By Pankaj Sinha
Businesses need to proactively manage change, instead of struggling to keep up. Our Enterprise Modernization story focuses on helping customers save
today and build a smarter foundation for future investments. We focus on 4 primary focus areas Applications, People, Teams and Infrastructure to achieve the optimal business value in today’s tough economic climate.
- Applications are all about how you can be smart in maintaining and extending the applications that run your business
- People focuses on the employees who build the applications. We have smart people. How can we help them deliver their best work?
- Team is about smart ways for the people to work together to build high quality applications in a timely manner, especially in today’s geographically dispersed world.
- Infrastructure is the other area that focuses on how customers can get the most out of the infrastructure they already have. Given today’s challenging economic times, customers are not interested in rip & replace, it is all about leveraging what they already have.
Let me know if any of these ring a bell and I could further substantiate these areas.
Session by Anthony Lim
Today web has become the new business platform and most companies are leveraging on web to conduct their business online. As the volume of business done online increases, it leaves behind trail of insecurity and threat.
Criminals are increasingly targeting Web- Based applications due to the dynamic nature and prevalence of these applications. Anthony Lim in his session during Innovate 2010 Bangalore, stressed upon the risks involved with doing business online and measures that can protect data and client trust.
Giving reference to the IBM X force Midyear trend and risk report, Anthony stated that web application attacks continue to accelerate at a rapid pace and unpreparedness to combat these threats will result in heavy cost.
As these attacks escalate, organisations are forced to take a reactive approach to security with point products that address only pieces of web application security and add to the complexity of security operations.
During his session, he also discussed various application and compliance challenges that organisations face today and gave insight on how to overcome risks and challenges involved with doing business online, while lowering costs.
Roopa Nadkarni
Session by Jim Zhang
Change has been inevitable since the evolution, and to keep up with the pace we need to drive the change in our process. Today organizations are looking web 2.0 technologies to develop their next generation web applications as well as enhance existing application with rich interactive experiences.
Jim, at Innovate 2010 India, during his session on developing web applications using web 2.0 technologies spoke about various development requirements, choice of technology and tools that can simplify the web development process.
Referring to Rational Application Developer (RAD), Jim said it helps customers to realize the value of good technologies. Developers usually struggle to integrate tools and technologies; RAD as an app developer tool focuses on eliminating this sluggish period, making developers more productive, enabling them to deliver business requirements.
Jim covered various aspects of web 2.0 development including project set up, developing web pages, developing with Dojo and javascript, invoking services to display data, unit testing by publishing to a test server and debugging with firebug.
Listing down the benefits of RAD, Jim said, that this tool helps in building dynamic, scalable, easily manageable, modular applications with support from OSGi.
Session guided by- Devang Parikh
Assessing the requirement is the primary element in any development process. And when developers work towards developing software, a clear sketch of requirement is the first thing they look for. Defining requirements forms the base of software development and in his session, Devang discussed this very point.
Referring to Rational Requirements Composer (RCC), Devang mentioned that it is a great tool to define requirements, as it uses various definition techniques.
RCC helps teams define and use requirements effectively across the project lifecycle for collaborative, fast-paced projects with high stakeholder involvement, having said that Devang also showed how easy it is to manage these requirements using RCC.
While showcasing the process to deploy RCC server in private cloud or in IBM public cloud, Devang also demonstrated how the new capabilities of RCC can be utilized to track the status of requirements and trace the relationship between requirements.
Elaborating on the benefits of RCC Devang said, it engages a wide range of customers and other stakeholders in the requirements process. Uses intuitive storyboards, process diagrams, and other visual and textual techniques to express scenarios and uncover customer needs. Such collaboration between teams at all stages results in fostering agility and predictability through light-weight requirements practice.
Posted By: Roopa Nadkarni
 In today’s changing business environment, every industry is looking to transform the way it functions. With software becoming the “invisible thread” enabling today’s most innovative products and business services, organisations are investing heavily to build a strong competency in software and systems delivery. To help your organisation become a part of this new wave of innovation, for the first time ever, Innovate2010 presents exclusive tracks for the Government & Defense sector.
Constructing mission critical systems while managing systems complexity and adhering to compliance mandates is not an easy task. Adding to that are financial crises and unprecedented challenges caused by globalisation, the expanding impact of technology, and environmental and security concerns.
In trying to address these daunting challenges, government leaders and IT executives are faced with out-dated and inflexible IT systems and increased demands for high-quality services. At Innovate2010 you will learn how Rational® solutions can help meet these limitations with an integrated approach to software & systems development, to help you overcome all these challenges.
To register for the conference, call Anita: +91 22 28367045, fax: +91 22 28389268
Email: innovate2010@eigenschaft.net
Give you organisation an Innovative edge
Top 5 reasons to attend Innovate2010
1. Get a professional onsite certification
2. An oppurtunity to work with over 3000 peers and industry experts
3. Interact with IBM’s top Rational gurus who will present inspiring Keynotes and conduct informative technical sessions
4. Attend guided lab sessions, conducted by our subject matter experts
5. Benefit from new tracks on Cloud, Application Security & Compliance and Packaged Applications
Innovate2010 will address the most critical business issues and challenges that the Government & Defense sector faces today by sharing practical ideas for doing more with less in the changing economy.
Posted by: Roopa Nadkarni
Dont miss the action at Innovate2010
This year, there’s a lot more to look forward to at the annual Rational Software Conference,Innovate2010. Besides having some of the most well-known and respected speakers from the world over, we also have a line-up of exciting tracks, interactive sessions, hands-on workshops and more. All, to help you stay ahead in this new age of innovation.
Early Registration
Be the first to walk in to the conference and walk away with exciting, early bird goodies. Also get free Jazz® DVDs if you register between 8:00 am and 9:00 am. That’s not all.
Get the opportunity to interact with Jazz experts at the Jazz Café.
Grady Booch (on video)
Hear Grady Booch, a world renowned Rational guru, shine light on the future of software delivery. His knowledge and expertise will inspire you to lead the new wave of innovation.
Rational Reading lounge
The Innovate2010 Reading Lounge features a collection of priceless books authored by some of IBM Rational’s top thinkers. These books take a look at the changing landscape of business in an economy that is increasingly dependent on software. While some of the books explore the challenges companies face in realising the full potential of information technology, others delve into the development, management and delivery of software.
Some of the books you could browse through will cover topics like Project Management, Software Leadership and Visual Modeling by authors such as Walker Royce, Murray Cantor, Terry Quatrani and Jim Palistrant.
To register for the conference call
Lubna: 9741300554 or Pooja: 9741300553 or
e-mail: IBMinnovate2010@wizcraftworld.com
Posted by: Roopa Nadkarni
This year, there’s a lot more to look forward to at the annual Rational Software Conference,Innovate2010. Besides having some of the most well-known and respected speakers from the world over, we also have a line-up of exciting tracks, interactive sessions, hands-on workshops and more. All, to help you stay ahead in this new age of innovation.
Early Registration
Be the first to walk in to the conference and walk away with exciting, early bird goodies. Also get free Jazz® DVDs if you register between 7:30 am and 8:30 am. That’s not all. Get the opportunity to interact with Jazz experts at the Jazz Café.
Jazz Cafe
Jazz is the latest IBM Rational offering, a new technology for collaborative software delivery that integrates and synchronises people, processes and assets associated with software development projects. Uniquely attuned to geographically distributed teams, product offerings built on the Jazz platform leverage a rich set of capabilities for team-based software development and delivery.
At the Jazz Café you’ll have the opportunity to meet with Jazz experts and get products like Rational Team Concert, Rational Quality Manager and Rational Requirements Composer for free. So long as you bring your laptop and register before 7:30 am at the venue. As a limited offer, you can also watch free demos of Jazz products at the café. The Jazz Café will be open between 7:30 am and 8:30 am and again after 12:00 pm on both the days.
For more information, please call Lubna on 97413 00554.
Agility Fitness Centre
Powered by Measured Capability Improvement Framework, the Agile Fitness Centre enables you to participate in a short-term health assessment and agility fitness evaluation of your organisation. For more information on the Agility Fitness Centre, you can make your way to The Lalit Ashok, Bangalore, on August 17 & 18 and meet the experts between 11:00 am and 4:00 pm.
Celebrity Speaker
Alexander Blass is the winner of the prestigious Top Innovator of the Year Award presented by the Daily Record. He is an internationally renowned social entrepreneur who single-handedly revolutionised charitable giving with the invention of a person-to-person giving technology on the internet. Blass is also the recipient of the Daily Record’s Influential Marylanders Award and is currently the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Wharton School of Business.
As our Guest Speaker at Innovate2010, Alexander Blass will inspire you with his expertise and his vision to use software innovation to stimulate social entrepreneurship. What’s more, he’ll provide valuable insights on product and service innovation.
Consulting Cafe
No matter what problems your organisation faces regarding software and systems delivery, we have a panel of the finest minds in the field that can provide you possible solutions. Visit the Consulting Café and have subject matter experts answer all your queries.
A message from Grady Booch
Hear Grady Booch, a world renowned Rational guru, shine light on the future of software delivery. His knowledge and expertise will inspire you to lead the new wave of innovation.
Rational Reading Lounge
The Innovate2010 Reading Lounge features a collection of priceless books authored by some of IBM Rational’s top thinkers. These books take a look at the changing landscape of business in an economy that is increasingly dependent on software. While some of the books explore the challenges companies face in realising the full potential of information technology, others delve into the development, management and delivery of software.
Some of the books you could browse through will cover topics like Project Management, Software Leadership and Visual Modeling by authors such as Walker Royce, Murray Cantor, Terry Quatrani and Jim Palistrant.
The Chill Zone
At Innovate2010 you don’t have to worry about an information overload getting the better of you. The conference provides you the perfect place to give your gray cells a rest – the Chill Zone. So you can sip on coffee and play Wii games before you head back to another mind-boggling session.
To register for the conference call
Lubna: 9741300554 or Pooja: 9741300553 or
e-mail: IBMinnovate2010@wizcraftworld.com
Date: August 17-18, 2010.
Venue: The Lalit Ashok, Bangalore.
Posted by: Roopa Nadkarni
You dont just attend Innovate2010, you participate in it.
There’s lots to look forward to at Innovate2010. Join us at the conference and learn how to speed up innovation to transform the world you live in.
Exciting sessions to help you start innovating.
U-Innovate
U-Innovate is a new forum for you to collaborate with your peers on important software and product delivery topics, delivered in an unique, un-conference format. This forum has been designed to support the spontaneity and creative energy of a diverse group of participants, with the aim of coming up with ideas that are completely original yet relevant in the real world. IBM experts and Rational gurus will join in to facilitate this interactive session, providing the foundation for a fantastic conference.
Technical workshops
These hands-on workshops provide an in-depth understanding of the practical applications of the IBM Rational suite of products by giving a detailed account of the features and benefits of working in an integrated, highly collaborative development environment. Carried out as step-by-step, guided lab sessions, these workshops deal with a range of topics relevant to the changing needs of the economy.
Solutions Cafe
At the Solutions café, you will have the opportunity to view live demos and interact with subject matter experts, who will showcase the latest solution offerings from IBM Rational. At these sessions you will learn about cutting-edge Rational solutions like Cloud Computing, Performance Measurement using ClearCase & ClearQuest and Collaborative Lifecycle Management, from the very best in the field.
Click here for the detailed agenda on these sessions
With so much to offer, Innovate2010 promises to be an inspiring and dynamic conference that you wouldn’t want to miss. Be the first to walk in to the conference and walk away with exciting prizes including free software! If this is not reason enough, watch the why attend video.
Date: August 17-18, 2010.
Venue: The Lalit Ashok, Bangalore.
Posted by: Roopa Nadkarni
 There’s lots to look forward to at Innovate2010. Join us at the conference and learn how to speed up innovation to transform the world you live in.
Exciting sessions to help you start innovating.
U-Innovate
U-Innovate is a new forum for you to collaborate with your peers on important software and product delivery topics, delivered in an unique, un-conference format. This forum has been designed to support the spontaneity and creative energy of a diverse group of participants, with the aim of coming up with ideas that are completely original yet relevant in the real world. IBM experts and Rational gurus will join in to facilitate this interactive session, providing the foundation for a fantastic conference.
Technical Workshop
These hands-on workshops provide an in-depth understanding of the practical applications of the IBM Rational suite of products by giving a detailed account of the features and benefits of working in an integrated, highly collaborative development environment. Carried out as step-by-step, guided lab sessions, these workshops deal with a range of topics relevant to the changing needs of the economy.
Solution cafe
At the Solutions café, you will have the opportunity to view live demos and interact with subject matter experts, who will showcase the latest solution offerings from IBM Rational. At these sessions you will learn about cutting-edge Rational solutions like Cloud Computing, Performance Measurement using ClearCase & ClearQuest and Collaborative Lifecycle Management, from the very best in the field.
Click here for the detailed agenda on these sessions
With so much to offer, Innovate2010 promises to be an inspiring and dynamic conference that you wouldn’t want to miss. Be the first to walk in to the conference and walk away with exciting prizes including free software! If this is not reason enough, watch the why attend video.
Date: August 17-18, 2010.
Venue: The Lalit Ashok, Bangalore.
To register for the conference call Lubna: 9741300554 or Pooja: 9741300553 or Email:IBMinnovate2010@wizcraftworld.com
Posted by: Roopa Nadkarni
” Innovation is a new way of doing something or “new stuff that is made useful”. It may refer to incremental and emergent or radical and revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes, or organizations. … ”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovate
Innovation is incremental, emergent, radical and revolutionary. It brings about changes in our thought process, how we do things and also what things we do. Its about how we think about engineering, about technology and about automated processes. IBM clearly has set a goal apart and is leading the industry in setting a trail for others to follow. With its sights set on a future that is interconnected, intelligent and also interwoven IBM has already changed the future of technology. IBM Rational brings about a story of Smarter Products and processes that are not only relevant to current businesses but also hold high promise for future generations of products, systems and business in general.
“Innovate” is the cry of today. We are faced with challenges in the multitude yet find ourselves right in the page of history where most innovations will occur and are indeed occurring every day. But here is the catch …, we have been hearing for long how individuals and small players have been able to embrace innovation much more easily than larger organizations. Hang on there, that’s not the full truth. If one is to look at a company the size of IBM (!), it is without doubt that people would be awe-struck at the sheer scale of innovative ideas, technologies and processes that are strengthening the muscles of this company. Innovation is at the heart of IBM’s business strategy and more so at the heart of how it builds its products. Everything
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