Microsoft and SDT are joining forces and hosting a developer-specific conference on 25 January 2008. The event will focus on creating awareness among Microsoft's ISV partner community around the company's Innovate-On initiative.
SDT is a Microsoft Gold partner and will reinforce the event's focus on quality software development by highlighting the benefits of embracing the latest trends in development innovation.
The Innovate-On initiative provides ISVs with a full range of technical and business resources to support them as they develop solutions on Microsoft technologies. The event will offer Microsoft partners the opportunity to learn more from international experts who have been invited to talk about the latest innovations they are involved with in the development arena.
Presenters include Gunther Lenz from Siemens Corporate Research; Jimmy Nilsson, co-founder and CEO of factor10 and the author of two books; Niclas Nilsson, a software development coach, consultant, educator and writer; and JC Oberholzer, SDT's software architect.
Lenz leads the global research efforts for software factories and Microsoft technologies at Siemens Corporate Technology worldwide. In his presentation he will focus on the work Siemens does in the area of software product line engineering. He will show how the company was able to boost the productivity of its software development efforts, based on systematic re-use and highly efficient software development automation technologies in the context of software product families.
Jimmy Nilsson's presentation will look at LINQ in the context of domain-driven design. Topics will include a discussion on what new capabilities LINQ can bring to the table, how code can become more elegant by applying LINQ, and whether it will make it possible for developers to focus more on the domain instead of the infrastructure.
Niclas Nilsson will offer insight into the differences between dynamic languages such as Ruby, Python and Groovy, and traditional languages such as C#, Java and C++. He will ask whether the claims that dynamic languages are more productive are really true, and if so, what mechanisms in these languages make this true.
Oberholzer is involved in all aspects of the development, maintenance and evolution of packaged enterprise applications at SDT Financial Software Solutions. In his presentation, he will explore patterns that provide a high level of functional as well as process flexibility in designing OLTP software.
Developers, software architects and development managers will walk away from the conference with more than an industry preview from the development industry's thought leaders. They will have insight into improving their design and development processes to meet the fast-changing needs of business in the 21st century.
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SDT provides world-class business solutions for financial services administration, with particular emphasis on life insurance, pensions and employee benefits. The company is a strategic supplier to a significant number of clients in South Africa and Africa.
SDT develops and implements innovative systems, models and processes to satisfy the growing needs of the financial services sector. This empowers its clients to respond to the challenges of this fast-changing sector, enabling them to substantially reduce operating and administrative costs without compromising on product innovation, competitiveness or service quality.
The company is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and all its systems are based on Microsoft's development and operating environments. SDT transforms its clients' aspirations into reality, whether they are start-up organisations looking for guidance to enter the industry with minimal risk, or established players wanting to realise the inherent potential of their organisation. SDT is a member of the SilverBridge Group, a leading supplier of niche business application solutions and related services to the financial services sector. SilverBridge is listed on the JSE Alternative Exchange (AltX).
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