IBM has more no-charge(*) classes on offer for 2006, and there are more topics. As far as I know these classes are available to anyone who wishes to visit any city -- no geographic restrictions. You can apply to reserve a seat using the IBM Education enrollment Web site:
http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/us Just search on the 5 character course code listed below to find your favorite class. Seating is not guaranteed until you receive a confirmation, and seating is limited. Here are the upcoming course codes, cities, and dates -- and sorry for the late notice on ZJAV1: ZJAV1 z/OS Java Exploiters and Java Batch Workshop Columbus, Ohio: July 11-13 ZSOA1 System z SOA, ESB, and Web Services Workshop Palisades, New York: July 18-20 San Francisco: July 25-27 Glendale, California: August 1-3 Seattle: October 17-19 WSC31 CICS and Web Services Workshop Palisades: July 18-20 San Francisco: July 25-27 Waltham, Massachusetts: July 29-31 Chicago: September 19-21 Dallas: October 3-5 ZWPS6 WebSphere Process Server V6 for z/OS Implementation Workshop Gaithersburg, Maryland: August 22-24 LINX6 Deploying WebSphere Centric Products on Linux for System z Toronto: September 12-14 Minneapolis: October 3-5 New York City: October 17-19 WBSR6 WebSphere for z/OS V6 Implementation Workshop Columbus: September 19-21 Minneapolis: October 24-26 WMB06 WebSphere Message Broker V6 for z/OS Workshop Gaithersburg: October 3-5 WSW06 Security Workshop: WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Minneapolis: November 7-9 In my experience these classes are light on the marketing stuff and heavy on the practical, hands-on experience. Naturally you'll want to supplement these freebies with Steve Comstock's classes.</BLATANTPLUG> (*) Somebody at IBM told me a long time ago I'm supposed to say "no-charge" instead of "free." In common English -- what I normally speak and write -- these classes are free. However, your associated travel, lodging, and time are probably not free, hence IBM says "no-charge." Yet everybody else says "free" under similar circumstances. For example, Wal-Mart is certainly not going to say "no-charge candy bars to the first twenty families visiting our grand opening in Newville." Oh, well. - - - - - Timothy F. Sipples Consulting Enterprise Software Architect, z9/zSeries IBM Japan, Ltd. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
