You've got the agility with Smart SOA enabling you to become a Globally Integrated Enterprise. Now, are your employees and partners prepared to harness the power of Smart SOA? Aligning business strategy and IT change means your people need to have skills to understand both business and technical concepts and skills.
A survey at IBM's IMPACT 2007 conference found that 68 percent of respondents considered the combination of broad business expertise and deep IT skill (a combination described as t-shaped skills) to be a prerequisite to SOA success. Without the right skills in place, the journey to becoming a globally integrated enterprise becomes much longer and more arduous. IBM is addressing today's critical SOA skills shortage through a plethora of new educational offerings, from academia to on-the-job, and from business to technical, along the SOA Continuum.
In recognition of the increasing market demand for SOA practitioners, IBM provides a wide spectrum of SOA educational offerings. For professors and university students, IBM offers a set of pre-defined curricula around business modeling, deep SOA technical topics, and service science. Experienced professionals and IBM business partners have access to a wide range of on-line resources, in-person training, and certification programs. From the SOA Development and Best Practices space on IBM developerWorks, to the SOA Certified Professional designation, to the SOA Partner Community, IBM is dedicated to providing a wide-range of skills building options that are tailored to your needs.
IBM is also pleased to introduce INN0V8: A BPM Simulator. With this new business process management game, IBM provides a compelling, 3-D virtual learning environment to deliver real world skills to universities and business partners. With each of these exciting initiatives, IBM is extending its considerable investment in delivering the education and skill building tools you need to be successful. |
