Java Web Applications Using JSF

Even though JSF has long been the most popular framework for use with Java web applications, there are still many people who are not aware of it or are still using Servlet/JSP directly. This webinar will show you how using the JSF framework can greatly simplify your Java web application programming and at the same time allow more advanced features to be implemented in these applications. In addition to an introduction of the JSF framework, we will cover some of the new features in the latest JSF 2.0 version and some thoughts on migrating from Servlet/JSP programming. So attend this webinar and see how to write more feature-rich Java web applications with less effort!
Presenter: Stuart Smith, Java and Administration Lead.

Migration to WebSphere Application Server 8.0

With WebSphere 6.1 about to go into 'extended support' in September there are many clients looking to migrate. Even though IBM has announced the availability of WebSphere 8.5 for June/July 2012 most clients are currently looking to migrate to 8.0. Since migration is not an overnight process there are many steps you will need to take to make sure it is successful. In this webinar we will lay out the high level steps in migrating to a new WebSphere version in addition to covering some of the details for the new features that will impact your new environment. Also covered will be some tools that can help with certain aspects of the migration.
Presenter: Stuart Smith, Java and Administration Lead.

Pain points in architecture practices of Fortune 500

In the last few years, enterprises have begun to get serious about implementing robust architecture practices. In doing so, there are some common pitfalls and risks that large organizations encounter. In this talk, Kyle Gabhart explores the most common challenges that Fortune 500s encounter when implementing an architecture practice and discusses recommended strategies for success.
Presenter: Kyle Gabhart, Director of Architecture Mentors, a division of Web Age Solutions.

The ABC’s of BA CoE - A practical guide to establish a Business Analysis Centre of Excellence

Organizations are recognizing the need to establish a business analysis role with effective practices and capable staff. Where do you start? This webinar brings together the successes and lessons learned from 3 different initiatives to implement Business Analysis Centres of Excellence (BA COE). The “key” activities and the essential artifacts required for an effective and successful COE strategy are identified and discussed. This session provides insights and strategies for defining and reconciling the Business Analysis role, establishing strategic partnerships, ensuring transparency of process and effectiveness of communication, engaging and supporting Management / Leaders / staff.
Presenter: Debbie Rhymer, Senior Business Consultant, DBR Consulting Inc

Past Webinars

Mobile patterns

Patterns may be new in the mobile software development, but they are invaluable. What problems are solved by your application? How will you go about implementing those features? When you start asking these questions, application of patterns become necessary. Specifically, the GUI of iOS is heavily patterns based. A handful of user interaction has been coded into the platform. Two full stops after Developers can quickly create consistent and polished user interfaces. No matter which platform you are developing for, a consistent approach to solving common problems makes the application easy to use. In this webinar, we will learn about a few common patterns and their implementation in Android and iOS.
Presenter: David Chung, Senior Technical Instructor, Web Age Solutions Inc.

Overview of UNIX System Services

WA2038: UNIX System Services Part 1 – June 11-12, 2012 This course describes and explains UNIX System Services from a technician's point of view. The principal UNIX concepts are introduced and explained, and followed by a thourough examination of USS (UNIX) at a conceptual level. The course goes on to describe the facilities available and explains how the MVS system environment has changed to support open system and UNIX concepts through z/OS USS.

WA2039: UNIX System Services Part 2 – June 13-15, 2012 This course follows on from the course UNIX System Services Part 1 - Concepts & Facilities. It teaches the skills needed to install, configure and implement UNIX System Services in a z/OS environment. The course goes on to describe and explain how to manage the new environment efficiently and effectively.

Presenter: Deborah Roulette

Oracle SOA Suite

In this session you will learn about the components the Oracle SOA Suite.
The SOA Suite is a key component in Oracle Fusion Middleware. This session will examine the various products that comprise the SOA Suite and map them to their roles in SOA Architecture. These products include Oracle BPEL Manager, Oracle Service Bus, Oracle Business Rules, Oracle Business Activity Manager, Oracle Web Service Manager, and Oracle WebLogic Server. Join us for this webinar as we learn how to assemble a SOA infrastructure using this powerful integrated product suite
Presenter: David Chung, Senior Technical Instructor, Web Age Solutions Inc.

Mastering JAX-RS RESTful Web Services and AJAX Clients

Although many of the services in active use are SOAP or at least XML-based, an increasing number of services take a RESTful approach to data transmission. Representational state transfer (REST) is a style of software architecture that differs from the more traditional Remote Procedure Call (RPC) style of data transmission, instead emphasizing the importance of defining and retrieving representations of resources.
The Java JAX-RS specification covers how to implement RESTful services with Java. This specification is driven by annotations and can be leveraged from many different environments, including a Java EE 'Application Server'. With the recent inclusion of the JAX-RS specification in the Java EE 6 umbrella of technologies implementing RESTful services with JAX-RS will become even easier.
Presenter: Bibhas Bhattacharya. Chief Technology Officer. Web Age Solutions Inc.

Programming, testing and securing cloud applications

Cloud Computing is gaining increasing attention within enterprises of all shapes and sizes, but few technologists actually have hands-on experience building Cloud solutions. Taking standard software applications, databases, and user interfaces and deploying them in a Cloud environment is a recipe for disaster. The Cloud is a different animal, requiring different skills and expertise to be successful.
Presenter: Kyle Gabhart, Director of Architecture Mentors, a division of Web Age Solutions.

SMP/E Installation & Maintenance

This four-day course is a complete introduction to the use of SMP/E for installing new software and applying changes to existing software (PTFs, APARs, etc.) for the z/OS environment. All the important aspects of using SMP/E are covered, including a detailed explanation of what happens 'under the covers'. The course contains valuable and extensive hands-on exercises that demonstrate all the major aspects of using SMP/E to install products and apply maintenance.
Presenter: Deborah Roulette

BI with SQL Denali's Crescent

Business Intelligence was one of the most talked about topics in 2011, and will be one of the most implemented features of system design in 2012. SQL Server Denali introduces project Crescent and a host of new BI features that will bring a rich BI user experience to the forefront of your organization. Join us at Web Age Solutions for a 1 hour webinar on how specifically Project Crescent can be used in your organization and what to expect from this new feature rich tool.
Presenter: Faheem Javed, Instructor, Web Age Solutions Inc.

What's New in JBoss Application Server

The latest release of JBoss is drastically restructured and has many improvements in performance, administration, clustering and other areas. There are so many changes that it is important for JBoss clients to understand them as part of the migration process and a great way to do that is to join us for this webinar that will focus on all of these great changes. Another topic of interest will be the various JBoss versions floating around out there as it can be fairly confusing right now as JBoss will have released 3 different significant versions in just over a year, some of which are already "dead" and not going anywhere.

Presenter: Stuart Smith, Java and Administration Lead

Architecture Best Practices on Large Scale Projects

In this session, you'll learn techniques, artifacts, and proven strategies for successfully planning, organizing, and delivering architecture solutions on large scale projects (i.e. 20+ stakeholder groups and/or 100+ use cases). Successfully designing and delivering architectural capabilities on a large scale creates unique challenges and requires different approaches to be successful.

Presenter: Kyle Gabhart, Director of Architecture Mentors, a division of Web Age Solutions.

What's New in WebSphere Application Server v8.0

WebSphere Application Server 8.0 was released in the summer of last year as the first major server to support Java EE 6. Now that many clients are beginning to migrate to it this is a perfect time to talk about what is new. Join us for this session that will take a look at the new features of WebSphere 8.0 including the new "Installation Manager" installation process and the new High Performance Extensible Logging (HPEL) which will provide new ways to access log information.

Presenter: Stuart Smith, Java and Administration Lead

MVC 4 

With MVC 2 and 3 delivering solid platforms for easy web development in ASP.Net, and MVC 4 just around the corner we thought it would be ideal to spend a 1 hour webinar looking at what is coming up in MVC 4 and how it will affect you as a web developer. We will look at the new templates, and focus especially on the mobile programming space coming out in MVC 4.

Presenter: Paul Twigg, Director of Microsoft Technologies, Web Age Solutions Inc.

Overview of Major Changes in Java EE 6 

With many of the major Java Enterprise servers recently releasing or about to release support for Java EE 6 now is a good time to take a look at the changes introduced with this version.  With the number of new technologies and significant updates to almost all existing technologies, Java EE 6 is likely the biggest release ever of the Java EE platform.  Many of these technologies can have a significant effect on the architecture of applications and even what technologies are preferred for use in applications.  Knowing what these changes are and how they might impact application developers will be very important for people looking to migrate to the new platforms that support Java EE 6.  This webinar will provide an overview of the Java EE 6 changes and help attendees understand how those changes might impact the projects they are involved with.

Presenter:  Stuart Smith, Java and Administration Lead

SharePoint 2010 Workflow 

SharePoint 2010 can fill many needs in an organization from document management, to content management and records management, to an application platform and also the implementation of a business process engine. Join us at Web Age solutions for 1 hour introduction to SharePoint 2010 workflows. During this hour we will discuss when to use the built-in vs SharePoint Designer vs Visual Studio Workflows. We will also jump into the basics of creating a custom workflow in Visual Studio 2010.

Presenter: Paul Twigg, Director of Microsoft Technologies, Web Age Solutions Inc.

Developing for the Cloud and Windows Azure 

Moving your application to a public or private cloud could provide many business advantages for your applications, including scalability, support, stability, reach and many more. Join Web Age Solutions for a 1 hour discussion on how you can take advantage of building your applications to work in the public cloud and Windows Azure.

Presenter: Paul Twigg, Director of Microsoft Technologies, Web Age Solutions Inc.

What's new in IBM Process Manager 7.5?

IBM has merged WebSphere Lombardi Edition (WLE) and Lombardi TeamWorks with WebSphere Process Server. The new combined product is now called IBM Process Manager 7.5. Understanding the various pieces within it can be very confusing. We have done the research. In this webinar, we will explain the key components of the product and how the new architecture compares with the old WebSphere Process Server.

Presenter: Bibhas Bhattacharya. Chief Technology Officer. Web Age Solutions Inc.

The Rise of Business Architecture

You wouldn't dream of building a house without a formal, detailed architectural plan. Why would you want to run a business without one? Every aspect of architecture and operations hinges upon the Business Architecture. In this informative session, Kyle Gabhart will introduce the importance of Business Architecture, the emerging role of the Business Architect, and how to take concrete steps to implement a BA initiative within your own organization.

Presenter: Kyle Gabhart, Director of Architecture Mentors, a division of Web Age Solutions.

A Tangible Implementation of TOGAF Building Blocks

A core aspect of the TOGAF approach to architectural descriptions is the articulation of ABBs and SBBs. The trouble is that TOGAF doesn't provide concrete examples of building block descriptions. In this pragmatic webinar from the front-lines, lead architect Kyle Gabhart will demonstrate a tangible implementation of TOGAF's building block concept. If you currently use TOGAF or have ever considered utilizing it, you won't want to miss this informative session.

Presenter: Kyle Gabhart, Director of SOA Solutions. Web Age Solutions Inc.

What's new for Developers in iOS 5

iOS 5 is a major release that contains many new features. In this webinar, we will go over some of the features that will be of interest to the developers:

• Notification center
• iCloud Storage
• Automatic reference counting
• Storyboard tool
• iOS simulator changes

Developing Applications with Windows Phone 7

Interested in learning how to use the Windows Phone 7 development tools or how to interact with the App Hub? Join Web Age Solutions for 1 hour webinar covering all aspects of how to begin developing apps to work on a Windows Phone 7.  During the webinar we will touch on how to use the Visual Studio add-in, the emulator, Silverlight and the XNA Game Studio.

Presenter: Paul Twigg, Director of Microsoft Technologies, Web Age Solutions Inc.

What’s New in WebSphere Portal 7.0

Released the middle of last year, WebSphere Portal 7.0 is now being more heavily adopted by clients. This webinar will give you a jump start on the new features of WebSphere Portal 7.0. This webinar will have some features for every type of WebSphere Portal user:
* Business Users – New themes, content types and customization
* Developers – JSR 286 portlet specification support in WebSphere Portal 7.0
* Administrators – New Topology/architecture options, new site management options

This webinar will be especially useful for clients who perhaps did not upgrade to WebSphere Portal 6.1 so 7.0 is the first time working with the new JSR 286 portlet specification (portlets 2.0)


Presenter: Stuart Smith, Java and Administration Lead, Web Age Solutions

WebSphere Commerce Infrastructure - Planning, Implementation and Performance Tuning

In this webinar, we will present a comprehensive approach to setting up highly available and scalable WCS Infrastructures and Performance Analysis and Tuning in large scale WCS infrastructures. In the first part, we will briefly review the operational requirements of 24x7 WCS sites. Then, we will present the set up of the WCS infrastructure and processes to meet these requirements. Next, we will discuss the build and deployment process to achieve 24x7 availability during deployments. Finally, we will close of with some of the approaches/lessons we have learned in our experience of managing the WCS site operations. In the second part, we will introduce the main indicators of potential/existing performance issues in a WCS site. Then, we will discuss the performance tuning: DB2, WAS and HTTP components. We'll briefly review the DynaCache and tuning DynaCache settings. Finally, we'll discuss caching and usage of external caching for high volume web sites.

Presenter: Gurpreet Bains, Infrastructure Architect, Web Age Solutions

Agile vs. Traditional Roles

Have you wondered how different your role would be if you were adopting Agile and Scrum methods in your organization? The goal of this seminar is to explore and contrast the Agile vs. Traditional Roles and Responsibilities in addition to outlining the new skills needed for being part of an Agile team

Presenter: Sally Elatta

What to Expect From SQL Server 2011

What will SQL Server 2011 bring to the table for Microsoft’s flagship database server?  Join Web Age Solutions for 1 hour of discussion around the new features for dba’s, developers, and bi developers that SQL Server 2011 will bring to the table.  These features include integration with Visual Studio 2010, Ad-Hoc query paging, SQL Snippet manager, Surround With T-SQL, Multi-subnet failover clustering, Data Quality Services.

Presenter: Paul Twigg, Director of Microsoft Technologies, Web Age Solutions Inc.

Administration of WebSphere with Scripting

With the constant demand to be “more efficient” at administering WebSphere environments the way to accomplish that can be through scripting. By leveraging the powerful capabilities WebSphere provides in the scripting environment administrative tasks can be more repeatable, automated, and encourage consistency between environments.In this webinar Kevin McGrath, WebSphere expert and author of the excellent WebSphere scripting book “WebSphere Application Server Administration using Jython”, will share some of the techniques of leveraging WebSphere scripting to it’s full potential. Besides covering some of the various things that can be configured using scripting the webinar will also show some of the basics of the Jython language which is the future direction of WebSphere scripting and some of the new features that are available for scripting in WebSphere 7.0.

Presenter: Kevin McGrath, WebSphere expert and author

Establishing a Common Approach to Enterprise and IT Architecture

The profession of Business and Information Systems Architecture design and development is fragmented.  Architecture practitioners have differing understanding of architecture, approaches to developing solutions, and techniques for crafting architecture artifacts.  This webinar provides a common baseline for architects by describing the essential elements that every architect uses and needs in carrying out their work.  Attendees will learn about the relationship between the architecture process, modeling techniques, and the core knowledge and experience that every architect brings to the table.

Presenter: Kyle Gabhart, Director of SOA Solutions. Web Age Solutions Inc.

Simplifying Infrastructure with Microsoft Virtualization

Med-V, App-V, Hyper-V, Virtual PC, Virtual Server are all parts of Microsoft’s vision for virtualization. Join us at Web Age Solutions for a one hour webinar to see how Microsoft’s virtualization puzzle can be pieced together to help you simplify your infrastructure.  During the webinar we will identify the different areas each product can help you with and provide you with direction to role out your virtualized infrastructure.

Presenter: Paul Twigg, Director of Microsoft Technologies, Web Age Solutions Inc.

Mobile architecture patterns

Patterns may be new in the mobile software development, but they are invaluable. What problems are solved by your application? How will you go about implementing those features? When you start asking these questions, application of patterns become necessary. Specifically, the GUI of iOS is heavily patterns based. A handful of user interaction has been coded into the platform. Two full stops after Developers can quickly create consistent and polished user interfaces. No matter which platform you are developing for, a consistent approach to solving common problems makes the application easy to use. In this webinar, we will learn about a few common patterns and their implementation in Android and iOS.

Presenter Bibhas Bhattacharya. Chief Technology Officer. Web Age Solutions Inc.

What’s New in the Spring platform

Although the 3.0 version of the Spring Framework has been released for a while, we have found that many clients are just now beginning to adopt this version. It is a good time not only to examine what is new in Spring itself but what other new developments around Spring will impact Spring developers. Besides covering the new changes in the main projects like Spring and Spring Web Flow, this webinar will also focus on changes to available Spring development tools, Spring runtime environments offered by SpringSource, like SpringSource tc Server, and even how Spring will apply in a cloud environment. For those on the cutting edge of Java Enterprise development this webinar will also show how the Spring framework will apply to some of the recent Java EE 6 specifications like JPA (Java Persistence), JSF, and even some of the recent Java specifications for dependency injection.

Presenter: Stuart Smith, Java and Administration Lead, Web Age Solutions.

WebSphere Portal 7.0 Programming

Released the middle of last year, WebSphere Portal 7.0 is now being more heavily adopted by clients. This webinar will give you a jump start on writing WebSphere Portal 7.0 applications including how to use some of the tools in Rational Application Developer to do things like WebSphere Portal theme customization. This webinar will be especially useful for clients who perhaps did not upgrade to WebSphere Portal 6.1 so 7.0 is the first time working with the new JSR 286 portlet specification (portlets 2.0)

Presenter: Stuart Smith, Java and Administration Lead, Web Age Solutions.

Aligning Technical Architecture with Solution Architecture

This webinar will introduce the distinctions between Solution and Technical Architecture and the proper coordination between them. Attendees will learn practical techniques for managing solution portfolios, aligning technical architecture initiatives, and producing more value from their architecture efforts.

Presenter: Kyle Gabhart, Director of SOA Solutions. Web Age Solutions Inc.

Cross Platform Mobile Software Development

Android and iOS have the largest market share among mobile devices. Enterprises planning to roll out services through mobile applications need to address both of these platforms. Proper methodology needs to be followed to support multiple platforms using the least amount of development resources. The focus will be on the business goals and application development patterns. Once the business analysts and architects have pinned down these two areas, developers can rapidly translate the vision into reality. In this webinar, we will discuss this methodology.

Presenter: Presenter Bibhas Bhattacharya. Chief Technology Officer. Web Age Solutions Inc.

Deploying and Developing for IE 9

Internet Explorer 9 brings to the table yet another browser for web developers to make their code compatible with, so why all the hype?  During this webinar we will discuss the fantastic new features and compatibility levels of Microsoft’s new browser.  We will also provide information for developers regarding CSS 3 and HTML 5 for the Internet Explorer. Whether you are a web developer, or a systems integrator looking to deploy IE 9, join us for a 1 hour webinar to learn more about this latest flagship browser.

Presenter: Paul Twigg, Director of Microsoft Technologies, Web Age Solutions Inc.

Best Practices of WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus Administration

Managing a WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus environment can be complex. There are many decisions that are made very early on in configuration of the environment that can have a big impact on the future performance and scalability of the environment. Investing time in planning out a WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus environment can have a big impact on how ESB mediation flows and services deployed to that environment perform and how much ability you have in the future of deploying new WebSphere ESB applications. In this webinar we will focus on what those critical decisions are when setting up a WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus environment and the impact they will have. You will learn how to best approach the design of the environment so to have the most flexibility going forward to deal with new requirements.

Presenter: Stuart Smith, Java and Administration Lead, Web Age Solutions.

Branding a SharePoint 2010 Site

Whether you are migrating from SharePoint 2007 and starting a new SharePoint 2010 project you will encounter the requirement to brand your SharePoint experience.  Join us at Web Age Solutions for a 1 hour webinar to learn about the process and tools for branding SharePoint 2010.  During the webinar we will discuss design concepts including master pages, css, layouts and templates and a suggested project plan. We will also look at the different tools you might use to create your branded SharePoint 2010 experience.

Presenter: Paul Twigg, Director of Microsoft Technologies, Web Age Solutions Inc.

Overview of iPhone and iPAD Programming

In this webinar, we will discuss the architecture of iOS operating system. We will demystify Objective-C for Java and C++ developers. Basic GUI development will be discussed. Finally, a few iPAD specific development topics will be covered.

Presenter Bibhas Bhattacharya. Chief Technology Officer . Web Age Solutions Inc.

Securing Windows 7

So you are switching to Windows 7? Are you prepared to fine tune Windows 7 to protect your machines from the many security risks that exist? Being proactive and prepared is the best defense against security threats. Come and join us for a webinar where we will discuss ways that will secure your Windows 7 based machines by implementing defense-in-depth. We will discuss features like EFS, Bitlocker, Wi fi security, AppLocker, firewall and InPrivate filtering - the whole enchilada.

Presenter Faheem Javed, Senior Technical Trainer, Web Age Solutions Inc.

Communicate with Microsoft’s new Lync 2010 Communications platform

Lync 2010 is Microsoft’s ‘new kid on the block’. Join Web Age Solutions for a 1 hour informational webinar on how the latest release of the Unified Communications platform will deliver a fresh, intuitive user experience that is directly accessible from Microsoft Office applications such as Microsoft Outlook.

Presenter Paul Twigg, Director of Microsoft Technologies, Web Age Solutions Inc.

IT Governance Empowerment - Finding Common Ground with COBIT

We all try to do our best at work, whether it is in audit, assurance, security, project management, managing services, etc., but in focusing on our specialist areas, we often miss the interdependencies. Understanding those interdependencies is the door to finding opportunities for better integration and alignment of activities. This webinar goes beyond the mappings of IT frameworks and standards such as ITIL, COBIT, ISO/IEC 27000, and provides insight into why enterprise-wide IT Governance is necessary, and how to get there.

• The increasing importance of - and reliance on- technology and the effect on the organization when technology fails.
• How an IT Governance framework improves business outcomes, reduces risk and helps to spend money wisely.
• Examples of how IT Governance is used across the globe.
• The different roles within an organization, i.e., Audit, Risk Management, Project Management Office, Information Security, and how all play a role in IT Governance; especially to bridge the many gaps that exist between departments.
• Ways to Initiate and support the creation of the right culture to embrace IT Governance

Presenter Corjan

Get Started With HTML5

HTML5 is around the corner and browsers are getting ready for it. As an IT professional in charge of web application development, you need to be aware of the potentials made available by the standard. In this webinar, the speaker will discuss these new features:

- New semantic elements,
- New form input fields,
- Audio/video,
- The canvas object,
- Offline application development

Presenter Bibhas Bhattacharya. Chief Technology Officer . Web Age Solutions Inc.

Business Intelligence with SharePoint

Ever wondered about the best way to expose BI Reports and scorecards is to your decision makers? If this is or has been one of the goals or questions of your organization join Web Age Solutions for a 1 hour webinar to learn about how Microsoft’s top selling server product SharePont 2010 can help your BI world become more useful and attainable to the users in your organization. During the webinar we will discuss best practices, and strategies for exposing BI data through SharePoint 2010.

Presenter Paul Twigg, Director of Microsoft Technologies, Web Age Solutions Inc.

Overview of Android Mobile Programming

This webinar is meant for developers and IT managers who are getting into mobile development for the Android platform. We will discuss the basic development environment. Some of the core concepts such as Activity and View will be discussed.

Presenter Bibhas Bhattacharya. Chief Technology Officer . Web Age Solutions Inc.

Oracle WebLogic Server 11g Administration

This Webinar will provide Administrators with information on some of the features of Oracle WebLogic Server11g

Some of the topic areas to be covered in this one hour session
WLST: The WebLogic Scripting Tool
Deploying Applications in 11g
Database Access and WebLogic in 11g
WebLogic and JMS in 11g

SSRS 2008 R2 and Report Builder 3.0

SQL Server 2008 R2 introduced a whole new gamut of features related to the Microsoft BI stack. Join Web Age Solutions for a 1 hour webinar about one of these great features report Builder 3.0. Report Builder 3 expose lots of new features to make reporting even easier than before for you and your user community. During the webinar we will discuss how to deploy and use this great new tool used to build reports for the SSRS environment.

Presenter Paul Twigg, Director of Microsoft Technologies, Web Age Solutions Inc.

Mobilizing the Cloud

Two technology forces are growing rapidly and taking the business world by storm - mobile development and cloud computing. On the one hand, organizations of all shapes and sizes are recognizing the need to support mobile access to their enterprise capabilities. On the other hand, enterprises are moving more and more capabilities to the cloud. Not only are businesses expanding into these two fields, but a critical convergence is taking place. Mobile devices represent the fastest growing consumers of cloud services, producing an increased interest in both mobile and cloud. In this timely webinar, you will learn more about both of these trends as well as strategies for how to take advantage of them to move your enterprise forward.

Presenter Kyle Gabhart, Director of SOA Solutions. Web Age Solutions Inc.

Lessons learned from migrating to SharePoint 2010

Are you using MOSS and are considering migrating to SharePoint 2010? Do you have large amounts of information that you want to move into SharePoint for a file server? Join us in this webinar where we will discuss the best practices for getting to SharePoint 2010 with the least amount of pain.

Presenter Paul Twigg, Director of Microsoft Technologies, Web Age Solutions Inc.

SharePoint 2010 from the eyes of a Power User

Web Age Solutions presents SharePoint 2010 from the eyes of a Power User. SharePoint 2010 has changed the boundaries for how information can be managed and exposed using a browser. Join us in this webinar to discover the ‘power of the ribbon’ (i.e. the new user interface), and many of the new and exciting features around document and content management that SharePoint 2010 brings to the table.

Presenter Paul Twigg, Director of Microsoft Technologies, Web Age Solutions Inc.

Getting the most out of your WebSphere Environment

In this webinar we will explore some of the ways to maximize the effectiveness of your WebSphere environments. This will include the use of advanced troubleshooting tools to help resolve issues, ways to simplify installation of the core software and fixpacks, and ways to leverage some of the scripting tools available to various WebSphere versions. We will also cover how to improve performance with some of the tools for measuring performance and top parameters to tune performance. In addition we will also cover an overview of some of the new features in WebSphere 7.0 as many clients are beginning to migrate to this version. So make sure to sign up for this webinar to maximize the investment you have made in your WebSphere environments.

Presenter Stuart Smith, Java and Administration Lead, Web Age Solutions.

Overview of Android Mobile Programming

This webinar is meant for developers and IT managers who are getting into mobile development for the Android platform. We will discuss the basic development environment. Some of the core concepts such as Activity and View will be discussed.

Presenter Bibhas Bhattacharya. Chief Technology Officer . Web Age Solutions Inc.

Getting Ahead of the Changes in Java Technology

Audience: Project and Program Managers, Training Directors and Coordinators, IT Architects, Team Leaders

The pace of change in the Java and Java Enterprise areas is increasing. With many more companies and projects starting to adopt the Java EE 5 specifications and several major vendors soon releasing support for Java EE 6, 2011 looks to be a year of great opportunity in improving the robustness and efficiency in Java programming and projects. Rather than adapting to changes well after they have occurred and risk using outdated technology or simply using the same technologies used in the past because of familiarity, this webinar will make sure decision makers and those responsible for skill development are aware of what is happening and can plan accordingly. We will discuss the status of popular technologies like Struts and Spring and where more modern equivalents may be available for better lifetime of applications. We will also introduce other new technologies and show how some of the innovations of third party libraries like Spring and Hibernate have been brought back into the Java specifications. We will help you understand how using some of these technologies can help create applications that are easier to implement, perform better at runtime, and leverage the built-in capabilities of the environment they execute in.

Presenter: Stuart Smith, Java and Administration Lead, Web Age Solutions

Get Started With HTML5

HTML5 is around the corner and browsers are getting ready for it. As an IT professional in charge of web application development, you need to be aware of the potentials made available by the standard. In this webinar, the speaker will discuss these new features:

- New semantic elements,
- New form input fields,
- Audio/video,
- The canvas object,
- Offline application development

Presenter Bibhas Bhattacharya. Chief Technology Officer . Web Age Solutions Inc.

How to Architect a Cloud

Target audience: Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, SOA Technologists, Service and System Designers, Infrastructure Specialists, Team Leads.

Cloud Computing is gaining increasing attention within enterprises of all shapes and sizes, but few technologists actually know how to properly design Cloud solutions. Taking standard software applications, databases, and user interfaces and deploying them in a Cloud environment is a recipe for disaster. Proper scoping, usage modeling, and careful design are all essential to success in the Cloud. This timely webinar session will introduce the essential elements and best practices involved in developing a Cloud architecture.

Presenter Kyle Gabhart. Director of SOA Solutions. Web Age Solutions Inc.

Business Architecture:Beyond Theory

Companies often struggle to implement transformational change
initiatives across multiple channels and products. Business
Architecture is the critical discipline that applies business process
engineering, standards and modeling techniques to create business value
and add capabilities. Participants will learn how to achieve their
business objectives by using Business Architecture to translate plans
and goals into project, program and scope definitions.

Presenter Judith Oja-Gillam

How to Build an IT Architect

Target audience: Chief Learning Officers (CLOs), Training Directors, Training

Coordinators, Project and Program Managers, Functional Managers, Team Leaders, Architects.

The importance of identifying, defining, and crafting a sound architecture is increasingly important within the modern enterprise environment. Organizations of all shapes and sizes are recognizing the value of effectively integration their business processes, data models, information systems, and technology infrastructure and aligning these assets and capabilities with shared enterprise objectives. To enable this, the development and successful implementation of architect roles within the enterprise is paramount. This informative webinar will describe recommendations and best practices for implementing an Architecture University program within the enterprise to provide a path for identifying and developing capable architecture practitioners.

Presenter Kyle Gabhart. Director of SOA Solutions. Web Age Solutions Inc.

What’s New in the Spring platform

With the recent release of version 3.0 of the Spring Framework it is a good time not only to examine what is new in Spring itself but what other new developments around Spring will impact Spring developers.

Besides covering the new changes in the main projects like Spring and Spring Web Flow, this webinar will also focus on changes to available Spring development tools, Spring runtime environments offered by SpringSource, like SpringSource tc Server, and even how Spring will apply in a cloud environment.

For those on the cutting edge of Java Enterprise development this webinar will also show how the Spring framework will apply to some of the recent Java EE 6 specifications like JPA (Java Persistence), JSF, and even some of the recent Java specifications for dependency injection.

Presenter - Stuart Smith - Java and Administration Lead - Web Age Solutions Inc.

WebSphere Message Broker routing options in V6.1 and an overview of patterns in V7

WebSphere Message Broker has long supported the use of various routing capabilities including Filter, RouteToLabel and Label and using propagation in Compute nodes. With V6.1, some additional routing capabilities were introduced which provide greater flexibility and ease of use when it comes to making routing decisions. In addition to a brief overview of the previously mentioned methods, this webinar will cover the Route and DatabaseRoute nodes that were introduced in V6.1.

In addition, in V7 of Message Broker, support has been provided to begin development using Patterns. This webinar will show the benefits of using patterns, specifically, a message routing pattern, and demonstrate the ease with which they can be used.

Intended audience: WebSphere Message Broker message flow designers, architects and developers.

Presenter - Jill Lennon

Managing information with SharePoint 2010

Microsoft is building on their already biggest selling server product by releasing a new version of SharePoint. Allow us to show you the benefits that SharePoint 2010 can bring to your organizations business collaboration and information organization platform.

Presenter – Paul Twigg, Director of Microsoft Technologies, Web Age Solutions Inc.

Top Reasons Agile Adoption Fails on Real World Projects

So you heard about Agile and Scrum, someone told you it was the silver bullet, you picked up a book, went to a seminar and maybe even actually dished out a few bucks to go get your team certified to be ScrumMasters. Then, after several attempts at applying all the wonderful bullet proof methods, the big woooha moment didn’t happen. Actually, you’ve faced resistance, some have even told you not to use the ‘A’ word anymore.
Teams seem to be struggling with applying the methods and a few have even said ‘Agile won’t work for us’. So if this describes your situation or perhaps you’re getting started with Agile and would like to avoid making it so, then this webinar is for you!
Come learn from a real world Agile Coach the top pitfalls and reasons why Agile adoption fails.

Presenter Sally Elatta

Building Web Application with Silverlight 4

It’s new, it’s exciting, and it’s creating the biggest developer community buzz since the introduction of the .Net framework. Silverlight is a free plug-in powered by the .NET framework that is compatible across multiple browsers, devices and operating systems to bring a new level of interactivity wherever the Web works. With Silverlight being released at the end of April 2010, Microsoft has bettered an already good technology with more compelling user experiences, and more powerful business processing capabilities. Come join us and discover the world of Silverlight 4 web development, and see how this technology will advance your web development skills.

Presenter – Paul Twigg, Director of Microsoft Technologies, Web Age Solutions Inc.

Best Practices of WebSphere Process Server Administration

Managing a WebSphere Process Server environment can be complex. There are many decisions that are made very early on in configuration of the environment that can have a big impact on the future performance and scalability of the environment. Investing time in planning out a WebSphere Process Server environment can have a big impact on how business processes and services deployed to that environment perform and how much ability you have in the future of deploying new business process applications. In this webinar we will focus on what those critical decisions are when setting up a WebSphere Process Server environment and the impact they will have. You will learn how to best approach the design of the environment so to have the most flexibility going forward to deal with new requirements.

MDM Risks and Key Success Factors

As organizations become increasingly aware of the state of their data landscape, the subject of Master Data Management (MDM) to drive data consistency and data quality rises to the top.  Enterprises are motivated by the desire to make better decisions and the data those decisions is based upon is a critical component.  In this value-packed seminar, the risks associated with MDM adoption, along with an identification of critical success factors are explored to provide organizations with a leg-up when pursuing this essential data governance initiative.

Oracle WebLogic Server 11g Administration

This Webinar will provide Administrators with information on some of the features of Oracle WebLogic Server11g

Some of the topic areas to be covered in this one hour session
WLST: The WebLogic Scripting Tool
Deploying Applications in 11g
Database Access and WebLogic in 11g
WebLogic and JMS in 11g

What's New in WebSphere Process Server 7.0 Programming

In this seminar, we will look at the new and noteworthy features in WPS 7.0. We will mostly explore the features that are of interest to the developers. New features of WID 7.0 will also be covered.

Java EE Patterns Revisited

The technologies available to modern Java EE 5 applications is very different than it was for previous versions of Java Enterprise. So what does this mean for the “J2EE Patterns” that were so popular when Java Enterprise programming was more difficult? In this webinar we will look at what changes to the common patterns should be understood. We will also look at where applying some of the “old” patterns could no actually be an “anti-pattern” that makes an application more complex than it should be. Attending this webinar will help you be most effective with the latest standards and apply best practices that take into account what is available with Java EE 5.

Hyper-Agile Java EE application development with IBM/ILOG JRules 7.0 BRMS

In this webinar we will discuss the nuts and bolts of how to implement business rules using ILOG Jrules 7.0. We will focus on:

• How is business rules approach differs from traditional approach
• Benefits of business rule approach
• How to leverage Jrules 7.0 BRMS architecture
• How the Business Object Model maps to Executable Object Model
• How to author business logic using domain specific English language
• How to package and deploy business rules
• Choice of Business rules deployment platforms

Introduction to TOGAF 9 and Certification Process

Interest in Enterprise Architecture (EA) is at an all-time high within enterprises of all shapes and sizes. The value of aligning business and IT along shared enterprise goals has never been greater than it is now. In an effort to capitalize on the potential that EA holds for organizations, many are turning toward The Open Group Architectural Framework (TOGAF) to provide a structured methodology for crafting and executing their EA strategy.

In this informative webinar, attendees will learn the following things about TOGAF:

* Core TOGAF Elements
* Architecture Development Method (ADM) Fundamentals
* TOGAF Deliverables, Artifacts, and Building Blocks
* Understanding the Enterprise Continuum
* TOGAF Certification Process and Recommendations

WebLogic 9/10 Advanced Server Administration

Don't miss your FREE opportunity to learn more about the following topics:
1. Java Management Extensions (JMX)
2. WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)
3. WebLogic Diagnostic Framework

List of Webinar topics

1) Java Management Extensions (JMX)
a) Purpose
b) MBeans
c) MBean Servers
d) JMX Tools

2) WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)
a) Navigation
b) Configuration
c) Runtime MBeans
d) Script Recording/Generation

3) WebLogic Diagnostic Framework
a) Architecture
b) Diagnostic Images
c) Server-scoped Instrumentation
d) Application-scoped Instrumentation
e) Diagnostic Context
f) Dye Marking

CIO Priorities for 2010

2010 presents organizations of all shapes and sizes with some significant challenges in the effective management of technology and the prioritization of information technology investments. This strategic seminar examines the top 10 priorities (as identified by CIO Insight Magazine) facing the office of Chief Information Officer (CIO), as well as those that fulfill a similar role within the enterprise.

In this focused strategy session, participants are introduced to each of ten relevant and timely challenges facing enterprises in the effective management of information technology assets. Each priority is introduced, challenges are explored, strategies are discussed, and practical best practices are recommended.

At the conclusion of the session, attendees participate in a collective assignment to produce actionable steps for applying this acquired knowledge and moving the enterprise forward.

Topics
* Key factors and driving forces within IT for 2010
* Business productivity and cost reduction
* IT and business alignment
* Business agility and speed to market
* Business process re-engineering
* IT cost reduction
* IT reliability and efficiency
* IT strategic planning
* Revenue-generating IT innovation
* Security and privacy
* CIO leadership
* Moving the enterprise forward

ESB admin and programming best practices

This webinar shows the basics of the administration and deployment of service-based applications and message mediations in IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) v6.2.

New Features of SharePoint 2010

SharePoint is the fastest growing server product in Microsoft history. Join us for a complimentary 1-hour introduction to the new features of Microsoft’s latest version of their increasingly popular collaboration platform, including new developer tools, improved administration and flexible deployment options.

Comparing and Contrasting SOA and Agile

Yes, both of them are buzz words, but when you peel back the buzz, what is the true value that lies behind both of these methods? How do they compare and how do they differ? Most importantly, how can we bring about Agility to SOA projects and how can better architecture be applied to Agile projects? We will also discuss some of the challenges with attempting iterative development on SOA projects.

Speakers: Your speakers are both experts and practitioners in the area of Agile and SOA.

Kyle Gabhart is subject matter expert in the area of SOA and Enterprise Architecture. He is a popular speaker recognized for his enthusiasm and dynamic analysis of emerging technologies. He has authored several articles and a popular book that serves as a guide on SOA for Executives.

Sally Elatta is an Agile expert and enterprise coach who has helped many organizations transition to Agile methods and improve internal processes. She is a dynamic speaker who is known for preaching practical real world solutions to solve business challenges.
This is a duo you will not want to miss so sign up for this webinar today!

Oracle WebLogic Server 10g R3: Performance Tuning Fundamentals and Q&A

In this webinar David Chung, Senior Technical Instructor with Web Age Solutions, will explore Oracle WebLogic Server 10g R3 Performance. We will focus on:

JVMs comparison
Memory Settings
Garbage Collection
Network Utilizaiton
Threads

David Chung has nearly twenty years of industry experience, the last 10 years working primarily with WebLogic Server. David served as the primary author of the original BEA Certified Server Specialist certification exam.

Duration: 45 minutes lecture/ 25 minutes Q&A

ESB admin and programming best practices

This webinar shows the basics of the administration and deployment of service-based applications and message mediations in IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) v6.2.

Adopting Your Very Own Cloud

Cloud computing holds tremendous potential for both small and large organizations.  Adopting your very own cloud solution may seem daunting, but the maturing of service oriented patterns, practices, methodologies, and tools has brought cloud well within reach.  With proper guidance, your organization can evaluate the potential for cloud and pragmatically adopt it without breaking the bank.  In this talk, subject matter expert, Kyle Gabhart, provides 10 practical steps to evaluating and potentially adopting Cloud Computing within your organization.

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Why IT Governance is Important - How to reduce risks and increase value

• Challenges / Issues that call for governance (what’s going on in our organizations that call for governance)
• Nature of governance (what is it all about)
• Value of governance (what will we get out of it and why it’s not an option)
• Governance in decentralized organizations (challenges we will have to deal with and objectives for success)
• Requirements for making it work (strategies, components, organizational change, etc.)

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WebLogic Server 10.x New Features for WebLogic 8.x Administrators

This Webinar will provide Administrators of WLS v8.x insight into the new features associated with Oracle WLS v10.x.

Some of the topic areas to be covered in this one hour session
WLST: The WebLogic Scripting Tool
Deploying Applications in 10.x
Database Access and WebLogic in 10.x
WebLogic and JMS in 10.x

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Agile and Scrum - Comparing Traditional Roles vs. Agile Roles

Come learn from a real world Agile Practitioner and Coach the success and challenges various organizations have faced with the culture change needed for adopting these new roles.

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Tools for Effective WebSphere Administration

Over the last several years IBM has focused on making it easier to manage WebSphere environments.  In this webinar we will focus on some of the WebSphere features and tools, like IBM Support Assistant, that make it easier to manage a WebSphere environment.  Although focus will be paid to features of WebSphere 7.0 many of the tools discussed are also useful for a WebSphere 6.x environment.

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A Plan for All Seasons – Achieving Strategic Alignment through Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Architecture (EA) aims to align business and IT strategies and goals. In a world where market adaptation is key, EA enables businesses to be more agile and respond quickly to opportunities that arise within their customer base or the market at large. This one hour webinar will introduce EA models and approaches as well as provide a realistic look at the EA value proposition. This webinar will provide an understanding of Enterprise Architecture and where to start when putting EA into action in your organization.

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Exploring Eclipse Galileo

The yearly update of Eclipse projects at the end of June continues to expand the options provided to clients using Eclipse-based development tools.  In the spirit of the 2009 coordinated release, code named Galileo, this webinar will explore the universe of Eclipse projects and new features available.  Although we will focus on some of the new features that might be very common for clients using Eclipse this webinar will also show you some of the other projects involved in the Eclipse Galileo release that may not be as well know but certainly provide useful tools and options.  One of the primary projects focused on will be the new Memory Analyzer tool.  We will also cover some of the changes to how you install and update software in an Eclipse installation which continues to improve the experience of using Eclipse tools.  Finally, we will take a quick review of some of the most popular sets of free Eclipse tool sets that can provide Eclipse support for things like Spring and JBoss.

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Advanced WebLogic 10 Administration

Don't miss your FREE opportunity to learn more about the following topics:

1. Java Management Extensions (JMX)
2. WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)
3. WebLogic Diagnostic Framework
   

Ten Steps to Successful SOA Governance

SOA Adoption Best Practices. Patterns and Pitfalls in SOA Adoption among the Fortune 500

There is a tendency for people to get overly excited about new solution sets and then look around for where they could possibly apply that solution. Many people fall into this trap with SOA. This is a recipe for disaster. The approach outlined in this seminar helps business leaders to systematically guide the evaluation and pragmatic adoption of SOA. More Info

Advanced Aspects of WebSphere Administration

Join us for a webinar session covering some of the more advanced aspects of WebSphere administration. More Info

Maximizing Business ROI and Reducing Waste in a Tough Economy using Agile and Lean Methods

The current economic conditions are adding a high sense of pressure on companies of all sizes to develop creative ways for cutting costs yet still keeping their competitive advantage and delivering value to their clients.More and more companies are now looking towards taking advantage of Lean principles for cutting waste and using Agile for Managing IT and Non-IT project efforts for maximum ROI.  More Info

Deep Dive into WebSphere Portal 6.1 Clustering

This webinar will focus on how to implement clustering using WebSphere Portal 6.1.  Clustering your Portal installation is critical to providing a scalable, fault tolerant system.  WebSphere Portal is built on top of WebSphere Application Server, Network Deployment (WAS ND) and relies upon its clustering capabilities. More Info

Cloud Services – Understanding how Cloud fits into a SOA world

There is a lot of uncertainty these days regarding SOA, Cloud Computing, and this strange animal that we call a ‘service’.  This talk will aim to answer many of your most pressing questions regarding SOA and Cloud. More Info

Benefits of Java EE 5 and preview of Java EE 6

This webinar focuses on how to use some of the latest Java technologies, like JSF, EJB 3.0, and JPA, together.  Besides covering how to use the “standards” we focus on what Java frameworks like Spring and Seam bring to the table and how to use them to simplify application programming even further. More Info

New Features of JBoss Application Server v5.0

With the release of JBoss Application Server v5.0 JBoss clients have the opportunity to use a fully compatible Java EE 5 server environment.  Since JBoss can be used at no cost, even in production, often the only thing standing in the way of using a new version effectively is knowledge about what may be different. More Info

WebLogic Performance Tuning fundamentals

In this webinar David Chung, Senior Technical Instructor with Web Age Solutions, will explore WebLogic 9/10 Performance. More Info