Ibm Developerworks Podcasts

Educator and engineer Jeff Casimir discusses the state of technology education (think: that stack of technology books collecting dust on your bookshelf), where it falls down, and how effective models can make all the difference in the learning experience. Rails for Zombies, the popular guide to learning Rails that was originally created as a proof-of-concept for the Code School approach, builds on the techniques used in the traditional classroom — and at a compelling price point.

IBMers Andre Tost (Senior Tecnical Staff Member, SOA Technology and Software Services for WebSphere) and Robert Laird (an IBM Enterprise Architect focused on SOA governance and policy) are co-authors of the new Thomas Erl SOA series book, SOA Governance: Governing Shared Services On-Premise and in the Cloud. They talk about working on a project with such a large pool of contributing authors, the value of this large reference work, the reason for so many early failures in SOA implementations, and how good governance guides and protects the realization of service-oriented computing.

Scott Ambler, is chief methodologist for Agile and Lean at IBM Rational, and author of several books on the Unified Process, Agile development, the Unified Modeling Language, and CMM-based development. In this interview he explains LEAN principles as they apply to software development, talks about how governance and a flatter organization are compatible, and describes what IBM has done with these approaches internally.

Program Manager for IBM Global Business Services talks about how social business strategies and Rational tools were utilized to vastly improve the way IBM GBS develops software systems that run the IBM business.

In this engaging discussion, Jon talks about building successful mobile applications and distinguishing yourself among the masses. He dives into the main mobile platforms, discusses native and HTML5 development, the issues that come with porting across platforms and devices, and the differences in the publishing process between Apple (review process) and Android (fragmentation). And if you're interested in how to turn a buck in this competitive market, you'll want to consider Optime's business model.

Kevin is the author of Trade-Off: Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don't, The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson Sr. and the Making of IBM and Megamedia Shakeout. He was a reporter, editor and columnist at USA Today for 22 years and a contributing editor at Conde Nast Portfolio. He has been a contributor to Fortune and Wired magazines, The Atlantic, NPR and ABC News.

Felicia Day is an actress and writer whose projects include The Guild, an original web series on the eccentric lives of online gamers. Gine Poole is VP of Marketing for IBM Rational. Both joined me at Innovate last week for some light-hearted chat about taking on Watson and Grady Booch in Jeopardy, hosting a big developer conference, social geeking, and the Innovate conference experience.

Charles Krueger is CEO for BigLever Software, Inc., creator of GEARS, a product line engineering tool and lifecycle framework for systems software. He joined me at Innovate 2011 to talk about the growing need for reducing production complexity and simultaneously increasing scalability, and sites examples of aerospace and automotive companies they have helped. BigLever utilizes numerous IBM Rational tools -- Doors, Rhapsody, Team Concert, ClearCase, and Synergy.

As PostgreSQL celebrates 15 years, EnterpriseDB's Ed Boyajian and Robin Schumacher talk about this popular open source database, its engaged community, how it differs MySQL, and where it fits in the world of big data.

Here are my interviews with three of the finalists, including the winner, at IBM SmartCamp Austin. Sam Fuller (Waldo Health), Matt Wensing (Stormpulse), and Barrett Taylor (SecureWaters, Inc. and SmartCamp Austin Winner) talk about their respective smarter planet solutions. Jim Corgel, Director of ISV and Developer Relations for IBM, wraps it up with a few words about the IBM SmartCamp experience.

This week we hear from both Grady Booch, Chief Scientist of Software Engineering at IBM, and Theresa Quatrani, Rational's Technical Event Content Lead. Grady is a favorite speaker and teacher among software developers and well-known for many things, including his work as a co-developer of the Unified Modeling Language. Theresa plays a key role in putting on the IBM Rational Innovate Conference. Both will help us preview what's coming up at Innovate 2011, June 5-9 in Orlando, Florida.

R is an open source, object-oriented, flexible language for statistical analysis — with powerful visualization capabilities. As businesses become more data driven, R is finding itself at the center of the business analytics storm. Find out how you can leverage R in your work and how it can assist you in an increasingly data driven world.

Kerrie Holley, an IBM Fellow and CTO of IBM's SOA Center for Excellence, and Dr Ali Arsanjani, an IBM Distinguished Engineer and and Chief Architect for the Center join to talk about their book, 100 SOA Questions Asked and Answered. We cover the impetus for the book, how SOA helps businesses align IT and business processes, how SOA methods are fostering new development roles, and the progress that has been made in challenge areas like security and testing.

CouchOne and Membase joined forces to produce Couchbase, a NoSQL solution that provides the elasticity and high performance of CouchDB with traditional features like queries and indexing. Join Andy and Couchbase cofounder James Phillips as they discuss the brave new world of fast and safe web applications.

This Week on developerWorks, we check in with John Swanson on dW newsletters focus, run down the home page headlines, and talk to Director of developerWorks, Alice Chou, and developerWorks Community lead, Branavan Ganesan about the IBM Champion Program and what it means for developerWorks users.

Curt Cotner is an IBM Fellow as well as VP and CTO for Database Servers at IBM. He's joins the podcast to talk about DB2 SQL Skin, which is all about reducing the cost and risk of moving applications from Sybase to DB2. He talks about the challenges of migrating, and how DB2 SQL Skin makes it simpler and faster by eliminating the need to modify client applications or retrain the end-users sending in the queries.

AppDynamic's Director of Engineering talks about three main issues (the advent of the cloud, agility, and low-cost memory) that affect performance in this informative podcast.

Linda Grigoleit, IBM Power Systems marketing, and Kent Milligan, a senior IT specialist from IBM Lab Services and Training, join me to talk about a new topic area on developerWorks for IBM System i. We touch on what IBM i is and the content categories in the new zone, including an IBM i overview, a technical Library, forums, technical updates, tools and downloads, and related event information.

Today's dynamic development landscape presents a nightmare for security experts, but short of "stopping the train," what can you do to ensure a proactive approach to security? In this engaging conversation, John Steven combines his abilities as a software developer with his expertise in security to help us avoid a reactive model and prevent breaches before they occur.

Persistence evangelist Pinaki Poddar offers detailed insight on the issues surrounding persistence in Java web applications. As a member of the Expert Groups for both JPA and JDO, and a committer for the Apache OpenJPA project, Dr. Poddar is well positioned to provide you with the latest information on this critical layer of any production-level web application.