Project Zero Blog

We have recently added the last of the PHP functions needed to run a PHP Facebook platform application on Project Zero. To get started writing my own Facebook application I simply followed these steps:

Download the latest Project Zero development driver which now has all the support you need (use the Monza release or later). You [...]

[ October 1, 2009; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Developers interested to learn more about Cloud computing are invited to attend a virtual event hosted by IBM and Amazon Web Services. There will be a segment devoted to WebSphere sMash web application development and deployment in Amazon EC2. Read more of the event announcement on IBM.com:
Join us at this cloud computing virtual workshop for [...]

[ September 24, 2009; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] You are invited to attend a hands-on workshop for Software as a Service: Getting started with IBM software on Amazon Web Services featuring WebSphere sMash & DB2. This workshop will cover how to create your Amazon Web Services account, configure IBM middleware such as WebSphere sMash and DB2 and secure EC2. You will also learn [...]

[ August 25, 2009; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] You are invited to attend a hands-on workshop for Software as a Service: Getting started with IBM software on Amazon Web Services featuring WebSphere sMash & DB2. This workshop will cover how to create your Amazon Web Services account, configure IBM middleware such as WebSphere sMash and DB2 and secure EC2. You will also learn [...]

Using a simple API, you can use Amazon SimpleDB as a back-end data store from WebSphere sMash resource handlers. The resource handlers use this API similar to how the existing data access APIs are used within WebSphere sMash.
Consider the case that a purchase resource model was defined just as if the Zero Resource Model (ZRM) [...]

The Amazon Web Services webinar from May 7th is now available online for replay:
Thank you for joining us for the Amazon EC2 Running IBM webinar last week. For your convenience, both the presentation slides and a recording of the event are now available online.
For further developer resources and information on how to use IBM and [...]

[ May 7, 2009; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Amazon Web Services and IBM have recently joined forces to deliver access to IBM Information Management, IBM Lotus® and IBM WebSphere® on Amazon EC2. Whether you bring your own license or pay as you go, you now have the flexibility to use the AWS cloud to run IBM-based applications while taking advantage of Amazon EC2 features like Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), Elastic IPs, and Availability Zones.
Attend this live webinar for a technical overview of the IBM products available on AWS, including IBM DB2, IBM Informix, IBM WebSphere sMash, IBM Lotus Web Content Management, and IBM WebSphere Portal Server. It’s a great opportunity to consult experts about the latest offerings from IBM and AWS, and experience a real-world demonstration of IBM technology running on the AWS cloud.

[ May 7, 2009; 9:30 am to 8:00 pm. ] We are very pleased to share with you the following WebSphere sMash sessions at IMPACT 2009. We have 4 partners joining us this year presenting at sessions and participating in other activities. We’ll share these sessions here on the blog each day this week in advance of the corresponding day at IMPACT. Here is the schedule for day 4.

A recent demo was published on developerWorks highlighting how WebSphere sMash and DB2 Express-C could be configured in a multi-tenant Software as a Service (SaaS) environment in the Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2).  Take a look!

sMash App Builder is now available on Amazon EC2.
Assuming that you already have an EC2 / S3 account setup, let us run through the steps required to start using app builder.
Obtain a license to run the AMI
Before we start, you need to have a subscription to the sMash developer AMI.
Click on this link [...]