There are some interesting residencies coming up for those of you who'd like to beef up skills, get deep experience before your own organization's project, meet developers, and boost your resumes by becoming a published author of an IBM redbook. IBM pays for your travel and living expenses. Also, if you're trying to onboard someone in your organization who is in the latter stages of developing proficiency, residencies are good "finishing school" experiences.
Here's the full list: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/residents.nsf/ResIndex/ and here are some of the notable ones that are still accepting applications: ABCs of z/OS System Programming (# ZS-R200-R01) CICS Web Services Performance (# SA-Z095-R01) MLS / DB2 Implementation Update (# ZS-R085-R01) Enterprise Extender Implementation Guide (# ZS-W064-R01) Best Practices for Implementing WebSphere Extended Deployment (# SA-W622-R01) Update of IBM Tivoli Composite Application Management Family Redbook (# TI-6M11-R01) WebSphere for z/OS Security Integration Handbook (# SA-Z609-R01) zSeries Redbook: WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere ESB Getting Started (# SA-Z607-R02) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pacific 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

