David Heinemeier Hansson (New York)

Creator of Ruby on Rails

US-based since November, David Heinemeier Hansson is the development lead
of Rails, also known as Ruby on Rails, which the official Ruby on Rails
website irreverently describes as "a full-stack, open-source web framework
in Ruby for writing real-world applications with joy and less code than
most frameworks spend doing XML sit-ups., a
UK firm specialising in web-based supply chain management solutions.

He has been developing large-scale, web-based
applications in ColdFusion, Java, JSP, and Flash for more than six years.com), Enterprise Open Source Magazine
(www.symbian.sys-con.itvcon.

Resellers can also customize their product offerings with Auto Recharge, ANI
as PIN, and Speed-Dial features . SOAP and WSDL standards enable
developers to program in several environments -- such as Java, Perl , or Visual
Studio .NetworkIP.0 actually reads and
understands the source code in complex business applications. Customer standards and programming
rules can easily be added to the platform .castsoftware.

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Known as one of the pioneers of
XML, he previously held various senior management positions at Microsoft,
including General Manager of the WebData group, a team focused on defining
and driving XML strategy.

Sahil Malik (New York)

telerik Tech Evangelist, Microsoft MVP

Author of Bestselling ADO. TIBCO acquired General Interface in 2004 to extend its vision for
service oriented applications to the end user.webhosting.TV
(www.sys-con. Since 1998, the company has innovated patented and best-in-class
stored value technologies, systems and integrated services that ensure
reliability , minimize complexity and increase profitability. But without the visibility into the
software code itself IT management is unable to answer critical questions
like:

* Are the business critical applications architecturally sound?
* Will our applications be able to withstand time?
* How easily can the applications adapt to changing business needs?
* Did the development team follow industry and corporate standards? Are
they adhering to re-use and SOA guidelines?
* How difficult will it be to transfer this application to an outsourcer?
From one outsourcer to another?
* Is the development team productive? Is there a mechanism to accurately
measure the productivity and quality of the work they produce?
* Which applications are eating up the maintenance budget and why?
* Will the savings from outsourced development be overshadowed by high
maintenance costs?
* Are the outsourcers delivering what they are supposed to?

The CAST Application Intelligence Platform provides the necessary
monitoring and control missing in the current Application Lifecycle Management
environment. Through automated software code analysis CAST provides the
information, metrics and visibility needed to run AD like a business . With CAST
customers can lower maintenance costs and reduce risk in their application
portfolio , risks such as system outages, project failures, drifts in
application maintainability, vendor lock -in, regulatory non-compliance and
security.

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events. Christian is a leading expert on AJAX to
Flash integration.com), .XML-Journal.mx.com), PowerBuilder Developer's Journal
(www.com), IT Solutions Guide
(www.TV), the world's first branded blog community
(www.
All PINS and CDR information are stored on NetworkIP servers, accessible
by resellers in real time.
"If you're a provider currently offering web based services but needing
more flexibility and control, or have the business case and resources to get
into this business, give us a call," added Pattullo.
For more information about what NetworkIP, call 1-800-605-2577 or visit
http://www.0 - New Languages, Architectural Rules and the AD
Governance Dashboard
The CAST Application Intelligence Platform v5. Founded in 1990, CAST is listed on Compartment C-Eurolist by
Euronext Paris (Euronext: CAS) and serves Global 2000 organizations worldwide
with a network of 11 fully staffed offices in the US and Europe.

Contact:
Kevin Young
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Bill Scott (New York)

AJAX Evangelist of Yahoo!

Bill Scott, one of the top AJAX experts in the country, is an Interaction
Designer and AJAX Evangelist at Yahoo! He is part of the newly formed
Design and Practices Team working with teams throughout Yahoo! to create a
rich experience on the web. During
that stint he also co-founded Rico, an open source JavaScript framework for
creating AJAX & DHTML web applications. While at Microsoft he was also responsible for
designing and delivering the Microsoft Access PC Database product and
assembling and driving the team that developed the HTML engine of Internet
Explorer 4.D.D.com ), WebSphere Journal
(www. NetworkIP offers secure data protection, redundant
components and maximum data storage reliability. CIOs and leaders of Application Development are looking for
ways to continuously improve, to drive operational excellence, and to ensure
that they get the maximum return for their investments in AD. Furthermore, the complexities of globally distributed development
and the depletion of technical skills within IT organizations make it harder
for teams to succeed without more formal processes and the careful application
of tools."

Introducing Version 5.

About the CAST Solution
CAST software is being used to industrialize the development of complex
business applications and transform the development world -- currently
perceived as complex, obscure and sometimes artistic -- into a world that is
easier to understand, transparent and driven by performance and operational
excellence.

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SYS-CON Events (www. He is author of "The Elements of User Experience " (New
Riders), and is recognized as a pioneer in the field of information
architecture.

Scott Dietzen (New York)

One of the Fathers of WebLogic and J2EE

Ph.

Jeremy Geelan (New York / San Jose)

Group Publisher & Editorial Director, SYS-CON Media

Jeremy Geelan is group publisher and editorial director of SYS-CON Media,
and is responsible for all print titles and online i-technology portals for
the firm. Prior to Zimbra, he was Director of Engineering and Director
of Product Management with the Messaging Products Group at Openwave Systems
-- where he built and led the engineering team that designed and
architected large-scale messaging subsystems and was responsible for
unified messaging, multimedia messaging (MMS), and voicemail." Since
creating HousingMaps, Paul is now at Google.issjournal.eclipsedevelopersjournal.net.

* The CAST Application Intelligence Platform can now read and understand
all languages in mainframe and modern distributed applications
including:

3/4GL . Therefore, organizations need tools that can read and assess
source-code-level exposure.

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com)
announced today the speaker line-up for the upcoming "Real-World AJAX"
(www. He posts his musings about user experience on his blog. He is an Advanced Certified
ColdFusion Developer, holds a BS in computer science and engineering and an
MBA with a specialization in entrepreneurship.0 and SOA and is currently the top-read
SYS -CON.0 Version in
2003.WeblogicDevelopersJournal.com),
and Web 2.education.com) is the world's leading
producer of i-technology conferences, seminars and expos, including SOA Web
Services Edge -- International Web Services Conference, Enterprise Open
Source Conference, "Real-Life AJAX" One -Day Seminar Series
(www.ajaxseminar. NetworkIP's ICS system performs all the service logic.networkIP .com
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NET. Malik frequently speaks on a variety of . Since 1995,
Jouk has been an entrepreneur: he founded three successful Software
companies.com), SOA
Web Services Journal (www. For more information on
how to enhance your valued connections, please visit:
http: //www.NET J2EE Web

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* In Architecture , the CAST Application Intelligence Platform can ensure
correct interaction across the different application layers and
technology (Front End, DBMS, Mainframe and Middleware) and specifically
enforce the correct usage of the .

* The CAST Application Intelligence Platform also helps identify potential
security breaches and risk patterns embedded in the applications .

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A veteran of software development, Dion works with leading-edge
technologies to accelerate project schedules and raise the bar for software
quality.NET related topics
at local user group meetings and industry events.WSJ2.com), ColdFusion Developer's Journal
(www.sys-con.

* Includes critical metrics on each application such as Robustness,
Maintainability, Changeability, Transferability and Performance

* Customers can benchmark their applications within their portfolio and
against industry averages, and can track changes over time

* APIs connect the CAST AD Governance Dashboard with PPM and Configuration
Management tools to enable managers to track costs and changes
associated with applications in the portfolio so they can understand and
impact maintenance cost drivers.

About CAST
CAST is the world leader and pioneer in Application Intelligence Software
-- "the software that knows software(R)" - providing the metrics and
information IT executives must have to better govern application maintenance
and development.com.

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The sponsorship opportunities
for the upcoming seminars will be made available on March 13, 2006 during
the New York City event. He is also a frequent speaker and
writer whose work has appeared in numerous publications, including New
Architect, Digital Web, and Boxes and Arrows .

Adam Bosworth (San Jose)

Vice President of Engineering, Google

One of the Fathers of XML and the Creator of MS Access

Adam Bosworth is Vice President of Engineering, Google.

Kevin Hakman (New York / San Jose)

Director of Product Marketing for TIBCO General Interface

TIBCO Software

Kevin Hakman is the director of product marketing for TIBCO General
Interface , the award winning AJAX and Rich Internet Application framework
and toolkit. Kevin Hakman pioneered AJAX in the enterprise co-founding
General Interface in 2001.com), live and on-demand Webcasts
(www.

SYS-CON Events, Inc.
NetworkIP's CEO Pete Pattullo said, "Creating and differentiating
Web-based services just got a whole lot easier.

CAST Introduces the First Software Solution That Provides The Visibility Needed To Run Application Development Like A Business

Major
product enhancements to the CAST Application Intelligence Platform -- "the
Software that knows Software" -- will change the way IT executives govern
application development.

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C.NET, Atlas, Windows
Forms, and frameworks for smart clients.NET Developer's
Journal (www.SYS-CON.

NetworkIP Powers Branded e-Stores for Prepaid Telecom Resellers

Resellers Can Mix, Market and Manage Prepaid Services Online

DALLAS, NetworkIP, a leader in stored value
solutions, has publicly launched an innovative application programming
interface (API) that lets prepaid telecommunications resellers create and sell
prepaid products, administer PINs, and manage prepaid inventory through
branded, online e-Stores.NET -- saving valuable development time and money. Latest Release of CAST's Application Intelligence Platform Includes New
Language Capabilities, Enhanced Security and Standards Monitoring, and an AD
Governance Dashboard

NEW YORK, CAST, a pioneer in AD Governance
software , announced today a significant step toward achieving the vision of
helping IT organizations run application development like a business. "The release of version 5 of our Application Intelligence Platform
gives IT management an easy way to capture and view the information needed for
better AD governance. With CAST's metrics and information customers can
transform application maintenance and development into a world driven by
performance and operational excellence. "With CAST we get the unbiased metrics that we
need to measure, monitor, and improve the performance of our development
organization . More than
600 organizations around the world are using CAST software to run AD like a
business .young@castsoftware.

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Since starting in the
Internet industry in 1995, Jesse has had a hands-on role in almost every
aspect of Web development, from interface design and programming to content
development and high-level strategy. Today, information architects around
the world depend on the tools and concepts he has developed, including the
widely acclaimed "Elements of User Experience" model. David will give his first presentation on "AJAX in Rails" at the
"Real-World AJAX" one-day seminar.

Editor -in-Chief, Web 2. He is highly experienced with enterprise technologies and he
designs, consults, and writes prolifically. Ross joined
Openwave as part of the 1999 acquisition of Onebox where he was a founding
engineer and senior architect. in
simulation modeling and philosophy.
He is the author of numerous tutorials and white papers, and is coauthor of
Flash Enabled: Flash Design & Development for Devices as well as the
JavaScript/Flash Integration Kit. Paul holds a Ph.

Shanku Niyogi (San Jose)

Product Unit Manager of the UI Framework and Services Team

Microsoft Corporation

Shanku is Product Unit Manager of the UI Framework and Services (UiFX)
team, which is responsible for delivering high-productivity UI framework
technologies for the .NET platform, including ASP.

About SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media, listed in Inc 500 three years in a row as the fastest
growing, privately held publishing company in America, is the world's
leading publisher exclusively serving i-technology markets.DotNETDevelopersJournal. A privately held
company and a leader in stored value solutions, NetworkIP sets industry
standards for quality, integrity and functionality ."
"Having a fact-based decision making process is a critical component to
better AD Governance ," says Jim Duggan, Research Vice President, Gartner Inc.castsoftware.

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The March 13, New York , and April 24, San Jose events are exclusively
sponsored by the world's leading AJAX technology providers: Adobe, telerik,
Backbase, Tibco/Perficient, and Microsoft. He is a
frequent speaker on AJAX, Web 2.

Dave Crane (New York / San Jose)

Co-author of Bestselling AJAX Book 'Ajax in Action '

Dave will autograph his bestselling book for all delegates!

Dave Crane is senior developer and architect for Historic Futures Ltd. He is
also lead author of the bestselling 'Ajax in Action ', and has been using
the technologies that we now know as AJAX in production for several years. He is active as a writer, trainer and
mentor in the AJAX community.com. Since that time General Interface (aka GI) has

been powering Web applications that look, feel and perform like desktop
applications , but run in the browser at Fortune 500 and US Government
organizations.com), Symbian
Developer 's Journal (www.com).

NET and JAVA framework.com
http://www.

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com) one-day seminars, added new venues; April 24, 2006
San Jose, CA; June 5-6, 2006, New York City; and October 2-3, 2006 , Santa
Clara, CA. SYS-CON will announce four more dates in March for Toronto,
Chicago, Washington , D.

Christian Cantrell (New York / San Jose)

Coauthor of JavaScript/Flash Integration Kit

AJAX/Flash Integration Guru

Christian Cantrell is a Product Manager for Developer Relations with Adobe
and a big fan of AJAX.com

Paul Rademacher is the creator of HousingMaps . For his community
involvement and contribution, he has been awarded the Microsoft MVP award. Kevin is a contributor to
the SOA Web Services Journal and the AJAX Developers Journal.

SYS-CON 's well-known and respected magazine titles include: Java
Developer's Journal (www.JavaDevelopersJournal .com), and iTVcon -- Internet TV Conference & Expo 2006
(www. It is
costly because exposure is buried deep inside the source code of the company's
applications., January 10, 2006.

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He is co-founder of
the Information Architecture Institute, the only professional organization
dedicated to information architecture.

Paul Rademacher (San Jose)

Google, Creator of HousingMaps.com), WLDJ-WebLogic
Developer's Journal (www.com), Adobe Developer's Journal
(www.itsolutions.

Each month SYS -CON Media reaches over two million i-technology
professionals through its specialty journals, magazines , conferences,
education programs (www." From "Got Legacy? Four Fates Await Your Applications" Forrester
Research, Inc.

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Before joining Yahoo! Bill founded the User
Experience Team at Sabre Airline Solutions , part of Sabre Holdings., in McLean, Virginia.com blogger. He regularly hosts SYS-CON.WebSphereJournal .com), Eclipse Developer's Journal
(www.sys-con.sys-con."
CAST Fills an Important Gap in the AD Governance Software Space AD
Governance is the desire for accountability and optimal performance across the
people, process and technologies in a maintenance and development
organization.NET , C++, COBOL, ASP, and ABAP.
Specifically, CAST can identify possible illegal data access, illegal
access to external functions from the database source code, illegal
access to operating system functions, access to timer functions, access
to buffer management functions , and unexpectedly erased functions.
"Organizations that have tackled compliance issues, such as Sarbanes-Oxley
and Basel II, know that determining whether and where the organization has
exposure to the various compliance initiatives is a costly endeavor.

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, President and CTO, Zimbra

Scott is widely credited with helping put together the J2EE standard,
launching the Web application server category, launching the Java Community
Process, and driving the Web services collaboration with Microsoft and IBM. Prior to joining BEA, Bosworth co-founded Crossgain, a
software development firm acquired by BEA.

Rob Gonda (New York / San Jose)

Bestselling AJAX Author, CTO, iChameleon Group

Editor-in-Chief, AJAX Developer's Journal

Rob Gonda, newly appointed at the helm of SYS -CON Media's AJAX Developer's
Journal, is the CTO for iChameleon Group.com.
Traditionally AD Management has looked to Project Portfolio Management,
Quality Assurance, or Software Configuration Management tools to help them
manage the software build process.

AD Governance Dashboard

* Configurable, web based dashboard that AD management can use to monitor
the health and vitality of their application portfolio and the
productivity and effectiveness of their development and maintenance
teams.

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Distinguished faculty of the "Real-World AJAX" East and West Coast seminars
includes the following technology leaders and well-known presenters:

Jesse James Garrett (New York / San Jose)

Father of "AJAX" Who Coined the Term in 2005

Jesse James Garrett is the Director of User Experience Strategy and a
founding partner of Adaptive Path, the world's premier user experience
consulting company.
Prior to Zimbra, Scott was CTO of BEA Systems where he was the principal
architect of the technology strategy for the WebLogic product family.com, a
privately-held company founded in 1999 and committed to building the best
web-based software products possible with the least number of features
necessary.0.0 Journal, is co-founder and chief technology officer for the
enterprise architecture firm Sphere of Influence Inc.linuxworld . Prior to Onebox, Ross was at Sun
Microsystems' JavaSoft division where he was a lead engineer with the Java
Server Group responsible for network computer and embedded server products.
"At Allianz we are using score carding and KPI tracking to improve the
operational excellence of our maintenance and development teams," said Paul
Camille Bentz, AGF Group CIO.

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sys-con. David is the creator of applications like Instiki, Basecamp,
and Ta-da, and has now joined the Chicago-based team of 37signals."

Ross Dargahi (New York)

Well-known AJAX Evangelist

Co-founder and VP of Engineering, Zimbra

Ross Dargahi, a co-founder of Zimbra, is presently the company's VP of
Engineering.com.net . Coupled
with QA, PPM and SCM tools IT organizations can create full cycle AD
governance.
"Business clients increasingly demand predictable delivery and reliable
software.NET, Java, ASP , JavaScript, PHP
C++, Oracle PL1, C#, JSP, VBScript, HTML
Cobol Forms + RPG ASPNET XML
Reports,
Delphi

Relational Databases Business Objects SAP Tibco

Oracle PL /SQL, Sybase + Business Objects ABAP Business Works
SQL Server T-SQL, IBM
SQL/PSM

New security audit capabilities added to quality and architectural
standards monitoring in the CAST Application Intelligence Platform

* The CAST Application Intelligence Platform can analyze software code and
track adherence to standards in naming conventions, best practices,
documentation, architecture and performance for the following languages:
SQL-PSM, VB, T-SQL, PL-SQL, Power Builder, JSP, Java, Oracle Forms,
.

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PRESS RELEASE 'Real -World AJAX' One-Day Seminar Speaker Line-Up Announced New Dates Added

Dion Hinchcliffe (New York / San Jose)

Co-founder & CTO, Sphere of Influence Inc.0 Journal

Dion Hinchcliffe , newly appointed Editor-in-Chief of SYS-CON's pioneering
Web 2.NET 2. Prior to Backbase, Jouk was part of the founding team at the web
content management company Tridion, where he led the product management
operations, and was driving the company s efforts to become a leader in the
European WCM software market. Shanku holds a Bachelor of Mathematics degree in
Computer Science from the University of Waterloo.ColdFusionJournal.
In development for more than two years, NetworkIP's new API is prepaid's
most sophisticated and easy-to-use Web interface for managing prepaid brands. Our innovative and flexible
technologies and tools make our customer's services more reliable, their
brands more marketable and their businesses more profitable. For more information visit http://www.

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, and Austin , Texas. He joined Google in
2005 from BEA Systems, where he was Chief Architect & Senior VP of Advanced
Development.TV, is executive producer of the
"Power Panels with Jeremy Geelan" iTV series, and represents SYS-CON at
conferences and trade shows, speaking to technology audiences both in North
America and overseas.
He has worked extensively in the IT industry over the last ten years, in
areas as diverse as home automation, finance and national policy planning,
for companies ranging from start-ups to FTSE 100 market leaders, using
technologies as diverse as J2EE, Python, Ruby, PHP , Linux and .com, which combined
Craigslist and Google Maps for the first web mashup. Backbase operates globally with
offices in San Mateo (North America) and Amsterdam (Europe).sys-con.webcast.events . Tools that don't read source code to build the
application knowledge repository, such as the PPM vendors' offerings, will not
be able to assess exposure, determine the size or complexity of an application
in any meaningful way, or assess the applications' exposure to various
threats.

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Jouk Pleiter (New York / San Jose)

Co-Founder & CEO of Backbase

Jouk Pleiter is the CEO of Backbase , a leader in the field of Rich Internet
Applications and AJAX development software. He has an MBA from the University of Groningen. Shanku joined Microsoft in
1998 as a developer, having spent several years shipping products in the
Windows ISV industry.com), Wireless Business & Technology
(www .sys-con. (www.com).

* For the first time CAST software can read and understand SAP's ABAP
programming language. CAST automatically analyzes business applications and provides
the information and objective metrics that management must have to measure,
monitor and control team activities for on-time, on-quality delivery at the
best cost, whether in-house or outsourced. For our customers this means more
adaptable, robust and reliable software applications that can withstand time
and change with the flexibility that the business requires.

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Jesse's clients include AT&T, Intel , Crayola,
Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, and National Public Radio. He
holds degrees in Environmental Science, Parallel Computing, and a Ph. in
Computer Science from UNC-Chapel Hill, and worked as an R&D Engineer at
Dreamworks Animation on such movies as "Shrek 2" and "Madagascar.com); AJAX Developer 's Journal
(www.blog-n-play.

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ajaxseminar. Over the past 20 years Bill has
been involved in designing and creating user interfaces for video games,
military war games, 3d graphics, oil and gas research , software development
environments, supply chain planning, and various other scientific and
business domains.com and
he is Conference Chair of the upcoming iTVcon -- "Internet TV Conference &
Expo 2006.NET and Visual Web Developer.sys-con.com), and the SYS-CON interactive portal with more
than 100 websites at www.
"Helping our customers better govern application delivery by providing
software to objectively monitor and control the quality and productivity of
development work being done when building and maintaining applications is at
the heart of CAST's vision," said Vincent Delaroche, CAST founder, President
and CEO. IT organizations need to re-examine their processes and supporting
tools to improve quality delivery.

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" He has had help from a lot of
contributors. His i-Technology Blog is at jeremy.0 book

Sahil Malik is an Independent Consultant, Trainer and Mentor in various
Microsoft Technologies and has been closely involved with telerik as a
technology strategist.

He has worked for many large clients across the
globe including a good deal of Fortune 100 companies and US government
organizations. Backbase's clients include ING,
ABN AMRO, TNT, KPN, Comsys and Heineken. General Interface was also the first to use its own toolkit
to provide full visual tooling for AJAX when it released its 2.com), ISSJ -- Information Storage & Security
Journal (www.sys-con .

About SYS-CON Events, Inc."
NetworkIP's API is fully integrated with the company's exclusive
Integrated Connections Solution (ICS) technology that enables converged
products combining Prepaid or Postpaid Calling Cards, Long Distance, Web and
Audio Conferencing Services, Voice Mail, International Call Back, VoIP and
Prepaid Internet.

About NetworkIP
NetworkIP is changing the way businesses and people grow and enhance their
connections.

New language capabilities added to the CAST Application Intelligence
Platform. And IT executives get a mechanism to drive continuous improvement
in their critical applications and in the teams that build and maintain those
apps.

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D. He recently wrote a two-part
feature article on AJAX for ColdFusion Developer's Journal that in one
month became the most-read article in the magazine's history. Dion actively consults with
enterprise IT clients in the federal government and Fortune 1000. He is currently leading the office of Emerging Technologies
at a prominent government office where he is in charge of reviewing ,
assessing and recommending various technologies to support the
organization. Jouk previously was part of the founding team
at the Interactive Agency Twinspark where he grew the company to a leading
market position in Europe and was instrumental in the sale of Twinspark to
Agency. Prior to his current role, Shanku
was Group Program Manager of the Web Platform and Tools team on the Whidbey
release of ASP.linuxworld.PowerBuilderJournal.0 Journal (http://web2.com), SYS-CON.
Programmer friendly and easy to use, NetworkIP's API is delivered as a
toolkit for a customer's programming staff. With this new
release CAST has expanded the depth and breadth of analysis capabilities as
well as improved the mechanism by which AD management can view and manipulate
critical information about their application portfolio.
The CAST software platform -- "the software that knows software " -- helps
IT management and IT services companies better govern their application
development .