[Australasia-spring-interest] 16 Spring events (plus, we're hiring again!)

[Ben Alex]

Hello there!

In this email:

* Training summary
* Sydney events
* Wellington events
* Auckland events
* Brisbane events
* Melbourne events
* Singapore events
* Perth events
* SpringSource's new name
* SpringSource's new software
* SpringSource's new positions vacant

Many of our events require registration, so please use the links
provided to obtain additional information and reserve your place.

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TRAINING SUMMARY
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Sorted by course commencement date.

CITY        COURSE          DATES           DETAILED INFORMATION
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Sydney      Core Spring     11/02 - 14/02   http://tinyurl.com/2vf52s
Melbourne   Core Spring     18/02 - 21/02   http://tinyurl.com/2df2h2
Wellington  Core Spring     26/02 - 29/02   http://tinyurl.com/2bur67
Auckland    Core Spring     03/03 - 06/03   http://tinyurl.com/2b3fg4
Singapore   Core Spring     11/03 - 14/03   http://tinyurl.com/yw6fn6
Brisbane    Core Spring     17/03 - 20/03   http://tinyurl.com/yrnsgk
Perth       Core Spring     25/03 - 28/03   http://tinyurl.com/yub54w
Sydney      Core Spring     31/03 - 03/04   http://tinyurl.com/35pbfo
Sydney      Core Hibernate  07/04 - 09/04   http://tinyurl.com/2pjxod

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SYDNEY EVENTS
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* SYDNEY SPRING USER GROUP: Sponsored by SpringSource and Training
Choice, our next meeting will be held on 26 February. Come and enjoy
free refreshments and mingling with your Sydney Spring peers. In terms
of topic, I'll be presenting, "Web Security Success with Spring
Security". More: http://tinyurl.com/3bw2y2

* CORE SPRING TRAINING: There is only one place remaining in our next
Sydney course, running 11-14 February. More: http://tinyurl.com/2vf52s

* CORE SPRING TRAINING: In expectation of a sold-out February course,
we've just scheduled an additional Core Spring course for 31 March
through 3 April. An early-bird discount applies until 29 February, and
given our Sydney courses always sell out, early registration is
definitely recommended. More: http://tinyurl.com/35pbfo

* CORE HIBERNATE TRAINING: Our in-depth Hibernate training course is
being offered in Sydney on 7-9 April. You can still enjoy an early-bird
rate until 7 March. This course is very popular in Sydney, and has
recently been updated with JPA coverage. More: http://tinyurl.com/2pjxod

* CUSTOM ON-SITE COURSES: Please contact office_au at springsource.com.

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WELLINGTON EVENTS
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* JAVA USER GROUP SPRING EVENING: The Wellington JUG, in association
with BEA, is sponsoring another Wellington Spring Evening. The meeting
will be held on 4 February, with free refreshments and plenty of
networking opportunities. All of the past Wellington Spring Evenings
have been completely over-booked, so please register early if you'd like
to attend. More: http://tinyurl.com/26xeq3

* CORE SPRING TRAINING: Our flagship Core Spring training course is
running again in Wellington on 26-29 February. Wellington courses always
sell out, so register early to secure your place. There also remains an
early-bird discount until 26 January. More: http://tinyurl.com/2bur67

* CUSTOM ON-SITE COURSES: Please contact office_au at springsource.com.

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AUCKLAND EVENTS
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* AUCKLAND JAVA COMMUNITY: With thanks to BEA and the Auckland Java
Community, I'll be presenting a session on web security. There will also
be free drinks, nibbles and networking. The Auckland evenings are always
fun, and indeed there are almost 50 people registered as I write this
email! More: http://tinyurl.com/375f8d

* CORE SPRING TRAINING: For the first time, we're running our flagship
Core Spring training course in Auckland on 3-6 March. An early-bird
discount applies until 3 February. More: http://tinyurl.com/2b3fg4

* CUSTOM ON-SITE COURSES: Please contact office_au at springsource.com.

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BRISBANE EVENTS
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* BRISBANE SPRING TECH EVENING: SpringSource is pleased to be hosting a
Spring Technical Evening on 6 February. The evening will include a
technical presentation on security, free refreshments, and plenty of
opportunities for networking with your Brisbane Java peers. This should
be a great evening. Places are limited. More: http://tinyurl.com/2m3xdb

* CORE SPRING TRAINING: SpringSource's 4-day Core Spring training course
will be running in Brisbane on 17-20 March. An early-bird discount is
available until 17 February. More: http://tinyurl.com/yrnsgk

* CUSTOM ON-SITE COURSES: Please contact office_au at springsource.com.

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MELBOURNE EVENTS
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* MELBOURNE SPRING USER GROUP: Renewtek are kindly sponsoring another
Melbourne Spring User Group Meeting, to be held on 7 February. We've got
three interesting presentations planned for the evening, together with
the normal networking and free refreshments. As these meetings are
always popular, and space is limited, please register early if you'd
like to attend. More: http://tinyurl.com/2gqgup

* CORE SPRING TRAINING: We're running another 4-day Core Spring training
course in Melbourne on 18-21 February. There's simply no faster way of
getting up to speed on Spring. More: http://tinyurl.com/2df2h2

* CUSTOM ON-SITE COURSES: Please contact office_au at springsource.com.

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SINGAPORE EVENTS
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* SINGAPORE JAVA MEET-UP: I'll be in Singapore to present at the next
Singapore Java Meet-Up meeting. The meeting will be held on 18 February,
with final details published very soon at: http://tinyurl.com/2mgmot

* CORE SPRING TRAINING: We're running another 4-day Core Spring training
course in Singapore on 11-14 March. An early-bird discount is available
until 11 February. More: http://tinyurl.com/yw6fn6

* CUSTOM ON-SITE COURSES: Please contact office_au at springsource.com.

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PERTH EVENTS
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* JAVA USER GROUP: On my way back from Singapore (above), I'm visiting
Perth to present at its February JUG meeting. For something a little
different, the Perth JUG crew have kindly organized the meeting over
breakfast. So, come and enjoy a Summer morning with Spring and your
Perth peers on 20 February. Details soon at: http://tinyurl.com/2wm7so

* CORE SPRING TRAINING: Our first-ever Core Spring course is now
scheduled for Perth on 25-28 March. There's also an early-bird discount
available until 25 February. More: http://tinyurl.com/yub54w

* CUSTOM ON-SITE COURSES: Please contact office_au at springsource.com.

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SPRINGSOURCE'S NEW NAME
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As many of you would have noticed, Interface21 has changed its name to
SpringSource. You can read more about the name change in Rod Johnson's
blog posting on the subject. More: http://tinyurl.com/3ynlt6

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SPRINGSOURCE'S NEW SOFTWARE
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Q. What's the newest addition to the Spring Portfolio?

A. Spring Integration!

The Spring Integration project provides a comprehensive solution for
integrating your enterprise applications using messaging. It implements
many of the patterns popularized by the book, Enterprise Integration
Patterns, whilst doing so with the same simple and powerful programming
model found in the rest of the Spring Portfolio (Spring Framework,
Spring Security, Spring Web Flow, Spring Web Services, Spring Dynamic
Modules for the OSGi Service Platform, Spring Batch, Pitchfork, Spring
Modules, AspectJ, Spring IDE, Spring .NET, Spring LDAP etc).

You can read more about Spring Integration at:

* Mark Fisher's blog (Mark is the project lead):
  http://tinyurl.com/39vcn5 and http://tinyurl.com/28vcvv
  (The second link contains build instructions)

* eWeek: http://tinyurl.com/22p4qo

* InfoWorld: http://tinyurl.com/2zmbl9

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SPRINGSOURCE'S NEW POSITIONS VACANT
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Yes, we're hiring again in our Australasian division.

What we offer:

* A friendly and supportive culture
* A chance to work with some of the best minds in the Java industry
* A career-defining international profile (with global opportunities)
* The rare chance to SERIOUSLY enjoy coming to work each day
* No need to travel or relocate
* Excellent remuneration

Interested? Please visit our web site to learn more:

  http://www.springsource.com/web/guest/jobs

Please note that applications close 1 February 2008, and only those
legally entitled to work in Australia should apply. All communications
will be treated confidentially. We look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards

Ben Alex
Principal Software Engineer
SpringSource - Delivering The World's Leading Enterprise Java Platform
T +61-2-8404-0150      W www.springsource.com
F +61-2-8404-0149    ABN 16 124 647 945


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