WUG 9/26 Geronimo v. JBoss, Base Events

Everyone in the JUG is invited to attend tomorrow's WUG meeting free of 
charge.

The Geronimo team originally approached the JUG about talking.  Because 
of a crowded JUG schedule, it has been scheduled in the WUG, as the 
result of JUG-WUG coordination, as it fits well in either group.

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Geronimo versus other JBoss and the others /
Common Base Events

Tues. Sept 26, 2006
IBM Building 500 Cafeteria
Research Triangle Park, NC

*Schedule*

5:45 p.m. Gather, Networking, Pizza and Drinks
6:10 p.m. Geronimo versus JBoss and the others, Kevan Miller, IBM
7:25 p.m. CBE / CEI, Greg Ackerman, IBM
8:30 p.m. (approx.) Adjournment
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* Admission is free of charge.  Pre-registration is helpful but not
mandatory (see below).

Geronimo versus other JBoss and the others

Kevan Miller is a committer to the Geronimo project.  Geronimo is the
new Apache open-source J2EE Application server that many expect to be a
real challenger to JBoss.  It is also the basis of the new Community
Edition of WebSphere.  It my have a very significant role in the future.

Kevan will cover Geronimo features and architecture, and discuss how it
compares to JBoss, WebSphere, WebLogic, and others.

Geronimo has a modular componentized design using GBeans, and Kevin will
demo how it can be enlarged dynamically.

WebSphere Problem Determination with Common Base Events

Greg Ackerman will present a powerful set of problem determination
techniques for WebSphere Application Server that have gone largely
unnoticed by most WebSphere users.  He will discuss how Common Base
Events, an IBM autonomic computing technology, has been built into
WebSphere and other IBM software.  It is also an evolving standard that
is being adopted by the software industry, and can be used in your own
applications as well.  He will present and demonstrate how using this
technology can help you solve WebSphere runtime problems in less time
and with greater accuracy.
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Directions to the Meeting*

Distance from Raleigh (17 miles) / Durham (8 miles) / Chapel Hill (12 miles)

 From I-40, take Exit 280 - Davis Drive. At the end of the exit ramp,
take a right (North) onto Davis Drive. Continue straight on Davis Drive
for about 0.5 miles. Take a right on Cornwallis road. Go about 1/2 mile,
you will cross over railroad tracks. At the IBM gate keep to the right.

If the rightmost gate is down,  press on the intercom button and tell
the remote guard that you are attending the WebSphere User Group
meeting, and give him your name. He will open the gate for you.

Our IBM host is Greg Ackerman - they may ask for his name.

Go through gate, follow the road around past the first Tivoli Building,
looking for signs leading to Building 500 or "Software Group." It should
be the third road on the left.

It can be a little tricky, so please allow some extra time the first time.

You will see a visitors' parking lot. Turn in and park, and walk to the
Building 500 lobby.   If that parking lot is not accessible, you would
need to continue on and park behind the building.

See http://www.rtpwug.org/sitemap.pdf
<http://www.rtprug.org/sitemap.pdf>  for a map.

Pre-Registration

We have implemented a pre-registration system for meetings. While not
mandatory for attendance, this will allow us to provide pre-printed
attendance badges at the door that will get you into the meeting more
quickly.

If you would like to pre-register,  please send email to [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>  with your

    * name
    * organization (e.g. company or school or self)
    * citizenship
    * date of birth (needed only if citizenship is other than U.S.)
    * email address

Please note that:

    * If you are a citizen of Hong Kong, Macao, or PR China (and not a
      permanent U.S resident with a "green card" or IBMer)
      pre-registration is mandatory, since your visit must be
      pre-approved. Please contact [email protected]
      <mailto:[email protected]> for details.
    * If you are NOT a citizen of Hong Kong, Macao, or the PRC (and not
      an IBMer or U.S. permanent resident with a "green card")
      pre-registration is NOT mandatory, but it is quicker: we will need
      to log the information above at the door, which might take a few
      minutes.
    * IBM staff with active badges can enter the building in the usual
      manner, without pre-approval or pre-registration.

If it's getting late, that's no problem at all.  Just show up and we
will make out a badge at the door.

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