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	Special SOA & WebSphere Edition

IBM Software Newsletter

Special SOA & WebSphere Edition

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		Connect to the latest IBM SOA news, content and intelligence. Get started at the SOA Launch page. Learn the facts behind IBM’s unmatched leadership and experience in service oriented architecture (SOA). Get up to speed on the latest IBM SOA announcements and innovations – new industry platforms, advancements in Business Process Management (BPM), Web 2.0 SOA applications and much more. Download the new SOA Executive Brochure and connect to late-breaking news from IMPACT, webcasts, white papers and other essential Smart SOA content. Visit - and bookmark - for the latest SOA information

		Build initial SOA success, respond rapidly to business events with the IBM BPM Suite Model and simulate business processes. Rapidly deploy and change processes. Monitor activities within processes and take action based on what will happen next. IBM BPM Suite combines starter sets for lifecycle management and continuous optimization of dynamic business processes and content-aware processes. And you can extend these capabilities with business event processing powered by the new IBM WebSphere Business Events. New to BPM? Watch the on-demand webcast, “Achieving Business Breakthroughs with BPM,” for an excellent introduction to the topic and relevant technologies. Discover BPM enabled by SOA

		Combine SOA power and Web 2.0 ease - with the first mashup portfolio for business IBM Mashup Center allows non-technical, line-of-business users to drag-and-drop components from personal, Web and enterprise data sources - and to create customized Web applications in minutes. Mashup Center is powered by the mashup creation capabilities in IBM Lotus Mashups and the information discovery and access capabilities of IBM InfoSphere MashupHub. A beta program is planned to begin on April 15, 2008. IBM WebSphere sMash is an agile, powerful development environment developers can use to extend the reach of SOA, and to easily build innovative widgets for IBM Mashup Center users. A developer's version of WebSphere sMash is available at www.projectzero.org, and a commercial version will be available in Q2 2008. Read the press release for more information. Find more ways to extend innovation with SOA and Web 2.0

		Faster. Easier. Stronger. Web 2.0-Ready. Introducing WebSphere MQ v 7.0. For 15 years, customers have relied on IBM WebSphere^® MQ as their universal messaging backbone across IT systems. Now new WebSphere MQ v7.0 – released simultaneously for distributed platforms and z/OS™ – offers significant innovations: JMS and publish-and-subscribe support tightly integrated into the runtime, improved JMS and publish-and-subscribe performance, Web 2.0 support (including WebSphere bridge for HTTP) and much more. Download the beta to experience WebSphere MQ v7.0 for yourself. Learn more about the WebSphere MQ product family

		Move to the premier Web application platform for SOA - and save Process integrity, proven stability, more choice, demonstrated business value – all backed by IBM’s unmatched SOA expertise. These are the reasons companies choose IBM WebSphere as the application integration and delivery platform for their SOAs. And for a limited time there’s another reason: Companies can save up to 74% when they trade up to selected WebSphere software from non-IBM alternatives. Read a ZapThink white paper on SOA implementation best practices – and a new brochure explaining WebSphere’s advantages within an SOA. Learn what WebSphere offers that BEA, Oracle and TIBCO don't. Trade up to WebSphere by May 31 – and save

		Get a taste of the excitement. Watch the IMPACT 2008 Day 1 highlights video. What's it like to be at the largest SOA conference anywhere - with 6000+ customers and business partners in attendance, 250+ live customer testimonials, the latest innovations in SOA technology, and world-class keynote speakers and entertainment? Watch the IMPACT 2008 Day 1 highlights video to get a glimpse of what you missed - and to see why IMPACT is truly a can’t-miss SOA event. Tune in

		Want more SOA knowledge? Attend these events and webcasts! Your SOA education doesn't stop at IMPACT! There’s still time to register for Pulse 2008 (May 18-22 in Orlando), the premier service management event, where you can ramp up on the new IBM Tivoli^® Composite Application Manager for SOA and other tools for monitoring and managing your SOA environment. Attend the Rational Software Development Conference 2008 (June 1-5 in Orlando) to learn how IBM Rational^® users save the day, every day – and to see the growing suite of Rational tools for creating and reusing services. Or register for Information On Demand 2008 (October 26-31 in Las Vegas) by May 31 to save $300. You'll get hands-on experience with SOA-enabled information technologies, including new IBM IMS™ 10 and Infosphere™ MDM Server. Between events, check out our library of SOA webcasts!

Events and resources
		Join in the SOA Jam. Stay connected via the SOA Social Network There's still time to participate in the first-ever SOA Jam, where you can share your SOA expertise, learn from other experts, and help drive the evolution of SOA. After the Jam, keep sharing ideas via the IBM SOA Social Network. Join the SOA Jam until 10 AM PDT on April 10				What's hot: The SOA/Web Services Top 10 from developerWorks Build Web services with transport-level security. Understand Web services specifications such as SOAP, WS-Security and WS-Policy. These are just a few of the ten most popular SOA and Web services tutorials and articles for March 2008, on IBM developerWorks™. Dive into SOA at developerWorks

Learn SOA best practices taken from real-life case studies. Read the white paper.

Talk about learning from experience: Discover what a team of IBM SOA technologists learned by reviewing more than 200+ SOA deployment case studies. Read “Five Best Practices for Deploying a Successful SOA.”

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Download the ultimate insider’s guide to the Smart SOA approach

Exploring IBM SOA Technology and Practice is loaded with advice for making your SOA implementation a success. Written by IBM SOA expert Bobby Woolf.

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Couldn’t get to IMPACT? Want to learn more? There’s a follow-up event just for you.

IMPACT 2008 may be over, but the Smart SOA learning never stops. If you missed IMPACT, don't miss IMPACT Comes to You. If you're a C-level exec, get to an SOA Executive Summit to learn how companies like yours are getting immediate ROI from their SOA investments. Enterprise architects can deepen their knowledge at an SOA Architect Summit. And CIOs, COOs and CTOs should check out "Building SOA Solutions and Managing the Service Lifecycle."

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