WebSphere Technical Conference 11-15 October 2010, Düsseldorf, Germany
This conference combines the WebSphere and Transaction & Messaging Conferences of previous years into one seamless agenda delivering deep technical content targeted at architects, developers, integrators and administrators. Expand your knowledge of BPM, CICS, Messaging, WebSphere Application Servers and Infrastructure, including a focus on SOA and Cloud Computing topics.
IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.0 Beta
IBM® WebSphere® Application Server V8.0 Beta offers an initial glimpse into the future of the industry’s leading standards-based, high performance, proven, and trusted application foundation optimized for developer and operational productivity. Beta versions of WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment and WebSphere Application Server for z/OS are available as part of this Beta program.
New SOA Sandbox Exercise
Learn how to build and deploy rule-based services using IBM® WebSphere® ILOG® Jrules.
WebSphere Application Server V7.0: Planning, concepts, and design guide
This IBM Redbook publication discusses the concepts, planning, and design of WebSphere Applicataion Server V7.0 environments. This book is aimed at I architects and consutlants who want more information for the planning and designing of application-serving environments, ranging from small to large, and complex implementations.
CityOne: A Smarter Planet game
Fine tune your skills and discover how to make our planet smarter, revolutionize industries and solve real-world business, environmental and logistical problems using IBM solutions. Read more.
Free trial version of IBM® WebSphere® eXtreme Scale V7.0
Download a free trial version of IBM® WebSphere® eXtreme Scale V7.0 which allows for the development of innovative types of applications by extending the data caching concept using advanced features in the creation of new classes of high-performance applications.
