In the beginning there were "fat" clients where everything ran on the desktop except the SQL databases. Next came "3-tier" application partitioning with a presentation layer, a business logic layer and a data access layer. Now everyone’s interested in "thin" clients where an application’s desktop platform is implemented as an HTML-driven web page. Find out how to build effective client/server applications regardless of whether you’re developing "fat" client, "3-tier", or "thin" client systems.
Special In-Depth Session
Jeff Tash, President
Database Decisions
Tuesday, 1:30-2:45 p.m.
"Aboveware" builds the applications that run on top of "middleware." It is responsible for creating the value-added that resides on top of an organization’s client/server infrastructure. Aboveware represents the multitude of application development tools used to build client/server systems. There is no single, universal software development tool because there is no single, universal type of client/server application. This presentation describes the "Client/Server ‘Aboveware’ Road Map". Topics include:
Mike Gilpin, Vice President and General Manager
INTERSOLV
Tuesday, 3:00 p.m.
Enterprises today face the serious challenge of transforming their software development organizations to meet the challenge of increased competition, rapid change, and complex new technology. The structural and process model that empowers organizations to address these concerns is the Software Factory.
Eric Schurr, Vice President, Product Management and Marketing
SQA, Inc.
Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.
While client/server applications have realized great success to date, much of the development has taken place without the structured testing procedures common in a mainframe development environment. Because client/ server systems are inherently more complex than simple applications, organizations have begun to place greater emphasis on building a formalized, effective testing method using commercially-available testing tools. Testing tools provide a comprehensive and easy way to manage the complex application testing process, saving considerable time and money.
Bob Burgess, Technical Evangelist
Powersoft Corporation
Wednesday, 2:00 p.m.
Mr. Burgess surveys important emerging technologies and the effect they will have on client/server development tools. Attendees will be exposed to a variety of emerging technologies through real world case examples, and they will gain a strong understanding of the distributed model’s support of enterprise-class client/server tools.
Beth Gold-Bernstein, President
IllumiSys Corporation
Thursday, 8:30 a.m.
While most applications built today with client/server technology are 2-tier applications (clients making SQL calls to database servers) adaptable enterprise class client/server systems require a multi-tier message based architecture. This session explains the benefits of multi-tier architectures and how to partition applications across the tiers. The discussion of adaptable application architectures is also applicable to choosing application packages.
Beth Gold-Bernstein, President
IllumiSys Corporation
Thursday, 1:30-3:20 p.m.
The benefits most often cited for open systems include the ability to mix and match components. However, defining the components for a client/server architecture can be a complex and confusing process. This presentation offers a method for defining the Technical Architecture so that it is both supportable and adaptable to changing needs and new applications.
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