Develothon

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Develothon
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GenreSkill Development
BeginsFebruary - March
EndsApril
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s) India
Inaugurated2010
Patron(s) IBM
Website Develothon
International Business Machines Corporation
Type Public
NYSE:  IBM
Founded Endicott, New York (1896, incorporated 1911)
Founder Thomas J. Watson
Headquarters
Armonk, New York, U.S.
Products See products listing
Website IBM.com

Develothon is a developer skill marathon aimed at helping the software developer community in India develop skills in newer technology areas. The name Develothon is derived from combining 'developerWorks' and 'Marathon'.

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Concept

Develothon 2010 was a pan-India road show integrated with the IBM developerWorks forum and focused on topics covered under the Smarter Planet initiative. The program aimed to bring about active transformational learning through 40 Unconferences in 31 cities along with 40 technical briefings. Seventy five speakers delivered sessions chosen by the audience. In each city, the audience got a chance to vote speakers for the Top Speaker Trophy based on their presentation abstract and session delivery. It was conceived by Himanshu Goyal and his team including Kunal Dureja, Bharti Muthu, Prasanna Kumar, Apra Sahey, Dhirender Nirwani, Sarvanan Sekar, P Dasgupta, Anil Menon, Malathi Srinivasan, Pradeep Nair and many others at IBM.

In metro cities, the technical sessions with flexible agenda covered all of Smarter Planet themes, while in Tier 2 and Tier 3 smaller cities of India, the program offered technical briefing sessions on emerging technology topics such as Cloud Computing and Web 2.0. The sessions also focused on key IBM Software Group technologies such as Rational, Information Management, WebSphere, Lotus and Tivoli in accordance with IBM's Smarter Planet Theme of Dynamic Infrastructure, Smart Work, New Intelligence and Smarter Products based on local geographic needs.

Limca Book of Records

Develothon has been awarded the Limca Book of Records award under Learning for delivering skill marathon covering 40 Live technical briefings in 31 cities. Skill Marathon happens in a relay format with each set of team members passing the baton on to another set of team members during the trip thus ensuring continuity across the complete 40 days of the journey.

IBM developerWorks

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developerWorks

Since 1999, IBM developerWorks has been a key destination for IT professionals as a comprehensive source for technical content, trial code, and forums. developerWorks continues to help software professionals stay ahead of the latest trends in open standards, develop new skills, solve problems, and work collaboratively with peers.

In addition to this, developerWorks offers an online community called My developerWorks, which was created to help users build relationships with technical professionals who have similar interests.

The Develothon Program was plugged into developerWorks to enable developers and academia to learn both online and offline. Some of the online learning aids from developerWorks that were available in the Develothon program were product trials, technology eKits, downloadable or cloud based sandboxes, online briefings, free eBooks, training SkillKits, Java Development Kit (JDK) and online workshops.

Over 18,000 IT professionals were skilled in 2009 in India. [1]

Develothon 2010 Itinerary

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Develothon Itinerary 2010

The program started on 22 March in Mumbai and passed through various Metro, tier II and III cities. After covering a distance of over 4598 kilometers across 12 cities from 11 states and connecting more than 5000 people, Develothon 2010 finally ended its journey back in Mumbai on 30 April. [2]

DateVenueCity
March 22, 2010Sahara StarMumbai
March 22, 2010Sinhgad Institute of TechnologyLonavala
March 23, 2010O HotelPune
March 23, 2010Vishwakarma Institute of TechnologyPune
March 25, 2010Gogte Institute of TechnologyBelgaum
March 26, 2010Hotel FidalgoGoa
March 27, 2010BV Bhoomaraddi College of Engg. & TechnologyHubli
March 29, 2010NMAM Institute of TechnologyMangalore
March 30, 2010Hotel Royal OrchidBangalore
March 30, 2010MS Ramaiah Institute of TechnologyBangalore
March 31, 2010National Institute of EngineeringMysore
April 1, 2010Dayanand Sagar College of EngineeringBangalore
April 5, 2010Le MeridianChennai
April 5, 2010RMK Engineering CollegeChennai
April 6, 2010Sri Venkateswera CollegeChitoor
April 6, 2010Sri Vidyaniketan Engineering CollegeTirupati
April 7, 2010Vignan UniversityGuntur
April 8, 2010KL UniversityVijayawada
April 9, 2010Fortune Select ManoharHyderabad
April 9, 2010Padmasri BV Raju Institute of TechnologyHyderabad
April 12, 2010The Pride HotelNagpur
April 14, 2010 Lemon Tree Hotel Indore
April 14, 2010Chameli Devi institute of Technology & MgmtIndore
April 15, 2010Sagar Institute Of Research and TechnologyBhopal
April 16, 2010Bundelkhand Institute of Engg and TechnologyJhansi
April 16, 2010Indian Institute of Information Tech. & Mgmt.Gwalior
April 17, 2010BMAS Engineering CollegeAgra
April 19, 2010ITC SheratonDelhi
April 19, 2010JSS Academy of Technical EducationNoida
April 20, 2010Fortune Select GlobalGurgaon
April 21, 2010SKITJaipur
April 22, 2010KK RoyalJaipur
April 22, 2010Banasthali VidyapithBanasthali
April 23, 2010Geetanjali Institute of Technical StudiesUdaipur
April 23, 2010Pandit Deendayal Petroleum UniversityGandhinagar
April 26, 2010The Grand BhagwatiAhmedabad
April 26, 2010S V Institute of Computer StudiesKadi
April 26, 2010The Gateway HotelVadodara
April 27, 2010Dharamsingh Desai UniversityVadodara
April 30, 2010Sahara StarMumbai

Webathon 2010

Develothon continues its skill journey in a new online avatar called Webathon 2010. Spread across 10 days and delivered over the Internet, Webathon is a e-learning Skill Marathon providing daily virtual briefings on the 10 most vital software and emerging technology tracks. Webathon is on from Oct 19 - Nov 1 2010.

DateSessions
19th Oct 2010 Agile Development with Jazz & Rational Team Concert
20th Oct 2010 Business Performance Management using IBM Cognos
21st Oct 2010 Developing Applications in the Cloud using WebSphere Application Server
22nd Oct 2010 Developing next generation Web 2.0 applications in Lotus
25th Oct 2010 Greater confidence and improved business performance with software quality done right
26th Oct 2010 Integrated Service Management
27th Oct 2010 Industry Solutions from IBM
28th Oct 2010 Unleash the Power of Web 2.0 with Websphere Portal
29th Oct 2010 Model Driven Systems Development using Rhapsody
1st Nov 2010 The Power of IBM DB2

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  2. "IBM Develothon 2010 concludes in Mumbai - CIOL News Reports". Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2010-08-26.