Brand New IBM Developer Knowledge Center
The Developer Shed Network is proud to announce a brand new, IBM® developerWorks™ Developer Knowledge Center. Now, you can find new resources for FREE eKits, Tutorials, Webcasts, Trial Downloads and become part of a growing network of developers. Take advantage of this new and growing resource center today!

IBM DB2 Deep Compression ROI Tool
The IBM DB2 Deep Compression ROI tool is designed for DBA’s and IT management personnel to perform a clinical analysis of the cost savings gained from the Storage Optimization feature of DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX and Windows. The feature, also known as Deep Compression, compresses data that lies within a database by up to 80% at times.

Be the first to hear about i5/OS V6R1!
Hold your calendar on January 30, 2008 for this free webcast on the new i5/OS. Rational's Enterprise Modernization products will be discussed at this webcast as they help to drive the application development environment for this new System i OS.
And learn how i5/OS will take you to the next step of efficient, resilient business processing. You will hear about the new i5/OS capabilities as it will be the most significant i5/OS release in years. If you cannot join the webcast on 1/30/08 you can still use this link to listen to the replay.

Read SunQuest Chronicles and Win Prizes
Read and play along with our adventurer as he quests for the Ruby of Destiny in our choose-your-own-adventure style minibook- SunQuest Chronicles: Ruby of Destiny. As our brave hero faces different thrills and adventures, you control his actions and ultimately decide his fate.
Should he fool the witch or kill her? Can you make it to the end?
Or is failure your destiny...
So what are you waiting for? Come on in...if you dare.

NetBeans IDE 6.1
The Only IDE You Need
The NetBeans(TM) IDE is a free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers. You get all the tools you need to create professional desktop, enterprise, web, and mobile applications with the Java language, C/C++, and Ruby. NetBeans IDE is easy to install and use straight out of the box and runs on many platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Solaris.