The first day of a conference is always fun: keynote announcing exciting new things, the joy of retrieving old friends, and discovering some new, finally putting a face on some…
IDUG Europe 2006 – Live from Vienna – Monday
Every conference starts with a keynote. Bob Picciano, IBM VP of Sales explained us where and what IBM is doing with its data servers. He spoke about the two most…
Writing XML
When I started playing with XML, I was an early adopter. It was interesting, intrigant. Now, everybody knows what XML is and other needs arise, such as “how the heck…
IDUG Europe 2006 – Live from Vienna – Sunday
For those of you that thought it was fun traveling around and attending conferences, here’s the first drawback: attend an 8+ hour business meeting on a Sunday. Both Board of…
IDUG Europe 2006 – Live from Vienna – Saturday
It’s not 10 AM and I am in my second plane, that’s the beauty of hubbing. To go to Vienna, I fly from Strasbourg through Paris… But I am not…
Tribute to IBM User Interface Designers
IBM has produced ugly-looking software for quite some years, including some round buttons in the toolbar of DB2’s Control Center. Time has changed. I recently discover IBM Lotus Sametime on…
Cheetah as a World Premiere
Cheetah is the code named for next version of IBM Informix Dynamic Server. For quite a while now, the latest version outperforms its predecessors. The cheetah (“guépard” in French) is…
Matinale Java du 28 septembre : J-2
Nous sommes sur la dernière ligne droite. La deuxième rentre Java à Strasbourg aura lieu à Strasbourg au Best Western Métropole. Ce matin, plus de 50 personnes se sont inscrites,…
Software Engineering Trends
Last Tuesday (2006-09-19), I went to the “Software Trends” organized by IBM in Paris. I discovered a few products that I really think can change the way software engineering works….
Matinale Java du 28 Septembre : en route pour JavaPolis!
Un nouveau partenaire de choix se joint à notre matinale Java du 28 septembre : JavaPolis et BeJUG. JavaPolis est devenu l’événement Java de référence en Europe. Il s’agit d’une conférence…