Program for DCI's Database
& Client/Server World
Chicago, December
8 - 11, 1997
DCI's
Database & Client/Server World in
Chicago will be composed of 5 conferences
and a common exhibit floor. Those
conferences are:
- DATABASE
WORLD will cover
DBMS, server technologies,
middleware, client/server
technologies, distributed
computing, and client/server
packaged solutions
- I-NET
DEVELOPERS & USERS will focus
on building, implementing and
managing Internet based
applications, intranets and
extranets
- DATA
WAREHOUSE CONFERENCE will cover
successful approaches to building
and using warehouses and data
marts. Data mining and
certification programs are part
of this conference
- COMPONENT
DIRECTIONS ’98 will be
the premier industry conference
and expo on software components
and related technologies
- NEW CASE will
highlight technologies suitable
for large application
development.
This
conference focuses on the core
technologies that are needed for modern
commercial transaction processing
applications - relational and extended
RDBMS, data modeling, middleware,
client/server toolsets and applications.
Principal topics
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DBMS - relational, OO, Universal
Servers
Technical issues about
database management systems. This
will include very large
databases, extended data types,
object databases.Database
structures for the Internet
The types of DBMS functions
and structures that are best
suited for
Client/Server toolsets
Traditional client/server LAN
type systems are still be
implemented in large numbers.
Now, however, companies want to
be able to distribute those
applications over intranets and
the Internet. Almost all
client/server toolsets have been
redeveloped to support Internet
types of applications. The
architectures here are very
different, however. So be careful
on which tools you choose for
which jobs. A mistake here may
cause your application to perform
too slowly or not scale.
Traditional
middleware
Groupware, RPCs, replication
- these are all practical ways of
supporting distributed computing.
And these existing technologies
are evolving to support
distributed objects, also.
Architectures
You'd better have a flexible
and scaleable architecture in
place for your client/server and
Internet applications. This field
is moving too rapidly to make an
architectural mistake. There's no
time for recover.
Business
Rules
Business rules are the next
generation of data modeling. They
provide an advanced approach to
application generation directly
from business truths.
Data
Modeling
Modeling of business
practices and data design are
still intimately involved in
systems. The latest techniques
for object orientation will be
explored.
Application
packages
Many companies would rather
buy than build their
applications. The advent of Year
2000 makes software purchase a
much more reasonable decision at
more companies also.
Client/server and Internet
application packages will be
featured here.
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The I-nets
(Internet, intranet and extranet
applications) have enabled a whole host
of new applications, for both internal
and external company usage. The
client/server style of computing is being
reinvented to support the new Internet
standards. Companies can right now
build high performing robust systems to
operate over the Internet. This
conference covers the approaches and
techniques for success.
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Internet
application development
Companies are making money on
the Web. They're selling products
and services. Security is handled
through encryption or
registration. Tools and DBMS
products are available to support
this application development. If
your company wants to be
competitive, you can't wait. Intranets
- enterprise development &
deployment
Internet technologies like
web servers, TCP/IP, HTTP, URL
are being used for creating
intranets and extranets. Your
internal systems can be migrated
to customers and suppliers much
more quickly with these
technologies.
Java
as an implementation language
Java is an improved C++, a
platform independent language for
creating Web aware applications.
It's very important in this
sphere, but is also becoming
important in general business
applications.
eCommerce
applications
What are companies doing to
make money with their I-nets?
This conference will give you
answers.
Network
Computers & Network Computing
Diskless intelligent
terminals that can execute Java
and ActiveX code provide a
compelling alternative to
PC’s for many applications.
The NC will be analyzed and
illustrated for the value it can
bring to your organization.
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Companies
are finding that proper analysis and use
of existing databases can yield gold.
Improving decision support pays. DCI's
industry leading Data Warehouse World
covers the new technologies and basic
issues that are critical to master these
fields. A certification program for
professionals is part of this event.
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Data
Warehouse Best Practices
A distillation of what's working
and what's not. A focus on
architectures will be presented,
also.Improving Data
Quality
Now that you've got a
gigabyte data warehouse, how do
you insure the quality of what's
stored. Techniques for
initialization and ongoing
practices are reviewed.
OLAP
On line analytic processing -
the various techniques for
analyzing large historical
databases and presenting results
in user practical formats
Data
Mining
New automated tools can
"mine" your database
for insights that can help
determine new business practices.
Many of these techniques can be
built into software.
Warehouse
Certification:
Atre's Roadmap for
Data Warehouse Implementation
This certificate program
is designed for the data
warehouse professional who seeks
a proven technology and
methodology for successful
warehouse implementation.
Approach
- Business
risk and cost
justification for the
warehouse
- Hardware and
DBMS engines for
warehouse & marts
- Logical and
physical design for the
warehouse
- Building a
Metadata Repository
- Data
cleansing, data moving
and warehouse population
- Analysis of
data
- OLAP
- ROLAP
- querying
- reporting
- data
mining
- prototyping
- Growth,
change & management
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Given the
need for rapid change in applications,
today’s software developers are
turning to the component model because it
provides a cheap, easy to use formula
with components that can be quickly
assembled into applications and then
discarded when business needs change. By
developing with components, organizations
will be able to create virtual
applications when the business needs them
without waiting for the long tedious
process of traditional applications
development.
While
based on object orientation (OO) this
next generation is about components.
Components are packages of objects which
are licensed for reuse by application
builders inside of corporations. These
components utilize the emerging OO
standards of ActiveX, Java Beans, CORBA
and DCOM. Object frameworks are hard to
use; components are easy to use. This
conference will bring the latest
approaches to high productivity
development to you.
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Components
for Developers
- Comparing
ActiveX and Java Beans -
What’s the right
choice for your
organization?
- When to
build components and when
to stay with scripting.
- How granular
should your components
be?
- Testing
components
- Developing
for re-use
- Server vs.
Client development. Do
you know where your
components are?
Best
Practices and Techniques
- Translating
monolithic applications
into manageable
components - leveraging
existing logic
- Best
practices in modeling
- What
do you model?
- How
much do you do?
- When
do you stop?
- Managing
components -
configuration management
in a component world
- Motivating
your team to re-use
components - what works
(PANEL)
- Deploying
your first 1,000
components safely and
securely
Component
Technology
- Messaging,
transactions or RPC -
which approach will tie
your components together?
- Business
rules and metadata
- What’s
in a name - management
directory services
(should 2&3 be
combined?)
- What is a
repository? Survey
approach of what is
available
- CORBA/DCOM
- Which
one is right
- Interoperability
- Scalability/Management
- Extending
your components’
reach over the Internet
Special
session for CIO's: Migrating to
Components
- Can you wrap
old code? (Can you put a
component face on old
logic?)
- Migration
Plan - moving to a
flexible virtual
application model
- Moving to
create application
services
- What’s
important and what’s
hype
- Packaged
applications in a
component world
- Getting the
information out from
multiple systems when you
don’t have all year
- Justifying
the investment in
components
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As Bill
Gates said earlier this year, the time
has come for automated software
development (CASE). If you need to build
large and complex enterprise projects,
simple graphical client/server tools
won’t scale up to your development
or performance needs. Software
engineering tools (CASE) are now
available that use repositories and the
new generation of OO standards. The new
CASE is built for I-nets, client/servers,
NT and UNIX. DCI's CASE World was the
leading application development show of
the 1980's and now DCI’s New CASE
Conference will show you how to take
advantage of new generation of object
oriented, automated software development.
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OO
CASE Tools
Products that use OO
methodologies to facilitate the
design and development of
applications.OO CASE
and Process Control
Niche of vendors that use
CASE tools for real-time process
control e.g.Gensym, ObjecTime,
BridgePoint
UML
Notation
How to use UML for different
kinds of applications
Methodologies
for UML Development
Steps vs. notation. Nothing
much yet, but lots of books are
going to be written on this in
the next 12 months.
OO
Repositories
Products that store objects.
CASE
and BPR
Products that move from
workflow analysis to CASE
development
CASE,
Components and Business Object
Frameworks
Strategies for using
components and business objects
via CASE tools. A growing area.
CASE,
Java and Distributed Internet
Applications
How CASE tools can be used
for web development
Testing
and Measurement for OO CASE
projects
OO CASE metrics
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