IBM is encouraging IBM i developers to try its enterprise modernization products in a cloud environment where they don't need to install any software. Developers today can work through common modernization scenarios using the latest IBM development tools to see if they would be candidates for possible purchase later.
In the company's Enterprise Modernization Sandbox for Power Systems, part of IBM developerWorks, IBM provides developers with a series of three-hour time blocks to work through pre-designed exercises that replicate various modernization challenges in a typical business environment. If you need more than three hours, the company now offers an "extended experience" that allows you to secure additional time.
Among the products available to try include Rational Developer for Power Systems Software (RD for Power, formerly RDi), Rational Host Access Transformation Services for Multiplatforms (HATS), Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software, Rational Business Developer, and Rational Team Concert for Power Systems Software, as well as access to several compilers for AIX.
Direct from the IBM website, below you will find all the links that you should need to set up your system and run through the series of exercises in the cloud. You may wish to print out the PDF exercise instructions before beginning each one. You will need to register on the IBM website and have an IBM user ID, usually your email address, in order to get started. Be sure to read the online trial use agreement.
IBM Enterprise Modernization Sandbox for Power
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If you're trying the sandbox for the first time, follow these steps to get up and running quickly. The quick start guide includes information on user IDs and passwords.
- Download and install the Citrix client. (Click the Back button on your browser to return to this page.)
- Select a product or an exercise from the table below and print the exercise instructions.
- Need more than 3 hours? Consider an extended experience! (Click the Back button on your browser to return to this page.)
Scripted, hands-on exercises you can try in the Sandbox
Video: 10-minute overview of products in the sandbox
Quick start guide to the sandbox
Enterprise Modernization home page
Rational Cafe Community forums, blogs, and resources
IBM products available in this sandbox
Design and development
Rational Developer for Power Systems Software
Rational Host Access Transformation Services
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software
Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software
Collaborative application lifecycle management
Rational Team Concert for Power Systems
Middleware
Connectivity
Rational Developer for Power Systems Software
Rational Team Concert for Power Systems Software
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