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The Global WebSphere Community Newsletter
December 2007
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Omaha WUG
Fourteen members of the Omaha WebSphere User Group welcomed two guest speakers to the meeting held in November.

Joel Pech, IBM Rational Software Architect, presented on IBM's SOA Tooling, primarily directed toward developers. Click here to view Joel's presentation.

Jan Wolff, Account Executive with WebLayers, presented on SOA governance. Click here to view Jan's presentation.

The two presentations worked well together and generated lively discussion among the User Group members and presenters alike. We would like to thank Joel and Jan for their presentations, which were both very well received by the User Group members.

New York Capital District WUG
The New York Capital District WebSphere User Group's November meeting was well received by over 30 attendees.

Mr. Bob Loomis, Chief Technology Officer/Program Manager and Mr. Chris Gorka, Project Director for the NYS OSC Portal project spoke to the user group.

Bob and Chris discussed the history of the portal program, the customer analysis and resulting processes to enroll users, and provided an overview of the architecture and three initial applications.

We would like to thank Bob and Chris for the excellent presentation, and everyone who attended the User Group meeting.

Atlanta WUG
The Atlanta WUG met in November to discuss IBM® Tivoli® Composite Application Manager for WebSphere.

IBM provided an overview of the ITCAM suite of products used to monitor end user performance, SOA governance, operational status of J2EE applications, and provide deep dive diagnostics of WebSphere Applications.

ITCAM was the featured product for which an in-depth technical discussion and demo were conducted. ITCAM for WebSphere helps increase performance in business-critical applications. It provides real-time problem detection, analysis and repair to help maintain the availability and performance of on demand applications.

The subject and speakers were well received with several requests for follow up from people wanting to use ITCAM. The Atlanta WUG is eager to hold many more meetings in 2008 - please monitor our page and join us next year!

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Miscellaneous

Project Zero
Create a photo album application with Project Zero and REST design principles
In this article, see how to combine existing Zero components to create a photo sharing service that can support many of the same functions provided by Flickr. Along the way, you'll learn more about RESTful design, connecting components via HTTP, and the use of JavaScript to provide a function that isn't already part of Zero. Learn more.
Recent Community Presentations

NEW Certification: IBM Certified SOA Solution Designer [2007]
This intermediate level certification is intended for solution designers, or consultants and architects with previous experience designing SOA application components and business integration solutions. It replaces the 2006 certification, which retires Dec. 31, 2007.

Certification Retirement:
IBM WebSphere InterChange Server V4.3 and Toolset
Please visit the Certifications website for the complete retirement schedule of WebSphere/SOA certifications to be withdrawn in 2007.

Online Workshop for ESB
WebSphere ESB Solutions online workshop begins December 11!
This instructor-led online workshop, titled "Building WebSphere ESB Solutions within the IBM SOA Foundation" is aimed at integration developers who want hands-on experience of the features of WebSphere ESB, and want to understand how this product fits within the IBM SOA strategy. The 4-day workshop provides extensive hands-on lab exercises for WebSphere ESB features. Get information and enroll now.
Integration Consortium and Data Management Association
The Integration Consortium is co-hosting a meeting with the Data Management Association in San Francisco on December 13th, 2007.

Santhosh Kumaran of IBM will be presenting during the program. Click here to view his abstract

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