The Irish Java Technologies Conference

boduff — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:48:00 GMT

The Irish Java Technologies Conference is running in Parnell Cinemas from wed 7th Nov to Fri 9th November. There is some pretty heavy hitting speakers on all things to do with Java, and the venue is excellent - beer, snacks comfy chairs and you can maybe sneak in to a movie...

http://ijtc.firstport.ie/

I am fascinated by popular mid-tier caching technology and increased degree of object orientism in Java. I'm often called in the pick up the mess when implementaiton of database mid tiers flop miserably on the dot.net platform (yes I have actually seen entire tables converted to collections of serialised objects in the interest of academic data abstraction, arghhhhhhhhh its like a nightmare).

Anyways we are doing a session on optimising SQL Server for the Java Platform. I'm going to focus on general SQL Server DBEngine performance best practises, the JDBC driver and SQL Programmabiltiy features to help improve performance and productiivity. Hopefully most people will be able to pick up some tips to improve their interactivity and experience with SQL Server.

I would love to hear if anyone is currently having or has had any performance problems with Java/JDBC and SQL Server and would be willing to share experiences and discuss. If anyone is interested, drop me an email.

The Demo God Retires

boduff — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:29:22 GMT

I was just back from the first Irish Microsoft Technologies Conference http://imtc.firstport.ie/

I hope the video gets posted up. Rob Burke went out in style with the Demo to end all Demos. We had XNA, PC's XBoxes, WII controllers, Scottish Monsters controlled by WII, and a Grand Finally involving an Electric Guitar linked to the XBOX with fireworks and music.

Fantastic - I'll endeavor to make any of my SQL Server or BI talks as fun, but this is truly a hard act to follow.

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The Irish Java Technologies Conference

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