February 2009

IBM DEVELOPERWORKSN E E D I T ? G E T I T

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What we offer IBM developerWorks is the

destination on the web for developers and IT professionals to stay on the cutting edge and develop their skills on open standards technologies and IBM products.

Delivers the deep technical code, content, and community you need and depend on to get answers to your tough technical questions questions.

Delivers unparalleled content in over 4 languages, including articles, tutorials, demos, events and more.

ibm.com/developerWorks/aboutdW

developerWorks: IBM’s resource for developers, IT Professionals, & students

Key Statistics:

Over 1M skill activities per year

34 industry awards

Serves 200 countries

4 local language sites

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Developer & DBA

Project Manager

Tester

Student

Application support

AnalystArchitect

Consultant

developerWorks has a wide breadth of technical content and community offerings for many IT roles

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developerWorks delivers what IT Professionals & students needWorldwide reach, local coverage Deep technical content across

technology & IBM products

Deep community resources you can trust

Answers to your tough technical questions

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Need it? Get it with developerWorks

Hot topics:

• Web2.0

• AJAX

• Eclipse

• UML

• Java

• XML

Develop your skills Personalize, connect, and share

Stay abreast of technical trends Download & evaluate code

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• Want to stay abreast of the latest technical trends?Make developerWorks your destination.

• Regardless of whether it’s the coolest technology or the latest product announcement from IBM,

developerWorks articles, tutorials, and spaces help you keep

up with the latest trends and develop critical “real world” skills.

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The developerWorks article template opens the door for your voice to be heard.

Article activity is now transparent – read the most popular articles!

Give your opinion of the article and rate it.

Have a suggestion? Revision? Question? Add a comment.

Improve findability, tag the article with keywords relevant to you

Dig deeper within the technical topic – follow recommended next steps, related community spaces, blogs forums and more.

What do YOU think? Add a comment, rate an article, and tag technical content

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Technical events: Free face-to-face seminars & hands-on

learning sessions at a location near you.

Online interactive sessions with a live speaker

Download-on-demand replay of interactive sessions; available anytime.

On-demand demos: Build skills and awareness of IBM products

and technologies with short demos showing cutting-edge IBM solutions.

ibm.com/developerWorks/offers/techbriefings

Want to learn a new skill? Watch a demo or attend a technical event

developerWorks on-demand learningresources you need, in the formatthat suits your lifestyle

Example: Watch a demo to learnmore about Rational Jazz

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Product & technology tutorials: “How to” scenarios that walk a user through

a specific task Available in varying degrees of difficulty –

from novice to expert. Certification preparation tutorials

Skill kits:

Modules packaged up for easy download and available 24x7

ibm.com/developerWorks/training

Need to strengthen your existing skill set? Complete a tutorial or download a skill kit

Example: Complete a tutorial to learn how to develop a Facebook application with PHP and IBM products

Acquire today’s in-demand skills!

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Standard trial code downloads Online/hosted sandboxes Beta code Updates & fixes

NEW! IBM products are available on the Amazon Web Services Cloud.

Plus additional services to help you evaluate – demos, tutorials, forums, etc.

Need to evaluate an IBM product or technology? We’ve got you covered with trial code & more

Example: Try WebSphere Portal Express to see if it’s the best product to create a rich internet application

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Find solutions to tough technical questions.

Collectively document best practices or establish a central knowledge base.

Earn a reputation as a topic expert in the developerWorks community.

Have a question? Find your answer in forums or wikis

Example: Find a forumthread to answer aquestion regarding configuring a networkproxy.

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Build your own developerWorks persona

Connect and team with colleagues of similar interests, skills and roles.

Personalize your view of developerWorks artifacts.

Follow topic experts within the community or become one yourself.

Your opinion matters. Rate, comment, tag, and participate.

ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/

Want to be part of the community? Join My developerWorks today

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Blogs: View your latest blog posts or others Activities: Track your progress or overdue items at a glance Bookmarks: Follow your watchlist, your bookmarks or the most recent bookmarks. My Feeds: Configure to display developerWorks content that is important to you. Groups: Watch activity within My groups or the community at large. Community events: Filter all developerWorks events by IBM products and technologies

Like it your way? Personalize My HomeCustomize your view of MydeveloperWorks with widgets to reflectyour interests and goals

Example: Watch a personalized feed to display All Cloud computing articles the moment they are published, alleviating the need to search

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http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/passitalong

Is learning your goal? Try Pass it along

Share any nugget of information as a topic

Group topics into formal knowledge paths to facilitate learning and track their understanding

Team with others to reach a common learning goal

Example: Add topics & create a learning path for Javascript tips & tricks

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Collaborate with others members to deliver on a common goal

Attach and share documents Assign to-do items Identify key days Track progress Add comments Share new thoughts Publish best practices

Have a group task? Set up an Activity

Example: Create an activity & outlinetasks to build a new My dW group

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Teaming your thing? Join or start your own Group

Share valuable links Pull in feeds from other RSS sources Communicate with group members via the message board Send emails to group members or communicate individually one-to-one

Example: Start a group to share abest practices on Java.

Groups provide an outlet for peopleto interact, share ideas, addcomments, and tag content around asubject or technology they arepassionate about.

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Bringing developerWorks to you

Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/developerworks

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developerWorks iPhone app developerWorks/iphone

Mobile developerWorks wireless.ibm.com/developerWorks

• Learn more at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/gizmos +

• Download the Google desktop gadget

developerWorks on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19464048825&ref=ts

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developerWorks is a deep, technical resource and an online community of IT professionals and students around the world.

We are focused on making it easy for you to find the information you need, develop skills quickly, and collaborate with IBM and each other.

Get the most out of developerWorks and have your voice heard by creating your My developerWorks profile today!

Thank you !!!!