Speaker: Doug Tidwell
Doug Tidwell is a Senior Software Engineer at IBM. He was a speaker at the first XML conference in 1997, and has spoken on technical topics around the world. He works in IBM's Software Strategy group as a technology evangelist for Cloud Computing and emerging XML standards such as SCA, SDO and XForms. He is the author of O'Reilly's XSLT, and has written many articles on IBM's developerWorks site and elsewhere on the Web. He lives with his wife, daughter and dog in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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Cloud Panel Debate
wednesday 16:40 - 17:30
Today's Cloud speakers will discuss different technologies and platforms - They will discuss about Amazon, Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure and more.
Using REST and WS-* in the Cloud
thursday 16:40 - 17:30
REST and WS-* services have made the software behind our applications more flexible. Cloud computing promises to do the same for the hardware. In this session we’ll look at deploying, using and managing services in the cloud. We’ll start by using REST (JSR-311) to work with code and data in the cloud, then we’ll look at some of the more advanced features of the WS-* stack, including encryption and authentication. You’ll see how these two major trends complement each other in this session
Keeping Your Options Open, Even if the Cloud is Not
wednesday 11:20 - 12:10
Cloud computing is a major shift in the way applications are developed and deployed. Once you’ve chosen a vendor how can you avoid being locked in to a proprietary API or service? Unfortunately, cloud standards have been slow to emerge. In this session we’ll look at techniques for keeping your applications and infrastructure as open and flexible as possible. We’ll look at APIs and standards such as EC2, S3 and OVF. Cloud computing won't reach its full potential without open standards
