IBM Announces New Software, Vision for Community Driven Development
IBM today announced its vision for community driven development and introduced new software to help clients drive greater visibility, business intelligence and collaboration in software delivery projects.

IBM to Acquire Watchfire to Help Customers Guard Against Online Security Attacks and Compliance Breaches
IBM today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Watchfire Corporation, a privately held security and compliance testing software company based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Cashferium helps retailers and banks cut costs by keeping cash flow local.
"When you have a big idea, you need to find a partner who can also think big, and - just as important - deliver big. IBM understood our goals better than anyone and helped us to articulate a solution for making it a reality." - Ton van Schie, CEO, Cashferium

IBM Information Management group achieves on-time delivery while improving quality, productivity and responsiveness
"We saw an opportunity for us to have an immediate positive revenue impact to the business by injecting IBM Rational technology to facilitate aggressive development schedules in conjunction with the team's practice of continuous improvement to their development process." - Bob Newman, Rational deployment team, IBM Software Group

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RUG Community Membership: 11,500
RUG Active User Group: 94
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UG News

Tennessee Rational UG
Tennessee UG member, Philip Hartman publishes "The Art and Science of Being an I/T Architect" blog which also features stories about Rational Tools.

New UGs

Adelaide Rational User Group
Sacramento Rational User Group
Rio de Janeiro Rational User Group

Model-driven development with IBM Rational Rose XDE Developer for Java by Patrick Pitsinger

Christina Skaskiw - Software as Film Production

Gary Blower - Process improvement not complicated

Julian Holmes, Cleeve Amos - Delivery Success with RMC

A New Approach to Performance Testing - A look at IBM Rational Performance Tester v7.0

Rational Business Developer Extension technical workshops
Explore the emerging cross-platform rapid development environment that enables you to build Java^TM -based Web applications using Enterprise Generation Language (EGL). Discover how quickly you can learn EGL and build Java-based Web, SOA, and COBOL applications without knowing the Java language.

*New* IBM Rational Instructor-Led Online (ILO)
Get the education you need on Rational tools right from your desk and be part of a virtual classroom! Rational Education now offers Instructor-Led Online courses, which are synchronous classes with live instructor interactions, hands-on labs, and group interactions. ILO provides you with an alternative to traveling to a physical classroom location by training you in your own learning environment. ILO training also benefits those who need to train teams that are geographically dispersed allowing you to complete training locally in your own environment, and reduces the need for travel to a classroom.

Easy Ordering Now Available - IBM Training Catalog
New! Now it's easier than ever to order the latest IBM Training hard copy catalog. Simply click here to fill out a simple online form - it takes less than a minute and you'll receive your catalog in the mail. Of course, you can still call 1-800-IBM-TEACH (1-800-426-8322) to request a copy, or use the eCatalog to browse all our offerings online. Either way, you'll find out what's new and what's updated in 28 subject areas covering IBM Software Training, Systems and Technology Training, the latest information on the IBM Education Pack, Worldwide technical conferences, and more.

Trial Downloads

Evaluate IBM Rational Build Forge online
You can now evaluate Rational Build Forge V7.0 without installing or configuring it on your own system! Rational Build Forge helps geographically distributed teams work together more effectively so that your build and release processes can be leveraged across teams and projects. It's all done through a centralized, Web-based management console that's accessible virtually anytime, anywhere. Visit developerWorks to learn more about this product and register to explore its capabilities online.

Evaluate IBM Rational ClearCase online
You can now evaluate Rational ClearCase V7.0 without installing or configuring it on your own system! Rational ClearCase is a comprehensive solution that provides integration with design, development, build, test, and deployment tools for controlled access to software assets across the full lifecycle. Rational ClearCase is seamlessly integrated with IBM Rational ClearQuest for a complete change and configuration management solution. Visit developerWorks to learn more about this product and register to explore its capabilities online.

Evaluate Rational Application Developer online
You can now evaluate IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V7.0 without installing it on your own system! Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V7.0 is an integrated development environment that can help you quickly design, develop, analyze, test, profile and deploy high-quality Web, service-oriented architecture (SOA), Java, J2EE, and portal applications. Visit developerWorks to learn more about this product and register to explore its capabilities online.

Webcasts

Mythbusters: Strategies for nimble IBM Rational ClearCase implementations
Join us on July 24, 2007 at 11:00 am ET (US) to discover the truth about IBM Rational software change and configuration management products. See how IBM Rational ClearCase and IBM Rational ClearQuest can be nimble and lighter weight, while providing the flexibility and robustness to support a wide range of needs.

Succeed with Asset based development- Introducing Rational Asset Manager

Reclaiming Development Team Productivity in a Global World
Discover how IBM Rational ClearCase, IBM Rational ClearQuest and IBM Rational Build Forge can help you reclaim productivity and keep global projects on track with this on-demand webcast. With a highly scalable architecture, customizable workflows, control of changes into the development stream, and centralized build and test management, these products provide a comprehensive solution to help distributed teams stay productive and deliver projects on time. Listen now

Demos

Maximizing reuse of your software assets with IBM Rational Asset Manager, part 1
Rational Asset Manager helps you improve individual and team productivity and accelerate project delivery by enabling you to create, modify, govern, find and facilitate reuse of any type of development assets, including SOA and systems development assets. In this demonstration, you will see how to set up and configure Rational Asset Manager, create categorization, organize assets, and create communities, including setting up the review processes they need to collaborate on the use of assets.

Maximizing reuse of your software assets with IBM Rational Asset Manager, part 2
With initiatives like SOA and pattern based development, being able to define, locate, and easily adopt reusable assets into your projects becomes essential. In this introductory demo, you will see how a practitioner might use assets in the Rational Asset Manager repository consisting of reusable assets. We will show you how to use the web and eclipse clients to search for assets, create and package new assets, and download to use existing assets.

developerWorks Live! Briefing

Part 1: Architecture, design and construction using the IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform: Setup
This demo is the first of a nine part series that supplements the developerWorks Live! briefing: Architecture, Design and Construction using the IBM® Rational® Software Delivery Platform. In this series, you will see the same demos presented at the live briefing. Part 1 shows you where you can download a trial version of IBM Rational Software Architect, and then how to install and set it up.

Part 2: Architecture, design and construction using the IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform: UML modeling
This demo is the second of a nine part series that supplements the developerWorks Live! briefing, Architecture, Design and Construction using the IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform. In this series, you will see the same demos that are presented at the live briefing. Part 2 shows you some of the features of the UML modeling capabilities of the Rational Software Architecture tools.

Scripting Second Life with Rational Application Developer
The virtual world of Second Life is special in that much of it is made up of content created (and owned) by users. Not only can you create lush 3-D objects (and sell them for the equivalent of real money!), but you can also create both simple and complex scripts to control their behavior and appearance. This tutorial explains the basics (and not so basics) behind Second Life scripts and shows you how to ease development by using Rational Application Developer as you build a small game users can carry around and play.

Visualize .NET applications with Rational Modeling Extension for Microsoft .NET: Part 1: Getting started with the .NET Visualizer
IBM Rational Modeling Extension for Microsoft .NET provides visual diagramming tools that help you gain insight into, and knowledge about, existing .NET applications. This tutorial will introduce the Rational Modeling Extension for Microsoft .NET Visualizer feature, and help you create new class diagrams, sequence diagrams, topic diagrams, and browse diagrams (these are currently supported for C# code and .NET assemblies).

Special Offer

Migrating from HP to IBM Rational Promotion
For a limited time only, the commercial Passport Advantage Relationship Suggested Volume Prices (RSVP) and Passport Advantage Express Suggested Retail Price (SRP) for eligible IBM Rational quality management products have been reduced, allowing for an approximate savings between 45-56% off of SRP. In addition, for every for every $30,000 USD IBM Suggested Retail Price (SRP) of eligible new IBM Rational quality management software licenses you acquire, you can receive 40 hours of eligible on-site implementation services performed by a consultant from IBM software services at no additional charge (approximate value: $10,000 USD).

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.

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

Now expanded - IBM PartnerWorld Value Net Connections Business Partner Matching benefit
Building a Value Net is a powerful, new way of growing your business and expanding your reach. It consists of two or more Business Partners working together to develop, package and sell a solution. Let IBM jumpstart the process for you -- by matching you with the right Business Partner(s) -- using the new Value Net Connections Business Partner Matching benefit. This benefit allows you to establish criteria for profiling and identifying Business Partners and take the first step toward increased sales and market share.

Getting Started
To find a Business Partner for a Value Net, complete a profiling form at : http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/valuenet.

What happens after my company is profiled?
Your company's Value Net Account Manager will find a complementary IBM Business Partner that meets your business objectives. Once a successful match is made, a business development consultation will be conducted to explain the many Value Net Connections benefits and to assist you in establishing a unique plan to meet your Value Net objectives. The plan will include Value Net goals, go-to-market requirements, required resources and business development support.

For questions pertaining to this program, mailto:pwvaluenet@us.ibm.com.

Share
Are you interested in learning more about IBM technologies? SHARE is an IBM user group that provides user-driven education and resources to help enterprise computing specialists become more effective professionals.

At our next conference, SHARE in San Diego, August 12-17, 2007, we are presenting several focused sessions around our 2007 business issues - IT 2010 and Business Continuity. These sessions will prepare the IT organization to realize business value from emerging technologies and provide lessons on how to keep IT services from failing and causing business interruption.

If you are looking for a way to get connected, SHARE is your answer. Visit online at www.share.org to learn more about SHARE in San Diego.