WebSphere

Title:

Recent Advances in Visual Modeling & Planning for Middleware Deployments

Stream:

Deployment (1)

Speakers:

Dave Sayers; Leigh Williamson

Abstract:

IBM and our key Business Partners have been making solid advances in middleware application deployment automation. But one challenge that has stood out is how to make the planning of such multi-artifact application deployments more of an engineering science. To address the deployment planning and modeling challenge, IBM Research invested years of effort to produce the initial foundation. And over the last few years, IBM Software Group and our Business Partners have been turning that Research effort into a commercial "Deployment Planning and Automation" product. Come to this session and see the current state of technology for visual deployment modeling and planning.

Download:

Leigh_Williamson_Dave_Sayers_-_Rational_Deployment_-_UK_WUG_March_2011.pdf

Bio:

Dave Sayers:

Before joining Midvision as a WebSphere SME David has worked for IBM, HSBC, RBS, Marsh and other FTSE 100 companies implementing automated build and deployment solutions in the UK, United States and Australia.

David specialise in implementing solutions using Midvisions Rapid Deploy and IBM Rational BuildForge.

Leigh Williamson:

Leigh Williamson is an IBM Distinguished Engineer who has been working in the Austin, Texas lab since 1988, contributing to IBM’s major software projects including OS/2, DB2, AIX, OpenDoc, Java, Component Broker, and WebSphere Application Server.

His current role is as a member of the IBM Rational Software Chief Technology Officer team, influencing the strategic direction for products in the Rational brand and leading the projects for software development automation and mobile device application development.

Leigh holds a BS degree in Computer Science from Nova University and a Masters degree in Computer Engineering from University of Texas at Austin.