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WebSphere Application Server v7 – One day of free training

Chris Sparshott — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:57:36 +0000

WebSphere Application Server V7.0 expands on previous versions by delivering complete

Java™ EE 5 support and certification, Web services enhancements, and Enterprise Java

Beans (EJB) 3.0 and Web 2.0 Feature Pack support, plus a range of features that can

help you:

WebSphere Application Server V7.0 expands on previous versions by delivering complete Java™ EE 5 support and certification, Web services enhancements, and Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) 3.0 and Web 2.0 Feature Pack support, plus a range of features.

Here is the Invite:
Websphere App Server V7 PoT Invite Mel Well Auk

Formal Lotus Forms Training – New Zealand

Chris Sparshott — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:06:14 +0000

I know a number of you are looking for formal IBM Lotus Forms training beyond the Proof of technologies which we run on the subject.

IBM does provide formal training and a link to the site can be found here.

Course WPC70 Lotus Forms Integration

Duration 2 days

Numberof Students: Maximum 12 students

Type of Course: Public course

NZD Price ex GST $2800

USD Price ex GST $1400

If you want IBM to schedule this course in New Zealand then go to the web site or drop me a line.

Free Lotus Foundations Training

Chris Sparshott — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:00:29 +0000

As discussed in this post we are delivering free Lotus Foundations training in Auckland and Wellington on the following dates:

17th March – Auckland, location TBC, 9am – 5pm

19th March – Wellington, location TBC, 9am – 5pm

Lots of great information about Lotus Foundations can be found on Sean Burgess and Bilal Faffery’s blog site.

Please fill in this form if you are interested in attending.

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We would really like to see as many of the Small Business community attend as Foundations represents significant cost savings compared to other options in the market place.

Here is a link to an ad-hoc wiki I am creating to help me collaborate more effectively with clients. I will add to it as I receive requests for information and “how to”. It is pretty spartan at the moment but feel free to make additions.

Lotus Forms

Chris Sparshott — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:04:00 +0000

Here I am in sunny Wellington at our Lotus Forms – Proof of Technology. We are using the classrooms at the excellent Allfields on Courtenay Place. The PoT is an opportunity to take existing and future customers through our technology by providing a mix of presentation and lab exercises.

The class was delivered by Johnny Teoh a Lotus Forms specialist for Asia Pacific. Johnny is a very knowledgeable technical consultant with a range of experiences implementing this product at IBM customers. Questions were answered along with interesting discussions around strategy, implementation and deployment.

This was a really informative session and IBM New Zealand will plan to run more Proof Of Technology sessions in the months to come. What should we do next?

Virtual Worlds

Chris Sparshott — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:20:00 +0000

I have just returned from the first International Conference on Computer Mediated Social Networking ICCMSN . It was a really interesting conference. I will blog on aspects of the conference in later posts but for this post I want to focus on Virtual Worlds. First of all I want to highlight the press release from IBM about a pilot project between IBM and Linden Labs. I think the value to IBM in doing this is it allows them to experiment with Virtual worlds as another communication channel that will sit next to Video, Voice , IM conferencing. I believe that it will also be used to provide a construct to deliver education and training.

During the ICCMSN Telecom and Otago announced a partnership whereby Telecom would provide the hardware to allow Otago and other New Zealand universities to run anOpenSim server implementation and utilising KAREN for the network infrastructure. This looks like an exciting development and seems to be comparible to the IBM and Linden Labs announcement.

Clearly the ideal situation for New Zealand Universities would be for Linden Labs to allow them to run their own instance of SecondLife. As an obverser it looks as though the battle between SecondLife and OpenSim has truely begun. I don’t believe that this is a great division (Corporate Vs Open) as it goes against the ideals of modern IBM.

Here is a video of Australian Open in SecondLife as an example of some of IBM’s Second Life initiatives.