Paul Harmon, Editor
Object-Oriented Strategies Newsletter
Tuesday, 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Paul Harmon presents a broad overview of the current state of distributed object technology. With the rise of the Internet and the integration of CORBA, OpenDoc, and Java technology into the Internet, most companies are now set to embrace the distributed object approach. The emphasis is on the opportunities and the problems faced by companies as they begin to move from modest client/server systems to enterprise-wide distributed object systems. We consider the various options that companies face as they consider CORBA system and technologies like OpenDoc and JavaBeans.
David Chappell, Principal
Chappell & Associates
Tuesday, 1:30-2:45 pm
The ActiveX label is applied to a broad range of technologies in many areas of software. In the presentation, David Chappell surveys the world in which these technologies exist, including comparisons with their key competitors, and describes the likely future. Among the topics addressed are:
Erik Smith, Enterprise Segment Manager
Developer Partnership’s Group JavaSoft, a Subsidiary of Sun
Microsystems
Tuesday, 3:00 p.m.
Why should Visual Basic and Delphi programmers have all the fun? The Java Beans API brings drag-and-drop software reuse and rapid development tools such as Borland’s Latte, to Java. Learn the ins and outs of this strategically critical Java API. Get the latest on Sun’s initiative to implement an open component architecture written entirely in Java. Also, hear how Java Beans will allow developers to write Java applets and applications from reusable components that can transfer their functionality to other applets and applications, including platform-dependent applications.
Dr. Jon Siegel, Director of Domain Technology
Object Management Group
Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.
Dr. Siegel outlines how the Object Management Group is extending object orientation with multi-vendor standards for software interoperability. The OMG integration framework for widely distributed, heterogeneous, multi-vendor, multi-platform distributed computing is based on the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) and standard interfaces defined in OMG Interface Definition Language (OMG IDL), a language designed for the precise specification of interfaces which may then be mapped to, and accessed from, almost any programming language, operating system, and hardware platform.
Chuck Harper, Managing Director
Info Architects, Inc.
Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.
Several recent trends are driving a heightened interest in distributed objects and distributed components, including extending the reach of the client/server strategy to larger scale populations and adding application development to the Internet/Intranet strategy. The strategic direction of leading client/server and Internet vendors fits with these strategic and architectural directions. This seminar identifies the trends underlying vendor’s actions and recommends guidelines for developing strategies and architectures.
Anne Thomas, Senior Consultant
Patricia Seybold Group
Wednesday, 2:00 p.m.
Java consists of a number of inter-related technologies and specifications. The application component model for Java is called Java Beans. But what exactly is a Java Bean? How is it different from a Java Applet? How do you use a Java Bean? What Java development tools support Java Beans? What impact will Java Beans have on the software development tools industry? For the answer to these and other questions, please attend this session.
Scott L. Hebner, Manager, Application Development and
Object Marketing
IBM Software Group Marketing
Thursday, 1:30 p.m.
Scott Hebner reviews IBM’s enterprise application development strategy and implementation plans with a focus on how OpenDoc is providing the integration services required to allow OpenDoc components, Java Beans and ActiveX components to easily, and dynamically, access enterprise object services.
Mary Jo McCauley, Object
Evangelist
Loren Konkus, Member of Technical Staff
Digital
Equipment Corporation
Thursday, 2:30 p.m.
This session helps you understand what is specified in the OMG’s COM/CORBA Interworking Part A standard and discusses the goals intended for Part B. It explains how you can use traditional client visual environments such as VB or PowerBuilder to access CORBA server objects, as well as how to address more complicated problems such as the integration of Internet environments to your corporate enterprise applications.