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Welcome to the Global Rational User Group Community newsletter. The newsletter is available to all registered members of the Rational UG Community. Please click here to register and receive the newsletter.



It's time to join the League of Extraordinary Software Developers at the IBM Rational Software Development Conference 2008, June 1 - 5, at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel. Yes, Rational User, look to the skies! The R-Signal is sweeping across the clouds with the challenge: R-U Ready To Save The Day?

William Shatner is this year's keynote speaker (find out about other speakers).


For a discounted registration fee, please use the code found on the Member Benefits Page.
Grady Booch Presents: The Promise, the Limits, and the Beauty of Software
Please join us a for a special presentation by the legendary Grady Booch, currently serving as IBM Fellow and Chief Scientist. Altough this is a special virtual UG Meeting for our India UGs, everyone is welcome to join.

PLEASE NOTE: We are offering audio streaming so you will not be required to call into a conference call number.
Community Forums Launched!
In less than a month we have had over 300 members join and participate in the community forums. Please take a look for yourself and interact with your fellow members.

GRUG Council Member Highlight: Jason Steiner - RTP RUG
Jason Steiner has been using Rational ClearCase for over 12 years. He's worked with large financial firms as well as small technology players to implement processes, triggers and strategies for using the ClearCase product effectively. His hands-on expertise with ClearCase as well as experience in a variety of different development environments has led him to take on a larger role that now includes software development tooling and process guidance.

Jason has been a member of the Research Triangle Park RUG for over four years and has attended the Rational Users Conference for many years. He is currently a sitting Vice President on the Global Rational User Group Council. A little known fact about Jason: he won the grand prize in one of the first ClearCase conferences for his savvy play in the "Hollywood Squares" game that was featured that year.

In his spare time, Jason enjoys playing with his three children (Caroline, Joey and Carson), travelling with his wife Roxsy and umpiring little league baseball in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina. Contact him at: jasonsteiner@bellsouth.net.

Rational User Group Community Statistics:
There are over 14,500 members in 93 UG worldwide.

UG News
India - Pune Rational User Group (PRUG) - New Leadership
A new leadership team has taken over the reigns of the Pune group and in March alone they have added 14 new members.

Monthly Member Survey
Please help us drive your feedback back to IBM by completing this month's survey dealing with application security.
April 22 at 1pm EDT - Ensuring Agile Development Environments using IBM Rational ClearCase MultiSite
This presentation describes add-on tooling and receipt-handler enhancements for IBM Rational ClearCase MultiSite that ensure a stable replication without breaking the build.

April 30 at 12pm EDT - Enterprise Modernization for System i using Rational Tools and X-Analysis - Sponsored by Databorough
Today many companies have large, complex RPG and COBOL System i applications running critical business functions. Innovation to add new services, improve user interaction, etc may appear difficult because of outdated documentation, skill gaps and inefficiency of tools. Databorough, X-Analysis -a world leader in System i design recovery and modernization tools adds value to the Rational Software Delivery Platform to bring an integrated solution to this problem.

May 8th at 12pm EDT - Enhancing Developer Productivity with RAD and WAS
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.
Presentation Zone
Do you have a presentation to share with the community on how to implement Rational software? Post it on the Presentation Zone!
The NFL scores a win with extranet media portal
"We have a very good relationship with our media and are proud of the services we provide for them. The media portal is an extension of that, which is why we want to keep moving forward and making it the best resource we can." - Leslie Hammond, Director of Media Services, National Football League
IBM Completes Acquisition of Telelogic AB
IBM today announced the completion of its approximately $845 million USD (approximately 5 billion Swedish Kronor) tender offer for the shares of Telelogic AB.

Automated Java Testing - Investing in the future or overkill? (SD Times)
Rational's Dan Gouveia, is quoted in this article from SD Times alongside representatives from Agitar, HP, Parasoft and Telelogic, where he underscores IBM's messaging around testing as part of the software development process. (Downloadable PDF)

Rational Software RFE Community is Now Live on developerWorks!
IBM is pleased to announce the launch of the Rational Software Request for Enhancement (RFE) Community on developerWorks! The site will enable clients to collaborate on feature changes with Rational development teams and other product users, and is aimed at improving Rational's level of responsiveness to customer requests for enhancements. Listen to a podcast with Beth Friday, Rational's Vice President of Client support, to hear more!
Featured Tutorial: Model service-oriented architecture with Rational Software Architect: Part 4 - Use Case models
This tutorial series introduces the concepts and tools involved with modeling service-oriented architecture (SOA) using IBM Rational Software Architect. This fourth tutorial covers the use case model. It continues using the online DVD rental case study introduced in the previous three parts, and you will use Rational Software Architect to produce a use case model based on that case study.

Just a click away - the Spring 2008 IBM Training eCatalog
Keeping your skills up-to-date is a smart move in today's highly competitive marketplace. Our newest training catalog offers you hundreds of courses, dozens of technical conferences and handy roadmaps to make sure your training stays on track. Invest in your future by attending a class or conference. Check out our online catalog or request a printed copy today!

IBM Press -- Be Sure You're Taking Advantage of Special 40% User Group Discount!
The Global Rational User Group Community's special partnership with IBM Press entitles Rational members to 35% discounts on all IBM Press books (as well as additional select software titles from Pearson's Addison-Wesley Professional and Prentice Hall Professional imprints). Once logged in, click on "Member Benefits" and proceed to the IBM Press link.

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