Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 08:42:02 -0500 From: Dan Jacobs Subject: WebTech Reminder - Tues 3/18 Waltham - Cysive Hi everyone. This is a reminder about the March WebTech meeting, tomorrow 3/18 from 7 to 9 pm at the IBM SPC in Waltham. Details and directions at http://www.acm.org/chapters/webtech. The presentation this month is the one originally scheduled for February, which had to be rescheduled because of the snow storm. The presentation will be on the "Emergence of the Interaction Tier", presented by Dean Pianta from Cysive, Inc. The interaction tier is proposed as a solution to many of the problems commonly encountered in building interactive applications on the web. This is a good chance to re-examine problems you've encountered, and to learn about Cysive's approach to solving them. I hope to see you there! -- Dan Jacobs, Chairman Title: Emergence of the Interaction Tier Abstract: Enterprise software deployments are now overly complex. With the advent of the Internet, demands and pressures from employees, customers and partners, and the proliferation of delivery standards and presentation devices, the current enterprise software architecture has reached its max. To solve the problem, analysts are pointing to a new tier in enterprise software-- the interaction tier. As Giga states: "evidence is mounting that companies with a (four-tier) architecture are able to bring mobile solutions to market in days and weeks rather than months, are able to redirect those solutions to new devices and channels more easily (increased flexibility) and are less exposed to the failures of particular technologies or even particular classes of device (lowered risk)." Cysive, an interaction software provider, will discuss the benefits of adding the interaction tier into an enterprise software deployment and how it has worked at certain customer sites. About the speaker: Dean Pianta, Cysive Partner, Eastern Region Dean brings 10 years of experience in analysis, design and implementation of software for government and commercial organizations to Cysive clients. For the past three years, he focused on developing n-tier Web, voice and wireless solutions. At Cysive, Dean ensures clients receive high-value, risk-reduced solutions by contributing to enterprise architecture planning, legacy system integration and transactional application design. Dean has extensive experience with requirements analysis, Use Case development, and project estimation, and he has been an instructor for the Cysive Institute--a resource that teaches clients about full life-cycle development in object-oriented environments. Dean has developed systems for a number of market sectors, including defense logistics, energy, gaming, insurance and real estate. His broad technical expertise covers low-level assembly, object-oriented languages such as Java and C++, 3-D real-time visualization, and mobile technology on all major Unix and Windows platforms. Dean earned a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia and a Master's degree in Computer Science from George Mason University.