Talk about Technologies, Software Architecture and Management

David I have continued a yesterday Dale’s music line and joined Taiko group (Taiko? Read this http://www.taiko.com/rollingthunder.html). Drums – Great wake up call for us.

Boz Elloy holding a keynote session about Borland vision of software delivery optimization (http://info.borland.com/conf2004/keynotes.html).
After short introduction he passed it to a Borland team to talk about SDO in action. As a sample project iPet.com #2 is shown. CaliberRM in a team planning and development… Nice phone conversations between team members in a mean time. Next step was to address requirement changes to a development team (automatically via CRM notification) to JBuilder X team into UML diagram which then posted into StarTeam Repository (integrated into IDE)… passed to next member of development team (notification and distribution)… two clicks and we have a code created which then passed to QA team which by time Mike come to QA department they already notified and almost done their job… and only need to change status of the request to go to deployment… and… done… version #2 defined, implented and deployed…

And then come to Boz with next presentation about Borland vision for software development …
Borland saying – it is time to step forward from just development to a fully managed process from definition, design, implementation to QA and delivery… “getting good”: decrease cost of the project, decreasing a time of the project, making project successful and delivered at time…

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BorCon is opened. Some people was shoot during a presentation. Just joking ;o) Great presentation, many people, big party after, casino, good music by great band, Dale Fuller played some music for us and through some gifts to us. Read more in Robert’s log here or Nick’s here. Check others logs from a blog list, you will find more.

Delphi Tips and Techniques by Brian Long Foundations of Service-Oriented Architectures by Kenneth Faw Session #1: Many of us start a day with session which became classic of BorCon – Delphi Tips and Techniques by Brian Long. I think everybody enjoyed Brian’s British accent. ;o) As usual we see some nice ways to add homey touch to your Delphi IDE (such as make visible some hidden menus, make your hints nice and colorful, some undocumented registry keys and more. Because during a session Brian used DiamondBack attendee were be able to feel a new flavor of new Delphi version, see new features and language extensions. Session #2: My big “thank you” to Kenneth Faw, Pillar Technology Group, one of the Read more…

From a variety of sessions I’ve choose two: Microsoft .net Framework Security by Steve Teixeira XML in Microsoft .Net Framework by Robert Love Bellow is a little about first I think it was a great session. Yes, there is not enough time to cover .Net security in 4 hours, but Steve did great presentation. He covered main aspects of incorporating security context into your application. Next topics were included: set a security for your application code -at design time assemblies security settings – signing, security certificates, … cryptography in your applications security in ASP.Net applications ASP.Net authorization What is good about all such sessions, it gives you an idea where to look and what to expect. It gives you a Read more…

Ok, there we go … First day – preconference sessions My alarm clock died today, so I was just in time for the first session. We was late last night so I wasn’t be able to register so I did it today… Every attendee received usual backpack with T-short – navy blue with ALM elements model at front – very nice, I personally do not like white style, so this one is perfect. Backpack also comes with BorCon 2004 program booklet, set of CD (ASP.Net resource kit, MS Windows XP SP2 and Tablet PC Developer Start CD), Delphi Informant Magazine and ASP.Net Pro Magazine issues, and some adv info. I like a t-short and backpack, they will be a good Read more…

Borland offers guest passes. I did use this option last year, it was great. I was able to visit exhibitors buffs, keynote presentations. Also I was able to use computer lab and get PostConference CD Information for this year conference: Guest Passes will give you access to the following areas: Keynotes Monday, September 13 8:00AM – 9:45AM Join Boz Elloy, Borland Senior Vice President of Software Products, at this session for a presentation of Borland’s continued innovation and to learn how the right approach unites business, development and operations teams, and roles to transform the black-art of software by applying focus, precision, and control to maximize the business value of software. Monday, September 13 11:30AM – 12:30PM Rick LaPlante, General Read more…

When you do not live near a location for the conference it is usual question where to stay during 3-5 days while attending conference. From BorCon 2004 website here we can find information about City of San Jose, driving directions and link to BorCon’s online reservation form for the hotel room. What we have here? Fairmont Hotel San Jose $145 San Jose Marriott $140 Hilton San Jose $139 Crowne Plaza Hotel $105 Nice hotels, but what if you think it is not price you are looking for… Can you get 3 stars hotel for half or even 1/3 of the price? Yes, you can! There is a list of on-line hotel reservation services available for travelers (list is not complete, Read more…