AJaX Applications in Business
Thursday, October 27th, 2005 — 5:30 to 7:00pm
There will be networking and discussion before the event from 5:00 to 5:30.
Please note the new time — we are starting half an hour earlier!
There’s a lot of hype surrounding the latest web development craze, AJaX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), and a considerable amount of skepticism about it’s usefulness in the business realm. Surprisingly, while there is a lot of talk about what amazing things you can do with this approach, there is very little information about the applicability to business. There are quantifiable benefits to be realized for end users and businesses which include improved usability and faster applications. These translate to hard cost savings. It’s important for information architects, designers and developers to be able to explain the benefits of AJaX to other business stakeholders in these terms so that they are speaking the language of business, which is universally understood.
About Our Speaker
André Charland - President and co-founder of eBusiness Applications
André has been involved in Internet software development for the past seven years. Most of his experience is with eBusiness Applications, which he founded in 1998 with Dave Johnson. His primary strengths are in marketing, project management and direction for the software development services and user interface components eBusiness Applications specializes in. All formal education has been from Simon Fraser University where he studied computer science and business administration. André has been involved in hundreds of internet projects from programmer, manager, strategist to designer. André is on the Board of BALLE BC and co-founder of the Social Tech Brewing Co. In his spare time André’s a ski and mountain bike addict trying to find new places to explore in the backcountry.
Company Overview
eBusiness Applications is a software development company established in 1998 and located in North Vancouver, BC. We have two core focuses, web user interface components for developers and outsourced software development services focused on rich Internet application interfaces, web based information systems, data sharing and service oriented architectures. Since launching our web user interface components last summer we have sold to just over 270 companies internationally. Some of our reference customers include: NASA, AOL - Time Warner, Bank of America, Schenker Canada, Siemens and BMW North America. With the recent rise in popularity of the “AJaX” web development model we’ve had some extensive media engagements with various technology publications including eWeek, and have articles coming up on XML.com and Developer.com.
Location: VFS (Vancouver Film School)
The VFS Digital Design campus is located at 420 Homer Street between Pender and W. Hastings. Enter through the side door on the east side of Homer Street. The event will take place in Theatre 1 accessible from the main foyer. Reception will be in place to assist all guests.
Please arrive before 6pm since building doors lock at 6pm!
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