Date:    Tue, 18 Feb 2003 12:12:41 -0500
From:    lee@pandorasystems.com
Subject: BA.NET Meeting 2/25/03

The next BACOM user group meeting is Tuesday February 25, 2002.

Location: Microsoft at the Waltham/Weston Corporate Center
See Directions Below.

No cost to attendees.  Please note pizza is provided free of charge, and
beverages and sodas are available in the vending machine in the kitchen.
Join the BA.NET mailing list!
Speakers and suggestions for topics/venues always welcome. Please contact
Lee Laughlin.

Overview

David S. Platt will discuss Web Services, specifically the new Web
Services Enahncement that shipped in December 2002.  He will discuss the
level of services in the existing implementation of Web Services and the
lack of prefabricated support for common operations such as security.
He'll also discuss the need for agreement on the XML syntax for such
services.  Lastly, he'll demonstrate how the new WSE from Microsoft is the
first implementation of prefabricated enhancements to Web Services,
including examples with authentication and encryption.


Bio:
David S. Platt teaches Programming .NET at Harvard University and at
companies all over the world. He has taught classes on ACORD insurance
standards since the very first OLifE class in 1995. He is the author of
seven programming books, most recently Introducing Microsoft .NET, 2nd
Edition from Microsoft Press. It is currently outselling Tom Clancy's
Every Man a Tiger on Amazon.com, which tells you what kind of geeks buy
their books there. "He's the only guy I know that can actually make an
article on COM's apartment threading model funny," said Tana Sabatino of
Vallue Consulting.

Dave holds the Master of Engineering degree from Dartmouth College. He did
his undergraduate work at Colgate University. When he finishes working, he
spends his free time working some more. He wonders whether he should tape
down two of his daughter's fingers so she learns how to count in octal.
(Check them, has he done it yet?) He lives in Ipswich, MA.

Tuesday 2/25/03 Meeting Agenda
6:00 Pizza compliments of Microsoft
6:10 Business
6:15  Web Services with David Platt

Please RSVP to lee@pandorasystems.com by 5pm Friday 2/21/03


Driections From Downtown/Airport: Follow 1-93 South to 1-90 West (Mass
Turnpike). Mass Turnpike West to Exit 15 (1-95/Rte 128 North). I-95/Rte
128 North to Exit 26 (Route 20 - first exit North of Mass Turnpike).
Follow Route 20 East through first stoplight. Take next left turn on Stow
Street (following signs for Route 117). Take left at Main Street (Route
117) stoplight, and take second left onto Jones Road. Waltham Weston
Corporate Center is located at the end of Jones Road (201 Jones Road).

>From the South: I-95/Rte 128 North to Exit 26 (Route 20 - first exit
North
of Mass Turnpike). Follow Route 20 East through first stoplight. Take next
left turn on Stow Street (following signs for Route 117). Take left at
Main Street (Route 117) stoplight, and take second left onto Jones Road.
Waltham Weston Corporate Center is located at the end of Jones Road (201
Jones Road).

>From the North: I-95/Rte 128 South to Exit 26 (Route 20). Continue on
rotary following signs for Route 20 East through first stoplight. Take
next left turn on Stow Street (following signs for Route 117). Take left
at Main Street (Route 117) stoplight, and take second left onto Jones
Road. Waltham Weston Corporate Center is located at the end of Jones Road
(201 Jones Road). MIT.