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IBM Academic InitiativeISV & Developer Relations

Steve Southworth [email protected]


Agenda

WW Technology Challenges

IBM Academic Initiative

Technical Briefings

developerWorks

Web Events

Open Standards Skills Support for Faculty

Why IBM for your Students


The need for skilled developers and IT professionals is greater than ever

The fastest-growing occupation in the next decade is projected to be computer software engineers

IT is one of America's fastest growing industries

Approximately 70 million Baby Boomers will exit the workforce during the next 15 years, with only 40 million workers coming in

* Watson Wyatt, Monster.com; U.S. Department of Labor; Bureau of Labor Statistics; Information Technology Association of America


Student enrollment in science and engineering continues to decline

The number of students graduating with science and engineering degrees in the U.S. has been declining over the last 10 years

In the past decade, there has been a 29% decline in U.S. students graduating with undergraduate computer science and engineering degrees

Women and underrepresented minorities are leaving science and engineering programs at alarmingly high rates

* National Science Foundation; National Science Board


IBM Academic Initiative

Partner with colleges and universities to drive open standards

Better educate millions of students for a more competitive IT workforce


IBM Offerings for Scholars

IBM Academic Initiative and Skills Support forUniversities

developerWorks

IBM Academic Initiative and Skills Support forUniversities

developerWorks


University Programs: IBM Academic Initiative

Free membership to faculty and researchers of accredited academic institutions worldwide

Free IBM software for education and non-commercial research IBM middleware and tools available via

download

Technical support

Access to IBM eServers and Linux hubs Discounts on eServer iSeries hardware

Access to zSeries and Linux systems

Free training for faculty

Tutorials, articles, white papers and Redbooks

Course materials and certification resources

Online resources including e-mail newsletters, newsgroups, webcasts, case studies and other tools


Courseware resources available for IBM’s technology portfolio

WebSphere software

Rational software

DB2 Information Management software

Lotus software

Tivoli software

Introduction to Java using Eclipse

IBM Academic Initiative Offerings

eServer iSeries

eServer zSeries

Java and Eclipse

Grid computing

On Demand Business


IBM Academic Initiative web site

http://ibm.com/university

Product downloads and CDs

Faculty training

Curriculum and courseware

http://www.ibm.com/university


ibm.com/education/students – IBM Student Portal

IBM’s online resource for

students

Jobs, downloads and other technical

information

Contests and special offers


Free resources for developers

22 Industry Awards – including the prestigious Jolt Award


Free resources for developers,

administrators, architects, designers,

testers

Highly ranked web site for overall

satisfaction and goal achievement

Summit Strategies ranks

developerWorks ahead of MSDN

25 industry awards, including best web

site

ibm.com/developerWorks – IBM’s Resource for Developers

Product communities

Product trials

Online enablement

Design flowcharts

Latest technologies

Sample code

How-to articles

Online training

Q&A forums

Newsletters

Webcasts

Downloads


Technical Briefings

Speed-start Web Services

Globalizing your applications

Building applications with the IBM Software Development Platform

e-Business on demand software:Build, Run, Manage

Speed-start Linux


Live and On Demand Webevents

Topics cover the full spectrum ofInformation technology

Special events for IBM Scholarsmembers


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Open Standards Skills Support Specifically for Professors


Three Requirements Faculty Consistently Ask For

Access to Tools and Middleware with no-cost academic licensing

No-cost training for faculty on Tools, Middleware and Technology

Consultative assistance with the development of course content.


Support Offerings in Response to Requirements

Consultative engagements and conference calls to assess status of faculty needs, curriculum, or other academic projects

Faculty training on IBM products, Linux, Eclipse, Java or higher level training on open standards and e-business concepts

Assistance with curriculum planning and course content development.

Remote support

3. Course content and material updates

Technical articles

Technical web seminars

Webcasts

Onsite support

2. Faculty training

University briefings

Guest lectures

Curriculum consultation

Products and Technologies

1. Eclipse, Rational, WebSphere, DB2, Lotus, Tivoli

On-demand Technologies

Software Dev. Platform

Open standards

Java / Web services

Grid / Autonomic computing


Curriculum Consultation – Areas to Consider

Programming Classes: Considering utilizing Eclipse as an IDE or Rational Application developer

Introductory Programming Class: Are you currently using Java? If not, consider including Java in an introduction to programming class.

Software Engineering, Methodology, or OO Design Classes: Consider utilizing the Rational modeling tools for labs.

Database Classes: Consider including Derby, Cloudscape, and DB2.

OS Classes: Consider Linux.

Business Intelligence Classes: Consider Data Warehouse and WebSphere Business Integrator.

Knowledge Management Classes: Consider Lotus products and tools.

Security Monitoring and Network Management Classes: Consider Tivoli.

Internet Access and Protocol Classes: Consider WebSphere for e-business

IBM Server Technology as a “platform of choice”


Benefits for Faculty and Students

Faculty

Access to leading-edge, open standards-based technology

Access to world-class curriculum

Ongoing faculty skills development

Increase in student placement

Students

Access to leading-edge, open standards-based technology

Highly marketable job skills that will enable them to get good jobs more quickly

Industry-leading certifications


University of Puerto Rico – MayaguezChallenge

Professors teaching Web application development courses. Students using a text editor, the javac.exe Java compiler, and the Apache Tomcat servlet container for labs.

Students frustrated by a lack of productivity and lack of an effective debugging environment.

Professors spending more time debugging typing errors than teaching application development principles.

Solution

A week-long training was held for the professors:

• WebSphere Studio Application Developer

• WebSphere Application Server

• DB2

• Rational XDE Developer.

Value

Professors are now able to find students’ problems/bugs easier and to use the detection of those bugs, with the WSAD Debug Perspective, as a teaching element.

Students spend more time focusing on Web technologies and less time on typos and configuration errors.


What’s Next?

Visit today: ibm.com/university

Faculty: If you haven’t already, apply for membership today

Investigate how IBM technologies & products fit into your curricula

Download software and try it out

Take online tutorials

print and read a Redbook or technical white paper, or

register for an IBM course

Subscribe to our newsletters


Why IBM for your Students?

Because IBM has always aspired to do two things better than any other company in the world:

1. Create innovative technologies

2. Help clients apply technologies to transform what they do and how they do it

● We operate in 164 countries

● We employ ~ 325,000 people

● We have more than 1 billion clients

● We spend more than 6 billion US $ on research annually

● We hold more US patents than HP, Intel, Sun, Microsoft, Cisco, Dell, Oracle, and EMC combined.

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