SPARC Meeting - (S)un (P)rofessionals' (A)ssociation of (R)ichmond (C)omputer users
DATE: Thursday,  January 8, 2004
TIME: 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
MEETING SPONSOR - Sun Microsystems 

REFRESHMENTS, DOOR PRIZES, NETWORKING, and VALUABLE INFORMATION!

SPECIAL PRESENTATION AT THE SUN USER'S GROUP, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2004

ENTERPRISE APPLICATION INTEGRATION (EAI) MADE SIMPLE:
LOW HANGING FRUIT FOR YOUR EAI BASKET

Is your IT organization plagued with any of these problems...

Integration of new or updated applications is a constant drain on IT resources?

Enterprise capabilities are limited by application or platform boundaries?

Information security is managed separately within each application?

Stand-alone applications each contain their own source of user identity?

Inadequate, secure access to applications from outside of the corporate infrastructure?

Doug Nassaur, President of True North Technology, will show us how these problems can be solved with easily understood tools and methods.  Doug will demystify what often seem to be daunting problems with no clearly definable solution.

Doug is the former CIO of E*TRADE and brings with him a wealth of practical experience.  Successful engagements include BellSouth.net, Holiday Inn, Dollar Tree Stores, City of Richmond Schools and GTE Wireless.  His presentation style is engaging and informative. 

The company has practical knowledge of software development and integration using J2EE and application server technology, as well as significant industry experience with Linux, wireless data applications, grid and distributed computing, and ISP infrastructure.  Their partnership status in addition to Sun Microsystems, where True North Technology is certified as an Elite Software Specialty iForce Partner, includes companies like BEA, Apple and Oracle.

This will be a good session to invite your boss or someone else in your organization concerned with Enterprise Application Integration.  Both IT Managers and SA's will come away with useful knowledge on one of IT's most pressing issues.

The Sun user community in Richmond is growing, and you are an important part of it! We look forward to your participation in the User's Group and are confident that you will find it technically enriching.  Bring an associate.  Just RSVP below.

LOCATION: GE Financial Assurance, in the GFA building (6630 West Broad St.) on the sixth floor (GEFA U). GE Financial Assurance is located on West Broad Street in the Brookfield Office Park. After turning at the light on Broad Street and entering the Brookfield Complex...you should stay in the left lane and turn left at the stop sign.  Follow the road around past the Sheraton to the 6630 building toward the back of the campus.  Turn left for Visitor Parking. Additional parking is located on the far side of the building as well.  Please enter at the front main entrance.

For directions to 6630 West Broad St. go to the following URL: http://maps.yahoo.com/py/ddResults.py?Pyt=Tmap&tarname=&tardesc=&tarhash=&ta&tarname=&tardesc=&tarhash=&taraddr=6630+West+Broad+St&tarcsz=Richmond,+VA+23230-1702&newtcountry=us&newcountry=us&doit=1

RSVP: Please send an email RSVP at RSVP@RichmondSparc.org  You can also RSVP via the web site.  We need to have a list of attendees for the Security  Guards at GE Financial Assurance.  THANKS!

For additional information about the Richmond SPARC Users Group, please visit http://www.RichmondSparc.org/ . We hope to see you there!