2004 Borland Conference: Service-oriented Architectures Track

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1000 New Features of JBuilder 2005 Session Change

Neal Ford — The DSW Group, Ltd.

Type: Preconference Tutorial. Level: All.
This tutorial helps you get more out of the new features of Borland JBuilder 2005, including enhancements to Web application, Enterprise JavaBeans and Web Services design and development capabilities, productivity for code-centric development, and new team and ALM integrations.
Prerequisites: Experience using Borland JBuilder and Java
1000 canceled

1194 JBuilder 2005 Web Services Designer * Session Change

Ravi Kumar — Borland

Type: Regular Session. Level: All.
The JBuilder 2005 Web Services designer is a powerful development environment for building Web Service applications. This session, direct from the architect of the feature, describes a hands-on fast-paced approach to creating, consuming, testing, monitoring, publishing and verifying compliance of a Web Service. In the process, the session delves deeper into the architecture of the designer and interesting ways to take advantage of the flexibility it offers.
Prerequisites: Basic understanding of Web Services and familiarity with the JBuilder user interface.
1194a Wednesday, September 15, 2004 — 9:30am - 10:45am
Room: B1/B4
1194b Wednesday, September 15, 2004 — 1:15pm - 2:30pm
Room: B1/B4

2160 Web Services Past, Present, and Future
Vishy Kasar — Borland
JBuilder

Type: Regular Session. Level: Beginning.
This session goes beyond the Web Services hype and talks about where Web Services came from, it's current state in the marketplace, and the outlook of the Web Services evolution with regard to the evolving Service Oriented Architecture.
Prerequisites: None.
2160 Monday, September 13, 2004 — 5:00pm - 6:15pm
Room: J1

3030 Java Web Services
Eric Whipple — Barden Entertainment

Type: Preconference Tutorial. Level: Intermediate.
Web Services is fast becoming a core mainstream technology. It is a whole new way of providing and consuming service-based Web applications. Almost every major vendor is heavily incorporating the use of Web Services into its technical strategy. This tutorial focuses on using JBuilder to build Web Services applications. Topics include a description of Web Services specification elements, appropriate uses for this technology, and step-by-step examples of building Web Services in JBuilder.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with Web Services and experience developing Java applications.
3030 Sunday, September 12, 2004 — 8:00am - 12:00pm
Room: A2

3114 Securing Web Services, Part I
Kenneth Faw — Pillar Technology Group, LLC
C#Builder

Type: Regular Session. Level: Intermediate.
Securing Web Services generally requires more than BASIC AUTH over HTTPS. This session takes apart the areas where Web Services expose security holes and introduces standards, toolkits, and products that can help to build a more secure service-oriented architecture. Coverage also includes ebXML.
Prerequisites: Fundamental knowledge of HTTP, Web Services, and Web applications in either C# or Java.
3114 Monday, September 13, 2004 — 2:00pm - 3:15pm
Room: J1

3146 Modeling BPEL4WS
Richard Gronback — Borland
Together

Type: Regular Session. Level: Intermediate.
How does Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) relate to Business Process Modeling (BPM)? This session explores how these modeling technologies and their underlying languages relate today and how they will likely be used in the future.
Prerequisites: Basic understanding of UML, MDA, and BPM.
3146 Monday, September 13, 2004 — 10:00am - 11:15am
Room: A6

3156 Foundations of Service-oriented Architectures *
Kenneth Faw — Pillar Technology Group, LLC
C#Builder

Type: Regular Session. Level: Intermediate.
In many companies, the term SOA has come to mean "We do Web Services". However, with foundations that predate current technology, the strengths of a SOA will be fully realized when we move past the simple Web Services concept and discuss the implications of SOA value to the enterprise. Stealing concepts from previous distributed technologies, this session covers mechanisms for more fully realizing the SOA architecture using Java and Microsoft .NET Framework Web Services.
Prerequisites: Experience implementing Web Service applications in Java or the Microsoft .NET Framework. Knowledge of complex distributed architectures. Although this session does not dicuss CORBA, RMI, or other RPC, knowledge of them may be beneficial.
3156a Tuesday, September 14, 2004 — 8:00am - 9:15am
Room: J4
3156b Wednesday, September 15, 2004 — 1:15pm - 2:30pm
Room: J4

3168 .NET Remoting with Delphi 8 and C#
Alain Tadros — Falafel Software, Inc.
C#Builder

Type: Regular Session. Level: Intermediate.
.NET Remoting is an elegant distributed system that consists of an object-oriented framework to enable remote procedure calls over any channel that implements the .NET Remoting specifications. Two of these channels are built into the framework as TCP/IP and HTTP channels, but the sky is the limit on how many you can implement to participate in the .NET Remoting Architecture. This session discusses the different channels available in the framework and the formatting objects associated with them. We include a lengthy discussion about server and client-side activation and demonstrate statefull vs. stateless objects. Finally, the session demonstrates the LifetimeServices concept in .NET Remoting and using Sponsor Objects to alter its behavior.
Prerequisites: Understanding of some distributed computing technology, such as DCOM, CORBA, or RMI is recommended.
3168 Tuesday, September 14, 2004 — 8:00am - 9:15am
Room: Exhibit Hall 1

3194 Web Services Access from MIDP Devices
Ken Sipe — Code Mentor, Inc
JBuilder

Type: Regular Session. Level: Intermediate.
Web Services are quickly becoming ubiquitous, with the promise of access to all clients that communicate via HTTP. MIDP is a client having HTTP and HTTPS defined in the latest specification. The MIDP specification fails to standardize XML processing on MIDP devices, XML being required for Web Services processing. This session provides an approach to accessing Web Services with MIDP devices using kxml and nanoXML. We discuss XML limitations and the need for kxml and nanoXML including the techniques necessary to invoke Web Services from MIDP devices.
Prerequisites: Full understanding of Java, MIDP, and XML.
3194 Tuesday, September 14, 2004 — 4:30pm - 5:45pm
Room: J3

3248 Applying ALM to Application Management New Session

Chris Peltz and Scott Williams — Hewlett-Packard
ALM, Methods, and Processes

Type: Regular Session. Level: Intermediate.
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) techniques have been shown to be very successful in organizations looking to apply a flexible and consistent approach to application development. This session takes an in-depth look at how these same ALM techniques can be applied to the task of application management. Geared to application architects, project managers, and designers, this session introduces a lifecycle-based approach for including manageability throughout the lifecycle, from requirements to design, through development. This session also investigates the use of model-driven development techniques within the lifecycle to assist in the creation of general-purpose management models that can serve the needs of both development and operations teams. Attendees leave this session with a better sense of considerations, guiding principles, and approaches to application management.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) concepts and agile software development approaches.
3248 Monday, September 13, 2004 — 3:30pm - 4:45pm
Room: J2

4002 Foundations of Service-oriented Architectures
Kenneth Faw — Pillar Technology Group, LLC
C#Builder

Type: Preconference Tutorial. Level: Advanced.
In many companies, the term SOA has come to mean "We do Web Services". However, with foundations that predate current technology, the strengths of a SOA will be fully realized when we move past the simple Web Services concept and discuss the implications of SOA value to the enterprise. Stealing concepts from previous distributed technologies, this tutorial covers mechanisms for more fully realizing the SOA architecture using Java and Microsoft .NET Framework Web Services.
Prerequisites: Experience implementing Web Service applications in Java or the Microsoft .NET Framework. Knowledge of complex distributed architectures. Familiarity with CORBA, RMI, or other RPC may also be a benefit, although this session does not directly cover those.
4002 Sunday, September 12, 2004 — 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Room: J4

4104 Integrating Corporate Web Services
Eric Whipple — Barden Entertainment
JBuilder

Type: Regular Session. Level: Advanced.
This session focuses on adding Web Services elements to integrate multiple applications. Topics include the integration of common elements such as authentication, logging, and routing, using advanced SOAP components such as custom chains and handlers and intermediaries.
Prerequisites: Basic Web Services knowledge, Java knowledge, and understanding of common enterprise integration problems.
4104 Monday, September 13, 2004 — 3:30pm - 4:45pm
Room: A2

4114 Securing Web Services, Part II
Kenneth Faw — Pillar Technology Group, LLC
C#Builder

Type: Regular Session. Level: Advanced.
This session, a continuation of Part I, shows Java and C# code examples for implementing Web Services security.
Prerequisites: Experience implementing Web Services in Java and/or C#. Very solid understanding of XML and the structure and semantics of SOAP messages.
4114 Monday, September 13, 2004 — 3:30pm - 4:45pm
Room: J1

4122 Building and Consuming Web Services using Delphi and .NET
Xavier Pacheco — Xapware Technologies, Inc.
Delphi

Type: Regular Session. Level: Advanced.
The session demonstrates how to create and consume Web Services in Delphi using the Microsoft .NET Framework.
Prerequisites: Some Delphi development experience.
4122 Tuesday, September 14, 2004 — 3:00pm - 4:15pm
Room: A3

8010 VENDOR SHOWCASE: How to Optimize Performance, Reduce Risk, and Deliver ROI New Session

Klaus Fellner — Segue Software

Type: Vendor Showcase. Level: All.
With the growth in J2EE mission-critical applications and service-oriented architectures, comprehensive performance testing is a must to ensure acceptable performance. This session demonstrates how the combination of SilkPerformer from Segue and Borland Optimizeit ServerTrace can proactively uncover performance bottlenecks deep within the J2EE application tiers, even drilling down to the offending line of code to identify and resolve the specific issue.
Prerequisites: None.
8010 Tuesday, September 14, 2004 — 9:30am - 10:45am
Room: F