ZapForum Podcast for December 26, 2006 features

Guest Expert John Crupi, Chief Technology Officer, JackBe.

Listen to this Podcast and you will:

• Understand the terms Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Mashups, and Ajax
• Learn how Ajax is the key to the Rich Enterprise Application
• Explore the close relationship between Ajax and SOA

Setting the Stage: ZapThink Analysts

ZapThink analysts Jason Bloomberg and Ron Schmelzer set the stage by discussing the relationship between the broad concept of Web 2.0, and the business-focused notion of Enterprise Web 2.0.

Next, John Crupi discusses Ajax and differentiates between Rich Internet Applications and Rich Enterprise Applications (REAs). Next, he explores the strengths of REAs, as well as the pitfalls of Ajax development. Then, John explains the relationship between Ajax and SOA, why he believes Ajax will win out over Flash as the standard approach to REAs, and discusses Enterprise Mashups as examples of REAs.

Featured Guest Expert: John Crupi

Chief Technology Officer, JackBe.

As CTO, John is entrusted with understanding market forces and business drivers to drive JackBe’s technical vision and strategy.
John Crupi has 20 years experience in OO and enterprise distributed computing.

Previously, John spent eight years with Sun Microsystems, serving as a Distinguished Engineer and CTO for Sun’s Enterprise Web Services Practice.
Mr. Crupi is co-author of the highly popular Core J2EE Patterns book, has written many articles for various magazines and is a well-known speaker around the globe.

He is a frequent blogger and was selected to join the International Advisory board for Ajax Developers Journal. John was also named as a member of the
Software Development Magazine’s Dream Team

John may be reached at jcrupi at jackbe.com.

This ZapForum Podcast is presented as a 13.1 MB mp3 file. Running time: 28:49.