[Australasia-spring-interest] Join us across Asia-Pacific to celebrate some big news....

Ben Alex ben.alex at springsource.com
Wed May 7 18:46:38 CDT 2008
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Hello there!

In this email:

* Training summary
* SpringSource Application Platform released
* Launch parties on Friday 23 May
* Upcoming user group meetings
* Recent product releases
* JavaOne has kicked off
* JAOO conference and special discount for Spring users
* We're hiring again

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TRAINING SUMMARY
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SpringSource's current Asia-Pacific training schedule is provided below.
As these courses fill quickly, we recommend that you register early:

CITY        COURSE          DATES           DETAILED INFORMATION
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Sydney      Core Spring     19/05 - 22/05   http://tinyurl.com/59o7x3
Wellington  Core Spring     27/05 - 30/05   http://tinyurl.com/6btyfz
Melbourne   Core Spring     27/05 - 30/05   http://tinyurl.com/5sh86g
Sydney      Web Services    05/06 - 06/06   http://tinyurl.com/6dwba8
Canberra    Core Spring     10/06 - 13/06   http://tinyurl.com/3rxlvu
Sydney      Core Hibernate  11/06 - 13-06   http://tinyurl.com/6x247t
Wellington  Core Hibernate  23/06 - 25/06   http://tinyurl.com/6gsgvf
Brisbane    Core Spring     23/06 - 26/06   http://tinyurl.com/5ffsnq
Wellington  Web Services    26/06 - 27/06   http://tinyurl.com/68fajm
Hong Kong   Core Spring     01/07 - 04/07   http://tinyurl.com/5bqpdx
Hong Kong   Core Hibernate  07/07 - 09/07   http://tinyurl.com/42epdm
Hong Kong   Web Services    10/07 - 11/07   http://tinyurl.com/56rf5m
Singapore   Core Spring     15/07 - 18/07   http://tinyurl.com/5r35qe
Bangalore   Core Spring     22/07 - 25/07   http://tinyurl.com/5jsrlc
Bangalore   Core Hibernate  28/07 - 30/07   http://tinyurl.com/3fz8kg
Bangalore   Web Services    31/07 - 01/08   http://tinyurl.com/5tnemj
Melbourne   Core Hibernate  11/08 - 13/08   http://tinyurl.com/3qr9b4
Melbourne   Web Services    14/08 - 15/08   http://tinyurl.com/5qdxt7

Custom on-site courses are also available. Simply call us for details.

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SPRINGSOURCE APPLICATION PLATFORM RELEASED
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The big news of last week was the public release of SpringSource
Application Platform. The SpringSource Application Platform is a
module-based, next-generation application server that is designed to run
enterprise Java applications and Spring-powered applications with an
unprecedented degree of power, flexibility and production reliability.

Our server is based on a new Dynamic Module Kernel (dm-Kernel), which
provides a module-based backbone for the server that harnesses the power
of Spring, Apache Tomcat and OSGi-based technologies. The server is
available under both open source and commercial licenses, with a
comprehensive range of developer and production support options.

There has been widespread analyst, media and community coverage of this
announcement. You can read some of this coverage, or enrol in our beta
program and download the server by visiting http://tinyurl.com/6j2epe.

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LAUNCH PARTIES ON FRIDAY 23 MAY
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You're hereby invited to join us from 6:00 pm on Friday 23 May 2008 to
celebrate the Asia-Pacific launch of our brand-new SpringSource
Application Platform.

Virtually concurrent release parties will be held in Sydney, Melbourne,
Brisbane, Wellington and Singapore. Each will feature the world's first
live demonstrations, along with free food, drink, fun and giveaways.

After a quick demo, there will be plenty of opportunity to meet and
mingle with other local developers, industry insiders, and SpringSource
staff. These events will quickly reach capacity, so please register
early if you'd like to attend:

* BRISBANE: Fri 23 May, 6:00 pm AEST, http://tinyurl.com/4sgozm
* MELBOURNE: Fri 23 May, 6:00 pm AEST, http://tinyurl.com/6jk65o
* SINGAPORE: Fri 23 May, 6:00 pm SST, http://tinyurl.com/3jux2q
* SYDNEY: Fri 23 May, 6:00 pm AEST, http://tinyurl.com/499zw8
* WELLINGTON: Fri 23 May, 6:00 pm NZT, http://tinyurl.com/3fa63b

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UPCOMING USER GROUP MEETINGS
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As announced in our last mail, Dr Paul Chapman is presently visiting
user groups across Asia-Pacific with a session entitled, "Spring 2.5:
Enhanced productivity and production power". This session is aimed at
existing Spring users and will introduce new capabilities including
automated component scanning, expanded annotated metadata services, and
the considerable advancement of convention over configuration in
Spring's web framework. Paul's session will also explore some of the
more significant production and runtime enhancements, including Spring
2.5's OSGi bundle support and the new Spring Advanced Management Suite.

Most of the cities listed below are at or close to full capacity, so
please register as soon as possible if you would like to attend:

* SYDNEY: Meeting was held Wed 30 April
* WELLINGTON: Meeting was held Thu 1 May
* MELBOURNE: Meet was held Wed 7 May
* CANBERRA: Wed 14 May. Info: http://tinyurl.com/6xtqf4
* HONG KONG: Thu 22 May. Info: http://tinyurl.com/5pya34
* AUCKLAND: Wed 18 June. Info: http://tinyurl.com/3hfvpl

I'll also be presenting at a series of user group meetings throughout
June and July. This includes meetings in several new cities, including
Christchurch. Further details will be posted on this list closer to the
meeting dates.

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RECENT PRODUCT RELEASES
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We've been busy publishing lots of software over the past month. In
fact, we've made nine product releases over the past 30 days alone. Use
the links provided to read what's new and download the latest release:

* SPRING WEB SERVICES 1.5.1: Released 4 May. Features a number of JMS,
MVC and security enhancements. Info: http://tinyurl.com/5gy8a8

* SPRING SECURITY 2.0.1: Released 2 May. Includes improvements related
to OSGi, namespace configuration, and cryptographically-strong token
generation. Info: http://tinyurl.com/65mv3d

* SPRINGSOURCE APPLICATION PLATFORM BETA: Released 30 April. See the
dedicated section above, "SpringSource Application Platform released".

* SPRING WEB FLOW 2.0.0: Released 29 April. Considerable JavaScript,
JSF, security and other enhancements. Info: http://tinyurl.com/2s4jf7

* SPRING DYNAMIC MODULES 1.1 M2: Released 29 April. Enhances include
Spring MVC integration, OSGi proxy refinements, and new customisation
hooks. Info: http://tinyurl.com/67s24y

* SPRING FRAMEWORK 2.5.4: Released 28 April. Featuring various AOP and
other improvements (eg AspectJ 1.6). Info: http://tinyurl.com/2s4jf7

* SPRINGSOURCE APPLICATION MANAGEMENT SUITE 1.0 RC1: Released 17 April.
Now supports new stereotypes. Info: http://tinyurl.com/6hfceg

* SPRING INTEGRATION 1.0.0 M3: Released 7 April. Now supports FTP, web
services, RMI and HttpInvoker. Info: http://tinyurl.com/5zz7gg

* SPRING.NET 1.1.1: Released 7 April. Added enhancements for parameter
validation, and a "required" attribute. Info: http://tinyurl.com/5e7wf7

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JAVAONE HAS KICKED OFF
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This email is actually coming to you from San Francisco, on the second
day of JavaOne! With thousands of people from dozens of countries in
attendance, this conference will be one of the biggest developer events
of 2008. If you're in town, there are three Spring sessions scheduled:

* Dr Rod Johnson, the father of Spring and CEO of SpringSource, will be
presenting Spring 2.5. Rod's session was so popular in terms of attendee
pre-registrations that a repeat performance needed to be scheduled!

* Dr Dave Syer, SpringSource principal consultant, will be presenting on
Spring Batch.

* I am presenting, "Addressing tomorrow's security requirements in
enterprise applications" (includes coverage of Spring Security 2.0.1)

In addition to Rod, Dave and I, there is a large contingent of
other SpringSource people at the conference. We've got staff from the
USA, Canada, Romania, the United Kingdom and Australia here this week.
Please drop by our booth (#218), say hello and receive a limited edition
"big taste, bloat free" SpringSource Application Platform t-shirt.

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JAOO - FOR DEVELOPERS BY DEVELOPERS
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SpringSource is pleased to be a sponsor of Australia's first-ever JAOO
conference. Not only will there be Spring-specific sessions by Rod
Johnson and I, but there is an exciting line up of other international
speakers including Martin Fowler, Dave Thomas, Robert Martin and Steve
Vinoksi. This is the first and only Australian conference where you will
see such a diverse range of high-quality international speakers.

The conference will cover best practices, architecture and design,
enterprise systems, new languages, plus lean and agile software
development. Tracks include new frontiers, cloud computing, new
programming models, scripting and DSLs, plus server platforms.

There will be two JAOO conferences run in Australia this year:

* BRISBANE: 29-30 May. More: http://tinyurl.com/5bmfde
* SYDNEY: 2-3 June. More: http://tinyurl.com/6hl49n

If you'd like to attend JAOO, a special discount is available to all
members of the Australasia-spring-interest list. This discount provides
a 10% saving off the current registration price. Simply use promotion
code "springsource" when you register, and the discount will be applied
automatically. Please note the early-bird price expires on 15 May.

For those attending JAOO, come and visit the SpringSource booth to say
hello and receive your free showbag of SpringSource goodies!

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WE'RE HIRING AGAIN
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We're hiring! If your professional goals include technical excellence,
enjoying a challenge, global career opportunities, becoming
internationally recognised, working with some of the best people in the
industry, having a chance to travel, influencing products used by tens
of thousands of developers globally, and actually enjoying the
excitement of coming to work each today, we currently have two
consultant/senior consultant positions vacant in our Sydney office.

If you'd like to have a confidential conversation about these
opportunities, or receive an information package, please email our
Regional Director of Australasia, Steve.Morris at springsource.com.

I look forward to seeing you at JavaOne, JAOO, our launch parties, or
one of the upcoming user group meetings across our region.

Best regards

Ben Alex
Principal Software Engineer
SpringSource - Delivering The World's Leading Enterprise Java Platform
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