The Colorado Springs Open Source Software February Meetup

AGENDA
6:30 - 7:00 PM - Food, Drinks & Networking
7:00 - 7:15 PM - Announcements
7:15 - 8:15 PM - Main Speaker
8:15 - 8:30 PM - Door Prize Drawings

Our originally scheduled speaker for February had something come up and could not make this meeting. We are privileged to have Kirstan Vandersluis from XAware step up to speak on "Open Source Data Integration using XAware" at our February meeting.

We will take a survey of topics that the group would like to hear about at this meeting. If you would be interested in helping out with the meetings, getting speakers, getting sponsors or getting door prizes, please let me know.

ABSTRACT

Data Integration using the XAware Project
One of the most difficult and often overlooked challenges facing
developers is complex data access and integration. In this session,
you'll be introduced to XAware using Eclipse with the XAware Project to
build data components for SOA. The XAware Project's layered architecture
is discussed, and several common use case scenarios will be presented.
For those interested, download and install XAware from www.xaware.org,
and bring your laptop for hands-on training.

Topics covered:

• XAware Project Framework
  
• Eclipse plugin and runtime Engine
  
• Demonstration: Exposing relational and text data as services
  
• Accessing services using HTTP, SOAP, Java API, and scripting
  
• Hands-on training: Build A Simple Service
  
• Hands-on training: Shred XML into 2 database tables
  

BIOGRAPHY

As a founder of XAware, Kirstan Vandersluis has been instrumental in developing and patenting XAware's product suite. Vandersluis has extensive experience in software development spanning multiple industries, including DoD, semi-conductor, and telecommunications, where he has engineered the deployment of both corporate and commercial software products. Previously, Vandersluis was a software development manager and senior architect at MCI. As a published author of, "XML-Based Integration with XAware," Vandersluis often speaks publicly about XML-related technologies and XAware product strategies. Vandersluis holds a BS in Computer Science from Michigan and an MS in Computer Science from University of Colorado.

OUR SPONSORS

Website Sponsor:
ACN - Communicate without boundaries...Local, Long Distance, Digital, & Cellular Phone Service

Food Sponsor:
TEKsystems will provide food and drink for our meeting

Door Prize Sponsors:
Jetbrains will provide a free IntelliJ personal ide license for one lucky winner
SourceBeat Publishing will provide one free PDF technical book
Atlassian will provide a free technical book plus some t-shirts and stickers
OReilly Publishing will provide a free technical book
TEKsystems will provide gift certificates to Best Buy and Barnes and Noble
ACN will provide a 2GB Thumb Drive