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SIGDOC Newsletter
September 2008 :: Volume 9, Number 3
Interesting Items
- IBM Offerings for Students
- Agile Software Methods Survey
- Content Wrangler
- WritersUA
IBM Offerings for students
Six new on-line offerings designed to get students up to speed quickly on hot technologies and topics. With access to tutorials, forums, games and other resources, IBM is helping students develop marketable skills in hot job areas such as enterprise computing, Web 2.0 programming and database management. We have created simple step-by-step roadmaps in an easy-to-use organized format so that students can independently familiarize themselves with the technology and/or topic and expand their skills profile. The following student offerings are now available:
- Database Technology
Designed for students interested in open standards-based Relational Database Management Systems, the DB2 Express-C student offering includes an introduction to the technology, free download of the software, access to a support forum, games and hands-on tutorials for enhanced learning, publications, and prep materials for certification exams.
- Enterprise Computing
The Enterprise Systems student offering will provide students with an introduction to the mainframe and large systems-related careers focused around the New Enterprise Data Center, IBM's best practices model for virtualization, green IT, service management and cloud computing. Access to mainframe-focused games in Second Life, instructions on how to gain remote access to a live mainframe hub, and experience labs and exercises based on components of IBM's "Master the Mainframe" contest from prior years are also available on the site.
- Situational Applications and Web 2.0
WebSphere sMash is an agile development environment optimized for producing rich REST-style services, integration, mashups and user friendly Web interfaces through scripting runtimes such as Groovy and PHP. This student offering includes an introduction to the technology and free software download, hands-on tutorials and other resources for learning, and access to the development community (located at ProjectZero.org) which delivers frequent builds, latest features, and developer's forums.
- SSME
To prepare students with skills for use in the services sector, universities will need a multi-disciplinary curriculum that covers the study of people, business and technology in service systems. The SSME tutorial includes resources for discussion and interaction through the use of case studies. Contrasts between the manufacturing and service sector issues are raised to understand differences in supply chain, information systems and operations practices.
- Team-Based Development
Jazz is Rational’s future platform for collaborative software delivery that will transform how people work together to deliver software and embedded systems. Students will be introduced to the Jazz platform and provided a free download of the Rational Team Concert software, access to the Jazz community and a wealth of learning resources.
- Web Server Technology
WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (WAS CE) is a lightweight Java EE 5 application server based on the open source technology delivered in Apache Geronimo. It harnesses the latest developments from the open-source community and provides a readily accessible and flexible foundation for Java application development. Students can now "kick-start" their Java applications with this leading-edge technology with an offering that includes an introduction to WAS CE, free download of the software, quick-start and user guides, access to Eclipse updates to WAS CE, and rich articles and tutorials demonstrating hands-on use of the technology.
All of these no-charge student offerings are available through the IBM Academic Initiative’s Student Software Catalog, accessible via IBM Student Portal at http://www.ibm.com/university/students/.
Agile Software Methods Survey
The 2008 Agile Software Methods Survey remains open until 9/30/2008 at 12:00 a.m. EST: https://college.livetext.com/misk5/formz/public/24839/SUM25qfqLT
Content Wrangler
The Content Wrangler Newsletter - http://www.thecontentwrangler.com
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WritersUA
The WritersUA Web site offers original, free articles, surveys, and resource listings: http://www.writersua.com
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