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UNIGROUP OF NEW YORK NOVEMBER 2002 ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. UNIGROUP'S NOVEMBER 2002 GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
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When: Thursday, November 21, 2002
Where: The Chase Manhattan Bank
One Chase Manhattan Plaza (1CMP) <==(Our New Location!)
Conference Center, 28th Floor
Downtown, NYC
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YOU MUST RSVP TO GET PAST SECURITY, SEE BELOW!
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Time: 6:15 PM - 6:30 PM Registration
6:30 PM - 6:40 PM Ask the Wizard,
Questions, Answers and Current Events
6:40 PM - 6:50 PM Unigroup Business
6:50 PM - 9:30 PM Main Presentation
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Topic: Building Integrated Front-end to Back-end Wireless
Applications Using Java Technology
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Speaker: Carl Sayres, Chief Architect,
Data Representations
Introduction:
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This month's meeting should compliment our recent series of
meetings which addressed Rapid Java-Based Development for the
Web (Japple) and Web-Enabling Technologies (such as Tarantella).
This month's guest speaker is from Data Representations, a
company which specializes in development tools for Java Technology.
People from Data Representations have been on the Unilist
announcement list for some time, and in fact, our speaker Carl
Sayres had provided Unigroup Members with free passes to the
Java Business Expo back in 1998 (I wonder if he remembers?). Then,
a couple years later in 2000, his colleague provided us with free
passes to the LinuxWorld Expo. Such long-term support of Unigroup
is always welcome and greatly appreciated.
While Data Representations is able to talk on multiple Java
Development topics (and using Java to move data from system to
system, application to application, legacy back end to portable
device front end, etc.), we thought we would try to focus on
some of the newer technologies for this meeting. The goal of
this meeting, in general, will be to learn about the state of
the art in Java technologies, and how they can be practically
applied to application development.
Keep an eye on the Unigroup meeting page for any updates to
the meeting outline.
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SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
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* IN ORDER TO PASS THROUGH SECURITY AT CHASE, WE NEED YOU TO RSVP
* PRIOR TO THE MEETING DAY, SO WE CAN GET YOUR NAME ON THE ATTENDEE
* LIST. ADVANCE REGISTRATION AND PHOTO ID ARE REQUIRED!
* RSVP DEADLINE 20-NOV-2002 16:00. <<<< PAY ATTENTION, DEADLINE!
* Keep an eye out on the deadline date and time, as it may change.
Please RSVP if you know you are attending or if you think you may
be attending. This will help us arrange for a letter to security
for all of Unigroup. It will also help us to determine the correct
amount of food and refreshments.
To REGISTER for this event, please RSVP by:
a) If at all possible, please use the Unigroup Registration Page:
http://www.unigroup.org/unigroup-rsvp.html
This will allow us to have some automation in the RSVP process.
b) If you must Email us, send an EMail containing the FIRST and
LAST NAMEs of the persons attending to the Unigroup RSVP
address:
unigroup-rsvp@unigroup.org
The Email subject should start with "RSVP".
You may optionally include your contact phone number (that
day) or other current information.
DO NOT simply reply to this email, sending us back the entire
announcement (we already have it); leaving the subject as it
was, and NOT containing the phrase "RSVP" as requested. In
that case, your message just looks like failed mail and it
makes it impossible to automate the RSVP process and get
you registered for our event.
Please continue to check the Unigroup web site:
http://www.unigroup.org
for any last minute updates concerning this meeting. Please
check your email for any last minute announcements prior to the
meeting. Note that only the Attendee First and Last Names will
be provided to Chase Security.
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Description of Talk:
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This presentation will show the latest techniques for creating
sophisticated mobile wireless software for applications servers
and Java-enabled cell phones and PDAs, including Palm OS Platform
and PocketPC based handheld computers. From scratch, we will
interactively build an application on a mobile client using
J2ME/MIDP (Java 2 Micro Edition/Mobile Information Device Profile)
and then build a server-side application running on a J2EE (Java 2
Enterprise Edition) server. Our integrated application will be
aggregating data from industry standard databases and legacy
mainframe applications. The presentation will highlight the J2ME
and J2EE application architecture, and discuss many issues
involved with building mobile software. Additionally, we will
discuss issues of using XML over HTTP in a wireless environment.
This is a great opportunity for Linux and Unix environments.
Web Resources:
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Data Representations
http://www.datarepresentations.com/
Java Pro Magazine
http://www.ftponline.com/javapro
Article about Simplicity for Mobile Servers
(from Java Pro Magazine):
http://www.ftponline.com/wireless/rgrehan/page5.asp
Micro Java Network
http://www.microjava.com
"Moving Your Application from Wired to Wireless?"
(from Micro Java Network):
http://www.microjava.com/articles/perspective/moving
Sun's Java Technology Page
http://java.sun.com
Giveaways:
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To-Be-Announced (keep an eye on our web page). We should have a few
nice items to raffle off from Data Representations.
Speaker Biography:
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Carl Sayres is the Chief Software Architect at Data Representations,
where he has directed the development teams for eight commercial
products. He has extensive experience in object oriented design
and software development, and is an expert in mobile application
design and deployment using Java Technology.
Company Biography:
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Data Representations produces end-to-end, server to wireless client,
development tools for Java Technology. Data Representations'
Simplicity for Mobile Servers allows developers to quickly aggregate
data from multiple sources and ship that data to mobile devices using
XML over HTTP. Based completely on the J2ME/MIDP and J2EE
specifications, these tools offer total flexibility for developers,
while still being extremely easy to use.
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Fee Schedule:
Yearly Membership (includes all meetings): $ 50.00
* Non-Member Single Meeting: $ 20.00
Student Yearly Membership: $ 20.00
Non-Member Student Single Meeting (with ID): $ 5.00
Payment Methods: Cash, Check, American Express.
* Employees of Chase (with ID) can attend general meetings
at NO CHARGE.
==> Unigroup is the Greater NYC Regional Area Affiliate
of UniForum - an International Unix Users Group.
Our Joint Membership Program with UniForum is currently
on hold due to circumstances at UniForum. For information
about UniForum visit http://www.uniforum.org.
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Complimentary Food and Refreshments will be served. This includes
sandwiches such as turkey, roast beef, chicken, tuna and grilled
eggplant. Chase also provides us a very nice spread of treats,
which include brownies, cookies, popcorn, bottled water and
assorted beverages.
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Directions:
The 1CMP building is situated: South of Liberty Street, North
of Pine Street, East of Broad/Nassau Street and West of William
Street. The building is one block east of Broadway, right
behind 140 Broadway.
The closest entrance to the conference center is from Nassau
Street, first elevator bank from the Nassau Street entrance.
The building is on a raised platform. Walk up the outside
stairs at Nassau Street and head for the guard's station at the
south-west corner of the building. Tell the guards you are
heading for Unigroup.
They will inspect your ID and carry-ins and direct you to the
meeting facility assuming you are on the Unigroup RSVP list.
Once you get upstairs, enter the conference facility through
its main doors. There is a bank of large monitors to the left
of the entrance which should direct you to the Unigroup meeting
room (the room may vary from month to month). To the right of
the main entrance is the concierge's desk, ask for help there
if you need anything. The conference facility has two levels,
keep in mind that the Unigroup meeting may be up the staircase
on its upper level. Thus far, our meeting room has been
upstairs, on the south side of the building.
As always, also look out for Unigroup signs marking the path
to the meeting room. Also note, if you come early, we may not
have our own signs in place yet (we have to commute there too).
Transit By Train: Take the J/M/Z to Broad Street and walk one
block North to Pine St. Take the 4/5 to Wall Street and walk
North to Pine St., then East to Broad St. Take the 2/3 to Wall
Street, the North West exit is inside the Chase complex, else
you will need to walk a block North and West. See the MTA
Downtown NYC Map (pdf) for detailed mass transit information:
http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/maps/mapdown.pdf
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Please mark this meeting on your calendar and join us!
Please tell your friends about Unigroup!
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2. UPCOMING MEETINGS
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We have a series of meetings in the works:
- Disaster Recovery: Principles and Practice
- Zope and Python (Web Page Development)
- Unix Clusters and Clustered Databases
- High Performance Internet Servers / Web Acceleration
- Unix 30th Birthday Celebration
- IPsec and IPv6
- Linux Clustering Part 3: Beowulf version 2
- Building a Firewall using FreeBSD and Linux
- Unix Office Tools: Word Processors, Spreadsheets, Accounting Packages.
- Emacs
- Tex
- PKI
- GNU Development Environments
- Meetings on a variety of Sun/Solaris/Java topics
Please let us know about any other meeting topics that you may be
interested in. Potential speakers on Unix related technology topics
should contact the Unigroup board at uniboard@unigroup.org.
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3. PRIOR MEETING
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Unigroup would like to thank our September 2002 speakers: William
Thompson, Patrick Larmore and John Shimer from Saucon Technologies
for their presentation on Japple, an Open-Source Rapid Web Application
Development Environment.
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4. UPCOMING TRADE SHOWS
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The following trade shows are coming to the Javits Center over the next
few months. For show information and complimentary exhibits-only
registration, visit their respective web pages:
a) Infosecurity Conference & Exhibition
http://www.infosecurityevent.com
Exhibit Hall Hours:
Wed, December 11, 2002
Thu, December 12, 2002
b) LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com
Exhibit Hall Hours:
Wed, January 22, 2003 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thu, January 23, 2003 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri, January 24, 2003 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
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5. MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS
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The ICCA-NYC (Independent Computer Consultants Association, NYC Metro
Chapter) is holding a meeting on Monday, November 25th, 2002 on Financial
and Retirement Planning, geared toward Computer Consultants. While not
a technical meeting, it may be of interest, particularly in the current
economic climate. See http://www.iccanyc.org for further details.
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6. UNIGROUP INFORMATION
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Unigroup is one of the oldest and largest Unix User's Groups serving
the Greater New York City Regional Area since the early 1980s. Unigroup
is a not-for-profit, vendor-neutral and member funded volunteer
organization. Unigroup holds regular and special event meetings
throughout the year on technical topics relating to Unix and the Unix
User Community. Unigroup is also the Greater NYC Regional Area Affiliate
of UniForum - an International Unix Users Group.
Thanks to Chase, Unigroup holds regular meetings planned for the Third
THURSDAY of Odd Months at The Chase Manhattan Bank, 1CMP, NYC.
Chase has been a long time sponsor of Unigroup, allowing us the use of
a meeting room and presentation equipment.
Planned meeting dates are: 11/21/2002, 1/16/2003, 3/20/2003, 5/15/2003,...
Watch for our Special Event meetings at the various trade shows in NYC
as well as "field trips" to the facilities of local hardware and
software vendors.
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unilist@unigroup.org
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uniboard@unigroup.org
To contact the Newsletter Editor, send an EMail message to:
editor@unigroup.org
If you have recently attended a meeting and you are not receiving
Email announcements, please send us an Email and we will make
corrections to our lists.
Please Email the Board with any suggestions, especially potential
meeting topics and speakers. Unigroup welcomes contributions and
content suggestions for our newsletter. Unigroup is a volunteer
organization and we need your assistance! Please let us know if you
can help!
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I hope to see you all at our next meeting!
-Rob Weiner
Unigroup Executive Director
unilist@unigroup.org
http://www.unigroup.org
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