Hecksel's Software Zone

March's "Wow Factor" - and a Maserati too It is time for another "Wow Factor" entry. I need to post more than once a month so that these are not the only posts out there The first one I am cheating a bit. But since it's April 5, I'll mention it here. 1) NetBeans Enterprise Pack 5.5 preview NetBeans Enterprise Pack 5.5 preview Web Services, Business process modeling, visual orchestration designer, SOA centric ... this one looks REALLY good. 2) TS-4069 : Travel Web Services - Marrying Business Innovation with Java Technology Several updates on my upcoming JavaOne presentation. First, the session is on May 16, at 2pm. That's a pretty good time I thought - first day, early afternoon. If you want to see the absolute latest on what is possible on the web related to distributed content, mashups, web services, web service code walk throughs, ... for Travel, this is it. If you are interested on a mechanism to make yourself a virtual travel agent - making real bookings in a real booking engine through web services (without a middleman), and getting a commission - this is it, this is the one. Mark 2pm on May 16 on your calendar. Second update is I can now make public the name of the additional speaker mentioned in the session writeup. Brad Schneider, Director of Architecture and Research at Hotels.com will be co-speaking. And to enhance the quality and volume of the code samples/walkthroughs, I invited a friend who used to work with me in the Sun Java Center to join the session team. He and I are IM'ing, talking on the phone in the evenings, synching up our NetBeans 5 environments, ... alot of communication and work to get those code examples to the point where they meet or exceed my expectations. His name is Narayan Chintalapati. TS-4069 2pm May 16, JavaOne 2006 3) Training of the month award There were a number of .Net platform webcasts in March from a site called learn2asp.net. These were all recorded and available for on demand viewing. There are at least 8 one hour technical webcasts on the .Net platform. Free ASP.NET platform technical training on demand webcasts 4) And now for the Maserati CNBC started advertising a stock trading contest that will last 8 weeks. The winner wins a Maserati Gransport. You get $1 million dollars in play money to trade with. At the end of the contest, the one with the most in their "play" bank, wins the car. I had profits of $38,000 in my play bank today CNBC Squawk Box Fantasy Portfolio That's it for now. Regards, David Hecksel ( Apr 05 2006, 07:30:27 PM CDT ) Permalink