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Boz Elloy
Senior Vice President of Software Products
Borland
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Maximizing the Business Value of Software
Monday, September 13, 2004 -- 8:00am - 9:45am
The increasing complexity of software development combined with the pervasive importance that software plays today as part of everyday business operations, requires a new approach to driving the predictability and reliability of software projects. With the right approach, organizations can ensure that their software development efforts expand opportunities (increase revenue), reduce costs, reduce risk, optimize quality, and accelerate time to market.
Join Boz Elloy, Borland Senior Vice President of Software Products, at this session for a presentation of Borland's continued innovation and to learn how the right approach unites business, development and operations teams, and roles to transform the black-art of software by applying focus, precision, and control to maximize the business value of software.
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Productivity and Predictability of the Software Development Lifecycle
Monday, September 13, 2004 -- 11:30am 12:30pm
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Rick LaPlante
General Manager of the Visual Studio Team System
Microsoft
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Come learn about upcoming advances in the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft Windows Server System. Rick LaPlante, General Manager of the Visual Studio Team System, will discuss the need for software development lifecycle tools and how companies like Microsoft and Borland will deliver software that helps teams communicate and collaborate more effectively.
Rick LaPlante joined Microsoft in 1988 and has held a variety of positions ranging from Software Design Engineer and Group Program Manager for the C++ compiler product line, Development Manager of Microsoft’s Internal Tools engineering team, and Director of Business Development for the company's Developer and .NET platform lines of business. Rick has served as the Director and General Manager of the company's Enterprise Tools product line since 2001. In his current role he is responsible for overseeing the business, partner, and go to market strategies for Enterprise Tools as well as leading the delivery of enterprise-ready software tools enabling customers to build global-class applications on top of Windows and the .NET Framework including application design, quality assurance, advanced development, and configuration management tools.
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Onno Kluyt
Director, JCP Initiative
JINI Program
JCP Chairperson
Sun Microsystems
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Communities, Network Computing, and Java Technology
Tuesday, September 14, 2004 -- 11:00am - 12:00pm
Onno Kluyt reviews the inner workings of Java communities such as JCP and JINI; how such communities contribute to the direction of the technology; and how the JCP may evolve over the coming years. Onno will also talk about the emergence of network computing in the enterprise and how J2EE, JINI and other technologies interact and complement.
Onno Kluyt oversees the Java Community Process, manages its membership, guides specification leads and experts through the process, leads the Executive Committee meetings, and is responsible for the evolution of the initiative. Onno also heads up the JINI program, which includes JINI technology and JINI community. The JINI technology is an architecture based on Java technology for the creation and management of widely distributed software components and devices on the Internet. Prior to joining Sun, Onno held software engineering and management positions at Apple Computer and KPMG Peat Marwick in The Netherlands, United Kingdom, and the United States.
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