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Scott Laningham, editor of developerWorks podcasts, talks with thought leaders in many fields, paying extra attention to the computing and software element with each focus. Past guests have included Grady Booch, Tim Berners-Lee, John "Maddog" Hall, Tim O'Reilly, Rod Smith, Irving Wladawsky-Berger, and Carol Jones. Hear today's thinkers talk about the technology ideas of today and tomorrow. Find this series in the table below.


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"Did you say Mainframe?!" focuses on the revitalization of the mainframe as the platform of choice for modern services-based infrastructures.
IBM Rational Software Talks To You offers insights into the latest trends and products from IBM® Rational® product experts and market thought leaders.
IBM Linux Technology Center podcasts feature interviews with IBMers who work on various open source technologies.


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Sandy Carter's big six takeaways from IMPACT '08
Sandy Carter, IBM VP for SOA and WebSphere, joins me for a quick seven minute wrap-up on the big announcements made earlier this month at IMPACT 2008. She talks about IBM SOA leadership growth, industry viewpoint, capabilities and new offerings around business process management, new WebSphere sMash and the IBM Mashup Center, the IBM Smart SOA social network, and related services. This IMPACT press releases listing has more detail and a cool video .
Check out tomorrow's (April 30) webcast featuring IBM executives and customers laying out a roadmap for aligning business and IT for maximum impact.
29 Apr 2008

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(6:52)

InformationWeek's David Berlind talks unconferencing
Tech journalist David Berlind stopped for a few minutes to chat with me at IMPACT 2008. We talked about the SOA Camp he was facilitating in conjunction with IMPACT and about the refreshing experience of unconferencing where the trappings of a traditional conference are set aside for a more interactive, peer-to-peer experience.
29 Apr 2008

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(12:28)

Scott Hebner previews RSDC 2008
Scott Hebner, Rational VP of Marketing and Strategy, gives a quick preview of this year's Rational Software Development Conference , coming June 1-5 in Orlando, Florida. Big keynotes, guest speaker William Shatner, comedian Mitch Fatel, and Grammy-winning rock band The Wallflowers top off a full lineup of more than 300 technical sessions, hands-on technical workshops, complimentary IBM certification classes, technology demonstrations and a multitude of networking opportunities. Register here !
22 Apr 2008

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(7:48)

Keynotes and interviews from IMPACT 2008
IMPACT 2008 in Las Vegas drew 6000 attendees for 5 days of keynotes, technical sessions, demos, and jams around Smart SOA. Listen to highlights in Scott's blog including keynote addresses, conversations between IBMers and beta release partners on new WebSphere sMash, individual segments with IBM execs, and more.
07 Apr 2008

IMPACT 2008 podcasts
New Rational RFE community
In this 13-minute podcast, Beth Friday, vice president of Rational's worldwide client support, and David Salinas, developerWorks project lead for this new application, talk about what the new Rational Request For Enhancement (RFE) community is, why developers should care, why it represents a big improvement over past efforts, and developerWorks role it making it a reality.
02 Apr 2008

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(13:09)

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UCLA and IBM partner on open source adventure class
In this 23-minute podcast, hear about an innovative computer science class at the University of California at Los Angeles that offers students the opportunity to choose an open source project adventure focused on Web 2.0 technologies and interact with professionals from IBM during the project. UCLA computer science professors Paul Eggert and Jens Palsberg join IBM project lead Gergana Markova and classroom assistant Gabe Nataneli in the discussion.
25 Mar 2008

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(22:51)

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Downloads update: Lotus® Quickr™ and developerWorks e-kits
developerWorks' Robin Langford joins me for a quick update on some new download offerings -- a 90-day trial of Lotus Quickr , a Web 2.0-based team-collaboration tool for sharing documents and rich media, and developerWorks e-kits , which deliver targeted collections of tutorials, articles, webcasts, podcasts, and demos about a particular product, task, or role.
25 Mar 2008

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(3:33)

Java™ technology outlook from Evans Data Corp. and IBM
In this 13-minute podcast, Stephanie Martin, worldwide lead for Developer Relations, IBM Software Group; and John Andrews, president and CEO of Evans Data Corp talk about the state of the adoption of the Java programming language worldwide, how Java technology stacks up against other languages and platforms, what IBM is hearing from the Java community, and what lies ahead for Java technology.
18 Mar 2008

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(12:40)

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SXSW roundup with David Salinas
developerWorks software engineer David Salinas attended his third consecutive South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin last week and shares his thoughts on the week and on the growth of the popular interactive technology track.
18 Mar 2008

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(5:20)

Paul Reiners on dynamic programming and sequence alignment
IBM software engineer and musician Paul Reiners previews his featured article on Dynamic programming and sequence alignment, looking at how computer science aids molecular biology.
11 Mar 2008

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(6:01)

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