In this issue:
Webinars [1]
The WSO2 Oxygen Tank would like to invite you to participate in the following webinar.
Introducing the WSO2 Mashup Server Webinar
WSO2's Mashup expert Jonathan Marsh is conducting a webinar on the 12th of February 2008. In this introductory Webinar he will present the architecture and highlight capabilities of this exciting platform. The administrative console will also be discussed with its support for multiple users, search, tags, ratings and comments.
Jonathan Marsh, the Director of Architecture for Mashup Technologies, led the design and development of the WSO2 Mashup Server. Jonathan, a product designer and a devoted script-hacker, has spent over ten years developing and standardizing XML and Web service technologies. Most recently at Microsoft, he contributed to the standardization of XML, XSLT, XPath WSDL and other technologies.
The webinar is suitable if:
Details:
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Training Courses for this Month
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The range of training courses offered by WSO2 for the month of February includes Apache Axis2, WS-* Security, and Apache Synapse.
The following is a list of upcoming 3-hour on-line live training courses for the month of February:
| Topic | Date | Description |
| Advanced Data Services [4] |
Tuesday, 12th 9.00 am - 12.00 noon (PST) |
This 3-hour course is designed to give a detailed understanding on how to use Data Services for your SOA data access needs. We will start off with a simple example and go on to demonstrate the advanced options. |
| Introduction to the WSO2 Mashup Server [5] | Wednesday, 13th 9.00 am - 12.00 noon (PST) | This training will help you understand the benefits of the WSO2 Mashup Server, starting with a simple introduction and installation, through to writing some mashups. The course is designed to help you evaluate the benefits of the Mashup Server, understand the overall architecture of the system, and learn to use the simple administration web interface. |
| Introducing the WSO2 Registry [6] |
Thursday, 14th 9.00 am - 12.00 noon (PST) |
WSO2 Registry enables you to store, catalog and manage your enterprise resources and meta data in a simple, scalable and easy-to-use model. This 3-hour course is designed to give a quick start to using the WSO2 Registry. |
| PHP Web Services - Get Real with Enterprise SOA [7] |
Tuesday, 19th 9.00 am - 12.00 noon (PST) |
This training helps you create secure Web services and clients using SOAP, and WS-Security, which are inter-operable with Java and .NET systems. It also teaches you how to work with WSDL and binary attachments when using Web services in PHP. |
| Introduction to Apache Axis2 [8] |
Tuesday, 19th 9.00 am - 12.00 noon (PST) |
Apache Axis2 provides the core Web services engine and supports SOAP 1.1, SOAP 1.2, and REST-style services. This 3-hour course gives an overview and provides a hands-on experience of the Axis2 concepts. |
| Web Services with Ruby [9] |
Thursday, 21st 9.00 am - 12.00 noon (PST) |
This course teaches you how to develop Web services and clients with Ruby using WSO2 WSF/Ruby, that are inter-operable with Java and .NET technologies. You will learn how to use WSO2 WSF/Ruby to develop Web services and clients that support SOAP, WS-Addressing, WS-Security and MTOM. |
| Introduction to Data Services [10] |
Tuesday, 26th 9.00 am - 12.00 noon (PST) |
WSO2 Data Services allows you to bring data locked away in relational databases to the Web and make Web services out of them. This 3-hour course is designed to give a quick start on Data Services for absolute beginners. |
| CardSpace Authentication Using WSO2 Identity Solution [11] | Wednesday 27th 9.00 am - 12.00 noon (PST) | WSO2 Identity Solution provides a set of components to enable CardSpace authentication on various platforms. This 3-hour course is designed to provide an understanding of CardSpace authentication protocols and how to use Identity Solution components. |
| Introduction to Apache Rampart [12] |
Thursday, 28th 9.00 am - 12.00 noon (PST) |
Apache Rampart is an Axis2 module that supports various service security standards. This 3-hour course is designed to give an overview on Web services security for an audience who is new to this area. |
Conferences
SDWEST 2008 [13]
Join the Software Development Conference & Expo from March 3rd to 7th, 2008 as they deliver practical training to thousands of professionals seeking the best education in C++, Java, XML, Web Services, modeling, methodologies and development process. SD West 2008 offers more than 200 classes, tutorials, case studies, round tables, panels, keynotes and Birds-of-a-Feather gatherings in 13 important subject areas.
Conference Details:
Dates: March 3rd - 7th, 2008
Venue: The Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway in Santa Clara, California
QCon - London [14]
QCon is designed with the technical depth and enterprise focus of interest to technical team leads, architects, and project managers. Some of the speakers include Martin Fowler, Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels, Spring creator Rod Johnson, Hibernate creator Gavin King, Scrum co-founder Jeff Sutherland, LINQ inventor Erik Meijer and many more. The tracks at QCon were chosen to reflect both the hard hitting problems facing enterprise software today as well as the cutting edge that will become mainstream tomorrow, see the tracks listing elsewhere in this brochure.
Conference/Tutorial Details:
Conference Dates: March 12th - 14th, 2008
Tutorial Dates: March 10th -11th, 2008
Venue: The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center
Apache Con - Europe '08 [15]
ApacheCon is the official user conference of The Apache Software Foundation. It is a week of open source goodness straight from the source of the Apache Software Foundation, featuring 15 intense training classes over two days followed by three days of more than 50 sessions by the creators of open source software such as the Apache Webserver, Tomcat, Lucene, Wicket and more.
Conference Details:
Dates: April 7th - 11th, 2008
Venue: Mövenpick Hotel, Amsterdam