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Digg thisDiagnostic Tools Suite for IBM Support Assistant Continues to Grow
The IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java - Health Center is the newest addition to the expanding list of Java troubleshooting tools on IBM Support Assistant. The Health Center is a lightweight tool that monitors IBM Virtual Machines for Java with minimal performance overhead. The Health Center
- analyzes garbage collection with graphs and tuning recommendations
- shows application activity with low-overhead method profiles and call stacks for frequently used methods
- visualizes application classloading activity
- highlights contended locks provides details of the Java configuration and identifies potential problems.
- IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java home page
- IBM Tools for Java - Health Center forum
- IBM Tools for Java on developerWorks
- Tools Add-on List for IBM Support Assistant
WebSphere Smart SOA Application Foundation Video
Business applications are central to your business - from mission critical and key company-wide apps that are all-important to the ongoing success of your organization, to targeted departmental level apps that help solve some of your most immediate and tactical issues. A Smart SOA Application Foundation from IBM WebSphere provides the innovation and performance that allows you to build, deploy and manage robust, agile and re-usable SOA applications and services of all types. This foundation helps you deliver on business objectives while reducing application infrastructure costs across mainframe and distributed environments.
This video will introduce the key capabilities of the Smart SOA Application Foundation and provide examples of how IBM was able to help JK Enterprises adjust their business model and work smarter to succeed in today's economy.
IBM Press room - 2009-04-20 IBM Reports 2009 First-Quarter Results - United States
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced first-quarter 2009 diluted earnings of $1.70 per share compared with diluted earnings of $1.64 per share in the first quarter of 2008, an increase of 4 percent as reported.
IBM Expands SOA Partner Offerings With New Products, Marketing Tools and Education Programs
The programs, which will be detailed during the IMPACT 2009 conference in May, feature nine new social media tools, including Virtual Forum, a virtual trade show complete with product booths, logo advertising and scheduled chat sessions to help partners drive lead opportunities.
Travelport Taps IBM to Enhance Travel Services Platform
The consolidated data center helps Travelport, one of the world's leading global distribution providers, offer faster transaction services to its travel agency customers and its travel supplier network of more than 450 airlines, 80,000 hotels, 28,000 car rental locations and a wide array of tour operators and cruise lines in 145 countries.
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Kuala Lumpur WebSphere User Group (KLWUG): KLWUG is in Facebook
Recently, KLWUG have created a KL WebSphere User Group in Facebook, a free-access social networking website. The group is accessible via the following link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php? gid=108373374534
In the near future, the group plans to organize an online quiz using the Facebook application and prizes will be given as well.
- NJ- Metro WebSphere User Group: Metro NJ WUG has a new leader!
Now that a new User group leader has been identified, we are plannning to actively conduct meetings and share user experiences and thoughts. A virtual meeting is scheduled on Tuesday, June 30th at 4:00 PM ET. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss plans for our next meeting and introduce the new UG leader, Barry Cartmill.
Charlotte WebSphere User Group (CWUG), Charlotte NC
The Charlotte, North Carolina WUG met recently in June. WUG Leader Kishor Phadnis organized three presentations for the meeting: WebSphere Virtual Enterprise 6.1 Technical Overview by Brian Martin; Deployment of Multi-Coregroup and Large Topology Environments by Jhared Smith; and finally Best practices in building and monitoring enterprise environments by Shekar Maramraju. Members had interesting discussions on WAS XD 6.1 and Large Topology issues after the presentations.
Brian Martin's presentation can be downloaded here: https://www.websphere.org/download Slides?package=879
GWC Awards at IMPACT 2009 . . .
2009 Most Influential WebSphere User Group Leader Award
The GWC wishes to acknowledge its most proactive leaders; your leadership makes the community thrive!
Greg Ackerman - RTP (Triangle NC) WebSphere User Group IBM Corporation
35% WUG growth, 5 meetings in 2008
Evan Herbst - New York WebSphere User Group Gemini Systems, LLC
14% WUG Growth, 5 meetings in 2008
2009 IMPACT participation Awards
The best User Groups have strong representation at events of all types; local and global. Here are the WUGs with the highest representation at IMPACT 2009!
- IMPACT Participation Gold Award (15+ members present)
- New York WUG
Leader: Evan Herbst; IBM Liaison: Lou Rivas
NY/NJ WebSphere MQ and Application Integration User Group
Leader: Sunny Lee; IBM Liaison: Jenny Chow
IMPACT Participation Silver Award (10-15 members present)
- Washington DC WUG
Leader: Sounia Chaney; IBM Liaison: Nancy Yee
Southern California WUG
Leader and IBM Liaison: David Graesser
The WebSphere user groups are headed by volunteers who are committed to the use and advancement of the WebSphere family of products.
