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Rich Internet ApplicationsJavaFX • Silverlight • Adobe AIR • Flex • Enterprise Mashups

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Welcome LetterTUESDAY, March 18 1:00pm-2:00pm Registration

2:00pm-2:45pm TechnicalSessions




WEDNESDAY, March 19 7:00am-7:30am Registration

7:30am-8:20am OpeningKeynote:DouglasCrockford

8:25am-9:15am ThinkFast:AccelerateAJAXDevelopmentwithAppcelerator

Jeff Haynie

9:20am-10:05am TechnicalSessions

10:00am-11:30am ExpoFloorOpens

11:00am-11:30am EnterpriseComet:Real-Time,Real-Time,

orReal-TimeWeb2.0?

Jonas Jacobi

11:35am-12:05pm jMakiasanAJAXMashupFramework

Arun Gupta


1:00pm-2:00pm LunchBreak&ExpoFloor


2:55pm-3:25pm AJAXandSocialComputingfor

theEnterprise

Steve Maryka

3:30pm-5:15pm ExpoFloor


6:10pm-6:55pm PowerPanel

6:30pm-8:30pm WelcomeReception

THURSDAY, March 20 7:00am-8:00am Registration

8:00am-8:50am OpeningKeynote:AnthonyFranco

8:55am-9:40am TechnicalSessions

9:45am-10:15am NowPlaying:DesktopAppsintheBrowser!

CoachWei&BobBuffone

10:20am-11:50am ExpoFloor

11:55am-12:25pm DreamFace:TheUltimateFrameworkfor

CreatingPersonalizedWeb2.0Mashups

OlivierPoupeney


1:15pm-2:15pm LunchBreak&ExpoFloor



3:30pm-5:30pm ExpoFloor


6:15pm-7:00pm PowerPanel

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OFFICIAL SHOW DIRECTORYMARCH 18-20, 2008 NEW YORK, NY

A Heartfelt Welcome to the 5th International AJAXWorld Conference & Expo

Jeremy geelanConference Chair

WelcometoNewYorkCity!

AswewerepreparingatSYS-CONEventsforthisAJAXWorld,we’veenjoyedtheprivilegeofbeinginundatedwithmoreinsightsandpointsofviewthaneverbeforeabouttheprimaryfocusoftheConference,whichhasfastevolvedsincewefirsthelditin2006.TheMarch2008focuscanmostsuccinctlybedescribedasbeingthetriplenexusofEnterpriseComputing,UserExperience,andthebottomline.

RichinternetApplications,RiAs,RiEs(RichinteractiveExperiences)…callthemwhatyouwill,they’rehereandthey’realreadypayingdividendsforFortune500companies.

WhetheryouarejoiningusthisyearfromAustralia,Canada,China,Colombia,Croatia,Denmark,England,Estonia,France,Germany,india,israel,italyJapan,Nigeria,Pakistan,Poland,SaudiArabia,Singapore,SouthKorea,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandortheUSA,ouraimisthatyourbusinesswilldirectlybenefitfromthenextthreedaysofintensiveeducationandexposuretoactionableinsightsfromleadingRiAandUserexperiencepractitioners.

Whetheryourowncompanyisfacingjobgrowthorjobdecline,youwillstillneedtocontinuetoleverageinnovative,usableRiAstohoneyourcompetitiveedgesoastooutpaceyourcompetitionandimproveyourcorebusinesspracticeswithfast,reliable,productivity-enhancinginternalandexternaltools.

Thosetools,andthealternativeRiAplatformsonwhichtodeploythem,arecenterstagehereinTheRoosevelthotel–boththroughouttheConferenceProgramandalsoontheExpoFloor.WehopethatAJAXWorld2008EastwillbewhereyoudecideonyourchoiceofRiAtechnologyforthenewWeberainwhichthetoppriorityisinnovationandoptimizingtheuserexperience,whethertheuserisinternalorexternal.

RiAsarenolongerthe“next-generation”applicationparadigm;they’rehowyoucansucceedontheWebalreadyhereandnowin2008...andwehopethatAJAXWorldcanhelpyoukick-startthatsuccess.

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Nexawebwww.nexaweb.comNexaweb’s Enterprise Web 2.0 solution is an application development and deployment platform that increases productivity by minimizing painful coding; improves efficiency through the re-use of legacy and SOA assets; and cre-ates a more agile business by delivering secure, mission-critical applications over the Web. With Nexaweb, building enterprise-strength composite and mashup solutions using AJAX and Java UI applications that access legacy and service-oriented data systems is simple. And because it’s done in a uni-fied declarative XML development environment, it doesn’t require re-writing code. Only Nexaweb’s comprehensive Enterprise Web 2.0 solutions are backed by an established methodology and reference architecture proven by more than 5,000 successful global deployments. Nexaweb’s brand-name customer roster includes Aflac Japan, Ameripath, ARTstor, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Best Western Hotels, EMC, Jefferies & Co., Inc., and Nokia Siemens Networks.

Sun Microsystemswww.sun.comSun Microsystems, a creator and industry leading advocate of emerging technologies, is revolutionizing and redefining system-wide management of rich, standards-compliant, Internet applications for the next generation Web. A singular vision -- “The Network Is The Computer” -- guides Sun in the development of state-of-the-art, power-efficient servers and storage systems to award-winning, open-source based software offerings. When it comes to Web 2.0 technologies, Sun provides best-of-breed solutions to enterprises and startups worldwide for developing, deploying, and managing the next wave of computing.

Sponsors

Appceleratorwww.appcelerator.org Appcelerator, Inc. is an open source software company specializing in products and services for rapid rich Internet ap-plication (RIA) and SOA-based services development. The Appcelerator Platform SDKs enable developers to develop rich AJAX and DHTML applications using cross-browser widgets, a unique Web Expression Language and other open standards-based languages like HTML and CSS - without the use of Javacript. Appcelerator supports most languages, including Java, Ruby, PHP, .NET, Python and Perl.

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GOlD SpONSORS

ICEsoftwww.icesoft.com ICEsoft Technologies is a leading provider of standards-compliant, AJAX-based solutions for developing and deploying Java EE, rich Internet applications. The company’s portfolio of enterprise level Java products includes ICEfaces, an AJAX application framework that enables Java EE application developers to easily create and deploy thin-client rich Web applications in pure Java. ICEfaces is professional open source software specifically engineered to meet the unique challenges of enterprise ap-plication development and deployment. The solution extends JavaServer? Faces, enabling Java software developers to more easily create and deploy thin-client rich Web applications in Java technology. It leverages the entire standards-based Java EE ecosystem of tools and execution en-vironments and resolves mission critical deployment issues such as scal-ability, availability, and redundancy. At the same time, ICEfaces delivers the most secured AJAX application model in the industry. Its applications are Java technology based applications, not JavaScript applications.

Kaazingwww.kaazing.com Kaazing, headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, is founded for the purpose of delivering the best possible real-time experience for the Internet. We provide real-time software solutions to custom-ers who really care about their end-user experience when it comes to usability, scalability, and performance. In addition to providing commercial enterprise software delivering the best Internet real-time experience possible, Kaazing also provides support, training, and consulting services.

DreamFace Interactivewww.dreamface-interactive.com DreamFace Interactive provides a revolutionary new way for web-savvy business people to create, control, and share their own web applications, through a unique and innovative concept called WebChannels that make possible the creation of applications designed for change. Our goal is to promote the DIY (Do IT Yourself) notion coupled to the Web 2.0 fast-growing phenomenon and encourage users to be a real actor in the definition, creation and publication of interactive and intuitive new generation of applications, where the Internet, the Intranet or both are the core platform.

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Appceleratorwww.appcelerator.com

Appcelerator,inc.isanopensourcesoftwarecompanyspecializing

inproductsandservicesforrapidrichinternetapplication(RiA)and

SOA-basedservicesdevelopment.TheAppceleratorPlatformSDKs

enabledeveloperstodeveloprichAjaxandDhTMLapplicationsus-

ingcross-browserwidgets,auniqueWebExpressionLanguageand

otheropenstandards-basedlanguageslikehTMLandCSS-without

theuseofJavascript.Appceleratorsupportsmostlanguages,includ-

ingJava,Ruby,PhP,.NET,PythonandPerl.

DreamFace Interactivewww.dreamface-interactive.com

DreamFaceinteractiveprovidesarevolutionarynewwayforweb-

savvybusinesspeopletocreate,control,andsharetheirownweb

applications,throughauniqueandinnovativeconceptcalledWeb-

Channelsthatmakepossiblethecreationofapplicationsdesigned

forchange.OurgoalistopromotetheDiY(DoiTYourself)notion

coupledtotheWeb2.0fast-growingphenomenonandencourage

userstobearealactorinthedefinition,creationandpublicationof

interactiveandintuitivenewgenerationofapplications,wherethe

internet,theintranetorbotharethecoreplatform.

Farata Systemswww.faratasystems.com

FarataSystemsisaleadingiTconsultingandproductdevelopment

companyprovidingenterprise-wideiTsolutionsspecializinginthe

areaofrichinternetapplications.Thecompanyhasbeencreatedby

themergeroftwoconsultingcompanies:ComputerTechnology,inc.,

andSmartDataProcessing,inc.FarataSystemsfocusesondeliver-

ingcustomsolutionsusingsustainabletechnologiesforfinancial

andretailapplications.Ourteamofhighly-regardedindustryexperts

willassessrequirementsofyourbusiness,willsuggestthemost

effectivesolutionsinyourcurrenttechnologicalspace,withthe

emphasisonblendingnewtechnologiesintoexistingiTfabricof

yourbusiness.Wehireexpertswhohaveestablishedlongterm

successfultrackrecordsofdevelopingenterpriseapplications,not

justtalkingaboutthem.

ICEsoftwww.icesoft.com

iCEsoftTechnologiesisaleadingproviderofstandards-compliant,

AJAX-basedsolutionsfordevelopinganddeployingJavaEE,rich

internetapplications.Thecompany’sportfolioofenterpriselevel

JavaproductsincludesiCEfaces,anAJAXapplicationframework

thatenablesJavaEEapplicationdeveloperstoeasilycreateand

deploythin-clientrichWebapplicationsinpureJava.iCEfacesis

professionalopensourcesoftwarespecificallyengineeredtomeet

theuniquechallengesofenterpriseapplicationdevelopmentand

deployment.ThesolutionextendsJavaServerFaces,enablingJava

softwaredeveloperstomoreeasilycreateanddeploythin-client

richWebapplicationsinJavatechnology.itleveragestheentire

standards-basedJavaEEecosystemoftoolsandexecution

environmentsandresolvesmissioncriticaldeploymentissues

suchasscalability,availability,andredundancy.Atthesametime,

iCEfacesdeliversthemostsecuredAJAXapplicationmodelinthe

industry.itsapplicationsareJavatechnologybasedapplications,

notJavaScriptapplications.

Kaazingwww.kaazing.com

Kaazing,headquarteredinSiliconvalley,California,isfoundedforthe

purposeofdeliveringthebestpossiblereal-timeexperienceforthe

internet.Weprovidereal-timesoftwaresolutionstocustomerswho

reallycareabouttheirend-userexperiencewhenitcomestousability,

scalability,andperformance.inadditiontoprovidingcommercial

enterprisesoftwaredeliveringthebestinternetreal-timeexperience

possible,Kaazingalsoprovidessupport,training,andconsulting

services.

Lightstreamerwww.lightstreamer.com

Lightstreameristheleadingproviderofpushtechnologyforlivedata

distribution.BasedontheAJAX-Cometparadigm(a.k.aStreaming

AJAXorAJAXPush)itstreamsreal-timedatatoanyAJAXapplica-

tionwithouttheneedtodownloadorinstallanythingontheclient.

LightstreamerServerfeaturesanimpressivescalability,sustaining

manythousandsofconcurrentconnectionsforeachCPU.Further-

moreitimplementsuniquecapabilities,suchasbandwidthcontrol

andadaptivestreaming,thatresultsinarobustandefficientlive

datadeliveryinanynetworkconditions.

M/gateway Developmentswww.mgateway.com

M/GatewayDevelopmentsLtd,isaUKbasedcompanythatspecial-

izesinadvancedwebapplicationtechnologies,integrationand

middlewaretechnologies.Ourflagshipproduct,eXtcWebDeveloper

(EWD),isarapidwebapplicationdevelopmenttechnology,incorpo-

ratingapowerfulyetsimple-useAJAXframework.EWDisunique

inthatitiscompletelytechnologyagnostic.Anapplicationdefined

withEWDcanbecompiledtogenerateidenticalversionsthatwill

runonanyofthemainstreamwebrun-timeenvironments,egPhP,

JavaServerPages,etc.EWD’sprimaryfocusistomassivelysimplify

thedevelopmentof,andradicallyreducethemaintenanceoverheads

ofcomplex,enterprise-scaleweb/AJAXapplications.EWD’salmost

unlimitedXML-baseduser-extensibilityfeatureshavebeenrecently

harnessedtoaddsupportforthedijitwidgetsetfromtheDojoFoun-

dation.TheeasewithwhichDojo’swidgetscanbeusedwithinEWD

tocreatepowerfulAJAXapplicationshastobeseentobebelieved,

soavisittoourstandisamust!

Nexawebwww.nexaweb.com

Nexaweb’sEnterpriseWeb2.0solutionisanapplicationdevelop-

mentanddeploymentplatformthatincreasesproductivityby

minimizingpainfulcoding;improvesefficiencythroughthere?use

oflegacyandSOAassets;andcreatesamoreagilebusinessby

deliveringsecure,mission-criticalapplicationsovertheWeb.With

Nexaweb,buildingenterprise-strengthcompositeandmashup

solutionsusingAjaxandJavaUiapplicationsthataccesslegacy

andservice-orienteddatasystemsissimple.Andbecauseit’sdone

inaunifieddeclarativeXMLdevelopmentenvironment,itdoesn’t

requirere-writingcode.OnlyNexaweb’scomprehensiveEnterprise

Web2.0solutionsarebackedbyanestablishedmethodologyand

referencearchitectureprovenbymorethan5,000successfulglobal

deployments.Nexaweb’sbrand-namecustomerrosterincludesAflac

Japan,Ameripath,ARTstor,BankofTokyoMitsubishi,BestWestern

hotels,EMC,Jefferies&Co.,inc.,andNokiaSiemensNetworks.

Oasis (Media Sponsor)

www.oasis-open.org

OASiS(OrganizationfortheAdvancementofStructuredinformation

Standards)isanot-for-profit,internationalconsortiumthatdrives

thedevelopment,convergence,andadoptionofe-businessstan-

dards.TheconsortiumproducesmoreWebservicesstandardsthan

anyotherorganizationalongwithstandardsforsecurity,e-business,

andstandardizationeffortsinthepublicsectorandforapplication-

specificmarkets.Foundedin1993,OASiShasmorethan5,000

participantsrepresentingover600organizationsandindividual

membersin100countries.

OpSource™www.opsource.net

OpSource™,deliversWebapplicationsandsoftwareasaservicefor

on-demandcompanies,withhundredsofapplications,millionsofus-

ersandbillionsoftransactionssupporteddaily.OpSourceOn-Demand,

theleadingplatformforWebapplicationdelivery,isdefininghow

Web-basedsoftwareisdelivered.BychoosingOpSource,companies

arefreedfrominvestinginandmanagingthecomplexandcostly

infrastructurenecessarytodeliverapplicationsovertheWeb.Theycan

insteadfocustheirresourcesondeveloping,marketingandselling.

qooxdoo (Media Sponsor)

qooxdoo.org

qooxdooisacomprehensiveandinnovativeframeworkforRich

internetApplications,http://qooxdoo.org.Leveragingobject-oriented

JavaScriptallowsdeveloperstobuildimpressiveAjaxapplicationsfor

allcommonbrowsers.NohTML,CSSnorDOMknowledgeisneeded.

Theframework’splatform-independentdevelopmenttoolchainhelps

increatingandmaintainingevenlarge-scaleenterpriseapplications.

qooxdoo’sstate-of-the-artGUitoolkitincludesacompletesetof

widgetsandadvancedthemingcapabilities,whichallowforvirtually

anylook&feel.itsmatureclient-servercommunicationlayersupports

standardAJAXcallsaswellashigh-levelremoteprocedurecalls.

qooxdooisanOpenSourceprojectunderanLGPL/EPLduallicense,

readyfornon-commercialandcommercialuse.Theframeworkwas

initiatedinearly2005by1&1internetAG,http://1and1.com,the

world’sbiggestwebhostingcompany.1&1employsmostofthecore

developersthatconcentratefull-timeonimprovingqooxdoo.The

companyalsoprovidestheinfrastructureformanyco-developers,

contributorsandthethrivingqooxdoocommunity.

Sun Microsystemswww.sun.com

SunMicrosystems,acreatorandindustryleadingadvocateof

emergingtechnologies,isrevolutionizingandredefiningsystem-

widemanagementofrich,standards-compliant,internetapplications

forthenextgenerationWeb.Asingularvision--“TheNetworkis

TheComputer”--guidesSuninthedevelopmentofstate-of-the-

art,power-efficientserversandstoragesystemstoaward-winning,

open-sourcebasedsoftwareofferings.WhenitcomestoWeb2.0

technologies,Sunprovidesbest-of-breedsolutionstoenterprises

andstartupsworldwidefordeveloping,deploying,andmanagingthe

nextwaveofcomputing.

SYS-CON TV www.sys-con.tv

SYS-CONTvisyourcompleteresourceforLivEi-TechnologyNews

andviewsaboutthelatesttrends.

Visual Webguiwww.visualwebgui.com

Gizmox,thecompanybehindvisualWebGuiistheleadingde-

veloperofAJAX/Silverlightenterpriseapplicationdevelopment

anddeploymentplatforms.Thecompany’ssolutionssolvethe

challengesassociatedwithAJAXdevelopmentbecausetheyare

aseasytoprogramasvB6orWinFormsandeliminateclient-side

dependencyandsecurityconcerns.visualWebGui’ssolutions

reduceenterpriseapplicationdevelopmenttimesatcompanies

likeSAP,NetworkD,PyramidGroupandothersbymorethan

80%.Thecompany’sstandardbrowser-basedplatformisavail-

ableasafree,open-sourcesolutionandasanenterprise-grade

commercialsolution(availableApril2008).visualWebGui,which

isseamlesslyintegratedintoMicrosoft’svisualStudioand.NET

framework,alsoprovidesaSilverlightsolutionsupportedby

Microsoft.

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SpeakersDanny Allan - WatchfireUnderstanding the Top Web 2.0 Attack VectorsTRACK: ENTERPRISE WEB 2.0 & SOCIAL APPLICATIONS

DannyAllanisdirectorofsecurityresearchwithWaltham-basedWatch-

fire,aproviderofsoftwareandservicestohelpensurethesecurity

andcomplianceofWebsites.in2000,hejoinedWatchfirebringing

withhimseveralyearsofbusinessandtechnology-relatedexperience

includingpenetrationtestingandinternalsystemremediationforone

ofCanada’sbiggestuniversities.inhisroleassecurityanalyst,heis

closelyinvolvedwithenterpriseglobalcustomerdeployments,research-

ingandevaluatingtechnologies,andhelpingdefineandrecommend

strategicdirectionsforWatchfire’ssecuritysolutions.inhismorethan

sixyearswithWatchfire,Dannyhasheldseveralcriticalcustomer-facing

positions,includingteamlead,consultingservicesandsalesengineer.

heholdsaBachelorofCommercewithamajorininformationsystems

fromCarletonUniversity.

Jean-Francois Arcand - Sun MicrosystemsAsynchronous AJAX for Revolutionary Web ApplicationsTRACK: ENTERPRISE WEB 2.0 & SOCIAL APPLICATIONS

Jean-FrancoisArcandhasworkedforSunMicrosystemssince2000.he

currentlyworksonGlassFish,mainlyontheWebContainerandthenew

JavaNiO-basedhttpenginecalledGrizzly.BeforejoiningSun,heworked

asasoftwarearchitectforcompagniessuchasFranceTelecom,Microcell

TelecomandhMSSoftwareinbothJavaandC++.Jean-Francoislives

andworksfromhomeinPrevost,asmallcityinQuebecwherelifeis

perfect.

Roland Barcia - IBMBuilding Web 2.0 Applications with Project ZeroTRACK: ENTERPRISE WEB 2.0 & SOCIAL APPLICATIONS

RolandBarciaisaseniortechnicalstaffmemberandleadWeb2.0

architectforiBMSoftwareServicesforWebSphere.heistheauthorofthe

books“PersistenceintheEnterprise”and“iBMWebSphere:Deployment

andAdvancedConfiguration”.RolandhasbeenhelpingevolvetheZero

platformsinceitsinception.hespecializesonenablingenterpriseson

Web2.0andSOAtechnologies.YoucanalsofindmoreinformationRoland

fromhisblog:Web2.0andMiddleware.

Robb Beal - Laszlo SystemsRIAs and Behind the Scenes With a Web 2.0 DesktopTRACK: ENTERPRISE AJAX

AstheprincipalsystemsengineeratLaszlo,RobbBealworksclosely

withcustomerstomatchLaszlo¹sproductsandtechnologieswiththeir

userexperienceandtechnicalneeds.PriortoLaszlo,Robbdirecteduser

experiencedesigninprojectsrangingfromrichbusinessintelligenceto

consumerstocktradingtoconsumernewsandentertainmentportals.his

RichinternetApplicationcreditsincludeWatsonandSpringforMacOSX.

RobbholdsaBSinchemicalengineeringfromtheUniversityofAkron.

Sumeer Bhola - IBM OpenAjax Hub 1.1 & SMash (Secure Mashups)TRACK: ENTERPRISE MASHUPS

SumeerBholaisaresearchstaffmemberattheiBMT.J.WatsonResearch

Center,whereheinvestigatessecurityfortheWeb.hehaspreviously

workedondistributedcomputing,computersupportedcollaborative

work,autonomiccomputing,andrealtimesystems.hereceivedaPh.D.in

computersciencefromGeorgiaTech,andaBSfromiiTDelhi.

Robert Boedigheimer - The Schwan Food CompanyImproving ASP.NET User Interfaceswith the AJAX Control ToolkitTRACK: RICH- WEB TOOLS & CASE STUDIES

RobertBoedigheimerworksforSchwansSharedServices,LLCproviding

businesssolutionswithWebtechnologiesandrunsRobertBoedigheimer

Consulting,LLC.RoberthasbeendesigninganddevelopingWebsitesfor

thepast12yearsincludingtheearlydaysofASPandASP.NET.hewasthe

leadarchitect,designer,anddeveloperfortheschwans.comrewritewith

ASP.NET,andrecentlyimplementedalargeASP.NET2.0project.heisa

columnistforaspalliance.com,an“EarlyAchiever”MCSDfor.NETwith

C#,anMCPD:WebwithC#,anda2nddegreeblackbeltinTaeKwonDo.

RoberthasspokenatindustryconferencesincludingtheheartlandDe-

velopersConference,TwinCitiesCodeCamp,TulsaTechFest,Microsoft’s

visualDevCon,andnumerousnationalandinternationalvSLive!events.

David Boloker - IBMMashup Ecosystems in the EnterpriseTRACK: ENTERPRISE MASHUPS

DavidBolokerisadistinguishedengineerandchieftechnicalofficerfor

emerginginternettechnologiesintheiBMSoftwareGroup.Previously,he

heldthepositionofchieftechnicalofficerforJavaTechnologiesinSoftware

Group.heisrecognizedinandoutsideiBMasatechnicalleaderinthe

internetsoftwarespaceguidingiBM’sinvestmentsaswellasinternal

productdevelopmentintheinternetspace.hisresponsibilitiesinclude

buildingiBM’stechnicale-Businessstrategy,workingwithinternaliBMers

todeveloptheappropriateproductsfortheinternetspace,researchingnew

areasinsoftwaredesign,aswellasguidingagroupofresearchersworking

inSoftwareGroup.DavidhasbeenrecognizedbyiBMwithnumerous

OutstandingTechnicalAchievementAwardsintheareasofJava,Secure

internetGateways,Dynamici/OConfigurationandtheRemoteDistribution

andControlofS/370,4300,S/390andAS/400Architectureprocessors.he

earnedaBAandanMAinmathematicsfromBostonUniversity.

Shane Bryzak - JBossSeam Remoting - JBoss Seam and AJAXTRACK: ENTERPRISE AJAX

ShaneBryzakisaseniorsoftwareengineerwithJBoss/Redhat.heis

basedinBrisbane,Australia.AJBossemployee,Shaneisamemberof

thecoredevelopmentteamforJBossSeam.Shaneisalsothecreator

ofSeamRemoting,anAJAXframeworkforinteractingwiththeSeam

componentmodel.

Bob Buffone - NexawebNow Playing: Desktop Apps in the Browser!TRACK: ALL TRACKS

Web 2.0 and SOA – Friend or Foe?TRACK: ENTERPRISE WEB 2.0 & SOCIAL APPLICATIONS

Easy AJAX Development with Markup + POJOTRACK: ENTERPRISE AJAX

BobBuffone,chiefarchitectatNexawebTechnologies,isresponsible

forplatformandtooltechnologyatNexaweb,aprovideroftheNexaweb

Platformenablingenterpriseclassrichinternetapplications(RiAs).heis

alsoacommitterontheApacheXAPProject,whichprovidesanextensible

frameworkfordeclarativelycreatingAJAXapplications.BeforeNexaweb,

BobwaswithTrakus,atechnologycompanyfocusedontrackingsports

inrealtime.Aleadingexpertinuserinterfacedesign,heisaregular

speakeratindustryeventsandhaspublishedmultiplearticlesontooland

applicationdevelopment.

Kurt CagleData and Syndicated Oriented Architecture (SynOA)TRACK: RICH- WEB TOOLS & CASE STUDIES

KurtCagleisanauthorandsoftwaredeveloperspecializinginXML,

AJAXandWebTechnologies.heregularlyblogsatxml.comandhisown

metaphoricalweb.org,andisthewebmasterforXForms.organdXQuery.

org.helivesinvictoria,BC.

Kord Campbell - SplunkRendered ghosting for Javascript Unaware CrawlersTRACK: ENTERPRISE WEB 2.0 & SOCIAL APPLICATIONS

KordCampbellwastheoriginalfounderandvisionarybehindGrub,the

DDoSWebcrawlerrecentlyre-purchasedbyWikia.heisalsothefounder

andarchitectofZoto.com,aniPhoto-likemanagementsystemthat,for

goodorbad,uses100%JavaScript,DOMmanipulationforbuildingpages.

KordcurrentlyservesaschiefevangelistatSplunk.com.

Marco Casario - Comtaste Using AJAX Data Services in Enterprise ApplicationsTRACK: ENTERPRISE AJAX

MarcoCasarioisoneofthemostdynamicdevelopersintheAdobe

(formerlyMacromedia)world.FlashandDreamweavercertified,he

intensivelycollaborateswithAdobeitalyasaspeakerandpromoter

ofseveraleventsandroadshows.MarcoisCEOofComtasteS.r.l.,a

companydedicatedtoexploringnewfrontiersintheWeb2.0field,where

thethemesofaccessibilityandusabilityhaveaddedfurtherimportanceto

thePDFformatandtherelevantAcrobatapplicationtools.

Andre Charland - NitobiAJAX for the Masses: Building Rich User Interfaces in DreamweaverTRACK: ASPECTS OF RIA SOFTWARE

AndreCharlandisco-founderandCEOatNitobi.Anadvocateforusabilityand

userexperience,hespeaksregularlyonAJAXandWebusability.Mostrecently,

AndrepresentedatMAXandontheAdobeAiRBusTour.heistheco-authorof

“EnterpriseAjax”andmaintainshisownblogathttp://blogs.nitobi.com/andre.

Lauren Cooney - IBMInfo 2.0TRACK: ENTERPRISE MASHUPS

LaurenCooneyjoinedtheinformationManagementCTOOfficeatiBM

inJanuary2007,focusingoncommunity,strategy,andevangelism

aroundWeb2.0,info2.0,andopensourcetechnologiesandproducts.

Priortothat,LaurenworkedonApacheGeronimoastheiBMleadfor

buildingcommunityandprograms.BeforecomingtoiBMin2005,sheran

dev2devandleddevelopermarketingatBEASystems,whereshestarted

theBEAdev2devUserGroupProgramandseveralothersuccessfulcom-

munityandtechnicalprograms.Priortoherworkinenterprisesoftware,

shespentseveralyearsinventurecapitalandentrepreneurconsulting

groupsworkingwithstart-upcompanies,entrepreneurs,andinvestors

onbusinessplans,financialmodels,andinvestmentstrategies.Laurenis

activeinthenonprofitcommunityandisafoundingboardmemberofCEO

Women(www.ceowomen.org).

Douglas Crockford - Yahoo!AJAXWorld 2008 East Keynote: Can We Fix The Web?TRACK: ALL TRACKS

DouglasCrockford,creatoroftheJSONdatainterchangeformat,iscur-

rentlyanarchitectatYahoo!.hehasdevelopedofficeautomationsystems

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anddoneresearchingamesandmusicatAtari.hewasdirectorof

technologyatLucasfilmLtd.hewasdirectorofnewmediaatParamount.

DouglaswasthefounderandCEOofElectricCommunities,alsoknownas

Communities.com.hewasalsofounderandCTOofStateSoftware,where

hediscoveredJSON,thepopulardatainterchangeformat.heisinterested

inBlissymbolics,agraphical,symboliclanguage.

Andreas Ecker - 1&1 Internet AgNext-generation AJAX Applications with qooxdooTRACK: ENTERPRISE AJAX

AndreasEckeristheprojectleadandco-creatorofqooxdoo(http://qo-

oxdoo.org).At1&1internetAG(http://1and1.com),oneofthebiggest

Webhostsworldwide,heleadsateamofengineerswhoarededicated

full-timetoqooxdoodevelopment.Withovertwelveyearsexperiencehe

enjoysleveragingthepowerofcross-browserAJAXapplications.

Yakov Fain - Farata SystemsPicking the Right Technology for Enterprise Rich Internet ApplicationsTRACK: RIAS BEYOND AJAX

YakovFainisamanagingprincipalofFarataSystems,aconsulting,

trainingandproductcompany.he’sauthoredseveralJavabooksand

dozensoftechnicalarticles.Thelatestbookheco-authoredis“Rich

internetApplicationswithAdobeFlexandJava:SecretsoftheMasters.”

SunMicrosystemshasnominatedandawardedYakovwiththetitleJava

Champion.heleadsthePrincetonJavaUsersGroup.

Jon FerraioloOpenAjax Alliance: Our Second Wave of AJAX Standards InitiativesTRACK: ENTERPRISE AJAX

OpenAjax Hub 1.1 & SMash (Secure Mashups)TRACK: ENTERPRISE MASHUPS

JonFerraiolo,webarchitect,isamemberofiBM’sEmergingTechnologies

groupwherehemanagesoperationsandleadsvariousactivitiesinthe

OpenAjaxAlliance.BeforejoiningiBM,JonworkedatAdobefor13years

wherehewasanarchitect,engineeringmanagerandproductmanageron

multipleproductsandwhereheparticipatedinvariousstandardsactivities.

giuseppe Ferrigno - MomentumSILeveraging AJAX to Capture Performance MetricsTRACK: RICH- WEB TOOLS & CASE STUDIES

GiuseppeFerrignoisastrategicaccountmanagerforMomentumSi(www.Mo-

mentumSi.com),aleaderinprovidingServiceOrientedEnterpriseconsulting

toorganizations.heholdsbachelor’sdegreeinmanagementofinformation

systemsfromtheUniversityofhouston(1989).heisafounderanddirector

oftheAustin.NETUserGroup(www.adnug.org)andadirectoroftheinterna-

tionalAssociationofSoftwareArchitects(www.iasahome.org).

Lou Fox - BluewolfPimp my App: How I Built an Amazing On-Demand App Using RIA ToolsTRACK: ASPECTS OF RIA SOFTWARE

Forthepast15yearsLouFoxhasbeenassistingFortune1000com-

paniesingrowingtheirbusinessesbyleveragingwebbasedsolutions.

Duringtheweb1.0phaseFoxworkedwithcompanieslikeGuess,

Disney,ToysRUs,andNiketobuildtheireCommerceinitiatives.For

past6yearsLouFoxhasbeentheCTOofBluewolfandhasleveraged

thecollaborativeandagilenatureofWeb2.0tobringaward-winning

consultingandon-demandproductsolutionsthatstreamlinefrontand

backofficebusinessprocessesforover1000companiesofallsizes

including:ADP,DowJones,hartfordinsurance,Dupont,NewYorkTimes,

hartfordinsurance.

Anthony Franco - EffectiveUIRIA Adoption in 2008: Risks, Rewards, Challenges & OpportunitiesTRACK: ASPECTS OF RIA SOFTWARE

AnthonyFrancoisPresidentofEffectiveUi,inwhichrolehehastheuniqueop-

portunitytolistentohowcompanieslikeeBay,Ford,Randomhouse,viacom,

GE,DowJones,andNBCthinkabouttheinternet&desktopsoftware,and

howinnovativethinkingcancompletelychangethewaytheydobusiness.

Andrea gazzaniga - FunambolDeveloping Open Source Mobile Messaging and Sync Apps for iPhonevs. AndroidTRACK: IPHONE DEVELOPER SUMMIT

AndreaGazzanigaisSoftwareDevelopmentManageratFunambol,the

leadingmobileopensourcecompanyintheworldthatprovidespush

email&PiMsynchronizationsoftwarefor1.5billionmobiledevices,

includingmostrecentlytheiPhoneandGoogleAndroid.Andreahas

15yearsofsoftwaredevelopmentexperiencewithbothmajortelco

manufacturers(e.g.SiemensandAlcatel)aswellassoftwarestartups.

hejoinedFunambolin2005astechleadforFunambol’sclient

softwareteam(initiallyWindowsMobile,OutlookandJavaMEbutnow

includingiPhoneandAndroid)andwasrecentlypromotedtosoftware

developmentmanagerforFunambol’sentireR&Dteam.Andreahas

beenworkingwithopensourceandUnix/Linuxformanyyears.his

mostrecentprojectsincludemakingFunambolsoftwareworkon

GoogleAndroidandplanningthenextrevisionofFunambolsoftware

fortheiPhone.

Joshua gertzen - ThinWireThinWire AJAX RIA Framework in ActionTRACK: ENTERPRISE AJAX

PrincipalarchitectandteamleadoftheopensourceThinWireAJAXRiA

Framework(http://www.thinwire.com),aJavabasedframeworkthat

enablesdeveloperstocreatepowerfulenterpriseWebapplicationsthat

arehighlyinteractiveandresponsivebyusingpureJavaandwithout

havingtomuddlearoundwith(D)hTML,JSorCSS.Overthelastsixyears,

hehasalsoplayedakeyroleinbuildingthetechnologyinfrastructureat

CustomCreditSystems,aDallas-basedsoftwarecompanyfocusedon

deliveringindustryleadingsolutionsforthefinanciallendingmarket.You

cancatchhislatestthoughtsonpostedregularlytohisblogTrueCode(

http://www.truecode.org)

Becky gibson - IBM Internationalization & Accessiblity Using DojoTRACK: ENTERPRISE MASHUPS

BeckyGibsonisaWebaccessibilityarchitectiniBM’sEmergingTechnolo-

giesGroup.ShefocusesonaccessibilityandtheWebandiscurrentlyas-

sistingwiththedevelopmentoftheAccessibleRichinternetApplications

(ARiA)specificationandimplementingaccessibilityintheuserinterface

componentsoftheDojoOpenSourceToolkitforJavaScript.

Dan gisolfi - IBMMashup Ecosystems in the EnterpriseTRACK: ENTERPRISE MASHUPS

Asaprovenhigh-energytechnicalleaderwithdiverselaband

worldwidefieldexperience,Danishighly-regardedforhisabilityto

matchemergingtechnologiesagainstcustomerbusinessneedsand

howtobeanintenselyproductiveinternaladvocateforcustomers.he

iscurrentlyfocusinghiseffortsontheincubationofPhPframeworks

andruntimesthatwillhelptoenablebusinessprofessionalstocreate

compositeapplications.DanholdsaMastersDegreeinArtificialintel-

ligencefromPolytechnicUniversity,andBAincomputersciencefrom

ManhanttanvilleCollege.Dan’scareerwithiBMhasincludedsoftware

andproductdevelopmentprojectsintheareasofExpertSystems,OS/2,

SecureinternetPaymentSystems,WebServicesandRiAAccessibility.

Regardlessofthetechnologydomain,Dan’sforteisend-to-endsolution

consulting-includingevangelism,architecturedefinition,contract

negotiations,businessdevelopmentandproductpromotion–around

emergingtechnologies.hiscurrentfocusisontheadoptionenablement

ofsituationalapplicationsbydrivingcustomerengagementsaround

iBM’senterprisemashuptechnologies.Danhasakeeninterestin

topicsthatpertaintothevalidationoftheevolvingmashupecosystem

(widgetstandards,commonvernacular,contentcopyright,monetization,

etc).inhissparetimeDanisanawardwiningwinemakerandJoomla

webmasterforanumberofnon-profitorganizations.

Paul giurataAJAX Tookits, Frameworks and IDEs:How Do You Choose the Right One?TRACK: RICH- WEB TOOLS & CASE STUDIES

PaulGiurataisamanagingpartnerofCatalystResourcesandconsidered

oneofthepre-eminentUiapplicationdesignersandexperiencearchitects

intheUS.hisprimaryinterestisinSoftwareasaService(SaaS)and

FinancialServicesapplications,whereAJAX-enhancedUisareaproven

waytoimprovebottom-lineperformance.

Ted goddard - ICEsoftAsynchronous AJAX for Revolutionary Web ApplicationsTRACK: ENTERPRISE WEB 2.0 & SOCIAL APPLICATIONS

TedGoddardistheseniorarchitectoftheiCEfacesAJAXframework.Fol-

lowingaPh.D.inmathematics,heproceededwithpostdoctoralresearch

incomponentandWeb-basedcollaborativetechnologies.Tedcurrently

participatesintheJavaServerFacesandServletexpertgroups.

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Sue googe - Northrop grummanSpice Up User Experience with Silverlight RIATRACK: ASPECTS OF RIA SOFTWARE

SueGoogehashadagreatpassionforWebdevelopmentsince1998.Sue

specializesincreatingvisuallyappealing,highlyusableyetextensibleand

maintainableWebapplicationsusingthelatestMicrosofttechnologies.

Shebalancesbusinessrequirements,userexperience,technologies,tal-

entmanagementandcostcontrolinaholisticharmoniouswaythatleads

toasuccessfulproject.Sheisacreativethinkerandalwayssearchesfor

betteranswerstosolveproblems.Qualityworksandsatisfiedclients/us-

ersareherultimatepride.SueisafrequentspeakeratCodeCampsand

technicalconferences.

Mike grushin - SharpStyle LabsRIA Development on the Microsoft Stack Using FlexTRACK: ASPECTS OF RIA SOFTWARE

MikeGrushinistheCTOofSharpStyleLabs,asoftwareproductscompany

focusingonbuildingRichinternetApplicationsthatfacilitatecontent

reviewandfeedbackexchangeprocesses.hebringsover10yearsofWeb

applicationdevelopmentexperiencemostlyforFortune500companies

utilizingMicrosoft,JAvAandAdobetechnologies.hispastprojectsinclude

deliveringenterprisee-Learningsoftware,contentmanagementsystems

andeCommercesitesforvariousindustries.MikeisinvolvedintheNew

Yorksoftwaredevelopmentsceneandblogsactivelyoneverythingtech-

relatedonhttp://blog.sharpstyle.com.

Arun gupta - Sun MicrosystemsjMaki as an AJAX Mashup FrameworkTRACK: ALL TRACKS

RIA Approach for Web 2.0 DevelopmentUsing jMakiTRACK: ENTERPRISE WEB 2.0 & SOCIAL APPLICATIONS

ArunGuptaisatechnologyevangelistforWebServicesand“Web2.0”

AppsatSun.hewasthespecleadforAPisintheJavaplatform,com-

mitterinmultipleOpenSourceprojects,participatedinstandardbodies

andcontributedtoJavaEEandSEreleases.heisaprolificbloggerwith

numeroususefultipsathttp://blogs.sun.com/arungupta.

Andi gutmans - Zend TechnologiesPHP, Next generation RIA SuperheroTRACK: RICH- WEB TOOLS & CASE STUDIES

AndihasbeenaleadcontributortoPhPsince1997,whenheandZeev

SuraskidevelopedthefoundationforPhP3.Thenewversionwasaturn-

ingpointforthelanguage,whichtodaypowersover20millionWebsites

includingFacebookandYahoo!andenjoysafollowingofover4.5million

developers.AndicurrentlyleadsproductstrategyandinnovationatZend

includingtheopen-sourceZendFrameworkproject.inaddition,hehas

helpedZendevolveintoasuccessfulglobalWebsolutionscompanyand

fostereditsgrowthbysecuringfourroundsoffinancing,aidingwith

keycustomerwins,andsupportingallianceswithindustrygiantslike

iBM,OracleandMicrosoft.AndiwasnamedoneofComputerworld’s“40

innovativeiTpeopletowatch,undertheageof40”.Alsoheisrecognized

fromthewidelycirculatedtechnicalpublicationshehasauthoredandis

afrequentspeakeronbusinessandtechnologyissuesatglobalconfer-

ences.AndiisamemberofthePhPGroup,theApacheSoftwareFounda-

tionandservesontheboardoftheEclipseFoundation.Gutmansholdsa

B.A.inComputerSciencefromtheTechnion,israelinstituteofTechnology.

Kevin Hakman - Aptana Rapid Development of Enterprise AJAX AppsTRACK: ENTERPRISE AJAX

KevinhakmaniscurrentlyDirectorofProductMarketingforAptana,

inc.Previously,hewasthedirectorofdeveloperevangelismforTiBCO

Generalinterface,theaward-winningAJAXandRichinternetApplication

frameworkandtoolkit.heco-foundedGeneralinterfacein2001,pioneer-

ingAJAXintheenterprise.TiBCOacquiredGeneralinterfacein2004to

extenditsvisionforservice-orientedapplicationstotheenduser.Kevinis

acontributortoSOAWorldMagazineandtheAJAXWorldMagazine,and

hasspokenatnumerousindustryevents.

Bert Halstead - Curl, IncEmbracing New Platforms: Building RIAs Beyond AJAXTRACK: RIAS BEYOND AJAX

BerthalsteadisthechiefarchitectofCurl,inc.,andafoundingmember

oftheCurltechnicalteam.Previously,hewasaresearchstaffmemberat

DigitalEquipmentCorporation.hereceivedhisPh.D.degreefromMiTand

spenttenyearsteachingcomputersciencethere.

James Harmon - Object Training groupUsing the Dojo Toolkit to CreateAJAX Powered FormsTRACK: RICH- WEB TOOLS & CASE STUDIES

JimharmonisthePresidentandseniortraineratObjectTrainingGroupin

Chicago.heisanexperienceddeveloperwhospentamajorityofhiscareer

buildinglargescaleonlineapplicationsatAccentureandseveralotherWeb-

centricconsultingfirms.henowspecializesintrainingJavadevelopersto

bemoreproductivebyusingthelatesttechnologiesandframeworks.

Jeff Haynie - Appcelerator Think Fast: Accelerate AJAX Development with AppceleratorTRACK: ALL TRACKS

Jeffhaynieisco-founderandCEOofAppcelerator.hestartedAp-

pceleratortoprovideatrueopen-sourcesolutiontoenterpriseRiAand

SOA-basedservicesdevelopment,aftergrowingfrustratedbythelimited

optionsandcomplexityinothersolutionsthroughhisowndevelopment

work.PriortostartingAppcelerator,Jeffservedasco-founderandCTOof

vocalocityandCTOofehatchery,anextensionofBillGross’ideaLab.Jeff

isanexpertsoftwaredeveloperandentrepreneur.hehasbeenactivein

standardsdevelopment,aswellasacontributortoopen-sourceprojects,

includingearlyworkonJBoss.FormoreonJeffhaynie,visithisblogat

http://blog.jeffhaynie.us.

Mark Heid - IBMInfo 2.0TRACK: ENTERPRISE MASHUPS

MarkheidisprogramdirectorforWebSphereApplicationServerMarket-

ingatiBM.hisresponsibilitiesincludedefiningtheworldwidebusiness

planandofferingstrategyfortheApplicationServerportfolio,aswellas

managementofnewproductintroductions,pricingandchannelplanning.

PriortojoiningiBMSoftwareGroupin2002,MarkworkedinthePersonal

SystemsGroupatiBM,managingbusinesstransformationinitiativesin

pricingandspecialbidprocessoptimization.PrevioustoiBM,Markwas

amarketingmanagerathewlettPackardandAppleComputer,aswell

asadeveloperinthecommercialembeddedsystemsoftwareindustry.

MarkholdsaBSdegreeinbiomedicalengineeringandcomputerscience

fromNorthwesternUniversityandanMBAinmarketingandquantitative

analysisfromCarnegieMellonUniversity.

Christian Heilmann - Yahoo!Writing Large Web Applications Using the YUITRACK: ENTERPRISE MASHUPS

Christianheilmannisafront-endarchitectwithYahoo!hewasbornin

Germany,andworkedforseveralagenciesbeforespendinga.comyear

workingforeToysintheUSbeforesettlingintheUK.hehaswritten

severalbooksonAccessibility,JavaScriptandWebDesign/Development

andcurrentlyworksforYahoo!UK.Christianblogsathttp://wait-till-i.com

andhasabacklogofhisnumerousarticlesathttp://icant.co.uk.

Kevin HoffmanIntroduction to the iPhone SDK*TRACK: IPHONE DEVELOPER SUMMIT

Web Apps for the iPhone: Duplicating the iPhone Look and Feel in SafariTRACK: IPHONE DEVELOPER SUMMIT

Kevinhoffman,editor-in-chiefofSYS-CON’siPhoneDeveloper’sJournal,isTechnical

ChairofiPhoneDeveloperSummit.hehasbeenprogrammingsincehewas10and

haswritteneverythingfromDOSsharewareton-tier,enterpriseWebapplicationsin

vB,C++,Delphi,andC.hoffmaniscoauthorofProfessional.NETFramework(Wrox

Press)andco-authorwithRobertFosterofMicrosoftSharePoint2007Development

Unleashed.heauthorsThe.NETAddict’sBlogat.NETDeveloper’sJournal.

Jonas Jacobi - Kaazing CorporationEnterprise Comet: Real-Time, Real-Time, or Real-Time Web 2.0? TRACK: ALL TRACK

Comet: The Web that is Instantly On and Always OnTRACK: ENTERPRISE AJAX

JonasJacobiisco-founderandchiefexecutiveofficerofKaazingCorpo-

ration.AnativeofSweden,Jonashasworkedinthesoftwareindustryfor

morethan15yearswithamissiontosimplifyapplicationdevelopment.

PriortofoundingKaazing,heworkedforOracleforeightyearsasaJava

EEevangelistandproductmanagerresponsiblefortheproductmanage-

mentofJavaServerFaces,OracleADFFacesandOracleADFFacesRich

ClientintheOracleJDeveloperteam.Asco-founderandCEOofKaazing,

Jonassetsthecompany’sbusinessandproductstrategyandoverseesall

aspectsofKaazing’soperationsandmissiontobecometheworld-wide

leaderinreal-timesoftware.heisco-authorofthebest-sellingbook,“Pro

JSFandAjax:BuildingRichinternetComponents,”(Apress).

Renat Khasanshyn - Apatar, IncEnterprise 2.0 and Data Mashups: Bridging the Web 2.0 Information gapTRACK: ENTERPRISE MASHUPS


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RenatKhasanshynisCEO&mainevangelistofApatarOpenSource.he

isasubjectmatterexpertindataintegration,datamashupsandopen

source,andisresponsiblefordrivingthevisionofdataintegrationsolu-

tionsatApatarOpenSource.Renatrecentlywonthe2007iBMBusiness

MashupChallenge.heisafrequentspeakeratawiderageofevents.

PriortofoundingApatar,RenatwasCEOforAltorosSystems,adistributed

productlifecyclemanagementcompany.PriortoAltoros,hewasvPof

EngineeringforPriMed,adiscountinsurancecompanyinTampa,Florida

wherehewasresponsibleforcreatingane-commerceportaltohelp

consumersfind,compareandpurchasehealthinsuranceplansonline.

BeforeimmigratingtotheU.S.in2001,RenatwasCTOforOOOBelLight

“EFA”,amanufacturinganddistributionfirmoflightingequipmentin

BelarusandRussia.hestudiedengineeringandthenmarketingatthe

BelarussianStateTechnicalUniversityandwasrecentlyselectedafinalist

oftheEmergingExecutiveoftheYearawardbyMassachusettsTechnol-

ogyLeadershipCouncil,aleadingtechnologytradeassociationinNew

England.Youcanreadhisblog,“NakedOpenSource”,athttp://nakedo-

pensource.com.

Scott Kirkwood - MomentumSIAJAX Brings SOA to the UserTRACK: ENTERPRISE AJAX

ScottKirkwoodisthevPofMomentumSi’sSoftwareDevelopment

Servicespractice.havingworkediniTprofessionalservicesfor16years,

Scottisanindustrythought-leaderinoperationalarchitecture,iTgover-

nanceandservicemanagement.Aswellasbeingaprolificpublicspeaker,

hehaspublishedmultipleindustrytradejournalarticlesandwhitepapers

onthealignmentofiTandbusinessstrategy.

Peter Kirwan - WebmetricsThe Performance Paradigm of a Mashup WorldTRACK: ENTERPRISE MASHUPS

PeterKirwanservesaschiefstrategyofficeratWebmetrics,aleading

providerofWebperformancemanagementsolutionsforWebecosystems,

wherehe’sresponsiblefortheexecutionofWebmetrics’overallcorporate

strategyandtechnologyagenda.Peterhasmorethan20yearsleadership

experience,whichspansboththatasanexecutiveandentrepreneur.in

thelate1990’s,Peterco-foundedandsoldServercastCommunications

toNaviSite.Servercastwasoneoftheindustry’sfirstcompaniestooffer

managedapplicationhosting,amodellateradoptedbyNaviSite.Peter

servedaschieftechnologyofficerforNaviSitethroughasuccessful

iPO,andmovedontoserveasvicePresidentofStrategy,wherehewas

responsiblefordrivingNaviSite’stechnicalstrategy,aswellasmergers

andacquisitions.

Senthil Krishnapillai - SybaseiPhone as Biz-Phone: Enabling iPhone Support for Enterprise Applications & MessagingTRACK: IPHONE DEVELOPER SUMMIT

SenthilKrishnapillai,directorofproductmanagementforSybaseiAnywhere,

isresponsibleforbringingfuturegenerationsofmobilecollaboration

productstomarket.hehasmorethan15yearsexperienceinproductman-

agement,marketinganddevelopmentformobiledevicesandsmartphones

andisamemberofvariousconsortiumsincludingOMA-DS,CTiA.

Steve Maryka - ICEsoftSocial Computing: the iPhone as an Ideal PlatformTRACK: IPHONE DEVELOPER SUMMIT

AJAX and Social Computing for the EnterpriseTRACK: ALL TRACKS

SteveMarykaisCTOatiCEsoftTechnologies,andleadstheiCEfacesopen

sourceproject.hehasbeeninvolvedinJava-basedAJAXtechniques

since2003-atimebeforetheterm“AJAX”wasevencoined.Priorto

joiningiCEsoft,Stevewasco-founderofAudeSiTechnologieswherehe

servedasvPofTechnologyandledJavaproductdevelopmentforinternet

appliances.AfterAudeSiwasacquiredbyWindRiverSystemsin2000,he

servedasaprincipletechnologistthereuntiljoiningiCEsoft.

Mark McIlvane - VelocentEarly Adopters: The Key to Free Publicity or the Fall of a TechnologyTRACK: IPHONE DEVELOPER SUMMIT

MarkMcilvaneisPresident&COOofvelocentSystems.A“startup

specialist,”hefirmlybelievesthatstartupcompaniesareascience,

andthattheywillsucceedifmanagedproperly.Markjoinedvelocent

fromPersoneta,wherehewasPresident,andCEO.PriortoPerso-

neta,hewasSeniorvicePresidentofSalesatiPUnity,andheheld

severalpositionsatClarentCorporation,mostrecentlyasExecutive

vicePresident,BusinessOperations.BeforeClarent,Markwasvice

PresidentofSales&MarketingatComverseTechnology,aleading

providerofnetwork-basedmultimediaenhancedcommunications

services.

Eric Miraglia - Yahoo!An Introduction to the YUI LibraryTRACK: RICH- WEB TOOLS & CASE STUDIES

EricMiraglia,engineeringmanageroftheYUiTeamatYahoo!,has

beenauthoringsocialWebapplicationssince1995,whenhebegan

developinginteractivewritingspacesforuniversities;hisSpeakeasy

Studio&Cafewasusedbymorethan100universitiesbetween1997

and2004.Since2003,ErichasbeenapartofYahoo’sWebdevelop-

mentcommunity.in2005,hejoinedthenewlyformedYUiteamwhere

heservesasanengineeringmanager.inafewshortyears,YUihas

cometounderpinsomeofthemosttraffickedWebsitesintheworld,

includingamongmanyothersYahoo’sfrontpage,YahooMail,My

YahooandYahooFinanceproperties.Erichasledtheefforttomake

YUithebest-documentedopen-sourceJavaScriptlibraryandfounded

theYUiTheatertohelpprovideworldwideaccesstomanyofthegreat

eventsandspeakerswhocometoYahoofromaroundtheworldof

Webdevelopment.

Laurence Moroney - Microsoft.NET in the Browser: Silverlight RIATRACK: RIAS BEYOND AJAX

Silverlight Magic: Zoom, Ink, Media and more...TRACK: ASPECTS OF RIA SOFTWARE

LaurenceMoroneyisaseniortechnologyevangelistatMicrosoftandtheauthor

of‘introducingMicrosoftSilverlight’aswellasseveralmorebookson.NET,

J2EE,WebServicesandSecurity.PriortoworkingforMicrosoft,hiscareer

spannedmanydifferentdomains,includinginteroperabilityandarchitecturefor

financialservicessystems,airports,casinosandprofessionalsports.

Stewart Nickolas - IBMOpenAjax gadgets & WidgetsTRACK: RICH- WEB TOOLS & CASE STUDIES

StewartNickolasisaseniortechnicalstaffmemberintheEmerginginternet

TechnologiesgroupwithiniBM.hisrecentresponsibilitiesincludechairing

theOpenAJAXGadgetTaskforce,leadingtheQEDWikiprojectwithiniBM,

definingandshapingiBM’sWeb2.0andSituationalApplicationstrategies.

Peter Nickolov - �TeraBuilding Application UI with AJAXTRACK: ENTERPRISE WEB 2.0 & SOCIAL APPLICATIONS

Peterisarecognizedexpertinscalableinfrastructuretechnologiesinclud-

ingoperatingsystems,networksandstorage.Oneofthe3Terafounders,

hehasuniqueexperienceindeliveringsuccessfullynewtypesofproducts

inafast-pacedstartupenvironment.Peteristhearchitectofthecore

technologybehind3Tera’sawardwinningAppLogicgridoperatingsystem

thatenablesutilitycomputingforSaaSandWeb2.0services.heisa

serialentrepreneurwhohasfoundedfourtechnologycompanies.Priorto

3Tera,hefoundedZ-force,astoragenetworkingcompanythatpioneered

fileswitchingandNASaggregationandwasnamedoneofNetwork

World’s“Top10StartupstoWatch”;andObjectDynamics,asoftware

companyprovidingnetworkinfrastructuresoftware.inthelast20years

Peterhasauthored24patentsandhasover30innovationsintheareasof

operatingsystems,multithreading,kernelmodeandreal-timesoftware,

networkprotocols,filesystemsandcomputingresourceaggregation.

Emil Ong - Caucho TechnologyRIAs with Comet and CriticalUpdates in Enterprise EnvironmentsTRACK: ASPECTS OF RIA SOFTWARE

EmilOngisthechiefevangelistofCauchoTechnology.Beforetaking

onthisrole,hewasasoftwareengineeratthecompany,workingon

Caucho’sSOAandJavaEEofferings.WithanM.S.incomputerscience

fromUCBerkeley,Emilalsohasabackgroundinsecurityandsystems.

Mike Padilla - VanguardAJAX Applicability: When Should AJAX Be Used?TRACK: RICH- WEB TOOLS & CASE STUDIES

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ledfront-enddevelopmenteffortsforsuchcompaniesasFleetCredit

Cards,MellonPrivateAssetManagement,TheBankofNewYork,Radian

GuarantyandBessemerTrust.Macromediahasfeaturedhisusability

designs.Mikeisanardentadvocateofhigh-fidelityprototypingduring

requirementsdevelopment.inhissparetime,hedesignedanddeveloped

Protonotes,afreeAJAXWebservicethatallowsprojectteammembers

todiscusssystemfunctionality,designandrequirementsdirectlyon

prototypeswith“stickynotes.”

Sriram Padmanabhan - IBM Enterprise 2.0 and IT: How to Maximize Benefits for Your EnterpriseTRACK: ENTERPRISE WEB 2.0 & SOCIAL APPLICATIONS

Dr.SriramPadmanabhanisaniBMdistinguishedengineer.Mostrecently,

heisleadingtheinformationManagementAdvancedTechnologiesteam

investigatingnewtechnicalareassuchastheimpactofWeb2.0informa-

tionaccessanddelivery.hewasaresearchstaffmemberandthena

manageroftheDatabasetechnologygroupatiBMT.J.WatsonResearch

Centerforseveralyears.Dr.Padmanabhanhasauthoredmorethan25

publicationsincludingabookchapteronDB2inapopulardatabase

textbook,severaljournalarticlesandmanypapersinleadingdatabase

conferences.

guy Peled - Visual WebguiOn-Server AJAXTRACK: ENTERPRISE MASHUPS

GuyPeled,CTOofvisualWebGui,isarenownedexpertspecializingin

Webtechnologies.heisanauthoroftwoproducts,themostrecentone

beingtheEnterpriseRiAplatformcalledvisualWebgui.Guyservedas

chiefarchitectintheiDFandforleadingisraelienterprisesforover13

yearsspecializingonMSplatforms.Althoughyounginage(hestarted

programmingattheageof8yearsold),hegainedhisreputationand

positioninthedevelopercommunityby“outofthebox”thinking,bridging

technologieschasmsforseveralenterprises’R&D.Guyisawellknown

andfollowedtechnologist,andhelpsleadtheOn-ServerAJAXparadigm

shiftasasolutionforstrategicadaptationofAJAXforEnterpriseusages

bylecturingandevangelizingonthesubject.

Adam Peller - IBMInternationalization & Accessiblity Using DojoTRACK: ENTERPRISE MASHUPS

AdamPellerisanadvisorysoftwareengineerforEmerginginternet

Technologies,iBM.NowadaysaDojocommitter,heoriginallyintegrated

NetscapeRhinotoBSF,andwhileatLotusworkedwithSunonJavaScript

integrationwiththehotJavabrowserandimplementationofalevel-zero

DOM.inDecember2005heauthoredthe“AJAXToolkitFramework

Proposal”thatinduecoursebecameEclipse’sATFproject.

greg PollackAJAX and RailsTRACK: ENTERPRISE WEB 2.0 & SOCIAL APPLICATIONS

GreggPollacklivesinOrlando,FloridawhereherunstheOrlandoRuby

UsersGroup,writesonhisblogRailsEnvyandisalwayshuntingformore

Railsprojects.he’salsosometimesknownasthe“RubyonRails”guyin

theMacparodycommercialsreleasedearlierthisyearonRailsEnvy.com

Olivier Poupeney - DreamFace InteractiveSharable Enterprise Mashups: The New User-Driven Composite AppsTRACK: ENTERPRISE MASHUPS

DreamFace: The Ultimate Framework for Creating Personalized Web 2.0 MashupsTRACK: ALL TRACKS

OlivierPoupeneyisco-founderandCEOofDreamFaceinteractive.Dream-

FaceisbuiltonOlivier’svastexperienceofover15yearsofworkon

improvingtheuserexperiencethroughtheuserinterface.From2000to

2006,hewastheco-founderandvPR&DofEcensityCorporation,where

heledallaspectsofresearchanddevelopmentinthedevelopmentof

theirstateoftheartCompositeApplicationFrameworkEPS.Priortothat,

OlivierwasFieldApplicationEngineeringManagerforSilverstreamFrance

from1997to1999.heservedasapre-salesengineerforSynonFrance

from1996to1997.Olivierstartedhiscareerasatrainerandconsultant

forPowersoft/SybaseFrance.

Andrew Powell - Universal MindAdobe’s Spry Framework For AJAXTRACK: ASPECTS OF RIA SOFTWARE

AndrewPowellhasbeenarchitectinganddevelopingWebapplicationsfor

over10yearsusingColdFusion,Java,ASP.NETandASP.hisbackground

includesexperiencerunningiTDepartmentsforfirmsintheexecutive

searchandaviationconsultingfields.Currently,AndrewisaSenior

ConsultantatUniversalMindspecializinginColdFusion,Java,Spryand

Flex.YoucanreadhisblogoneverythingColdFusion,Java,Spry,&Flexat

www.infoaccelerator.net.

David Rapperport - Quest DiagnosticsMission Critical AJAX: Making Test Ordering Easier and Faster atQuest DiagnosticsTRACK: RICH- WEB TOOLS & CASE STUDIES

DavidistheleadapplicationarchitectfortheCare360LaboratoryOrders

&ResultsinternetapplicationforMedPlus,QuestDiagnostics’healthcare

informationtechnologysubsidiary.TheCare360solutionstreamlinesthe

processoforderinglabtests.Davidmaintains18yearsofprofessional

iTexperiencewithaprimaryfocusinthehealthcaresector.heholds

aMastersininformationtechnologymanagementfromRensselaer

Polytechnicinstitute.

Scott ReganEnterprise 2.0 and IT: How to Maximize Benefits for Your EnterpriseTRACK: ENTERPRISE WEB 2.0 & SOCIAL APPLICATIONS

ScottReganisdirectorofproductmanagement,Sonoa.hepreviously

workedwithYahoo!and,priortothat,inproductmarketingforBEAand

Microsoft’svisualStudioteam.

Asaf Saar - SAP On-Server AJAXTRACK: ENTERPRISE MASHUPS

AsafSaar,QualityManagerandadevelopmentprojectleadatSAPLabs

israel.hehasoverelevenyearsofexperienceinSoftwareDevelopment,

TestingandQualityEngineering.AsafandhisSAPNetWeaverUiCross

DevelopmentteamhavedevelopedaninnovativeTestManagementplat-

formbasedon.NETandvisualWebGuiwhichintegratesmarketleading

FunctionalandUnitTestingAutomationtoolsandSAPbackendsystems,

thedevelopedplatformenablesremotequalificationofSAPNetWeaver

systemsacrossSAPLabsworldwide.

Chris Schalk - googleBuilding AJAX Social Applications Using OpenSocialTRACK: ENTERPRISE WEB 2.0 & SOCIAL APPLICATIONS

ChrisSchalkisatechleadintheDeveloperAPiEvangelismgroupat

Google.heisalsooneoftheoriginalmembersoftheOpenAjaxAlliance.

PriortoGoogle,ChriswasaprincipalproductmanagerandJavaevange-

listforOracle’sapplicationserveranddevelopmenttoolsdivision.Whileat

Oracle,heworkedtodefinetheoverallWebdevelopmentexperiencefor

OracleJDeveloperandADFFaces(Trinidad).heisalsotheco-authorof

JavaServerFaces:TheCompleteReferencepublishedthroughMcGraw-

hillOsborne(iSBN:0072262400)andmaintainsapopularBlogonJ2EE

Webdevelopment.

David SchlesingerRIAs and How Open is ‘Open’ in the Mobile Sofware Space?TRACK: IPHONE DEVELOPER SUMMIT

David“Lefty”SchlesingerisDirectorofOpenSourceTechnologiesat

ACCESSCo.,Ltd.,workingprincipallyonopensourcestrategyand

communityrelations,andrepresentingACCESSinanumberofindustry

andcommunityinitiatives.Leftyisresponsibleforopensourcelicensing

compliancepracticeswithinACCESS,andistheauthorofACCESS’

internal“opensourcebestpractices”curriculum.healsospecializesin

intellectualpropertyissues,includinglicensingandpatentstrategyas

wellasactingastheadministratorforACCESS’mainopensourcerelease,

the“hikerProject”(www.hikerproject.org),asuiteofapplicationservice

componentsforthedevelopmentofseamlesslyinteroperatingmobile

applications.Leftyiswell-knownintheopensourcecommunityandisa

frequentpresenterandpanelistatopensource-relatedconferences,and

hasspokenthisyearattheFinnishCentreforOpenSourceSoftware’s

versoBusinessSeries,FOSTEL(theFreeandOpenSourceTelephony

Conference),theOttawaLinuxSymposium,theGNOMEUsers’and

Developers’EuropeanConferenceandavarietyofotherprestigiousopen

sourcevenues.hewasthekeynotespeakeratthisyear’sNorthwest

TechnicalConferenceforUndergraduatesatSimonFraserUniversityin

vancouver,BritishColumbia.

Ric Smith - Kaazing CorporationHTTP Multicast Routing, Scaling the Real-Time WebTRACK: ENTERPRISE AJAX

RicSmithisresponsibleforKaazing’sbusinessandproductstrategy.Prior

tojoiningKaazing,RicSmithwasPrincipalProductManagerforOracle

ApplicationDevelopmentTools.inhisroleasPrincipalProductManager

hewasresponsiblefortheevangelismandproductdirectionofOracleADF

FacesRichClientaswellasOracle’sAJAXandJavaEEWebTierofferings.

Priortojoiningtheapplicationserverteam,RicSmithworkedforOracle’s

consultingbusinessasaPrincipalConsultant,specializinginJavaEEand

AJAXdevelopment.inaddition,RicisafrequentspeakeratOracleevents

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Developer’sJournalandAJAXWorldMagazine.hewasalsoarepresentative

totheOpenAjaxAllianceandagraduateoftheUniversityofArizona.

Joe Stagner - MicrosoftASP.NET AJAX Design & Development PatternsTRACK: RIAS BEYOND AJAX

The Digital Black Belt’s guide to Building Secure ASP.NET AJAX ApplicationsTRACK: RICH- WEB TOOLS & CASE STUDIES

JoeStagnerisaseniorprogrammanagerinMicrosoftCorporation’sDe-

veloperToolsandPlatformGroupandhasbeenwithMicrosoftsince2001

focusingonhighlyscalableandperformantWebapplicationarchitectures,

multiplatforminteroperabilityandsoftwaresecurity.Stagnerbrings30

yearstechnicalandbusinessstrategyexperiencetoMicrosoftwhich

affordshimauniqueexperientialperspective.

Shashank Tiwari - Saven TechnologiesCEP and RIA: Bringing Together the Bold and the BeautifulTRACK: ASPECTS OF RIA SOFTWARE

ShashankTiwariisthechieftechnologistatSavenTechnologies(www.

saventech.com),atechnologydrivenbusinesssolutionscompany

headquarteredinChicago,iL.Asanexperiencedsoftwaredeveloperand

architect,heisadeptinamultitudeoftechnologies.heisanexpertgroup

memberonanumberofJCP(JavaCommunityProcess)specifica-

tions,JSRs274,283,299,301&312,andisanAdobeFlexChampion.

Currently,hepassionatelybuildsrichhighperformanceapplicationsand

advisesmanyonRiAandSOAadoption.Manyofhisclientsarebanking,

moneymanagementandfinancialservicecompaniesthathehashelped

buildrobust,quantitative,data-intensive,highlyinteractiveandscalable

applications.hewritesregularlyinmanytechnicalmagazines,presentsin

seminarsandmentorsdevelopersandarchitects.hehasapopularblog

ontheO’ReillyNetwork(http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2799).heisan

ardentsupporterofandcontributortoopensourcesoftware.heliveswith

hiswifeandtwosonsinNewYork.Moreinformationabouthimcanbe

accessedathiswebsite(www.shanky.org).

Ian Tomlin - NDMC Ltd Code Free Composites - Where SOA and Mashups ConvergeTRACK: ENTERPRISE MASHUPS

Co-FounderofNDMCLtdmanagementconsultingbusiness.Strategic

advisorstoCanonJapan,CanonEuropeontechnologyfutures.Authorof

Agilization-TheRegenerationofCompetitiveness(MB2000).Co-Founder

ofencanvasLtd.heblogsattheAgilizationblog.

Lars Trieloff - Day Software AgREST and AJAX ReconciledTRACK: ASPECTS OF RIA SOFTWARE

LarsTrieloffisproductmanagerforcollaborationanddigitalassetmanage-

mentatDaySoftware.PriortojoiningDay,LarsfoundedMindquarry,a

startupprovidinganopensourcecollaborationsuitebasedonRESTand

AJAX.Withabackgroundinsoftwaresystemsengineering,Larscontributed

toopensourceprojectslikeApacheCocoon,ApacheMaven,ApacheSling

andothers.heisalsotheauthorofaGermanbookaboutDocBook-XMLand

developsopensourcesoftwareforcreatingtechnicaldocumentationwith

DocBook.LarsliveswithhisfamilyinPotsdam,Germany.hisweblogcanbe

foundathttp://weblogs.goshaky.com/weblogs/lars/

geoff Tudor - NirvanixWeb 2.0 Meets Storage 2.0TRACK: ENTERPRISE WEB 2.0 & SOCIAL APPLICATIONS

GeoffTudormostrecentlyservedasCEOofAdventNetworks.At

Advent,hecreatedthecableindustry’sfirstroutercapableofdelivering

broadbandtocustomersatdedicatedspeedsof40Mbps.in2000,Geoff

co-foundedTellaireCorp.tocommercializefreespaceoptictechnologies

anddeliverwirelessGigabitEthernet.MRvCommunications(NASDAQ:

MRvC)acquiredthecompany’snetworks.Mr.Tudoralsoco-founded

GNSTechnologies,whereheco-wroteReflexBackup,thefirstreal-time

backupapplicationforWindows.ReflexwasacquiredbySymantecCor-

poration(NASDAQ:SYMC).GeoffwasrecognizedbyDiscoverMagazineas

oneofthenation’sleadinginnovatorsintechnologyandwasnominatedin

2003fortheErnst&YoungEntrepreneuroftheYearAward.Geoffholdsan

M.B.A.fromtheUniversityofTexasandabachelor’sdegreefromTulane

University.

Rob Tweed - M/gateway Developments LtdMission Critical AJAX: Making Test Ordering Easier and Faster at Quest DiagnosticsTRACK: RICH- WEB TOOLS & CASE STUDIES

RobTweedisadirectorandco-founderofM/GatewayDevelopmentsLtd,

aUKcompanyspecializinginWeb,internetandintegrationtechnologies

since1996.hehasassistedcompaniesworldwidetodevelopenterprise-

scaleWebapplicationsandisthedeveloperoftheeXtcWebDeveloper

WebdevelopmentandAJAXframework.Rob’sextensiveiTexperience

priortosettingupM/GatewayDevelopmentsbeganasanapplication

developerattheRoyalMarsdenhospitalinLondon.in1990hejoined

ToucheRossManagementConsultantsinLondonwhere,amongstmany

otheriTprojects,was,for4years,aleadconsultantintheUKDeptof

health’sNhS-wideNetworkingproject,oneoftheworld’slargestnetwork-

ingprojects.

Coach Wei - NexawebAJAX for Average Joes: Enterprise AJAX Adoption Without Being a Rocket ScientistTRACK: ENTERPRISE AJAX

Now Playing: Desktop Apps in the Browser!TRACK: ALL TRACKS

CoachWeiisChairmanandCTOofNexawebtechnologies,an

EnterpriseWeb2.0softwarecompany.BeforefoundingNexaweb,

Coacharchitectedanddesignedsoftwareformanagingstorage

networksatEMCCorporation.Asachampionforopensourceand

openstandard,Coachistheauthorofopensourcewordprocessor

AJAXWord,acommitteratApacheXAPprojectandamember

ofOpenAJAXAlliancesteeringcommittee,etc.heisafrequent

speakeratindustryeventsandhasmanypublicationsonvarious

technicaljournals.Coachobtainedhismaster’sdegreefromMiT,

holdssixpatentsandmaintains“EnterpriseWeb2.0”blogat

http://www.coachwei.com.

Matthias Wessendorf - OracleWriting JSF Applications with Apache Trinidad and FaceletsTRACK: ENTERPRISE AJAX

MatthiasWessendorfisasoftwaredeveloperatOracle.hecurrentlyworks

onADFFaces,whichisanAJAX-basedJSFcomponentsuite.Matthias

alsocontributestotheOpenSourcecommunity,mainlyApacheMyFaces

andApacheTrinidad.BeforejoiningOracle,heworkedasaCMS-Devel-

operatPironet,wherehewasbuildinganext-generationCMS,usingUi

technologieslikeXULandAJAX.

Chris Williams - Aptana Developing AJAX Applications for iPhone and iPod TouchTRACK: IPHONE DEVELOPER SUMMIT

Aptana IDE: Your Unfair Advantage for AJAX, iPhone, Adobe AIR, PHP and Rails DevelopmentTRACK: ENTERPRISE WEB 2.0 & SOCIAL APPLICATIONS

ChrisWilliamsjoinedAptanainthefirsthalfof2007.Priortojoining,

hewastheleaddeveloperoftheRubyDevelopmentTools(RDT)proj-

ectthatbroughtRubysupporttotheEclipseiDE.hehasalsoserved

asamentortostudents;onecontributingtotheprojectthroughthe

GoogleSummerofCode,andthreeothersaspartoftheirMaster’s

thesis.AtAptana,WilliamscontinueshisroleofleadRDTdeveloperin

additiontoheadingdevelopmentofAptanaRadRails.Priortojoining

Aptana,hehasworkedinR&DforbothPaychexinc.andtheXerox

Corporation.

Dev Worah - Virtusa CoprorationCreating Agile Business Solutions in Financial Services using RIAs & Other Emerging Technologies TRACK: ASPECTS OF RIA SOFTWARE

DevWorahisDirectorofTechnologyforFinancialServices,virtusaCorp,

responsibleforprovidingtechnologydirectiontoourFSteams,developing

partnershipsandprovidingleadershipandvisionintotechnologytrends.

Worahisaseniortechnologistwithover13yearsofindustryexperience

andaproventrackrecordinenterprisearchitecturedefinition,legacy

integration,technologystrategyandmigration,projectmanagementand

full-lifecycleiTsolutiondelivery.hehasbeenattheforefrontofmanaging

implementationsemployingSOA,Web2.0,BPM,RiA,AJAX,CEPfortop

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.NET in the Browser: Silverlight RIALAURENCE MORONEY

inthissession,LaurenceMoroney,Microsoft,willintroduceSilverlight

2.0andhowitcanbeusedtoeasilyandproductivelybuildnextgenera-

tionRichinteractiveApplicationsusingC#,XAML,JavaScript,AJAXand

more.hewilldemonstratehowtogofromZero-to-heroaswellashow

tobuildmorecomplexnTierapplicationswithSilverlightatthefront

end,aswellasusingSilverlightwithPhP,Javaandotherback-end

technologies.

Adobe’s Spry Framework For AJAXANDREW POWELL

TheSpryframeworkprovidesalightweight,flexiblesetoftoolsfor

buildingrichuserinterfacesandintegratingXMLandJSONdatainto

Webpages.ThissessionwillexplorethefundamentalsoftheSpry

frameworkincludingdynamicdatasets,widgetsandvisualeffects,as

wellasbroadertipsandtricksfordevelopingengaging,AJAX-based

Websites.

AJAX And grails - Web 2.0 The Easy WayJEFF BROWN

Grailsdeliversthepowerandflexibilityof“codingbyconvention”to

theJavaplatform.BuildingrichinteractiveAJAXenabledapplications

withGrailscouldnotbeeasier.GrailsshipswithPrototypesupport

rightoutoftheboxandthroughitspowerfulpluginsystemGrails

providessupportforothertoolkitsincludingDojo,Yahoo!Uiandothers.

inthissession,throughlectureandlivedemonstrationwewillquickly

introducetheGrailsplatformandthenjumprightintothepowerful

AJAXcapabilitiesthatGrailsprovides.Thesessionwillcovercustomtag

libraries,remoteforms,richclientsideupdatesandotherfeaturesofthe

frameworkthatmakebuildingAJAXenabledapplicationsfunandeasy.

AJAX and RailsgREg POLLACK

RubyonRailshascertainlyplayedaroleindeliveringRichWebApplica-

tionswhichtakefulladvantageofAJAX.inthissession,delegateswill

learnhowRubyonRailsempowersdeveloperstocreaterichinterfaces

withoutwritinganyJavaScript.

AJAX and Social Computing for the EnterpriseSTEVE MARYKA

Socialcomputingisnolongeracasualactivity:corporationsare

increasinglyleveragingwikisandblogstoenhancecollaborationinside

andoutsidethefirewall.Next-generationsocialcomputingdemands

spontaneousandresponsivecollaboration.AreAJAXtechnologiesup

tothetask?Thispresentationexploresthechallenges,practices,and

futuresforAJAXcollaborationtechniques.Beginningwithareview

ofexistingopensourceAJAXtechnologies,coveringdeployment

infrastructure,applicationdevelopment,andsupportinglibraries,wewill

continuewithseveralexamplesofwhatispossibletoday.Thissession

willgiveyouanunderstandingofwheresocialcomputingcangoand

whatAJAXtechnologieswilltakeitthere.

AJAX Applicability: When Should AJAX Be Used?MIKE PADILLA

AJAXisseeminglyeverywhere.Butiseverythinganailtobepounded

withtheAJAXhammer?Someofthefundamentaltechnologiesthat

AJAXisbasedon-includinghTML,CSSandJavaScript-canoffer

simpler,moreelegantsolutionsthatarebettersuitedtocertainuser

experiences.Theapplicabilityofrichinteractivityisdeterminedbythe

continuityofpagecontextasitrelatestotheuser’sworkflow.Byunder-

standingwhatAJAXaffordsandwhichuserexperiencecharacteristics

lendthemselvestoanAJAXimplementation,thissessionswillhelp

designersanddeveloperstomoresuitablyuseAJAXtodelivermore

engaginguserexperiences.

AJAX Brings SOA to the UserSCOTT KIRKWOOD

EnterpriseshavebeenmakingsignificantinvestmentstocreateSOA

infrastructuresthatproduceSOAandWebservices.Thefocusisnow

shiftingto“puttingafaceonSOA”byenablingdistributedbusinessunits

toeasilyconsumetheseservicesandthusaccelerateSOAbenefitsand

ROi.NewAJAX-basedtechnologiesenableenterprisestofullyrealize

theirSOAvisionthroughRichEnterpriseApplications(REAs)deployedat

theforefrontofbusiness.

AJAX for Average Joes: Enterprise AJAX Adoption Without Being a Rocket ScientistCOACH WEI

ConsumerapplicationssuchasGoogleMapshaveopenedtheeyesof

businessuserstoanewWebexperience,butthetechnologybehind

GoogleMaps--AJAX--posessignificantdevelopmentandmaintenance

challenges.Althoughpowerfulinthehandsofrocketscientists,AJAX

hasbeenbeyondthegripofaverageenterprisedevelopers.

AJAX for the Masses: Building Rich User Interfaces in DreamweaverANDRE CHARLAND

Webapplicationdevelopersanddesignersoftengiveuponbuilding

rich,interactiveuserinterfacesbecausetheylacktheJavaScript

skillstomakeithappen.AJAXdevelopmentpowertools--including

Dreamweaver,Spryandoff-the-shelfAJAXcomponents--makeiteasy

tobuildrichuserinterfacesinAJAXwithnoJavaScriptcoding.Andre

Charlandwilldemonstratehowtoinstall,setupandconfigureexten-

sionstoDreamweaver,andwillusethemtobuildsimple,richinterface

AJAXapps.Afterthissession,evenbeginnerdeveloperswillbeableto

addAJAXinteractionstoWebapplications.Thissessionisamustfor

ambitious,noviceandintermediatedesignersanxioustouseAJAXin

theirapplications.

AJAX Tookits, Frameworks and IDEs: How Do You Choose the Right One?PAUL gIURATA

ThissessionwilladdressissuestoconsiderwhenselectinganAJAX

toolkitandthemosteffectiveiDEfortheimplementation.itwill

identifythe30-40Uicomponentsmostcommonlyusedinbusiness

andmissioncriticalsoftwareapplicationsthatcanbeusedasa

benchmarkforevaluatingvarioustoolkits,thenexplorethetop

evaluationcriteriaincludingcomponentbehaviors,customization,

flexibility,frameworks,licensinganddocumentation.Attendesswill

beprovidedwithacomparisonsurveyforthe6-8mostwidelyused

AJAXUicomponentlibraries.Furtherdiscussionwilladdresshowto

selecttheappropriateiDEonceacommitmenthasbeenmadetoa

AJAXUitoolkit.

AJAXWorld 2008 East Keynote:Can We Fix The Web?DOUgLAS CROCKFORD

TheWebneedsfixing.Thestandardsandrecommendationsthatdefine

theWebwerelastrevisedin1999.Sincethen,theWebhasgrownfrom

adocumentretrievalsystemintoanapplicationdeliverysystem.We

havemadesignificantprogresssincethen,duetotheclevernessof

theWebdevelopmentcommunityandthesurprisingexpressivepower

ofJavaScript,butweareatthelimits.TheWebisnolongeradriverof

innovation.itisnowaseriousimpediment.TheWebisoverlycomplex.

itisvisuallyunderpowered.itishopelesslyinsecure.itisnowunder

competitiveassaultbynewproprietaryplatformsthathopetocapture

thenextgenerationofapplications.Canasystemaslargeandasopen

astheWebhealandadaptitselftothechallengesofthe21stCentury?

An Introduction to the YUI LibraryERIC MIRAgLIA

Yahoo!releasedtheYahooUserinterfaceLibrary(YUi)asafree,

open-sourceJavaScriptandCSSlibraryeighteenmonthsagoalong

withacommitmenttothedevelopercommunity:We’llsharewithyou

ourbestfrontendtools,engagewithyouabouthowthey’rebuiltand

whyandwe’lldocumentthemfully.inthatshorttime,YUihasbecome

oneofthebest-regardedfrontendlibrariesandhasbeenadopted

byindividualsontheirblogs,startupswhoaregoingall-inwithYUi

asthefoundationoftheirfrontendarchitectureandFortune500

companiesusingYUiasatrusted,tested,long-viewtoolkitforcreating

greatuser-experiencesontheWeb.Throughout,we’lllookatspecific

exampleswithcodeandhearfromthedeveloperswhoareworking

ontheYUicodebase.You’llleavewithadeepunderstandingofwhat

YUiis,whatitsdevelopmentphilosophiesareandwhetherit’sagood

choiceforyourownprojects.

Aptana IDE: Your Unfair Advantage for AJAX, iPhone, Adobe AIR, PHP and Rails DevelopmentCHRIS WILLIAMS

inthissession,Chris,leaddeveloperontheRDT(RubyDevelopment

Tools)Project,willreviewallofthemajorfeaturesoftheAptanaiDE

-afree,opensource,cross-platform,JavaScript-focuseddevelopment

environmentforbuildingAJAXapplications.itfeaturescodeassist

onJavaScript,hTML,andCSSlanguages,FTP/SFTPsupportanda

JavaScriptdebuggertotroubleshootyourcode.Withnearly1million

downloadstodate,theAptanaiDEisfastbecomingthestandardway

AJAXdevelopersbuildtheirWeb2.0applications.

ASP.NET AJAX Design & Development PatternsJOE STAgNER

AJAXisnotaboutEyeCandy.AJAXisaboutbuildingfunctionalitythatis

difficultorimpossiblewithconventionalWebdevelopmenttechnology.

DonerightyourWebapplicationsROCK,butitit’sdonewrongandyour

infrastructurepaystheprice.Thissessionwillexposeacollectionof

designandusagepatternsthatwillhelpyouunderstandASP.NETAJAX

underthecoversanddesignefficient,interactiveAJAXApplications

usingMicrosoftASP.NETAJAXTechnologies.

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Asynchronous AJAX for Revolutionary Web ApplicationsJEAN-FRANCOIS ARCAND

EmergingAJAXtechniques,variouslycalledAJAXPush,Comet,Reverse

AJAXandhTTPstreaming,arebringingrevolutionarychangestoWeb

applicationinteractivity,trulymovingtheWebintotheParticipationAge.

ThissessionprovidesadetailedintroductiontotheAsynchronousWeb

anditsapplicationtosocialcomputing,explainingtheunderlyingproto-

colsandAPis,thechallengesforapplicationservers,andthehigh-level

techniquesavailabletoapplicationdevelopers.Attendeeswilltakeaway

theinformationtheyneedtoaddmulti-usercollaborationandnotifica-

tionfeaturestotheirapplication,whethertheydevelopwithDojo,DWR,

oriCEfaces,andwhethertheydeployonJetty,Tomcat,orGlassFish.

Asynchronous AJAX for Revolutionary Web ApplicationsTED gODDARD

EmergingAJAXtechniques,variouslycalledAJAXPush,Comet,Reverse

AJAXandhTTPstreaming,arebringingrevolutionarychangestoWeb

applicationinteractivity,trulymovingtheWebintotheParticipationAge.

ThissessionprovidesadetailedintroductiontotheAsynchronousWeb

anditsapplicationtosocialcomputing,explainingtheunderlyingproto-

colsandAPis,thechallengesforapplicationserversandthehigh-level

techniquesavailabletoapplicationdevelopers.Attendeeswilltakeaway

theinformationtheyneedtoaddmulti-usercollaborationandnotifica-

tionfeaturestotheirapplication,whethertheydevelopwithDojo,DWR,

oriCEfaces,andwhethertheydeployonJetty,Tomcat,orGlassFish.

Building AJAX Social Applications Using OpenSocialCHRIS SCHALK

Thenotionofbuilding“socialapplications”hastakentheWebbystorm.

TodayitisnotonlyimportanttounderstandhowtobuildWeborAJAX

applications,butwiththeadventofthe“SocialGraph”,AJAXdeveloper’s

musthaveasolidunderstandingofhowtobuildsocialapplicationsthat

operatewithinthecontextofasocialenvironment.Tothisend,OpenSo-

cialprovidesasetofopenAPisforbuildingapplicationsthatcanrunon

anyenvironmentsupportingOpenSocial.inthissession,iwillcoverall

aspectsofbuildingsocialapplicationsusingtheOpenSocialAPis.Ahigh

levelintroductionofthesocialgraphisgiven,followedbyadetailed

reviewofOpenSocial’sAPisfollowedbydemonstrationsofpractical

examples.AttheendofthesessioniwillalsoreviewShindig,whichis

anopensourceprojectthatservesasafullserverimplementation“in-

a-box”foranyonewishingtohostOpenSocialapplications.

Building Application UI with AJAXPETER NICKOLOV

Designingastateoftheartuserinterface(Ui)inaveryvisualapplica-

tionthatismanagingalotofelementsposedsignificantchallengedue

tothenatureoftheapplication:virtualizingandrunningentiredata

centersthroughabrowser.Withthousandsofobjectstocoordinatethe

Uiarchitectureprovedascriticalastheimplementationdetails.Attend-

eeswillgetafullcasestudyonbuildingapplicationUiwithAJAX–from

architecturedecisions,toolchoice,anddesignimplementationtoperfor-

mancetestingproceduresformultiplehttpcallsperpagerefresh;rich

client-likeuserinteractions;securitytesting;anddealingwithsupport

ofdifferentbrowserversions.Afterinvestigatingdifferentapproached

totheUi,3TeracametotheconclusionthatAJAXistheonlytechnology

thatallowstobuildutilitycomputinginabrowse.Atendeeswillheara

highlycompellinginsightontheprocessofdevelopingfunctionallyrich

frontendtoaverycomplexsystem.Thepresentationalsoaddresses

businessandiTconcerns,andwilleducatetheaudiencewithreal-world

examplesofhowcompaniesarealreadyoperatingandleveraging

utilitycomputinginabrowserandbenefitingfromtheAJAXbasedUito

deliver,provisionandscaleWebapplicationswithease.

Building Web 2.0 Applications with Project ZeroROLAND BARCIA

ProjectZeroisanagiledevelopmentandexecutionenvironmentwhich

leveragesRESTandscriptingruntimestospeedandsimplifydevelop-

mentofdynamicWebapplications.ProjectZeroincludesascripting

runtimeforGroovyandPhPwithapplicationprogramminginterfaces

optimizedforproducingREST-styleservices,integrationmash-ups

andrichWebinterfaces.ProjectZeroisbeingdevelopedopenlyusing

aCommunity-DrivenCommercialDevelopmentprocessathttp://www.

projectzero.org.inthissession,theaudiencewillgetanoverviewof

theProjectZeroPlatformandlearnhowtodevelop,assemble,andrun

ProjectZeroapplications.

CEP and RIA: Bringing Together theBold and the BeautifulSHASHANK TIWARI

ComplexeventprocessingandRiAusedtogetherturbochargeapplica-

tiondevelopment.inthispresentationwebaseourstoryaroundreal

lifesuccessinbuildingareal-timetradingapplication.Athrillingdemo

isincluded.

Code Free Composites - Where SOA and Mashups ConvergeIAN TOMLIN

Agilitycomesfromreleasingpocketsofinnovationthatexistswithin

organizations.Tomakethishappen,therightpeopleintherightplaces

needtherightinformationattherighttime.Whatifiwastotellyouthat

todaythetechnologyexiststoenablethesehighperformancepeople

toservethemselveswiththeinformationtheyneed?Theydon’tneed

programmingskills,scriptingskills,databaseskills-anyiTskills-to

gatherthedatatheyneedandtobuilddatamartsandonlineportal

applications.itraisesthequestion,doyouneedSOA?Thinki’mcrazy?

inthissessionwe’lltakealookatsomecasestoriesthatshowhow

someoftheworld’slargestcompaniesarealreadyexploitingcode-free

compositeapplicationstosolvetheirbusinesspriorities.

Comet: The Web that is Instantly On and Always OnJONAS JACOBI

ifyouhavenotbeenintroducedtotheconceptofthe“Cometpro-

gramming”,thennowisthetimetobecomeacquainted.Cometisa

revolutionarytechnologythatreplacestheoldrequest-responsedriven

Webdevelopmentmodelandtheuseofpolling.Withthisnewclient-

servercommunicationtechnique,developerscannowbuildreal-time

Webapplicationsthatimplementatrueevent-drivenmodelwithlittle

needforthird-partyplug-ins.Butisthisatechniqueforeverydeveloper

andforeveryWebapplication?howeasyisittocreateareal-timeWeb

applicationthatgoesbeyond“chat”?Whatisneededtosuccessfully

createanddeployareal-timeWebapplication?

Data and Syndicated Oriented Architecture (SynOA)KURT CAgLE

SyndicationhaslongbeenastapleofAJAXdevelopment,butincreas-

inglysyndicationlanguagessuchasAtomarebecomingtheprimary

vectorsformoresophisticateddataapplications,andintheprocessmay

makeSOAP/WSDLbasedwebservicesarchitecturesincreasinglyobso-

lete.ThissessionlooksathowAtom,AtomPubandAJAXarechanging

thewaythatwepassalltypesofinformationontheweb.

Developing AJAX Applications for iPhone and iPod TouchCHRIS WILLIAMS

TheiPhoneistransformingtheWebasweknowitandcompelling

everyWebdesignertoconsiderhandheldportabledevices.Thissession

coversvariousaspectsofiPhoneandiPodTouchdevelopment.itwill

includetipsandtricksaswellasbestpracticestofollow.Chrisalsocov-

ershowtouseanintegrateddevelopmentenvironment(iDE)forbuilding

iPhoneandiPodTouchapplicationsandhowtousetheiUilibraryto

easilybuildiPhoneapplications-thefree,opensource,cross-platform,

JavaScript-focusedAptanaiDE.

Developing Open Source Mobile Messaging and Sync Apps for iPhone vs. AndroidANDREA gAZZANIgA

TheiPhoneandGoogleAndroidplatformareundisputedlytransforming

themobileindustrybybringingsmartphonecapabilitiestothemasses.

Theyarealsomakingforenticingnewmobileplatformsfordeveloping

anddeployingnewtypesofmobileappsandservicesformassmarket

users.Yet,developingforthemisnotthateasy.Thissessionwillfocus

onourexperienceofdevelopingopensource-basedmobilemessaging

andsyncapplicationsforbothoftheseplatforms.itwillcompareand

contrasttheplatformsintermsofthedevelopmentmethodsandtools

required,andtheirstrengthsandweaknessesfromadeveloper’s

perspective.Thepresentationwillsharelessonslearnedaswellastips

andtechniquesfordevelopingforbothplatforms.

DreamFace: The Ultimate Framework for Creating Personalized Web 2.0 MashupsOLIVIER POUPENEY

You’veheardaboutWeb2.0EnterpriseMashups,you’veseenthepress,

nowyoucanseetherealthing;announcing“Outsider”,version3ofour

highlyacclaimedDreamFaceOpenSourceAjaxFrameworkforbuilding

Web2.0EnterpriseMashups.Comeseehowtobuildpersonalized

andshareableWeb2.0Mashupsbycombininginternalcompanydata

withpublicdatafromtheweb.Bepartoftheexcitementbyjoiningour

DreamFaceDeveloperChallenge.Stopbyourboothorvisit

www.datawidget.com.

Early Adopters: The Key to Free Publicity or the Fall of a TechnologyMARK MCILVANE

SincetheiPhonewasfirstreleased,earlyadoptershaven’tstoppedtalk-

ingaboutwhattheythinkofthedevice.Whilethefreepromotioncanbe

agreatmarketingtoolforwirelesscarriers,itcanbecripplingifusers

haveissueswithsessionandnetworkquality.verizon’svoyagerand

Nokia’sN810mustisolateandprioritizenetworkproblemstoensure

thatcustomerissuesareaddressedasquicklyaspossible.Ensuring

thattheseearlyadoptershaveapositiveexperienceisessentialfor

havinganychanceattheviraladoptiontheiPhoneexperienced,along

withalowcustomerchurnrate.

Easy AJAX Development with Markup + POJOBOB BUFFONE

LeadingenterprisesrelyondeclarativeAJAXtodevelopRiAs,enterprise

mashupsandcompositeapplications.ThisapproachseparatestheUi

frombusinesslogic,resultinginfasterandmorecost-effectiveap-

plicationdevelopmentandmaintenance.inthissession,attendeeswill

exploretheadvantagesofthemarkup+POJOapproach,coveringtopics

suchas:•DeclarativeUi•Declarativemodifications•Databinding•

Serviceinvocation

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Embracing New Platforms: Building RIAs Beyond AJAXBERT HALSTEAD

ThereisnowaspectrumofRichinternetApplication(RiA)technologies-

includingAdobeFlex,AdobeAiR,MicrosoftSilverlightandCurl-thatgo

beyondthetraditionalfunctionalitythatAJAXprovides.Theseplatforms

providedistinctbenefitsformovingcomplexdesktopandclient-server

applicationstotheWeb.AnindependentstudybySonataSoftware

comparedtheperformanceandeaseofdevelopmentofapplications

usingCurl,AJAXandFlex,highlightingstrengthsandweaknessesof

eachplatformThissessionwilllookattheapplicationcharacteristics

thatdevelopersshouldconsiderbeforechoosingaplatform,aswell

asprovidespecificexamplesoftheinteractivityandperformancethat

theseplatformsoffer.

Enterprise 2.0 and Data Mashups:Bridging the Web 2.0 Information gapRENAT KHASANSHYN

AsthemomentumforthenewclassofSOAmiddlewarecontinuesto

grow,developersarelookingforsimpleyetscalablesolutionsthatcan

integratedisparatedataacrossavarietyofon-premises,on-demand

andWeb2.0informationsourcesandapplications.Withmanyofsuch

dataintegrationproblemsbeingrelativelysmallinscope,companies

can’tjustifybringingexpensivemiddlewaretosolvesmallproblems.

Someoftheprojectsarebuiltusingwork-aroundsandcustomcoding.

Theresultispronetooperationalrisk,highmaintenancecosts,andis

inevitablyinefficient.inthissession,RenatKhasanshyn,thewinnerof

the2007iBMBusinessMashupChallenge,willexplorehowenterprise

architectsanddeveloperscanleveragetheexistingmashuptechnolo-

giestobuildanddeployenterprisedatamashups.Thissessionwill

highlightchallengespreventingtheexistingmashupdesigntoolsfrom

beingleveragedacrosstheenterprisesector.Thissessionwillfocuson

tips,bestpracticesandstrategiesonhowtoimplementdatamashups

betweenon-premise,on-demand,andWeb2.0systemsandapplica-

tions.Finally,RenatKhasanshynwillwalktheaudiencethroughthe

processofbuildingmashup“ColdCallAssistant”whichwonthe2007

iBMBusinessMashupChallenge.

Enterprise 2.0 and IT: How to Maximize Benefits for Your EnterpriseSCOTT REgAN

Web2.0andEnterprise2.0havebroughtiTorganizationsasetofcapa-

bilitiestobettermeetthedemandsofbusinessusers.however,iTneeds

tobeproactiveandbuildprocessestoenableagilityandcreativity,and

deploytheseassetswithappropriateenterprise-levelcontrol.Whatlevel

ofperformance,control,compliancewillensureteamsuccess?And

howcanyoureducecostsanddevelopmenttimesforbetterenterprise

value?ThissessionwilloverviewEnterprise2.0Mashupcapabilities

fromiBMandSonoaSystems,andelaborateonbestpractices,using

real-worldscenariosofhowtheytackledtheseissueswithcustomers.

Enterprise 2.0 and IT: How to Maximize Benefits for Your EnterpriseSRIRAM PADMANABHAN

Web2.0andEnterprise2.0havebroughtiTorganizationsasetof

capabilitiestobettermeetthedemandsofbusinessusers.however,

iTneedstobeproactiveandbuildprocessestoenableagilityand

creativity,anddeploytheseassetswithappropriateenterprise-level

control.Whatlevelofperformance,control,compliancewillensure

teamsuccess?Andhowcanyoureducecostsanddevelopmenttimes

forbetterenterprisevalue?ThissessionwilloverviewEnterprise2.0

MashupcapabilitiesfromiBMandSonoaSystems,andelaborateon

bestpractices,usingreal-worldscenariosofhowtheytackledthese

issueswithcustomers.

Interprise Comet: Real-Time, Real-Time, or Real-Time Web 2.0?JONAS JACOBI

Asmuchaswelikethetermreal-time,ithasovertimebecometoo

saturatedtolenditselfanyusetoWeb2.0technologiesthatreally

meanit.Questionis;whatdoweactualmeanwith“real-time”?inwhat

contextisitused?Andwhatimpactwillithaveonyourbusiness?This

sessionwillclarifythedefinitionofreal-timeinthecontextofWeb2.0

andwhatimpactnewemergingreal-timeWeb2.0technologieswill

haveonyourenterpriseoverthenextcomingyears.

HTTP Multicast Routing, Scaling the Real-Time WebRIC SMITH

CometisthenewkidontheblockintheworldofRiAandwithit

comesthepromiseofstreaminghTTPcommunication—atransport

mechanismthatallowsreal-timemessagedeliverytoapplications

thatrunnativelyinthebrowser.however,despiteitspromise,

currentimplementationsofCometsufferonefatalflaw,scalability.

hTTPMulticastingrepresentsonepotentialsolutiontothescalability

andreliabilityconcernsfoundincurrentimplementationsofComet.

inthissessionyouwilllearnhowtouseEnterpriseComet,which

leverageshTTPMulticastingtoadaptexistingJavaEEcontainersto

supportComet-styleapplicationsservingthousandsofconcurrent

users.

Improving ASP.NET User Interfaces with the AJAX Control ToolkitROBERT BOEDIgHEIMER

TherearemanycontrolsandextendersprovidedbytheAJAXControl

ToolkitthatcanbeusedtoenhanceASP.NETuserinterfaces.The

validatorCalloutisusedwiththeexistingvalidationcontrolstoshowa

niceboxwiththevalidationmessagethatpointstothefieldinerror.The

CollapsiblePanelprovidesanareaofthescreenthatcanbecollapsedto

hidethecontentbutleaveatitlebarwiththeheader.TheModalPopup

displaysapopupwindowanddisablestheremainderofthepage.There

aremanycontrolsprovidedwhichprovideamuchricherexperiencefor

ASP.NETWebsites.

Info 2.0LAUREN COONEY & MARK HEID

Web2.0mashupsarerealandgoingmainstream.Comelearnhow

tocombineemployeeexpertiseandrichinformationtoproducenew

insightsandwinningstrategies.Learnhowyouremployeescanunlock

andtransformanyinformationintojustexactlywhat’sneededtomake

thebestpossibledecisions.AlsolearnhowiTcanhelplineofbusiness

bemoreself-sufficientwhilereducingprojectbacklogandmaintaining

controloversecurity,governanceandcosts.Thepresentationwill

showcaseseveraldemonstrationsofcustomersandpartnersusingSOA

withmashupstomaximizecompetitiveness.

Internationalization & Accessiblity Using DojoADAM PELLER

NewinteractionparadigmsandcomplexuserinterfacecontrolsofAJAX

haveraisedconcernsaboutaccessandusabilityforusersofallback-

groundsandabilities.Client-sideJavaScriptcodemayassumecertain

languageorculturalconventions,alienatingvastaudiences.Graphical

andmouse-baseduserinteractionisoftenassumedpreventinguseby

keyboardorassistivetechnologyusers.Thispresentationwillreviewthe

issuesandprovidebestpracticesforbuildingaccessibleandglobalized

AJAXapplicationstoday,includingthenewW3CAccessibleRichinternet

Application(ARiA)specification.Thisandotherstrategiesusedtopro-

videfullaccessibilityandglobalizationintheDojoToolkitwillbeshown.

Internationalization & Accessiblity Using DojoBECKY gIBSON

NewinteractionparadigmsandcomplexuserinterfacecontrolsofAJAX

haveraisedconcernsaboutaccessandusabilityforusersofallback-

groundsandabilities.Client-sideJavaScriptcodemayassumecertain

languageorculturalconventions,alienatingvastaudiences.Graphical

andmouse-baseduserinteractionisoftenassumed,preventinguseby

keyboardorassistivetechnologyusers.Thispresentationwillreviewthe

issuesandprovidebestpracticesforbuildingaccessibleandglobalized

AJAXapplicationstoday,includingthenewW3CAccessibleRichinternet

Application(ARiA)specification.Thisandotherstrategiesusedtopro-

videfullaccessibilityandglobalizationintheDojoToolkitwillbeshown.

Introduction to the iPhone SDK*KEVIN HOFFMAN

ThissessionwillprovideADCmemberdeveloperswiththeinformation

theyneedtogetstartedbuildingnativeiPhoneapplications.This

sessioncoversthebasicsfromhowtosetupyourdevelopmentenviron-

menttobuildingabasicapplication(notjustasimplehelloworld,but

areal,functioning,practicalapplication),tocoveringdebuggingand

deployment.

iPhone as Biz-Phone: Enabling iPhone Support for Enterprise Applications & MessagingSENTHIL KRISHNAPILLAI

WithmillionsofiPhonessoldinrecentmonths,enterprisesarechal-

lengedwithhowtomanagetheinfluxofthesepersonaldevicescoming

“inthebackdoor”withoutcompromisingsecuritypolicies.OneiDC

analyststates,“BringingsecureenterprisewirelessemailtotheApple

iPhonebringsitonestepclosertobeingabletobeusedasatrusted

enterprisedevice.”Thissessionwilladvocateaproactiveapproach

toaddingiPhoneasasupporteddevice,andillustratehowdoingso

providesenterprisesupportforiPhonesandreducessecurityconcerns,

whilestillprovidingarichuserexperienceutilizingthenativeiPhone

mailapplication.

jMaki as an AJAX Mashup FrameworkARUN gUPTA

jMakihasevolvedfromgivingdeveloperstheabilitytosprinkleAJAX

intotheirwebappseasilytobeafullAJAXframework.jMakihas

evolvedonceagainwiththejMakiWebtopwhichletsyouquicklycreate

mashupsusingjMakiwidgetsthatcaninteractwitheachother.The

jMakiWebtopisbasedonacontainerwidgetthatletsyoudragand

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themworktogetherwithouthavingtowriteanwebpages.ThejMaki

Webtopalsohasamanagementserviceforconfiguringdeploywidgets

andmappingthosewidgetstoyourservices.Alsoincludedistheability

tomanageusersandshareajMakiWebtopwitheveryone.

Leveraging AJAX to Capture Performance MetricsgIUSEPPE FERRIgNO

Performancemeasurementandanalysisinthepublicsectorisinthe

infancystages,butalreadyAJAXcanbeleveragedtobringeasytouse,

powerfulWeb-baseduserinterfacesintothisspace.Wewillexamine

whatthechallengesaretomeasuringperformanceandthendemohow

AJAXtacklestheseissuesaswellasshowsomecleverusesofthe

technology.

Mashup Ecosystems in the EnterpriseDAN gISOLFI

Web2.0mashupsareevolvingfromtheinitialmaprelatedmashups

tocompletebusinessmashupsutilizinginputsfromallovertheWeb

andenterprise.Thissessionwillfocusonthedevelopingendtoend

EcosystemsintheWebthatcanaggregatethecontentsecurelyutlizing

servicesofwidgets/gadgetsthroughmashups.Wewillbedemonstrating

examplesoftheendtoendEcosystemcomponentsrunningtheOpenA-

jaxhub1.1,theSecureMashupandGadgetcodetohelpyouunder-

standhowonecancreatesecuremashupsinthebusinessenvironment

whileusingservices/content/gadgetsfromanywhereintheWeb.

Mashup Ecosystems in the EnterpriseDAVID BOLOKER

Web2.0mashupsareevolvingfromtheinitialmaprelatedmashups

tocompletebusinessmashupsutilizinginputsfromallovertheWeb

andenterprise.Thissessionwillfocusonthedevelopingendtoend

EcosystemsintheWebthatcanaggregatethecontentsecurelyutlizing

servicesofwidgets/gadgetsthroughmashups.Wewillbedemonstrating

examplesoftheendtoendEcosystemcomponentsrunningtheOpenA-

jaxhub1.1,theSecureMashupandGadgetcodetohelpyouunder-

standhowonecancreatesecuremashupsinthebusinessenvironment

whileusingservices/content/gadgetsfromanywhereintheWeb.

Mission Critical AJAX: Making Test Ordering Easier and Faster at Quest DiagnosticsDAVID RAPPERPORT

QuestDiagnosticsistheleadingproviderofdiagnostictesting,offering

accesstoitsservicesthroughitsnationalnetworkoflaboratories

andpatientservicecenters.Quest’sCare360Web-basedlabordering

systemisrelieduponbytensofthousandsofcustomersthroughoutthe

USA.inordertoaddressthedemandsofcustomersforbetterspeed

andefficiencyduringthecomplexorderingprocess,Questhasnow

re-engineeredtheuserinterfaceusingAJAXtechniques.Thispresenta-

tionwillfocusonwhyandhowAJAXmetQuest’sdemandingbusiness

andtechnicalrequirements,andwilldemonstratehowtheirchosen

technology,eXtcWebDeveloper,allowedtheprojecttobedelivered

withinaveryshorttimeframe,withasmallteamandwithoutdisrupting

theirexistingservice.

Mission Critical AJAX: Making Test Ordering Easier and Faster at Quest DiagnosticsROB TWEED

QuestDiagnosticsistheleadingproviderofdiagnostictesting,offering

accesstoitsservicesthroughitsnationalnetworkoflaboratories

andpatientservicecenters.Quest’sCare360Web-basedlabordering

systemisrelieduponbytensofthousandsofcustomersthroughoutthe

USA.inordertoaddressthedemandsofcustomersforbetterspeed

andefficiencyduringthecomplexorderingprocess,Questhasnow

re-engineeredtheuserinterfaceusingAJAXtechniques.Thispresenta-

tionwillfocusonwhyandhowAJAXmetQuest’sdemandingbusiness

andtechnicalrequirements,andwilldemonstratehowtheirchosen

technology,eXtcWebDeveloper,allowedtheprojecttobedelivered

withinaveryshorttimeframe,withasmallteamandwithoutdisrupting

theirexistingservice.

Next-generation AJAX Applications with qooxdooANDREAS ECKER

qooxdooisacomprehensiveandinnovativeopen-sourceWebap-

plicationframework(http://qooxdoo.org).inthissession,youwilllearn

howtoleverageobject-orientedJavaScripttobuildprofessionalAJAX

applications.NohTML,CSSnorDOMknowledgeisneededtocreateim-

pressiveuserinterfacesforallcommonWebbrowsers.qooxdoo’swide

arrayofwidgetswillbedemonstratedaswellastheamazingtheming

capabilitiesthatallowforvirtuallyanylook.itsplatform-independent

toolchainwillbeintroducedthatcoversfeatureslikeinternationaliza-

tion,livedebugging,sourcecodevalidation,unittesting,functional

testing,profiling,auto-generatedAPidocumention,JavaScriptlinking,

modularizinglarge-scaleapplications,migrationsupportandmore.

Now Playing: Desktop Apps in the Browser!COACH WEI

AJAXisn’tjustforrichUisandmashupsanymore.Web2.0hasinfil-

tratedtheenterpriseworkforce,andiTdepartmentsallaroundtheworld

justlikeyoursarefeelingthepressuretomakeeveryback-office,call

center,tradingblotter,inventorymanagementandsystemsperformance

applicationlookandfeellikeiGoogleorMyESPN.com.Simplyslapping

onafewAJAXwidgetswillmaketheseapplicationslookcooler,but

whataboutbusinesslogic,dataintegrationandreplicatingthebusiness

processes?JoinCoachWei,CTOandfounderofNexaweb,andBob

Buffone,Nexaweb’sChiefArchitect,foracandid,fast-paceddiscussion

anchoredbyreal-worldcustomerexamplesdemonstratinghowyoucan

useAJAXandRiAtechnologytotrulytakeyourbusinessapplications

tothenextlevel!

Now Playing: Desktop Apps in the Browser!BOB BUFFONE

AJAXisn’tjustforrichUisandmashupsanymore.Web2.0hasinfil-

tratedtheenterpriseworkforce,andiTdepartmentsallaroundtheworld

justlikeyoursarefeelingthepressuretomakeeveryback-office,call

center,tradingblotter,inventorymanagement,andsystemsperformance

applicationlookandfeellikeiGoogleorMyESPN.com.Simplyslapping

onafewAJAXwidgetswillmaketheseapplicationslookcooler,but

whataboutbusinesslogic,dataintegration,andreplicatingthebusiness

processes?JoinCoachWei,CTOandfounderofNexaweb,andBob

Buffone,Nexaweb’sChiefArchitect,foracandid,fast-paceddiscussion

anchoredbyreal-worldcustomerexamplesdemonstratinghowyoucan

useAJAXandRiAtechnologytotrulytakeyourbusinessapplications

tothenextlevel!

On-Server AJAXgUY PELED

TheAJAXhypehadleftenterprisesbehindwithnoadequatesolutions

forsecurityconcerns,costofdevelopment,neededcomplexitiessupport

andoff-lineoption.On-ServerAJAX,offersrevolutionarysolutionsto

thoseconcernsandneeds.TheOn-ServerAJAXparadigmshiftallows

forthefirsttime,tosupportdeploymentsofcomplexAJAXlineof

businessapplicationsinunprecedentedsimplicity,by-designsecurity,

no-limitcomplexities,dualmoderunning,Webordesktop/off-linefrom

thesamecodesource,migrationoflegacytoWebwithoutrewrite,all

by-designandatdramaticallyreducedcosts.

On-Server AJAXASAF SAAR

TheAJAXhypehadleftenterprisesbehindwithnoadequatesolutions

forsecurityconcerns,costofdevelopment,neededcomplexitiessupport

andoff-lineoption.On-ServerAJAX,offersrevolutionarysolutionsto

thoseconcernsandneeds.TheOn-ServerAJAXparadigmshiftallows

forthefirsttime,tosupportdeploymentsofcomplexAJAXlineof

businessapplicationsinunprecedentedsimplicity,by-designsecurity,

no-limitcomplexities,dualmoderunning,Webordesktop/off-linefrom

thesamecodesource,migrationoflegacytoWebwithoutrewrite,all

by-designandatdramaticallyreducedcosts.

OpenAjax Alliance: Our Second Wave of AJAX Standards InitiativesJON FERRAIOLO

JonFerraiolowillintroducetheindustryconsortiumthatdrivesAJAX

standardsandinteroperability:theOpenAjaxAlliance.hewillprovide

anoverviewofrecentaccomplishments,particularlyOpenAjaxhub1.0,

butfocusonnewinitiatives.Amongthenewinitiativesaretwomashup-

relatedefforts:OpenAjaxhub1.1,whichisaddingsecuremashupand

Cometsupport(extendingexistingfeaturesinhub1.0,whichfocused

onsimplepublish/subscribeAPis),andtheGadgetsTaskForce,whichis

workingonstandardsandopensourcearound“widgets”(i.e.,mashup

components).FerraiolowillalsoreviewotherOpenAjaxinitiatives,includ-

ingiDEstandards,AJAXsecurity,MobileAJAXandruntimeadvocacy.

OpenAjax gadgets & WidgetsSTEWART NICKOLAS

Astheinternetcontinuestoevolve,newbusinessandtechnicaloppor-

tunitiesareemergingalmostdaily.Thissessionwilltalkindetailabout

someofthembutfocusontheconceptsofremixabilityofalltypesof

content.WewilldiscussindetailtheOpenAJAXGadgetSpecification

whichprovidesanimportantbuildingblockofthemashupecosytem.

Wewillwalkthroughthewholeecosystemfromcontentcreationto

thecatalogingofcontentfrommanysourcestothemashingupofthat

content.

OpenAjax Hub 1.1 & SMash (Secure Mashups)SUMEER BHOLA

inthissessionJonandSumeerwilldescribecurrentworkatOpenAjax

AllianceonOpenAjaxhub1.1andsecuremashups.Mashupshavethe

potentialforrevolutionizingthewayWebapplicationsaredeveloped,

buttherearesecurityrisks.inordertounleashtheindustry,OpenAjax

AllianceisaddingsecuremashupfeaturestoitsOpenAjaxhub1.1

release.Thisnewreleasewillincludeasetoftechniquescalled

“SMash”thatwereoriginallydevelopedbyiBMResearchandallowsfor

securemashupsthatrunintoday’sbrowsers.Thesessionwillintroduce

mashups,OpenAjaxhub,andSMash,andwillhighlightrelatedOpenAjax

workaroundwidgetmetadatastandards.

OpenAjax Hub 1.1 & SMash (Secure Mashups)JON FERRIAOLO

inthissessionJonandSumeerwilldescribecurrentworkatOpenAjax

AllianceonOpenAjaxhub1.1andsecuremashups.Mashupshavethe

potentialforrevolutionizingthewayWebapplicationsaredeveloped,

buttherearesecurityrisks.inordertounleashtheindustry,OpenAjax

AllianceisaddingsecuremashupfeaturestoitsOpenAjaxhub1.1

release.Thisnewreleasewillincludeasetoftechniquescalled

“SMash”thatwereoriginallydevelopedbyiBMResearchandallowsfor

securemashupsthatrunintoday’sbrowsers.Thesessionwillintroduce

mashups,OpenAjaxhub,andSMash,andwillhighlightrelatedOpenAjax

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PHP, Next generation RIA SuperheroANDI gUTMANS

PhPistheserver-sidetechnologybehindthemajorityofWeb2.0sites

likeFacebook,Flickr,Technorati,Ning,andWeb2.0applicationslike

iBM’sQedWiki,WordpressandSugarCRM,thenewgenerationofRich

internetApplications(RiAs).Zend’sCTOAndiGutmanswillexplainthe

threeessentialcomponentsofRiAsandprovideanoverviewofthe

relevantfeaturesinPhP5andZendFrameworkthatmakethemsuit-

ableforbuildingRiAs.Andiwillalsodemoasampleapplicationandwill

explaindetailsincludingbestpracticesforitsimplementation.

Picking the Right Technology for Enterprise Rich Internet ApplicationsYAKOV FAIN

WeareenteringaneraofRichinternetApplications(RiA),andmany

enterprisedevelopmentmanagersarefacingthedilemma-whichway

togo-remainwithtriedandtrueJavaor.NETorexperimentwithsuch

newcomersasAJAX,Flex,Silverlight,orJavaFX.Whiletheinternet

bringsalotofnoisewhere“it’scool”isthemostpopulardefinition,this

presentationisanoverviewofwhat’soutthereontheenterpriseRiA

market.We’lltalkabouttheprosandconsofusingvarioustechniques

andtechnologiesforthedevelopmentofthefrontendforcomplex

distributedsystems.

Pimp My App: How I Built an Amazing On-Demand App Using RIA ToolsLOU FOX

Enterprisesareenthusiasticallyembracingtheshiftfromtraditional

client/servercomputingtoSaaS.inspiredbycustomerswhohave

embracedtheWeb,developersareusingRiAtoolstocreateinnovative

newon-demandbusinessapplications.Oneimportantfactorinthe

shiftfromtraditionalcomputingtoSaaShasbeeneaseofusethrough

vendors’carefulattentiontotheuserexperienceutilizingRiAtechnolo-

gies.ThissessionwillpresenthowRiAtechnologiessuchasAJAXand

Flex–incombinationwiththeForce.complatform–provideallthe

toolsnecessaryfordeveloperstobuildanenterprise-classapplication

–sometimeswithinhours!

Rapid Development of Enterprise AJAX AppsKEVIN HAKMAN

LearnaboutthebestkeptsecretinAJAXapplicationdevelopment!This

sessionwillhelpyousaveweeksoftimeasyoulearnhowtocreate

AJAXsolutionsthatrivaldesktoptypeGUiswithastoundingease.

Understandwhatmakespress,analysts,iTmanagers,anddevelopers

alikeattesttothepoweranddevelopmenteasethatthismatureAJAX

toolkitprovides.

Rendered ghosting for JavaScript Unaware CrawlersKORD CAMPBELL

TheabsenceofJavaScriptsupportintoday’ssearchenginecrawlers

presentsaseriousSEOdilemmaforWebsitesgeneratingsomeorall

oftheircontentwithJavaScriptDOMmanipulation.Aquickglance

atamillionserverheaderseatenbySplunkandcrawledbyGrub

showstheseverityoftheproblem.Asolutionispresentedbyusinga

ghostingapplicationinfrontoftheWebserverdoingsourcerendering

withathirdpartyJavaScriptenginelibraryforvariouscrawlers.

ThesolutionenablesaWebsitetodeliverrenderedpagecontentfor

crawlers,whichsubsequentlyincreasesthesite’sranking.Using

memcached,ascalablesolutionisprovidedforincreasingthroughput

onlargeorbusysites.

REST and AJAX ReconciledLARS TRIELOFF

RESTandAJAXaretwoofthehottestbuzzwordsintheWeb.While

onedescribesanhigh-levelarchitecturalstyleofcreatinghighly

scalableWebapplications,theotherisusedtocreateinnovative

andhighly-interactiveclient-sideWebapplications.Withtheopen

sourceApacheSlingFrameworkanditsintegratedÂµjax(microjax)

library,clientsideAJAXdeveloperscantapintothepowerof

REST-basedarchitecturespoweredbyenterprise-gradecontent

repositoriessuchasApacheJackrabbitorDayCRX.Accessing

JavaContentRepositoriesviaAJAXallowsdevelopersaccessing

alloftheirorganization’scontentusingonesimple,lightweightAPi

thatnicelyweavesintotheirinteractiveWebapplication.Thistalk

introducesREST,JCRandSlingandshowshowtouseitspower

usingtheÂµslinglibrary.

RIA Adoption in 2008: Risks, Rewards, Challenges & OpportunitiesANTHONY FRANCO

Lastyear,theoveralldemandforRiAsoutpacedthequalifiedsupply

chain.industryanalystsexpecttheexplosivegrowthtocontinuein

2008.AnthonyFranco,President,EffectiveUi,willdiscusshowthis

unprecedentedincreaseinRiAadoption–especiallybytheFortune500

–willenablecompaniestohonetheircompetitiveedgeandimprove

corebusinesspracticeswithfast,reliable,productivity-enhancing

tools.WhiletheworldofRiAscanbefraughtwithcostlyrisk,theflip

sideofthecoinisthatgoodRiAscanprovideyourcustomerswithuser

experiencesthatleaveyourcompetitioninthedust.ifyoukeeptherisks

andrewardsfrontofmind,youcanturnthe2008RiAchallengeinto

successfulopportunities.

RIA Approach for Web 2.0 Development Using jMakiARUN gUPTA

jMakiisanAJAXframeworkthatprovideawrapperoverrichwidgets

frommultipletoolkitssuchasYahoo!,Dojoandmanyothers.jMaki-

wrappedwidgetscanbeeasilyusedinaJSP,Rails,PhPandPhobos

app.ThissessionwillexplainwhatjMakiisandshowusinglivecode

demoshoweasyitistoembedjMakiwidgetsindifferentpages.

RIA Development on the Microsoft Stack Using FlexMIKE gRUSHIN

ASP.NETAJAXisanaturalcandidateforRiAdevelopmentunderthe

.NETframework.however,thereareothercomplementaryoreven

alternativetechnologiesthatareworthyourconsideration.Thissession

willstartwithabriefmarketoverviewandoutlinetheprosandconsof

someoftheemergingandestablishedframeworks,particularlyJavaFX,

SilverlightandFlex.Wewillthendiveintohands-onlabsfordelivering

applicationsusingFlexand.NET.You’llseespecificimplementations

utilizingWebservices,FlourineFX(opensourceFlashremoting)and

WebORB(commercialFlashremoting).Wewillalsodiscussdelivering

desktopapplicationsusingAdobeAiR,streamingvideoovertheWeband

engagingyouraudiencewithaudio/videochat.Basicallyallthemust-

havefeaturesoftoday’sRichinternetApplications.

RIAs and Behind the Scenes with a Web 2.0 DesktopROBB BEAL

inthispresentation,we’llintroduceLaszloWebtop1.2,aframework

builtonOpenLaszlofordeliveringmultipleRiA/AJAX-basedcommunica-

tionsandcollaborationapplications.CoupledwithWebtop’sbreak-

throughcinematicuserinterfaceisacorrespondingserver-basedSOA

frameworkthatprovidesadvanceddatamanagementAPis,manages

authenticationandsingle-signon,andincludesotherfeaturesthatmake

anextensible,performantdesktop-in-abrowserareality.Attendees

willexperiencealiveWebtopdemo,showcasingapplicationsincluding

anaddressbook,amailclient,iM,andphotoviewing-allwithbreak-

throughintegrationviadraganddropofSmartObjects.Finally,theywill

beshownhowtheworld’sleadingserviceprovidersarealreadyusing

Webtoptodaytodeliveraunifiedcommunicationsexperienceandto

consistentlyengagetheirsubscribers.

RIAs and How Open is ‘Open’ in the Mobile Software Space?DAVID SCHLESINgER

Opensource,openplatforms,opendevelopmentenvironments...“Open”

canmeanalotofthings,andthedifferencesbetweenone“open”and

anothercanbesignificant.David“Lefty”Schelsingerwillexaminethe

variousaspectsandusesoftheterm“open”asitrelatestothecurrent

evolvingmobilesoftwarespace.Wheredoesopensourcecodemake

sense?issimplybeingopensourcesufficient?Doesopennessneces-

sarilymeanfragmentation,andifso,what’sthebestwaytoforestall

that?Therearemanyplatformsbasedonopensourcecodetogreater

orlesserdegrees,many“opendevelopmentplatforms”andanumber

ofinitiatives--LiMo,LiPS,GNOMEMobile,theOpenhandsetAlliance,

andothers--dedicatedtoputtingopensourcesoftwareonmobile

devices.Whatarethedifferencesbetweenthem?Aretheycompetitive

orcooperative?Thisdiscussionwilldescribethelandscape,identifythe

playersandcontrasttheapproachesbeingtaken.TheACCESSLinux

PlatformwillbefeaturedinthiscontextasanalternativetotheiPhone

platform,aswellastheapproachtoenablingthird-partydevelopers,

andaddressingtheneedsofthemarketplaceandtherequirementsof

operatorsanddevicemanufacturers.

RIAs with Comet and Critical Updates in Enterprise EnvironmentsEMIL ONg

CauchopresentsanewAPiandinfrastructureforCometinenterpriseap-

plicationswhichtakescareofissuessuchasthreadandsessionmanage-

ment,whileusinganinterfacefamiliartoJavadeveloperswhohaveused

JavaEEServlets.Demoswillbepresentedwhichusethisframeworkand

GWTtostreamingdatainafinancialapplication.Benchmarkswillalso

bepresentedwhichshowtheserverloadandnetworkimpactoflarge

numbersofclients.ThisCometAPi,partofCaucho’sResinEnterprise

ApplicationServer,isavailabletodayfordownloadandevaluation.Caucho

presentsanewAPiandinfrastructureforCometinenterpriseapplications

whichtakescareofissuessuchasthreadandsessionmanagement,

whileusinganinterfacefamiliartoJavadeveloperswhohaveused

JavaEEServlets.Demoswillbepresentedwhichusethisframeworkand

GWTtostreamingdatainafinancialapplication.Benchmarkswillalso

bepresentedwhichshowtheserverloadandnetworkimpactoflarge

numbersofclients.ThisCometAPi,partofCaucho’sResinEnterprise

ApplicationServer,isavailabletodayfordownloadandevaluation.

Seam Remoting - JBoss Seam and AJAXSHANE BRYZAK

SeamRemotingprovidesaconvenient,AJAX-basedclientAPifor

interactingwithserver-sideSeamcomponentswithverylittleup-front

developmenteffort.ThispresentationwillbrieflyintroduceSeamand

describethefeaturesofSeamRemoting,demonstratinghoweasyitis

towriteclient-sideJavaScriptcodethatinteractsasynchronouslywith

Seamcomponents,whethertheyareEJBsorPOJOs.itwillalsodescribe

advancedfeaturesofSeamRemotingsuchassubscribingtoaJMS

topicfromawebpageviaAJAX.

Sharable Enterprise Mashups: The New User-Driven Composite AppsOLIVIER POUPENEY

TheWebiscontinuouslydemocratizinghowinformationisconsumed.

Today,personalWebusehasledtoarapidincreaseinusersophistica-

tionwhichisnaturallyreachingtheEnterprise.Anewmodeofinforma-

tionvisualizationknownasaMashupcombinedwiththecollaborative

aspectsofWeb2.0isfindingsuccesswhereCompositeApplications

struggled:cost,speedofdevelopmentandinteractivity.Bymovingthe

integrationpointfromtheservicelayertothepresentationlayer,driven

bytheuserthemselvesandcontrolledbysecuredprocesses,Mashups

aregaininganEnterprisefacetpromotingthemtobethenewgenera-

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Silverlight Magic: Zoom, Ink, Media and more...LAURENCE MORONEY

ComelearnhowtotakeyourUitothenextlevelwithSilverlight.You’llseehow

powerfulZoomableinterfacescanbebuilt(hint:bringsome3DRedandBlue

glasses!),howinkcanbeintegratedintoyourWebUi,howinternationalization

isapieceofsushiandhowrollingyourowncontrolsiswell…easy.

Social Computing: the iPhone as an Ideal PlatformSTEVE MARYKA

Withoutadoubt,SocialComputingisthepreeminentphenomenonrising

onthesecondwaveoftheWeb,andtheiPhonewillbecomeoneofthe

dominantclientsforSocialComputinginthemobilespace.Cometothis

talkandfindouthowiCEfacesdeliversthegoodstodayfordevelopment

ofWeb-basedsocialcomputingapplications.TheopensourceiCEfaces

projectpioneeredWeb-basedrealtimecollaboration,anessentialcapability

fortrulyinteractiveSocialComputing,anditsserver-centricarchitectureis

well-suitedtoresource-constraineddevicessuchastheiPhone.Duringthis

sessionyouwillseeseverallivedemosofcollaborativeapplicationsrunning

ontheiPhone.YouwillgainanunderstandingofiCEfaces’server-centricar-

chitectureandunderstandhowitisanaturalwaytodeliverhigh-powered,

butlight-weightAJAXcapabilitiestoyourmobileapplications.Youwillalso

learnhowtoleverageAJAXPushtomakeyourapplicationstrulycollabora-

tive,andprepareyourselftodeliveronthepromisesofsocialcomputing.

Spice Up User Experience with Silverlight RIASUE gOOgE

MicrosoftintroducedSilverlightascross-platform,cross-browsernext

generationRiAsolution.NomatteryouhaveLAMP,ASP.NETorJAvAWeb

application,youcantakeadvantageofSilverlighttoimpressyouruser

withthe“WOW”effects.Thissessionwilluserealworldimplementa-

tionstoshowyouhowtobuildaSilverlightapplicationfromstarttofin-

ish,aswelloverallstrategywhyweshouldorshouldn’tuseSilverlight.

The Digital Black Belt’s guide to Building Secure ASP.NET AJAX ApplicationsJOE STAgNER

YouthinkyourASP.NETAJAXapplicationissecure,buthowdoyou

know?AreyouSURE?Wouldyoubetyourcareeronit?Secureapplica-

tiondesignis1/3Architecture,1/3Codeand1/3Operations.Youcan’t

retro-fitasecurearchitecture.inthisDigitalBlackBeltcrashsession

you’llgetawhirlwindtourofhowtowritesecureWebapplicationswith

ASP.NETAJAX.Youcan’tlearnitallinaday,butyoucangetstartedwith

securedevelopmenttechniquesandlearnwhatquestionsyouneedto

beaskingeachdayinyourdevelopmentprocess.

The Performance Paradigm of a Mashup WorldPETER KIRWAN

TheenterpriseWebecosystemisbecomingincreasinglycomplex,

comprisedofmultipledisparatepartnersites,datasourcesandWeb

services–allofwhichmakeupthenewmashupworld.Andwhile

themethodofdeliveringenterpriseapplicationsmaybechanging,the

usersexpectationsforquality,dependabilityanduptimehavenot.in

thispresentation,PeterKirwanwilldefinetheperformanceparadigm

facingenterprisemashups,whileansweringthefollowingquestions:

howdoesanenterprisevalidateapositiveuserexperiencewhenthey

don’tcontrolallthepiecesintheservicedeliverychain?ifthereare

problemssomewhereinthechain,howareperformanceissuesisolated

anddiagnosed?Whataretheimportantdatapointsthatshouldbe

monitoredandhowcanthatdatabesharedandbestutilizedacrossa

Webecosystem?

Think Fast: Accelerate AJAX Development with AppceleratorJEFF HAYNIE

JeffhayniewillintroducetheaudiencetoAppcelerator’sopen-source

RiAplatform.AttendeeswilllearnhowAppceleratorhasbeenabletohelp

developerscreateAJAX-basedRiAsinlessthan1/3ofthetime,withupto

90percentlesscode,andwithnoJavascriptorthird-partytoolkits.haynie

willalsodiscussthecurrenttechnologyoptionsforrapidRiAdevelopment

andhowdeveloperscanleveragepre-builtAJAXwidgets,WebExpression

Language,andotheropenstandards-basedlanguagestocreateRiAswith

morefunctionalityandlesscode.Appceleratorisa100%open-sourceRiA

platformbuiltentirelyaroundopenstandards.

Understanding the Top Web 2.0 Attack VectorsDANNY ALLAN

AsmoretraditionalsitesadoptWeb2.0technologiesincludingAJAX,Web

Services,SOAandPhPtoperformonlinetransactionsonethingiscertain--

-thesenewtechnologiesbringsecurityissuesandignoringthemcouldlead

toseriousbreaches.Watchfirewilldemonstrateanddiscussthemostcom-

monWeb2.0attackvectors,analyzethespecificsecurityissuesofAJAX,

especiallycross-siterequestforgery(CSRF)andcross-sitescripting(CSS),

andexplaintechniquesforexploitingandprotectingWebservicesincluding

securecodingpracticesandhowtoproperlysecureWebapplications.

Using AJAX Data Services in Enterprise ApplicationsMARCO CASARIO

AJAXDataServicesisaJavaScriptlibrarythatletsAJAXdevelopers

accessthemessaginganddatamanagementcapabilitiesofFlexData

ServicesdirectlyfromJavaScript.itletsyouuseFlexclientsandAJAX

clientsthatsharedatainthesamemessagingapplicationordistributed

dataapplication.ManyAJAXapplicationsaretakingontheresponsibili-

tiesofroundtrippingdata.AddingtheFlexDataManagementService

totheseapplicationsaddsthebenefitofpushedupdates,conflict

management,lazyloadinganddirectintegrationwithbackenddomain

models.ThissessionwillshowhowAJAXDataServicesisusefulfor

anyAJAXapplicationtowhichyouwantaddthecapabilitiesoftheFlex

ManagementServiceorMessagingservice.integrationwithFlexData

Servicescanprovidedatapushandaccesstodatasourcesoutsideof

strictlyXMLoverhTTP.BecauseAJAXprovidesbetteraffordancefor

hTML-basedapplicationsthatarenotstrictlyread-only,manyAJAX

applicationsaretakingontheresponsibilitiesofroundtrippingdata.You

willlearnhowaddingFlexDataManagementServicestotheseapplica-

tionsaddsthebenefitsofpushedupdates,conflictmanagement,lazy

loadinganddirectintegrationwithbackenddomainmodels.

Creating Agile Business Solutions in Financial Ser-vices using RIAs & Other Emerging Technologies DEV WORAH

DevWorahisDirectorofTechnologyforFinancialServices,virtusaCorp,

responsibleforprovidingtechnologydirectiontoourFSteams,developing

partnershipsandprovidingleadershipandvisionintotechnologytrends.

Worahisaseniortechnologistwithover13yearsofindustryexperienceand

aproventrackrecordinenterprisearchitecturedefinition,legacyintegration,

technologystrategyandmigration,projectmanagementandfull-lifecycleiT

solutiondelivery.hehasbeenattheforefrontofmanagingimplementations

employingSOA,Web2.0,BPM,RiA,AJAX,CEPfortopfinancialservicesfirms.

Using the Dojo Toolkit to Create AJAX Powered FormsJAMES HARMON

ManybusinessdeveloperswanttostartusingAJAXbyenhancingthe

formsintheirexistingapplications.Thispresentationwilldemonstrate

howtoquicklyandeasilyaddAJAXcapabilitiestostandardhTMLforms

usingtheDojotoolkit.Thetalkisgearedtodeveloperswhowantto

enpowertheirformsquicklywithaminimallearningcurve.We’llcover

clientsidevalidations,validationsontheserverwithoutapagerefresh,

andaddingspecializedDojowidgetstoformsforselectingdatesand

providingarichtexteditor.Newreleasedversion1.1ofDojowillbe

discussed.Studentswillwalkawaywithpracticalexamplesforadding

AJAXcapabilitiestotheirforms.

Web 2.0 and SOA – Friend or Foe?BOB BUFFONE

Serviceorientedarchitecture(SOA)isfinallybeingadoptedatvarious

enterpriseenvironmentsafteryearsofconceptualizationandtesting.

Drawinguponthespeaker’syearsofexperienceinpioneeringWeb2.0

andseveralthousandofenterpriseengagements,thissessionpresents

anenterpriseWeb2.0referencearchitecturethatintegratesSOAand

Web2.0technologies.Thesessionwillshowhowdifferentvendors/

productsformaWeb2.0andSOAecosystem

Web 2.0 Meets Storage 2.0gEOFF TUDOR

Fueledbytheexplosivegrowthindigitalmediaandusergenerated

content,thedemandforstoragehasincreasedexponentially,placing

significantstressoncurrent“inhouse”storagearchitecturesand

costlyovercapacitybuild-outs.Factoringintime-to-marketpres-

suresaswellaspower,space,largecapitalexpenditures,global

performance,loadbalancingandavailabilityissues,companies

arefacedwithanexplodingchallengesandcoststogowiththe

explodingstoragedemand.Bottomline,companiesmusttakeanew

approachtostorage.Companiesneedtomovefromtheoldand

out-datedstorage1.0modelof“doeverythingyourself”toanew

storage2.0model.Thestorage2.0modeldeliverspersistentstorage

ondemandtoapplicationsregardlessoflocationandpre-defined

boundariesandmeetstheperformanceandscalabilitycharacteris-

ticsoftheWebapplications.

Web Apps for the iPhone: Duplicating the iPhone Look and Feel in SafariKEVIN HOFFMAN

inthissession,you’llseefirst-handhowtousestylesheetsandan

easyarrangementofdivsandspansthatwillletyoumakeyourWeb

applicationjustlikemanyofthenativeiPhoneapplicationsthatcome

withthephone.You’llseehowtodothe“EdgetoEdge”and“Rounded

Rectangle”layoutsthatarethehallmarkofnativeiPhoneapplications.

You’llalsoseehowtousetheiPhone’sSafariDebugConsoletoget

hintsonhowtoimproveyourWebapplicationaswellaspointouterrors

inyourhTMLandJavaScript.Lastlyyou’llseehowtogofromnothingto

hostingiPhone/iPodTouchtestpagesonyourMaclaptopin5minutes.

Writing JSF Applications with Apache Trinidad and FaceletsMATTHIAS WESSENDORF

TheApacheTrinidadprojectoffersyoumorethan100AJAX-building

componentsforanAJAX-integration,thatisalmostforfree.italso

providesyouaclient-andserver-sideAJAX-APi,forleveraging3rd

partylibrariessuchasDojoorYahooUi.Faceletslowersthepain,when

creatingview-templatesorcustomJSFcomponents.Thistalkshows

thecombinationoftheseframeworks,forcreatingarichJSFapplica-

tion.YoulearnhowtobuildcoolMashupsandhowtoextractthemto

reusablecomponents.Thesessionalsodemonstratesaneasywayof

creatingcustomJSFcomponents,byusingpopular3rdpartyJavaScript

libraries.

Writing Large Web Applications Using the YUICHRISTIAN HEILMANN

WebDevelopersthesedaysshoulduselibraries,forthemainreason

thatalllibrarieswantthesamething:makeiteasierfordevelopers

tothinkaboutbuildingtheirapplicationsratherthanworryingabout

quirksandfailuresofWebbrowsers.Somelibrariesgoevenfurtherin

givingahelpinghandtotheaspriringWebapplicationarchitect.The

YUiforexamplehasaCustomEventfeaturewhichcanbeusedto

createmassiveapplicationsthatcanbeeasilymaintainedandarefully

extendable.Thissessionexplainsthearchitecturalideasofevent-driven

applicationdevelopmentandshowsexampleshowthisishelpfulfor

AJAXapplications.


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