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• New roadmap helps you learn about and teach with Lotus Domino Developer

  This faculty "roadmap" links directly to source materials to help you learn about and teach with IBM Lotus Domino Developer. This leading development tool being used by organizations around the globe to develop collaborative web and composite applications — and Academic Initaive members can download it at no charge.
  
  

• Survey says: Top 10 technology skills in demand in 2010

  The Global Knowledge/TechRepublic 2010 survey, conducted at that end of last year, asked "What skill set will your company be looking to add in 2010?" The top 10 results includes: security, network administration, Windows administration, virtualization/cloud computing, Web development, and business analysis. Read the list, find out what's on top, and see if your school is preparing students for the current workforce.
  
  

• Five innovations that will change cities in the next five years

  IBM compiled a list of innovations that have the potential to change how people live, work and play in cities around the globe over the next five to ten years. The fourth-annual "IBM Next 5 in 5" focuses on cities because the world is experiencing unprecedented urbanization. Your students, the future IT workers, have the potential to turn these predictions into reality.
  
  

• Share your course materials in Academic Initiative's Open Courseware Exchange
  

  Members of the IBM Academic Initiative can share their courseware with the worldwide academic community. Publish links to your course content to show others what you have been doing and to help newcomers get started. Everyone can view and download the shared material.
  
  

• Virtual conference with Grady Booch: Keep up with the trends in system engineering

  The trend towards developing "smarter products" is mandating a new approach to systems engineering. On January 19, you can listen to IBM's Chief Scientist, Grady Booch and other distinguished speakers explain how to model complex systems that feature the convergence of manufactured products and information technology. Register now!
  
  

• See the INNOV8 serious game in action at USC on YouTube

  This YouTube video shows how the students at the University of Southern California — Marshall School of Business are using INNOV8, IBM's "serious", 3D interactive game to learn the principles of Business Process Management. The video was created by USC students!
  
  

• Rational Team Concert Express-C — just right for collaborative projects

  Consider the Community Edition of this application lifecycle management product for your courses that require collaborative, distributed software development. It provides full agile practice coverage and support for Subversion, Git, Eclipse and Visual Studio. With a permanent server license and ten free client access licenses, it's great for project teams of ten or fewer students. Remember, full-versions are available to Academic Initiative members in our Software Catalog.
  
  

• IBM unveils Cloud Academy, a global forum for cloud initiatives in education

  Announced at EDUCAUSE, this new program will help educators and students pursue cloud-computing initiatives and take advantage of collaboration technology in their studies. IBM will provide the cloud-based infrastructure for the program, starting with some basic Lotus collaboration tools. Participants will quickly be able to: create working groups on areas of interest, "jam" on education-related topics, work jointly on technical projects across institutions, and share research findings.
  
  

• Top ten reasons to join the IBM Academic Initiative

  developerWorks recently celebrated its 10th birthday. To participate in the festivities, we put together a list of the top 10 reasons to become an Academic Initiative member. If you had any doubts about joining, this impressive list should convince you!
  
  

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