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- Sponsor
- RSDC 2008
- Member Survey
- Clear Case Webcast
- User Groups
- Exciting Webinar Series
- Rational News
- Success Stories
- Events
- Webcast
- Resources
- Literature
- Education and Training
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Greetings!
Welcome to the Rational Global User Group
Community newsletter. The newsletter is
available to
all registered members of the Rational UG
Community. Please click
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Spring 2008
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RSDC 2008
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Rational Software Development Conference
2008
It's Official: 2 Complimentary Passes
for RSDC!
For the 5th year in a row the Rational User
Group Program was given 2 conference passes
as a giveaway to the User Group Community.
The criteria for the giveaway this year is
that you must have attended a local user
group meeting between January 1, 2008 and
April 15, 2008. On April 25th we will
randomly choose a leader and user member.
Stay Tuned!
For a discounted registration fee, please use
the code found on the Member Benefits Page
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Member Survey
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Semi-Annual GWC Community Experience
Survey
Please help us improve your Community by
completing our semi-annual Community Experience Survey.
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User Groups
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GRUG Council Member Highlight
Julian Holmes is a Co-founder of Unified
Process Mentors, an alliance of small
international consulting companies, which
share a common vision for software
development process, jointly working in the
industry and with clients to improve software
delivery capability. Julian owns the UK
operation, and has been a software
development consultant for over 10 years,
during which time he has supported a number
of major international clients, from sectors
including consulting, government, finance,
and industrial. In recent years, Julian has
become a renowned expert in the use and
implementation of the Rational Unified
Process, presenting regularly at IBM Rational
events including the last 6 Rational Software
Development Conferences, and providing his
expertise and feedback to IBM Rational as
part of the invitation-only Methods Client
Advisory Group. Julian leads the 450 member
UK Rational User Group (UKRUG), organising
regular full-day events around the country,
and currently sits as an Executive Vice
President on the Global Rational User Group
Council. Contact him at UKRUG@rational-ug.org,
or at Julian@UPMentors.com.
Rational User Group Community Statistics:
RUG Community Membership: 13,700
RUG User Groups: 89
RUG Newsletter Subscribers: 8,940
UG News
Sao Paulo Rational User´s
Group (SPRUG)
Please welcome Luciana Ribeiro and Renato
Melo who have joined the group as new
leaders. They are in the process of
reorganizing the group and setting up the
first meeting.
Orange County and LA Rational User
Groups
Carson Holmes, UG leader of the Orange County
and LA groups is organizing a number of
webinars between now and April. Please visit
the respective UG pages to find out more.
Joint Virtual UG Meeting
With the leadership of Glenn Stout, we have
organized a joint virtual UG meeting between
the Chicago, Colorado, Indianapolis and Philadelphia groups on
February 27th. We will have Klocwork present
during the meeting. Please visit the
respective UG pages to find out more.
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Resources
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Trial Downloads
Download IBM Rational
Developer for System z
Download a free trial version of IBM Rational
Developer for System z, software that can
help you deliver core development
capabilities; the power of Java Platform,
Enterprise Edition (Java EE); and rapid
application development support to diverse
enterprise application development teams.
Demos
Software as a Service
Demonstration Series
RAD v7.5 open beta provides tooling to
support the JEE5 standard including EJB3.0,
JPA, JSF 1.2, and other standards. Improve
developer productivity for already existing
applications with improved support for
refactoring, adding new features to existing
applications, and tooling for Enterprise
Information Systems (EIS).
White Paper
Lean Development
Governance
Effective governance for lean development
isn't about command and control. Instead, the
focus is on enabling the right behaviors and
practices through collaborative and
supportive techniques.
eKit
Project and Portfolio
Management Executive Resource Kit
Portfolio Management is about effectively
managing portfolio value by aligning
portfolio investments with business goals.
This complimentary e-kit provides a
collection of materials that can help you
understand how IBM Rational enables and
automates best practices for improved
governance and clear visibility into
portfolio and project performance across the
entire IT project lifecycle.
Tutorials
Build Web services with
transport-level security using Rational
Application Developer V7, Part 1: Build Web
services and Web services clients
Build secure Web services with
transport-level security using IBM Rational
Application Developer V7 and IBM WebSphere
Application Server V6.1. Follow this
three-part series for step-by-step
instructions about how to develop Web
services and clients, configure HTTP basic
authentication, and configure HTTP over SSL
(HTTPS). This first part of the series walks
you through building a Web service for a
simple calculator application. You generate
and test two different types of Web services
clients: a Java Platform, Enterprise Edition
(Java EE) client and a stand-alone Java
client. You also handle user-defined
exceptions in Web services.
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Education and Training
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features 183 new courses, 25 updated courses
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curriculum areas covering hardware and
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You can also request a print copy of the
catalog. "
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Get the education you need on Rational tools
right from your desk and be part of a virtual
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interactions. ILO provides you with an
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own learning environment. ILO training also
benefits those who need to train teams that
are geographically dispersed allowing you to
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to a classroom.
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