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Larry Bietz v1.3

Software Support Web Improvements Automated communications now available for daily changes to available product solutions - What is RSS and how can it help me?. Larry Bietz v1.3. What is RSS? – Really Simple Syndication.

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  1. Software Support Web ImprovementsAutomated communications now available for daily changes to available product solutions- What is RSS and how can it help me? Larry Bietz v1.3

  2. What is RSS? – Really Simple Syndication • RSS readers are used to get information feeds for direct presentation, browser presentation or mobile applications • RSS is now available from IBM support and IBM Developerworks, News feeds, magazines, financial tracking sites, & BLOGS • RSS readers allow you to build within 5 minutes, a custom summary of news and information, from multiple sites, even storing content on your local machine (RSS reader features) • RSS is a quick, and easy technology for monitoring new web XML content, through a single client based application • RSS data is delivered as frequently as the providing site desires. This can be hourly, every few hours, or daily. • IBM RSS Help Available!

  3. RSS Readers – early market adopters provide a variety of solutions • A RSS Reader must be downloaded and installed to use this technologybelow is the list, available from the IBM site links • Sharpreader (RSS/Atom Aggregator for Windows) • Pluck (RSS Aggregator IE plugin) • NewsGator (founded RSS Outlook Aggregator) • FeedReader (Feedreader is a lightweight open-source aggregator that supports RSS and ATOM formats) • Awasu (free Windows news-reader, with plug-in enhancements) • Newzcrawler (NewzCrawler is a RSS/atom reader, news aggregator, browser and blog client) • Newsbreak (Mobile Devices - News, Blogs and Info with you wherever you go)

  4. How do I find the available RSS feeds? • Check the web page for an orange rectangle, typically listed as XML or RSS IBM Tivoli • From www.ibm.com , select ‘support & downloads’ at the page top • From ‘support by product’, select Software • Locate the button, and click on the link to the right • You now can navigate to any of the Software Group product lists enabled for RSS. • To ‘subscribe’ to a RSS/XML feed, copy the link or XML shortcut to your RSS reader and use the selection option to subscribe. • Some RSS readers, are integrated as browser plug-ins, or will scan a URL for RSS feeds and automatically ask for subscription preferences, so the steps to subscribe from reader to reader vary

  5. Tivoli Support Brand Pagehttp://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/

  6. Current list of 25 Tivoli products RSS enabledhttp://www.ibm.com/software/support/rss/tivoli/index.html

  7. The following slides provide some examples of RSS reader(s) customized for content display of IBM Support contentNoteIBM does not endorse any specific RSS reader nor provide technical support for their use. When selecting a reader you may want to consider availability of the reader vendor's support when making your decision.

  8. ‘RssReader’ configured to track Tivoli products and IBM Tivoli developerworks forums

  9. ‘RssReader’ Listing the records for IBM Tivoli Access Manager IBM Developerworks forum can be reviewed at the same time

  10. Selected records can be opened in the RSS frame or in a new browser window

  11. Tivoli products shown in the Awasu RSS reader

  12. RSS display of Tivoli Risk Manager in SharpReader

  13. RSS – Summary • RSS allows you to monitor a large number of separate web pages or even different sites, without navigating to each one • Provides you with a quick summary of newly posted information • You can review IBM authored support knowledge and developerworks customer exchanges, easily at the same time • The actual data you view is a direct feed with the latest detail. • Better than email, since you don’t need to sort through SPAM • RSS readers can be customized to only display, unread items, to archive data on your machine, and to even provide screen notification as new data is received

  14. Questions?

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