1. WA1371 WebSphere Portal 5.1 Programming Using JSR 168
   WebSphere Portal server is a way to host many web based applications in a central location. Users need to login only once and use all applications in a consistent manner. Customers and business partners can access the portal site and make use of all applications running in the portal. This three day training class teaches students the WebSphere Portal development JSR 168 API. It also covers Struts and JavaServer Faces based portal site development. All labs are done using Rational Application Developer (RAD) v6.
2. WA1314 Mastering Portal Programming v5.1 on RAD 6
   WebSphere Portal server is a way to host many web based applications in a central location. Users need to login only once and use all applications in a consistent manner. Customers and business partners can access the portal site and make use of all applications running in the portal. This class is meant for programmers with Java knowledge. They will learn basic Servlet and JSP. They will proceed to learn about Portal v5.1 programming using Rational Application Developer (RAD) v6.

Enterprise architecture is the practice of applying a comprehensive and rigorous method for describing a current and/or future structure and behaviour for an organization's processes, information systems, personnel and organizational sub-units, so that they align with the organization's core goals and strategic direction.

1. WA1519 Software Architecture Overview (coming soon)
   This course introduces the audience to the fundamentals of software architecting process. We discuss how software architecture is created and described as well the role of the software architect in this process.
2. WA1513 Fundamentals of Enterprise Architecture (coming soon)
   This course teaches the fundamentals of Enterprise Architecture. This course is designed for architects who are responsible for system and enterprise architecture of their organization. System Designers and Development Managers can also benefit from this course.

SOA is an architectural style whose goal is to achieve loose coupling among interacting software agents. A service is a unit of work done by a service provider to achieve desired end results for a service consumer. Both provider and consumer are roles played by software agents on behalf of their owners. WebSphere Business Modeler is a key component of an SOA implementation. WebSphere Business Modeler is an easy-to-use tool that enables both business and IT personnel to model and design their process flows before deployment, complementing the SOA modeling capabilities of tools such as Rational® Software Architect.

1. WA1516 Business Process Modeling (coming soon)
   This course introduces the participants to the theoretical aspects of process modeling. This course explores the forces driving the need for modeling business processes, the modeling effort as a project, and the critical success factors for making the effort successful. The course provides a way to document, understand, analyze and improve business processes. This course does not use any specific tool although it will compliment training for a tool that can assist with business process modeling.
2. WA1508 Implementing SOA Governance (coming soon)
   IT governance provides a thorough management process for IT activities. All aspects of IT, starting from strategy to execution, are closely managed and continuously improved. SOA adds new challenges and hence IT governance processes need to be extended. This course builds a foundation by covering IT governance. Many organizations may not have IT governance put in place. This foundation will be especially beneficial to them. The course builds on this foundation by covering SOA governance. The course offers practical knowledge of how to actually implement IT and SOA governance in an organization. We have designed the course in such a way that the students will be able to get started with instituting a governance practice from scratch.
3. WA1486 WebSphere Process Server Programming Using WebSphere Integration Developer (coming soon)
   This course teaches the participants on how to build integration solutions using IBM WebSphere Integration Developer (WID) and IBM WebSphere Process Server. This class starts with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) basics and proceeds to using the tools to build SOA applications. Participants will learn about the Service Component Architecture (SCA) programming model and the Service Data Objects (SDO) data model. The role of adapters when integrating disparate back ends is discussed and participants learn about the WID tooling in detail.
4. WA1471 Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for Architects (coming soon)
   Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) shows demonstrable signs of simplifying software integration. It can reduce the cost of integration significantly. Organizations are beginning to architect new integration solutions following the SOA approach. This course delves deep into various aspects of SOA. It starts with the Service Oriented Analysis and Design. This will help the architects understand how requirements are captured, business processes are modeled and services are identified. It describes the principles of service orientation. The principles will act like a checklist against which you can validate your own design.
5. WA1470 Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for Managers
   Service oriented Architecture (SOA) shows demonstrable signs of simplifying software integration. It can reduce the cost of integration significantly. The approach is not new but may be a paradigm shift for many organizations. This is analogous to e-Business, which is essentially client-server computing, but ushered many new possibilities. This no-nonsense course is designed for the IT managers. The goal is to explain in clearly understandable terms what SOA is and how it can aid application integration. The course proceeds to cover typical development lifecycle and various roles people play in the process. The course will help the managers build a vision for future development activities.

Web based application, although popular and widely used, lack some of the rich features of desktop based applications. Drag and drop and fast screen refresh are to name a few of the advantages of desktop applications. Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) allows developers to create feature rich Internet applications that add some of the positive aspects of desktop applications. AJAX based applications are much more responsive to user interactions and in general provide a better customer satisfaction. Google Maps is a good example of an AJAX application.

1. WA1503 Mastering AJAX
   This course teaches AJAX and all of its foundational technologies. XHTML and CSS2 are covered in details. Students will also learn the HTML Document Object Model (DOM) and how to manipulate a page dynamically in the client side using JavaScript. The AJAX API is covered in details. Students will also learn how to build their own AJAX based framework which will help them write complex applications quickly.

JBoss is an open source, Java based application server. Because it is Java based, JBoss can be used on any operating system that supports Java. It is an open source project and backed by a worldwide network of partners.

1. WA1370 JBoss Performance Tuning (updated)
   This course provides in depth information on how to tune the JBoss App Server, and the relevant database server, web server as well as the operating system to extract the last drop of performance. It covers a performance tuning methodology, how to detect a bottleneck and common problems and solutions. After taking this class, students will be able to methodically create a performance testing plan and find bottlenecks and resolve them. The students will perform hands on labs to tune JBoss server’s different containers – Web container and the EJB container, and also gather key performance numbers.
2. WA1365 J2EE Programming using Eclipse and JBoss
   This course teaches programmers how to write enterprise applications based on the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) architecture. In addition to the core concepts of J2EE, this course provides specific instruction on building J2EE applications using the best practices established in the field.
3. WA1364 Administration of JBoss Application Server V4 (Windows)
   This course teaches the basics of the deployment and administration of web applications to a JBoss Application Server V4 environment. This course concentrates on providing best-practice solutions to handle common problems that occur in a JBoss environment so students will have a high-level of skill with regard to JBoss administration.
4. WA1262 EJB Development using Eclipse and JBoss
   This course is an advanced introduction to the Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) technology. It starts by introducing the concepts and ideal for someone who has never programmed using EJB. The course rapidly picks up and ends with advanced concepts that students can use in real life to complete large scale EJB based projects. The labs are done using Eclipse 3.0 and JBoss IDE 1.3.30. JBoss 3.2.3 application server is used as the server runtime.
5. WA1259 Servlet/JSP Programming Using Eclipse/JBoss-IDE and JBoss (updated)
   This course introduces the students to learn to develop and test server-side applications based on the Java 2 platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) component model using the Eclipse and JBoss platform (using the JBoss-IDE plugin). Develop and test server-side applications that use servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSPs) for the control and flow of e-business applications.
6. WA1088 J2EE Architecture and Patterns using Eclipse and JBoss
   J2EE is a collection of technologies specifically meant to aid development of enterprise class software applications. This course will help architects and senior developers devise a plan that other developers in the team can follow to develop robust, high performance, easy to maintain and secure applications. The material in this class covers the most critical areas of a mission critical application. This course highlights best practices for J2EE application development.

The Spring Framework is a collection of frameworks and libraries for developing Java Web applications. It is based on the familiar MVC design pattern, but its modular design and use of dependency injection separate it from most other Web application frameworks. Spring seems to be getting more and more popular among the developers, similar to Struts was a year or two before. Typically people are choosing to use Spring in order to get rid of heavy weight EJB’s.

1. WA1552 Developing J2EE Applications Using Spring Framework and RAD6
   This course provides students with the knowledge needed to use the Spring Framework and Rational Application Developer V6 (RAD6) to develop flexible, testable and maintainable J2EE enterprise applications.
2. WA1478 Developing J2EE Applications using Hibernate and RAD
   This training course provides students with the knowledge needed to use the Hibernate Object/Relational Mapping (ORM) framework to implement the persistence layer of J2EE applications.
3. WA1442 Developing J2EE Applications Using Hibernate
   This training course provides students with the knowledge needed to use the Hibernate Object/Relational Mapping (ORM) framework to implement the persistence layer of J2EE applications.
4. WA1332 Developing J2EE Applications Using Spring Framework
   This course provides students with the knowledge needed to use the Spring Framework to develop flexible, testable and maintainable J2EE enterprise applications.

Java 2 platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)

1. WA1355 Introduction to JavaServer Faces (JSF) Using RAD
   This training course introduces the developer to the JSF architecture and provides the basis for planning, developing, and deploying Web based applications using the JSF framework. After taking this class, the developer will be able to quickly construct dynamic server-side web pages using JSF.
2. WA1283 J2EE Programming Using Rational Application Developer (RAD) v6
   This 5 day training course teaches students how to develop Servlet, JSP and EJB for the WebSphere Application Server v6 platform. About 50% of the time is spent on hands on labs that use the Rational Developer Studio (RAD) v6 development tool.

Web services are self-contained, self-describing modular applications that can be published, located, and invoked across the Web.

1. WA1505 Web Services Development using Eclipse (coming soon)
   If you are a J2EE developer, you can gain complete mastery over Web Services development in the open source platform after taking this course. This course will teach you the theory behind XML schema, WSDL and SOAP. It will proceed to teach you various Java specifications that cover Web Services development (JSR 101 and 109). All the labs are done using Eclipse and WTP 1.0.2
2. WA1390 Web Services Development Using RAD V6
   If you are a J2EE developer, you can gain complete mastery over Web Services development in the IBM WebSphere platform after taking this course. This course will teach you the theory behind XML schema, WSDL and SOAP. It will proceeed to teach you various Java specifications that cover Web Services development (JSR 101 and 109). All the labs are done using RAD V6.

BEA WebLogic Server is a Java application server platform for developing, deploying, and managing sophisticated web applications based on enterprise Java open standards.

1. WA1409 WebLogic Server 9.1 Administration
   This course teaches the basics of the administration and deployment of Web applications in BEA WebLogic Server 9.1.
2. WA1512 Java for Managers on the WebLogic platform
   This course introduces the Java programming language and how to develop Java applications using Eclipse to those in management positions. Students will have introductory lessons on the syntax of the Java programming language, object-oriented programming using Java, server side programming including Servlets, JSP, EJB’s, Struts and JavaServer Faces programming. Students will also learn how to use JUnit for testing and tune performance of the Java programming language. During the course, students will develop and test applications using Eclipse and MyEclipse.

Business integration enables resources inside and outside of an enterprise to work together to support the company's business strategy. Extend and integrate your IT assets using this next generation integration platform.

1. WA1460 WebSphere Message Broker V6 Administration Workshop
   This course is intended as an overview for System Administrators who will be installing and tailoring the IBM WebSphere Message Broker (WMB) V6. The objective of this course is to provide a solid technical knowledge for Administrators to effectively deploy and administer WMB for the integration of new and existing business applications. This course covers the architecture, installation, administration, and the deployment of WMB as well as the use of the WMB Tool Kit. Performance and problem determination topics are also covered. The course theory is reinforced with extensive hands on exercises where the students configure message brokers, use the Message Broker Tool Kit to create message flows and apply them in applications.
2. WA1426 WebSphere Business Modeler for Business Process Management
   This course introduces the participants to Business Modeling. The course also introduces the fundamentals of Service Oriented Analysis and Design (SOAD). The course uses IBM WebSphere Business Modeler Advanced edition as the modeling tool. A well-constructed business process model can help modelers identify inefficiencies and problems with business models earlier in the cycle and eliminate those hidden inefficiencies leading to savings in costs and improving performance.
3. WA1412 WebSphere Message Broker V6 Development Workshop
   The objective of this course is to provide a solid technical knowledge for integration architects and developers to effectively use the IBM’s WMB V6 for the integration of new and existing business applications. This course covers the architecture, installation, administration, and the deployment of WMB as well as the use of ESQL. The course theory is reinforced with extensive hands on exercises where the students configure message brokers, use the Message Broker tool kit to design message sets, use the common IBM supplied nodes to create message flows, as well as write customized nodes and apply them in applications.