JavaPolis 2007 - newsletter 04

JavaPolis Exhibition is sold out!

Only 2 weeks before JavaPolis starts! The partner exhibition floor is sold out and we've already exceeded 2.950 registrations... this will be fun Java roller coaster ride :)

The JavaPolis exhibition starts on Tuesday and is open for 3 long days. Make sure you schedule some free time in between talks, so you can network with these companies, get more Java goodies, learn some new Java products or even discover your new employer. All this and much more at the JavaPolis exhibition floor.

All BOFs and Quickies are known

All BOF and Quickie slots are now reserved, click the related link to see the complete list of informal and short talks.

Join / Create an Informal Meetup

If you're planning an informal meetup during JavaPolis and want to invite other friends, colleagues, project members then please publish your event on the JavaPolis Meetups wiki page.

Do keep in mind that on Wednesday evening we've our Meet & Greet happening with free Belgian beer and on Thursday the JavaPolis movie.

JavaPolis Holidays

Do you have any holiday pictures where JavaPolis goodies are displayed, if so make sure you publish them on our wiki and you could win a Java book.

BeoWulf @ JavaPolis

Every year the JavaPolis organization schedules a movie for the attending JavaPolians and this during the last evening of the conference. This year the selected movie is BeoWulf which you can freely attend (courtesy of Real), we'll even provide you pop-corn.

Parleys.com Talks

Recent published video and audio talks on Parleys.com :

Partner news

Adobe

Start thinking in Flex - Sign up for the Flex University session

Session: Thinking in Flex
With Bruce Eckel, James Ward and Christoph Rooms

Rich Internet applications are not just a hype anymore ... it’s reality ! The Flex project has been adapted by the Java community and it has proven it’s here to stay. The Flex University session will give you a in depth overview of what it’s all about. We’ll be talking about Flex going open source, Flex version 3, Adobe AIR available as beta and how to integrate your transactional database in enterprise RIA applications using Flex and J2EE. The session will be technically tantalizing - one you will not want to miss. We’ll meet Tuesday December 11th at 9:30 at the Thinking in Flex university session !

James Ward

When? Tuesday December 11 - 9.30

Capgemini

Capgemini and JavaBlackBelt sign long-term partnership

Capgemini is dedicated to developing and retaining a highly killed, collaborative and agile workforce capable of creative thinking and exceptional performance. Cultivating its talents and capabilities enables them to stay aligned with present and future market needs. In order to achieve this, Capgemini has signed a partnership with JavaBlackBelt to further enhance its Java capabilities.

JavaBlackBelt is a mass-collaboration platform for real-world developers to author exams, set self-learning goals and self-assess technical skills. The JBB Corporate Edition is a robust training platform. It enables the user to accurately identify gaps and develop programmers' skills. JavaBlackBelt will release v3.0 on 24 November 2007.

JavaBlackBelt builds better developers at JavaPolis 2007,

Capgemini, JavaBlackBelt and USG Innotiv Professional in ICT (who also have successfully deployed JavaBlackBelt within their company), are organizing JavaBlackBelt challenges and championships at their respective booths during exhibition hours.

Come to Stands 3 and 35 to show off your ultra Java-knowledge by competing online against other attendees. Very nice prizes will be awarded to the winners of the championships (co-sponsoring with Sony).

We look forward to seeing you at the competition ?
Steven Eggenstein
Domain Manager Java - Capgemini Belgium
Bram Dees
Competence Cluster manager Java/Open Source – Capgemini Netherlands

http://www.capgemini.com/
http://www.javablackbelt.com/
http://www.usginnotiv.be/

SUN Microsystems

Write a module for the GlassFish's Update Center and win an iPod Touch!

Just like for IDE's, you can extend the features of your GlassFish pplication server right from a public or private repository.
Read http://wiki.updatecenter.java.net/Wiki.jsp?page=GettingStarted and ake your favorite framework or application available to thousands of sers of the Java EE 5 reference implementation by going through simple packaging and (optionally) installation steps.

Provide us with the URL of your update center catalog during JavaPolis efore Wednesday 12th @ 6pm and we'll test this on a fresh GlassFish v2 nstall. It's easy! Check http://glassfish.org/contest for the rules and sample integration.

The winners will be chosen based on the user experience during the install phase as well as the value/interest of the added feature. The winners will be announced during Sun's Thursday keynote at JavaPolis.

May the update center force be with you!

Dolmen/JCS

Visit the Dolmen/JCS booth at Javapolis

Dolmen/JCS welcomes you at our booth at Javapolis. We will show you why we are proud to be Belgian. On December 11th, all junior developers are shown a taste of what is in store for us Java developers the upcoming years. Interested in starting your career at Dolmen? Pay a visit to our booth and we will explain you what you can expect.

December 12th and 13th, everybody is welcome to taste our Belgian proud and have a word with our super Java powers. They will tell you everything that is going on in the Dolmen/JCS world of Java. Interested in our Scrum approach? Jannik and Darek will tell you everything about “Scrum in practice for non-believers” during the conference on Wednesday. Visit the Dolmen/JCS booth and find out everything you need to know about Dolmen, our projects, audits, services and education.

The Dolmen Java Competence Centre is known on the Belgian market as one of the biggest integrators of Java solutions. We are not restricted to one ore more platform vendors and that is why we can look for the most suited solution for every IT challenge a customer would face. With more than 10 years of experience, our 120 motivated super Java powers offer value for money.

More information?
http://www.dolmen.be/NL/Evenementen/Beurzen/javapolis2007.htm (Nederlands)
http://www.dolmen.be/FR/Evenementen/Foires/javapolis2007.htm (Français)

SAP

A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES – POWERED BY YOUR IT

To achieve profitable growth, your company needs to continuously optimize existing products, develop entirely new ones, leverage new sales channels, and serve new markets worldwide. In this respect, your IT can become a true driver of success.

The right IT drives innovation. The wrong IT hinders innovation. That's why you need the flexibility of SAP's business process platform. Because it supports the management of innovation from end to end – across all applications, across the entire lifecycle. As a result, you can reduce time-to-market, increase competitiveness – and keep your CEO happy.

Click here to learn about the benefits of our platform model for your IT infrastructure. Read about companies that have optimized innovation management, and achieved success in new markets – powered by SAP.

Intersystems

Easily persist your Java Objects

The Java world is a thriving "think tank" where the future of computing is created, a place of open-minded exploration. Nevertheless, there are taboos that the Java world seems reluctant to address. Weakly typed languages was one. Object-oriented databases attract a lot of sympathy and precious little support. Everything that would stray too far away from the "canon" of Java and JavaEE is, in reality, often considered with suspicion.

In our session at JavaPolis on December 12 at 3.10 pm in room 6, called:
Java persistence: a Heretic's demonstration
we will demonstrate how Java persistence can be made even easier and much more efficient. We will show a solution that will generate further added value thanks to weakly typed languages and a seamless blend of object-oriented and relational technologies. We will also show that it fits nicely in a Java stack.

If you intend to visit our stand or to attend our session, register on our website and win a Skype phone. More details at: www.InterSystemsBenelux.com/JavaPolis

Arηs

Arηs, your software development and Business Intelligence partner

Arηs Solutions is a fully independent company specialized in IT services for large organisations. It is focusing on state-of-the-art software development and business intelligence solutions. In a mere four years, the company has grown into a leading player on the local market, employing more than 160 people in Belgium and Luxembourg.

Combining local industry-specific expertise with a resident development team enables Arηs to build ultra-performing business critical solutions. By employing talented, extremely professional and highly motivated people whose primary focus is on delivering a high level of services, Arηs has been able to provide the same constant level of quality at all times, even while running 35 different projects in parallel. To that extent, Arηs continues to enhance the skills of its team, providing its staff with almost 15,000 hours of training in 2007.

Come and visit us at our booth (stand n° 28)

Win a ticket for the ICT Expedition 2009 AND meet and greet our Formula 3 pilot Nico Verdonck.

De Post / La Poste

JOIN OUR TALENTED JAVA TEAM @ THE POST

The last five years the ICT department of De Post has heavily invested in Java technology as basis for its business applications. These applications cover various domains such as logistics, banking & insurance, finance, etc. And we can be proud of the result: more than 40 J2EE applications have been designed and developed by a dynamic group of experienced developers. All of these were deployed in an automated way on an infrastructure fully based on JBoss. The next few years our major challenge will certainly be the liberalisation of the postal market: a flexible architecture has become indispensable, with reusable services to help speed up the development process.

Want to help us expand our java applications - portfolio? Visit our booth at JavaPolis 2007: some nice surprises await you! Eager to join us? Visit http://www.post.be/jobs or send an email to Liesbeth.Neirings@post.be

Infragistics

AJAX-Powered User Interface Controls for JSF Development

Just Released! NetAdvantage(R) for JSF 2007 Vol. 2 comprises rich, easy-to-style AJAX UI components including a hierarchical grid, 2D/3D chart, tree, menu, bar, tab and edit fields. Smart-Refresh technology presents data using background AJAX requests to deliver rich, responsive user experiences. Crisp styling support built into each JSF component is complemented by a full set of professionally-designed themes you can apply immediately.

Seamless integration into IBM RAD, NetBeans and Eclipse IDEs, online help and samples (see http://java.samples.infragistics.com) enhance your productivity, and a yearly subscription offers code-level support when you need it.

Have questions about NetAdvantage for JSF? Call on us at Booth 31 during JavaPolis this year and we would be happy to explain how our JSF components Power the Presentation Layer.

Not going to Antwerp for JavaPolis? Visit us online at http://www.infragistics.com/redirects/javapolis07 for more info or to download a free trial version.

Premium Partners

Medium Partners

JavaPolis is a Belgian Java User Group initiative