Date:    Nov 11/08/09 11:53 PM
Subject: The RI .Net User Group meets this week on Wednesday, Nov. 11


The RI .Net User Group will meet this week on Wednesday, Novenber 11:

Wednesday, November 11
5:00 - 8:00pm
Stuart Jones

.Net and Java

@ Roger Williams University
in room SE-125


Wednesday, November 11
Stuart Jones
.Net and Java

While the sabers continue to rattle over the superiority of either .Net or Java,
the fact of the matter is that terrific software systems have been written in both
platforms and sometimes we need them to just get along and work with one another.
Perhaps you have built a best-of-breed turnkey platform in .Net but now have a major
prospective client who is running in a Java environment. Or maybe you have legacy or
acquired software written in Java but need to leverage it with a team of .Net developers.
How will you get these two systems to communicate with one another and get the job
done in a cogent, efficient and performant manner?

This talk will look at the various ways that .Net and Java systems can work together
to provide solid business solutions. We'll look at the strengths and weaknesses of each
platform as well as some of the problems that you will face when trying to interface one
platform with the other.

Stuart Jones is president of Berwick Heights Software. With over twenty years of
software development experience, Stuart offers in-depth expertise in service oriented
architecture (SOA), web services (REST, SOAP, WS-*), web-enabled applications, object
oriented design, message queuing, streaming media and database design. Dr. Jones also
provides consulting services in the areas of business requirements gathering, product
design and offers training in Microsoft .Net technologies. Before starting his consulting career,
Dr. Jones worked on distributed systems applications for Apollo Computer and was a key member
in building Boston Technology into the world's leading provider of voicemail systems.
He received his M.S. in Computer Science from SUNY-Stony Brook and is a member of the
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Also a recognized composer of modern chamber music,
which often employs computer-generated sounds, Dr. Jones earned his PhD in Music
Composition from Columbia University. His music is performed in concert halls and
music festivals throughout the United States and Europe.

On the Main Campus of Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI in room SE-125

Pizza and  networking (social) 5:00 - 6:00, presentation 6:00 - 8:00
Please take a moment to RSVP. Both positive and negative RSVPs are appreciated.
Directions to  Roger Williams University
For more information visit http://riDotNet.com/

This event is free and open to the public. Feel free to post this announcement
and to forward it to anyone you think might be interested.


Sponsored by  RWU School of Business.