IdeaBlade
forms
Technical
Advisory
Council
for
greater
insight
and
analysis
of
technology,
trends,
and
market
direction
as
enterprise
adoption
grows.
The
council
brings
tremendous
experience,
plus
visible
and
influential
industry
thought
leadership.
Emeryville,
Calif.
- August
30,
2005
- IdeaBlade
Corporation,
provider
of
enterprise
middleware
for
.NET
and
a productivity
suite
for
Microsoft
Visual
Studio
developers,
today
announced
the
formation
of
a Technical
Advisory
Council
to
provide
strategic,
technical,
and
market
insight
as
it
expands
in
the
enterprise,
and
ISV
markets.
The
council
will
meet
quarterly
to
address
the
direction
of
IdeaBlade
products
and
services,
architectural
trends,
developer
issues,
and
best
practices
in
enterprise
architecture
and
application
development.
The
newly
formed
Technical
Advisory
Council
will
include
prominent
and
influential
members
of
the
developer
community,
including:
- Juval
Löwy,
Microsoft
Software
Legend,
Regional
Director,
INETA
speaker,
author,
and
consultant.
- Rockford
Lhotka,
Microsoft
MVP,
Software
Legend,
Regional
Director,
INETA
speaker,
author,
and
consultant.
- Billy
Hollis,
Microsoft
MVP,
Software
Legend,
Regional
Director,
INETA
speaker,
author,
and
consultant.
- Les
Pinter,
Microsoft
MVP,
consultant,
author,
and
frequent
industry
speaker.
- Doron
Grinstein,
technical
director,
Walt
Disney
Studios.
Noting
a key
IdeaBlade
strength
on
smart
client,
Billy
Hollis
points
out
that
"smart
client
systems definitely need a core framework that supplements the .NET libraries.
Otherwise,
a team
can
waste
several
months
creating
very
generic
functionality
instead
of
working
on
specific business problems."
According
to
Les
Pinter
"IdeaBlade
turns
.NET
into
a competitive
development
environment.
Without
it,
developers
can
spend
a considerable
amount
of
time
experimenting
with
techniques.
IdeaBlade
builds
the
kind
of
code
we'd
write
if
we
knew
everything
there
was
to
know
about
smart
client
development."
Added
Rockford
Lhotka, "IdeaBlade
is
a well-integrated
tool
set
that
shows
great
promise
for
business
developer
productivity."
IdeaBlade
founder
and
Chief
Technology
Officer,
Jay
Traband
welcomes
the
group,
saying
"Billy,
Juval,
Rocky,
and
Les
each
bring
tremendous
experience,
and
exposure
to
Microsoft
technologies.
They
also
have
great
interaction
with
the
professional
developer
community.
And
Doron
provides
great
visibility
into
the
practical
side
of
enterprise
development,
so
he.s
capable
of
best
evangelizing
the
customer
view
and
keeping
us
grounded.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
each
of
them."
IdeaBlade
includes
a
developer
productivity
suite
and
middle-tier
business
object
server.
The
suite
features
a
rapid
application
development
(RAD)
framework
with
model-view-controller
(MVC)
architecture,
object
relational
mapping
(ORM),
advanced
persistence
management,
client-side
caching,
UI
DataBinding,
online/offline
capabilities,
one-click
deployment,
version
management,
and
more.
IdeaBlade
fully
integrates
with
Microsoft
Visual
Studio
and
third-party
control
suites
like
those
from
Infragistics
and
Developer
Express.
IdeaBlade
also
offers
a
free
version
of
their
development
suite
for
basic
client/server
applications
called
IdeaBlade-Lite.
It
may
be
downloaded
at
www.ideablade.com.
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The
names
of
actual
products
and
companies
herein
may
be
trademarks
of
their
respective
owners.
About
Juval
Löwy
Juval
Löwy
is
a software
architect
and
founder
of
IDesign,
a consulting
and
training
company.
He
is
a Microsoft
Software
Legend,
is
the
Microsoft
Regional
Director
for
Silicon
Valley,
and
an
INETA
speaker.
Juval
participates
in
Microsoft
internal
design
reviews
for
future
versions
of
.NET
and
related
technologies.
His
latest
book
is
Programming
.NET
Components
by
O'Reilly.
Juval
has
published
numerous
articles
regarding
almost
every
aspect
of
.NET
development,
and
is
a frequent
presenter
at
development
conferences.
About
Rockford
Lhotka
Rockford
Lhotka
is
the
author
of
several
books,
including
Expert
Visual
Basic.NET
and
C#
Business
Objects.
He
is
a Microsoft
Software
Legend,
Regional
Director,
MVP,
and
INETA
speaker.
He
is
a
columnist
for
MSDN
Online,
a contributing
author
for
Visual
Studio
Magazine,
and
he
regularly
presents
at
major
conferences
around
the
world
- including
Microsoft
PDC,
Tech
Ed,
VSLive!
and
VS
Connections.
Rockford
is
the
Principal
Technology
Evangelist
for
Magenic
Technologies,
a company
focused
on
delivering
business
value
through
applied
technology
and
one
of
the
nation's
premiere
Microsoft
Gold
Certified
Partners.
For
more
information
go
to
http://www.lhotka.net/.
About
Billy
Hollis
Billy
Hollis
is
the
author
or
co-author
of
a number
of
books
on
.NET,
including
the
first
book
published
on
Visual
Basic.NET.
Billy
was
selected
as
a Microsoft
.NET
Software
Legend
in
2002,
is
a Regional
Director,
MVP,
and
is
a member
of
the
INETA
speakers
bureau.
He
frequently
presents
at
major
conferences,
including
TechEd
USA,
TechEd
Europe,
Microsoft.s
Professional
Developers
Conference,
COMDEX,
VSLive!,
Microsoft.s
Patterns
and
Practices
Architect
Summit,
SD
West,
and
speaks
at
numerous
user
group
meetings.
Billy
has
his
own
consulting
practice
for
training,
consultation,
and
software
development
on
the
Microsoft
.NET
platform,
focusing
on
.NET
architecture
and
design,
advanced
smart
client
systems
and
commercial
packages. About
Les
Pinter Les
Pinter
co-developed
the
fourth
word
processing
program
ever
written
for
microcomputers
- the
Magic
Wand.
A year
later,
Les
sold
the
Magic
Wand
to
a 23-year-old
Bill
Gates
and
started
Pinter
Consulting.
Les
published
a newsletter
about
FoxBASE
and
FoxPro
for
over
10
years,
and
continues
to
publish
articles
on
FoxPro,
SQL,
VB.NET,
and
ASP.NET
on
his
website
and
in
Les
Pinter's
Database
Journal,
a bimonthly
newsletter.
Les
is
a Microsoft
MVP,
and
has
been
an
INETA
member,
speaking
at
numerous
conferences
in
the
US,
Mexico,
Venezuela,
Colombia,
Argentina,
Brazil,
France,
Spain,
Russia
and
Canada.
He
is
a Contributing
Editor
for
Universal
Thread
Magazine.
His
company,
Pinter
Consulting,
has
developed
database
applications
for
Halliburton,
Shell
Oil,
Exxon,
Mitchell
Energy,
Lockheed,
Catholic
Charities,
TRW,
and
numerous
small
and
medium-size
companies
throughout
the
United
States
and
abroad. About
Doron
Grinstein
Doron
Grinstein
is
a technical
director
at
the
Walt
Disney
Studios.
He
has
broad
experience
in
software
architecture
and
design,
having
built
enterprise
applications
at
Disney,
and
prior
to
joining
Disney,
for
clients
of
differing
sizes.
Doron
invented,
designed,
and
built
a key
pillar
in
Disney.s
security
architecture,
and
was
a key
player
in
major
application
efforts
over
the
past
six
years. About
IdeaBlade
IdeaBlade
Corporation
provides
.NET
enterprise
middleware
for
rapid
application
development
of
data-
intensive
enterprise
applications.
The
IdeaBlade
productivity
suite
simplifies
and
accelerates
the
transition
to
.NET
technologies.
It
helps
developers
focus
on
delivering
business
value,
accelerates
time-
to-market,
and
reduced
the
cost
of
application
development
and
operation.
Ideal
for
powerful
smart
client
applications,
IdeaBlade
encourages
best
practices
in
design
and
development.
Founded
in
2001,
solutions
built
with
IdeaBlade
have
been
deployed
by
numerous
independent
software
vendors
(ISVs)
and
enterprises
in
many
industries
including:
healthcare,
insurance,
finance,
education,
agriculture,
aviation,
biotechnology,
and
business
services.
IdeaBlade
is
a Microsoft
Certified
Partner
and
member
of
the
Visual
Studio
Industry
Partner
(VSIP)
program.
More
information
on
IdeaBlade
products
and
services
is
available
at
www.ideablade.com. |
