IBM Academic Initiative System z invites you to attend an online education session entitiled "Modernize Your Enterprise Systems Curriculum" on Tuesday 11/15

The IBM Academic Initiative System z team is pleased to invite you to a special 90 minute online session entitled  "Modernize Your Enterprise Systems Curriculum." This session will be held on Tuesday, November 15th, from 10:00 - 11:30 AM ET.  Join the Academic Initiative to see (and hear) how the latest versions of the IBM Rational tools - and in particular Rational Developer for System z, Rational Asset Analyzer and Rational Developer for System z Unit Test - can help you modernize the experience of learning z/Enterprise in the classroom. This session is being recorded and will be available for playback.

This 90 minute session will feature Jon Sayles:

http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/leadership/thought/jonathansayles.html

 author and technical enablement specialist for IBM Rational, as he presents an approach to learning about z/Enterprise solutions using tools that present z/OS software solutions through modern IDEs - as agile development environments.

In the demo/discussion Jon will focus on utilizing:

• Rational Develop for System z - for modernizing z/OS development and application maintenance - teaching z/OS application development skills, programming in COBOL, JCL, CICS, IMS, Web Service (SOA) and testing

• Rational Asset Analyzer - for teaching the nature of business applications software components, and doing effective application maintenance

• Rational Developer for System z Unit Test - for agile z/OS development - and teaching MVS Systems Programming skills

Do not miss this opportunity! Register for this session today by sending an email to zskills@us.ibm.com.

Regards,

Kathy Pfeiffer

Worldwide Program Manager, IBM Academic Initiative System z