Time: 16:40 – 18:30

Title: JBoss ON + Red Hat Network
Presenter: Pete Bennett

Company: JBoss, a division of Red Hat

Abstract: This session will allow you to test drive the Operations Network Enterprise Console - a technology targeted at systems administrators who need to manage and monitor multiple JEMS products in a production environment.

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Time: 12:45-13:35

Title: Hibernate Customer Case Study: Moving from JDO to Hibernate

Presenter: Victor Volle and Michael Plöd

Company: ING DiBa and 100world AG

Abstract: We switched the persistence layer of a big middleware system at a direct bank from JDO to Hibernate. Why did we do that and most of all how?
The session explains the migration starting from the initial situation and points out the most important tasks that have to be done when switching the persistence layer. In addition to that we pinpoint the major challenges we have faced and some problems that we initially have not been aware of. Finally the session presents a retrospective on Hibernate running successfully in the productive system and an outlook on possible migration strategies to JPA.

Bio: Michael works as a Chief Developer for 100world AG, which is specialized on the optimization of IT-Architectures at financial institutions. In addition to that Michael publishes regularly on Hibernate, ORM and Java persistence.

Victor works as a Software Architect for ING DiBa, one of the biggest Direct Banks in Germany. He has previously worked as a Consultant in various industry sectors.

Time: 14:40-15:30

Title: Red Hat Application Stack Customer Case Study: UCLM

Presenter: Antonio Labian Moya

Company: University of Castilla La Mancha

Abstract: Deploying Jboss/jBPM based portals for small local authorities has resource and security constraints.

Our objective is to deploy as much as possible portals on the same hardware, however, due to data protection legislation and to enhance security, these portals ought to be isolated.

Our portals are based on the same technology, with multiple modules as WAR from different providers. The portals has been developed with JSP and POJO over Jboss/jBPM. MySQL was selected as database, and  Fedora Core as OS.

We performed stress-tests, with 3000 complete processes petitions on 9 portals. The test include virtualization scenarios with XEN and Vmware server, chroot jails, multiple JBoss/jBPM instances on the same machine, and one JBoss/jBPM instance with multiple portals.

They indicate that the big constraint of these configurations is memory usage, specially when using virtualization. Our best option in this moment is multiple JBoss/jBPM instances on the same machine, however there is still a big memory and cpu waste. We know that the optimal is one JBoss with one jBPM, but this can’t be done due to isolation problems.

As a conclusion, we propose to implement a virtual jBPM enviroment, where multiple applications could run isolated.

Bio: Researcher, Distributed Systems Lab, Computer Science Research Institute of Albacete, University of Castilla-La Mancha, e-ASLA project collaborator

Time: 16:40-17:30

Title: Red Hat Product Overview

Presenter: Matthias Kranz and Jan Wildeboar

Company: Red Hat

Abstract: Red Hat - more than "just" the leading Linux distribution. In this session we will explore all the components that define the Open Source Architecture. From Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the application stack to clusters, identity management and developer tools. It's all in the architecture.

Time: 17:40-18:30

Title: JBoss Seam Customer Case Study: Nuxeo

Presenter: Thierry Delprat

Company: Nuxeo

Abstract: After having evaluated majors web framework of the Java EE world, Nuxeo has chosen JBoss SEAM as it core web framework.

The integration and use of SEAM in Nuxeo 5 shows that SEAM can truly serve as web framework for large-scale and distributed applications. Nuxeo 5 EP relies on SEAM for critical features of the web client to the platform (the web client is the browser-enabled client, opposed to rich client approach).

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Time: 11:45-12:35

Title: Introduction to JBoss Rules

Presenter: Pete Bennett + Mark Proctor

Company: JBoss, a division of Red Hat

Abstract: A (relatively) gentle introduction to the involved world of Rules Engines using JBoss Rules as an exemplar. Covering the concepts behind rules engines, when and why you might wish to use a rules engine, industries that are benefiting today from a rules-based approach, an outline of how declarative programming with rules differs from procedural programming and an overview of the key features of JBoss Rules.

Bio: Mark joined JBoss in October 2005 as the JBoss Rules project lead where he is productising the popular Drools Rule Engine.

Time: 12:45-13:35

Title: JBoss Rules Customer Case Study: University of Valencia and the Dutch Ministry of Transportation

Presenter: Leo van den Berg

Company: University of Valencia

Abstract: Most road users know one or more traffic management services. They get traffic information in their vehicle, they see messages on huge text-panels etc.
The development of such traffic management systems is a complex task. It takes different views (technical, operational, legal, behaviour etc.) and due to the open nature of call for proposals a traffic control centre has to deal with a heterogeneous computer infrastructure; a real pain-in-the-neck for managers and operational personal.
Much can be gained by using a standardized infrastructure in the Traffic Control Centre. Some 5 years ago the Dutch Ministry of Transport started a project to create such an infrastructure. The project, with the popular name Paradigma, created a conceptual framework for a distributed computer network handling the traffic data from all kind of sources and distributing this data to different 'users'.

The author implemented a first version of this concept, using different JBOSS-components.

The distribution network is based on asynchronous communication (JMS) between 'nodes'. Each node can perform actions, 'filter' data for other nodes or present data to users. A node can have 'hard-coded' behaviour , but can also be more dynamic thanks to the use of a rule-engine (JBoss Rules).
A special 'node' is made for graphical presentation. It shows a maps with the actual traffic situation. A 'accident management demo application' will show how the technology can be used.

Bio: Leo van den Berg finished his informatics study in the early 80's. He worked at the Ministry of Transport in the Netherlands for almost 20 years were he was responsible for the development of traffic management systems. He is expert in the area of (system) architecture and automatic (speed-)enforcement (sorry!). He works at the University of Valencia in Spain since 2002 were he is responsible for European research projects.

Time: 14:40-15:30

Title: JBoss powered by JBoss: the .ORG community website

Presenter: Damon Sicore

Company: JBoss, a division of Red Hat

Abstract: Not only is JBoss producing the best middleware, it is also using it to  power the new JBoss.ORG community website, hit thousands of times every  day. In this presentation we will show how we leverage JBoss Portal, EJB3 and AOP in our projects: JBoss Labs and Shotoku to create a modern  portal. We have built an innovative CMS based on Subversion, which completely separates the content and configuration from the code and allows us to easily modify any aspect of the portal on the fly. As the popularity of streaming information increases, our feed definition and generation mechanism, integrated with most of our key subsystems, is also playing an important role. The last part of the presentation will be dedicated to the new tagging mechanism, which opens a door to vastly improve categorization of and searching for information, often spread between many websites, wiki pages, forum posts etc. All powered by JEMS technologies.

Bio:  Born in Fort Worth, TX in 1972, and remembering nothing of it, I've lived all over the U.S., from CA to NY. I received my engineering degree in Computer Science from Texas A+M, escaped from that hell, and ran away to SiValley. I gave up working for closed source companies to become a full time open source consultant at the height of the tech boom. I discovered EJBoss at the same time, and somehow managed to make a living doing nothing but consulting on JBoss. I now live in Austin, TX and I hope I don't have to move ever again. After spending over ten years finding a way to get paid to write open source software, I found my home at JBoss Labs as Lead.

Time: 15:40-16:30

Title: JBoss jBPM Customer Case Study: FH JOANNEUN and the City of Graz

Presenter: David Ferbas

Company: FH JOANNEUM GmbH

Abstract: Processing of e-government services with JBoss jBPM: E-government is characterized by a strong demand for highly reliable and secure services. Processes within this domain are typically built by the interaction of heterogeneous services offered by different public agencies. The large variety of procedures increases the complexity of highly integrated e-government platforms that offer the whole range of public services via a single application. One generic approach to deal with such requirements would be the utilization of service oriented architecture (SOA) and techniques for the orchestration of web services.

This presentation shows how jBPM can be used as a lightweight but yet powerful alternative to orchestrate the internal flow of control within a highly integrated e-government platform. The emphasis is on the orchestration of different services like identity and address verification, electronic payment etc. These services might be provided by wide range of implementations (e.g. EJBs, spring beans, web services, ...). JPDL provides an efficient way to describe and manage a wide variety of processes that are linked to e-government procedures. JBPM, running within the JBoss AS, is therefore a major part of e-government solution of the city of Graz.

Time: 16:40-17:30

Title: Messaging Advanced

Presenter: Ovidiu Feodorov

Company: JBoss, a division of Red Hat

Abstract: Asynchronous messaging system have been always a critical part of an enterprise middleware infrastructure. This holds true even more so today, with the advent of Service Oriented Architecture and Enterprise Service Buses. The messaging team at JBoss is busy at work building JBoss Messaging - the next generation Open Source messaging provider, and the future backbone of JBoss ESB.

This presentation will take you on a wild ride through Messaging's internals and your tour guide will be the creators of Messaging themselves. You will learn about Messaging's core Channel architecture, the foundation of a generic reliable and distributed messaging platform, the JMS AOP facade, load balancing and high availability support.

We will focus on architecture, features, performance, and ultimately how well JBoss Messaging fits the role to power your next J2EE messaging application. Expect architectural diagrams, performance comparison charts and a lot of insider information, shared with you by the team that designed and implemented JBoss Messaging.

Bio: Ovidiu Feodorov is the JBoss Messaging project lead and a core developer for JBoss, a division of Red Hat. He has been programming Java for the last ten years. His interests range from reliable multicasting and group communication to messaging and enterprise-grade middleware. He and his team are currently busy building the next generation Open Source messaging system.

Time: 17:40-18:30

Title: JBoss Portal Advanced

Presenter: Thomas Heute

Company: JBoss, a division of Red Hat

Abstract: Portal servers are a powerful solution to integrate and federate heterogeneous content forming one single application. Beyond integration facilities, portals also focus on delivering to the end user highly personalized content. The Portlet TM API is the de facto standard providing to the developer a portable API to add easily new functionalities to a portal. The Web Service for Remote Portlets
(WSRP) specification enables the decoupling between portal and portlet container allowing a portal to consume remote portlets. This presentation starts with a brief overview of the Portlet TM API and then explain the concepts behind WSRP and how it is related to the Portlet TM API. Finally an in depth overview of the JBoss Portal architecture is detailed.

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Time: 11:45-12:35

Title: SOA for Developers, Part 1

Presenter: Burr Sutter

Company: JBoss, a division of Red Hat

Abstract: The focus of this session will be to demonstrate innovative open source technologies and give you an insight into the skills, tools and techniques for SOA-enabling your enterprise architecture.   This
session will be taught via lecture as well as live demonstrations (e.g. .NET linking to Java-based Rules engine).  Part 1 will focus on Annotated Web Services, REST, WS-*

Bio: Burr Sutter is a Sun Java Champion, President of the Atlanta Java Users Group and Chapter President of the International Association of Software Architects. Formerly Chief Technologist at Bravepoint, responsible for the Java EE and .NET consulting practices, he now presently serves as a technology evangelist for JBoss based in Atlanta GA.

Time: 12:45-13:35

Title: SOA for Developers, Part 2

Presenter: Burr Sutter

Company: JBoss, a division of Red Hat

Abstract: The focus of this session will be to demonstrate innovative open source technologies and give you an insight into the skills, tools and techniques for SOA-enabling your enterprise architecture.   This
session will be taught via lecture as well as live demonstrations (e.g. using BPEL and jBPM for service orchestration).  Part 2 will focus on BPEL, jBPM and ESB

Bio: Burr Sutter is a Sun Java Champion, President of the Atlanta Java Users Group and Chapter President of the International Association of Software Architects. Formerly Chief Technologist at Bravepoint, responsible for the Java EE and .NET consulting practices, he now presently serves as a technology evangelist for JBoss based in Atlanta GA.

Time: 14:40-15:30

Title: Implementing an Open Source SOA: A JBoss Success Story

Presenter: Bruno Georges

Company: Glencore

Abstract: Glencore has recently reviewed its enterprise middleware systems, and started with JBoss a migration project to replace it with the JEMS platform. The main objective of this presentation is to demonstrate the benefits that an Open Source based SOA can bring to the Enterprise. We aim to share some of the experiences learned in designing technical and business services, implementing JBoss products such as JBPM and Web Services to deliver process-driven business value. We will go through the domains and the roadmap to follow from conception to implementation, and more precisely: communicating the strategy; separating hype from reality; strategy and methodology for promoting adoption and re-use; focus on keeping flexibility, and business agility; ensuring that the correct organization and governance structures are in place for success; choosing the appropriate products, standards and tools; measuring success and ROI; addressing future challenges.

Time: 15:40-16:30

Title: Web Services Advanced

Presenter: Thomas Diesler

Company: JBoss, a division of Red Hat

Abstract: This session will cover advanced technologies such as message based security, transport-neutral addressing mechanisms and improved binary transports. Furthermore we’ll take an in-depth look at new JAX-WS features such as raw XML message exchange, the new handler framework.

Key messages:

• Message based security with WS-Security
• WS-Addressing and advanced message exchange patterns
• Using MTOM/XOP to send and receive binary data
• The JAX-WS provider API: Operating at the XML message level
• Using logical and protocol handlers
• Asynchronous web service invocations
  

Time: 16:40-17:30

Title: Evaluating SOA Infrastructure Components

Presenter: Michael Wenig

Company: Hewlett-Packard

Abstract: With the increasing interest in service-oriented architectures (SOA) it becomes critical to understand what is involved in implementing SOAs from a technology view. What are the right tools to build web services and clients? Are open source SOA infrastructure components like enterprise service bus, registry, business process manager and workflow ready for primetime? HP has built a SOA test bed that is used to evaluate both development tools for web services as well as SOA infrastructure components. We had a specific focus on JBoss as a web services deployment platform and the use of the JEMS SOA infrastructure tools. This session will report on our findings in regard to stability, usability, and interoperability. In addition, we have been evaluating aspects like performance and high availability.

Bio: Michael Wenig has over 20 years experience with enterprise applications and enterprise architecture. His recent focus has been on Open Source Middleware and Service Oriented Architectures. He works as an enterprise architect and technical program manager in Hewlett-Packard consulting organization.

Time: 17:40-18:30

Title: JBoss ESB Advanced

Presenter: Mark Little

Company: JBoss, a division of Red Hat

Abstract: Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) are the buzzwords of choice today. However, where do they fit in with IT development (and budgets)? What is their relationship to Web Services and the rapidly evolving WS-* architecture? In this presentation, we'll look at SOA and ESB concepts, relate them to what is happening with the JBossESB product and how you can plan your IT development accordingly. Using JBossESB, we'll also give a demonstration of the capabilities you should expect from ESBs.

Bio: Dr. Mark Little is JBoss Director of Standards and Development Manager for the Transactions and ESB products. Before joining JBoss, Mark was Chief Architect and Director at Arjuna Technologies, a spin-off from Hewlett-Packard specializing in reliable middleware. Prior to Arjuna, he was Distinguished Engineer at Hewlett-Packard, where he led the transactions team. Mark has published numerous books and articles and spoken at conferences and workshops for nearly 20 years.

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Time: 11:45-12:35   

Title: Performance Tuning JBoss on Linux

Presenter: Chris Mills

Company: JBoss, a division of Red Hat

Abstract: This session is aimed at highlighting the areas you need to show attention too during your application development cycle.  We will show you when to think about performance tuning your application, how to set performance goals, measure and then achieve those goals.  We will cover all aspects of tuning from network level buffers to database concurrency to tuning of the JBoss Application Server.  We will explain how memory is managed by the JVM and how to go about tuning the JVM for you application.  While the session includes examples of how to go about tuning for Linux a lot of the principals are true across all operating systems.  Likewise we will show examples of performance tuning the Sun JVM but these may also apply to other vendors JVMs.

Bio: Chris is the systems engineering manager for JBoss in EMEA.  He has spent the past 8 years working with Java and server side programming and is a contributor to both JBoss Portal and JGroups.  He lives in Berkshire with his wife to be and their son.  Outside of work Chris enjoys skiing, rugby, beer and more beer!

Time: 12:45-13:35

Title: JBoss Security

Presenter: Anil Saldhana

Company: JBoss, a division of Red Hat

Abstract: Presentation will highlight all the latest advances in JBoss Security including authentication, stackable authorization, Single Sign On and federated identity. JBoss Security is a critical aspect of JEMS.  Authorization aspects like JACC, XACML etc and advances in authentication including header based authentication and sso integration, will also be featured.

Bio: Anil Saldhana is a Senior Software Engineer focusing on Security and Identity Management.

Time: 14:40-15:30

Title: JBoss Federated SSO Framework

Presenter: Anil Saldhana, Sohil Shah

Company: JBoss, a division of Red Hat

Abstract: Single Sign On (SSO) is a specialized form of user authentication that enables a user to be authenticated once and gain access to resources on multiple systems/web applications during that session.  The JBoss Federated SSO Framework is a collection of components that software developers can easily integrate within their existing web applications to create a federation of trusted web sites. The framework has support for important SSO standards such as SAML. This presentation will describe system components, including Central Authentication Server, Federation Server, Identity Management Framework, and JBoss Security Integration. A demonstration of the JBoss Federated SSO Framework in action against JBoss Seam/JBoss Portal will be provided.

Bio: Anil Saldhana is a Senior Software Engineer focusing on Security and Identity Management.

Time: 15:40-16:30

Title: Red Hat Network in Action

Presenter: Matthias Kranz and Jan Wildeboar

Company: Red Hat

Abstract:This Workshop shows how Red Hat Network allows you to create a secure and agile datacenter and development environment. We will setup machines, redeploy, update and configure them on the fly with the use of Red Hat Network.

Bio:Completed his PhD at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. After some time at IBM Research, he did a post-doc at Cornell. Then he worked on NMS/EMS for Fujitsu Network Communications in San Jose, California. In 2003, he joined JBoss to work full-time on open source. Bela manages the Clustering Team at JBoss and created and leads the JGroups project.

Time: 16:40-17:30

Title: Hibernate Tools

Presenter: Max Anderson

Company: JBoss a division of Red Hat

Abstract:We will introduce Hibernate Tools which is part of JBossIDE and of which a large part is available as ant tasks too. We will present and demonstrate the features, showing reverse engineering, various code generation including EJB3 beans and JBoss Seam, HQL/EJBQL query prototyping and other Wizardry. We will also show you the architecture of the tools and how you best use and possibly extend the Hibernate Tools to integrate it into your development process.

Bio: Max Rydahl Andersen has been employed by JBoss a division of Red Hat, since September 2004 working as developer and consultant. He is a long time member of the Hibernate Team, developing on the core and the toolset. 
Today currently leading the development for Hibernate Tools
(http://tools.hibernate.org) which is also part of JBoss IDE. Before joining JBoss, Max worked as a project lead and developer for a company working with large scale healthcare solutions.

Time: 17:40-18:30

Title: Tuning Enterprise Applications

Presenter: Phillip Thurmond

Company: JBoss, a division of Red Hat

Abstract: Tuning today's enterprise applications is both difficult and complex.  However, the rewards are great.  This presentation will cover tuning of the various application tiers with a focus on new or upcoming features that will have significant benefits including:

-JBossWeb architecture and thread pool sizing
-MySQL JDBC optimization
-The latest JDK 1.5 performance options
-EJB3 optimization recommendations

A general tuning methodology will also be presented, along with specific strategies to find bottlenecks and measure your performance gains.

Bio: Phillip Thurmond is a performance engineer at JBoss.  He is responsible for internal benchmarking and finding optimizations in JEMS products, as well as supporting various platform vendors in collaborative testing efforts.

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Time: 11:45-12:35             

Title: Introduction to Red Hat & JBoss: Maximizing Competitive Advantage with Enterprise Open Source Software

Presenter: Shaun Connolly

Company: Red Hat & JBoss

Abstract: Open source is changing the way software is built, distributed, and supported. In the enterprise market in particular, open source’s impact has been profound and global on scale. Not only is open source software (OSS) challenging proprietary software vendors, but it is also turning the customer-vendor relationship on its head. This session will cover the effects of open source on software quality, the customer-vendor relationship, and technology commoditization. This presentation will focus on the enterprise application infrastructure market and how savvy IT organizations are gaining a competitive advantage by standardizing on OSS in their IT infrastructure.

Bio: Shaun Connolly is responsible for managing the products that comprise the JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite. Prior to joining JBoss, Shaun was Vice President of Product Integration at Princeton Softech where he led the development of integrated database archiving solutions for the top ERP/CRM applications. Shaun was also Director of Product Management for HP Middleware and Bluestone Software where he focused on creating a modular, service-centric enterprise middleware platform. Before joining Bluestone, Shaun served as Vice President of Development at Primavera Systems, a leading project management software provider. Shaun holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University and has been a panelist, speaker, and contributor of articles on such topics as aligning IT operations with business goals and getting the most from IT investments.

Time: 12:45-13:35

Title: Real Time Business Intelligence and SOA

Presenter: Paul Thomas, CTO

Company: SeeWhy Software

Abstract: JEMS event driven technology enables true real time business intelligence and intelligent business. 

We live in real time, minute by minute. News is no longer delayed by days but is streamed in real time. We bank online, and check our real time balances. We book flights with real time visibility of seat availability, and we select the seat we want, on line, in real time. This would all be impossible without technologies like JEMS which have enabled building applications to support this real time, event driven world. SOA has created a huge growth in interest and development of event driven business solutions.

So how can businesses keep up with this real time world? In a high volume, real time business, how can business processes and business managers respond, let alone pro-actively manage the business? Clearly business processes need to be automated; the focus is moving from enabling the applications to enabling the business – you can see this in the growing breadth of the JEMS offering.

JEMS has enabled a new class of real time, event driven business intelligence that can be directly implemented in SOA and can be used to embed previously unknown levels of intelligence directly into automated structured and unstructured business process. Radically different from traditional batch load and extract data-warehousing, event driven BI built on JEMS can provide true real time business intelligence – the truly intelligent business.

Bio: Tony Stirrup, Market Development Director, has more than 30 years in the IT industry with careers ranging through engineering, marketing, sales and executive management. Most recently he was UK Managing Director of one of IBM’s fastest growing enterprise distributors before leaving to set up his own successful internet business. In SeeWhy Tony has responsibility for driving partnerships, alliances and marketing.

Time: 14:40-15:30

Title: Capgemini and JBoss: Case Study

Presenter: Ron Tolido

Company: Cap Gemini

Abstract: This presentation will cover Capgemini’s experiences with JBoss open source middleware solutions.

Time: 15:40-16:30

Title: IPMI - Poor Mans alternative to expensive proprietary Systems Management Solutions

Presenter: Mark Maclean, Enterprise Technologist, System Management Solutions

Company: Dell EMEA

Abstract: The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is an open-standards hardware manageability interface specification jointly developed by Dell, Intel, IBM, HP and NEC. It is a widely adopted industry standard and extremely useful for lowering TCO for local and remote management of servers. This presentation details use of several native Open Source IPMI tools bundled inside leading major linux distributions to help simplify Systems Management of servers with little to no additional cost (read: "free") to the system administrator.

Time: 16:40-17:30          

Title: JBoss and Red Hat Training - Getting the best out of your people and systems for you and your business.

Presenter: Jens Ziemann

Company: Red Hat

Abstract: Effective training is the key to increasing productivity and getting the most from your technology investments. The JBoss and Red Hat training presentation will explore and demonstrate the value to you and your business of training by the open-source industry leader. Red Hat offers the most current and accurate hands-on JBoss training courses. Come and learn more about the courses now on offer.

Bio: Jens Ziemann is the Training Manager for Central and Eastern Europe.

Time:17:40-18:30 

Title: Applying Open Source Software Development Processes and Principles to generate Business Competitive Advantages

Presenter: Francis Pouatcha

Company: Adorsys

Abstract: The way business runs is being thoroughly affected by communication, collaboration and further capabilities provided by computer systems. There is almost no business domains left untouched by this wave.
In the software industry, open source software development paradigms have totally changed the rules. If you can't run your business without the support of computing systems, visit this track and meet early experiences in using open source software paradigms to generate business competitive advantages.

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