This list of recommended reading connects you to documents that contain essential information that practitioners should know and understand before diving into Java™ EE application design and implementation using IBM® WebSphere® Application Server.
This list is intended for anyone interested in using or learning more about WebSphere Application Server.
“IBM collaboration software is winning against Microsoft worldwide. We’ve expanded our customer and partner base significantly, and our footprint within companies with both environments,” said Bob Picciano, general manager, IBM Lotus Software. “Companies are looking at the aggregated value of IBM’s Web 2.0, collaboration, and social software for their own roadmap to the future.”
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Luis Benitez posted an article about the joint forces of IBM and SuccesFactors.
Another interesting article about checked-exceptions. I know this is not new, but every time a new project starts, I’m having the same discussion about checked-exceptions.
Once upon a time Java created an experiment called checked-exceptions, you know you have to declare exceptions or catch them. Since that time no other language (I know of) has decided to copy this idea, but somehow the Java developers are in love with checked exceptions…
In this technical talk, Arjen Poutsma explains RESTFul concepts and discusses Spring 3.0 support for REST in Spring MVC. For these new RESTful features in Spring, he provides details about RESTful URI’s, URI templates, Content negotiation, HTTP method conversion, and ETag support.
http://europe.springone.com/europe-2009/speaker/Arjen+Poutsma
The ‘Introducing Web 2.0 in Your Company’ Proof of Technology (PoT) provides a hands-on experience for those needing to understand how social software can foster innovation in the business environment. Participants will gain an appreciation of how Lotus Connections software helps business people with common work objectives or professional interests to find each other and share what they know. It will also show customers how IBM® Lotus® Quickr, “the fastest way to share everyday content with teams”, makes it easier to collaborate without barriers.
Offering an integrated set of five Web 2.0 based components – Profiles, Dogear (for social bookmarking), Communities, Activities, Blogs – Lotus Connections opens new channels for productive relationships. It helps users enlarge their collaborative, knowledge-sharing networks, enables businesses to tap the collective intelligence of their people, and facilitates faster, more agile business execution. Lotus Quickr is a Web 2.0-based team collaboration offering that transforms the way everyday business content, such as documents and rich media, can be shared to enable more effective team collaboration.
This PoT is designed to demonstrate the joint capabilities of IBM Lotus Connections andvIBM Lotus Quickr, showing how sharing and searching for information can be a transparent and natural extension of the way users work everyday.
| Event details | |
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| Date | October 7, 2009 |
| Time | 09:00 – 17:00 |
| Address | IBM Forum Brussels, Avenue du Bourget / Bourgetlaan 42, 1130 Brussels |
For more information and enrollment, please visit this website
This one-day Proof of Technology (PoT) provides a hands-on experience for those needing to understand how DataPower® appliances can help ease and accelerate the deployment of enterprise SOA implementations. The labs demonstrate a broad spectrum of functionality, allowing students to see first hand how DataPower is configured for various security and integration scenarios. Students will gain an understanding of how DataPower appliances fit into network topologies, as well as what functionality the device provides and how it’s configured.
| Event details | |
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| Date | 21 September 2009 |
| Time | 09:00 – 17:00 |
| Address | IBM Forum Brussels, Avenue du Bourget / Bourgetlaan 42, 1130 Brussels |
| Agenda |
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| Introductions and Overview |
| Lab 2: Working with XML |
| Lab 3: Securing XML Message Content |
| Lab 4: Protecting Web Services |
| Lab 5: WebSphere® MQ and Transformation Extender Integration |
| Wrap-up Q&A |
For more information and enrollment, please visit this website
To install Lotus Connections 2.5, please have a look at the following website:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24023958