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January 2007 Rational Global User Group Community Newsletter
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Welcome to the Rational Global 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.

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Rational News
 

IBM Drives Evolution of Software and Systems Delivery to Speed SOA Results
IBM today announced IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform 7.0 desktop products to help global development teams better design, deploy and manage the delivery of software and systems architectures with an emphasis on lifecycle quality.

IBM Business Partners Improve Quality and Efficiency of Software and Systems Delivery
IBM today announced the integration of IBM Business Partner offerings on the new Rational Software Delivery Platform 7.0 desktop products.

Success Stories
 
Rational Edge
 

The Rational Edge is IBM's monthly, online magazine for the software development community. Focused on all aspects of the software development lifecycle, The Rational Edge delivers practical insight and commentary from IBM Rational thought leaders, which helps readers understand concepts behind the products and services that define the Rational brand. The magazine currently has 137,000 subscribers worldwide, and welcomes submissions from experts in one or more areas of software development.

More information can be found at www.ibm.com/developerworks/ration al/rationaledge/.

User Groups
 

Congratulations to Michele Inoccenti for being the 10,000th person to join the RUG Community and winning a FREE iPOD NANO!
We would also like to congratulate the Italy Rational User Group who as a result of Michele selecting to join their group will now be receiving a Ferrari WLMi notebook donated by AMD to raffle off at their next user group meeting. As of December 31st, 2006 the Community now has 10,198 members and we look forward to continuing steady growth throughout 2007. Be sure to check back with us to find out about future membership contest and offerings. We appreciate all of you who continue to tell your friends and colleagues about the RUG Community. Thanks again to AMD for their generous contribution of this laptop.

Rational User Group Community Statistics:

    RUG Community Membership: 10,198
    RUG Active User Group: 90
    RUG Newsletter Subscribers: 6461

Tell us about your last meeting.
Share with us any updates on your user group!  Did you recently present at a technical conference?  We are looking for feedback on how our community is doing. We want to hear success stories about how your groups and members are being successful.  Share ideas of how you get attendance to your meetings, how you locate speakers.  We are part of a very dynamic community and this is great forum for us to share our ideas. Please send your information to info@rational-ug.org.

Events
 

Register Now - Rational Software Development Conference 2007
Orlando, FL
June 10-14, 2007


Join us for the 10th anniversary of the IBM Rational Software Development Conference and experience first-hand why customers keep coming back year after year. Be refreshed, learn, network with colleagues and have an exciting week filled with great skill building opportunities! Some highlights of this year's event include:
    Inspiring keynote sessions by industry experts and IBM leaders on governing software and systems delivery.

    More than 20 hands-on technical workshops.

    Over 285 sessions, including new and expanded tracks.

    Exhibit Hall where you can see advanced solutions and technologies from IBM and our Business Partners.

    Interactive Birds-of-a-Feather sessions for asking questions of the experts in an informal environment

    IBM Certification Lab where you can test your skills and show your expertise


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Education & Training
 

Education Zone
This month learn how your training dollars will go further in 2007 with $500 savings on public software classes,Save twice with an IBM Education Pack - online account, Don't delay enroll now for the Rational Software development conference, Rational Unified Process and Iterative Development Boot Camp, Rational Tester Boot Camp, Essentials of IBM Rational Software Architect Extensibility, Object Oriented Analysis and Design and Rational Software Architect Boot Camp, Mastering Requirements Management with Use Cases. Find the right courses, conferences, and savings plans to help with your skill building needs from IBM Training.
Literature and Resources
 

IBM Press -- Be Sure You're Taking Advantage of Special 40% User Group Discount!
IBM Press represents the best books, written by the best researchers, engineers, and developers. Simply Link to ""Member Benefits"" as a registered site user, and follow the instructions to obtain your discount. The IBM Press library has the breadth and depth of coverage to support you throughout your career.

New Hot-Off-the-Press Releases from IBM include "Project Management with the IBM(r) Rational Unified Process(r): Lessons From The Trenches", authored by R. Dennis Gibbs and " Implementing IBM (r) Rational(r)ClearQuest(r): An End-to-End Deployment Guide", authored by Christian D. Buckley, Darren W. Pulsipher and Kendall Scott.

eKit
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Special Offer
Save up to 25% today on Quality Management solutions from IBM!
Do you currently have HP/Mercury solutions? Unsure of what the future holds? IBM Rational, a leader in the Application Lifecycle ecosystem, offers a cost effective, long term solution for your IT Lifecycle Quality Management needs.

 

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