Design Previews

Design Previews: New Format - New Products!

This year, we're bringing our top developers and data connectivity experts back for more education and discussion. Get ahead of the curve with the latest data connectivity tips that can significantly affect the way you access relational data - whether it's in your business or in a software product your company sells. Tell us about the data connectivity issues you encounter. Interact with the development experts that are going to make it happen.

ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, XQuery, Mainframe Data Access -- What do I need to know?

  • Are you current on the latest ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET APIs and XML standards like XQuery and XQJ?
  • Are you taking full advantage of their latest capabilities?
  • Does your product or project roadmap account for the latest developments in these APIs?
  • How much do you know about integrating mainframe data, Web services and real-time events?
AGENDA
8:00 - 9:00 Registration and Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 ODBC, JDBC, ADO .NET Roadmap
  • Security and Authentication
  • Application Failover
  • New Databases and Operating Systems
  • More
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:15 NEW: Mainframe Data Access
  • Web Services
  • Real-time Event Capture
11:15 - 12:00 Performance/Interoperability Best Practices
12:00 - 12:30 Birds of a Feather Lunch -- sit with DataDirect Expert
12:30 – 12:50 Latest News from Tech Support
12:50 – 1:15 XQuery Roadmap
1:15 – 1:45 Handling XML in your Relational Databases
1:45 - 2:00 Wrap up
2:00 - 3:30 Optional: Using XQuery in your Architecture
  • Integrate web services and relational data
  • Publish XML and relational data
  • Aggregate EDI messages with relational data

Please click here to view the speaker bios.

Durham, NC September 26, 2006 The Solution Center
Newton, MA October 3, 2006 Newton Marriott
Falls Church, VA October 4, 2006 Fairview Park Marriott
Austin, TX October 10, 2006 Austin Marriott at the Capitol
Palo Alto, CA October 12, 2006 Four Seasons

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Please click here to view the full XQuery session agenda

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Why I Attend - Hyperion

"The Design Preview provided very valuable insight into performance optimization from a data centric perspective. Interaction with the DataDirect product experts and other customers leads to new ideas how to optimize."
Ragnar Edholm,
Development Director,
Data-Tools,
Hyperion

Why I Attend - webMethods

"Design Previews are a great opportunity for us to get the latest information on your products, industry standards and where the market is heading. Because we are also a software vendor, it's really important to know what's coming."
Senthil Kumar,
webMethods

Why I Attend - MicroStrategy

"The speakers were all very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. I was particularly interested in the ODBC and JDBC futures and the performance tuning workshop."
Samuel San
Labs Systems Engineering Manager,
MicroStrategy