Prominent Software Development Leaders Gather in Chicago this Week for the 4th Annual...

Prominent Software Development Leaders Gather in Chicago this Week for the 4th
Annual Dr. Dobb's Architecture & Design World
World-renowned industry summit features in-depth training and visionary
keynotes

CHICAGO, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Distinguished members of the software
development community convene in Chicago this week for Dr. Dobb's Architecture
& Design World, presented by Think Services. Architecture & Design World
provides four days of world-class training on crucial topics including
enterprise .NET, threat modeling, SOA, UI architectures, global distributed
systems, usable Web 2.0 apps and more.
The Architecture & Design World curriculum is designed by an independent
advisory board made up of well-known industry experts including Scott Ambler,
Agile Development Practice Leader at IBM; Granville Miller, Project Recovery
team member at Microsoft Consulting; Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, President of Wirfs-
Brock Associates, and Bran Selic, Distinguished Engineer at IBM.
Educational tracks include:
-- Agile Development & Methods
-- Modeling & Design
-- Pervasive Parallelism
-- Service-Oriented Architecture / Web Services
-- Solutions / Technical Architecture
-- Traditional Development & Methods

Architecture & Design World 2008 features keynote presentations from
software luminaries, 75 classes and tutorials taught by the most authoritative
collection of speakers in the industry, nightly Birds-of-a-Feather gatherings
and lively happy hours where attendees mingle and learn about the latest
innovations from event sponsors.
"Our goal is to offer an outstanding program that provides concrete
solutions to the enterprise architecture challenges that software
professionals face daily," said Conference Manager Amber Ankerholz. "With the
ever increasing complexity of today's systems, we recognize that it is vital
for attendees to constantly upgrade their knowledge and Architecture & Design
World focuses on meeting that critical need."
Scott Ambler, the founder of the Agile Modeling methodology, and Terry
Quatrani, UML Evangelist at IBM, presented their keynote "Modeling Strategies,
Philosophies, and Techniques: Traditional vs. Agile" to a packed room on
Tuesday, July 22. Other sessions include:
"Learning the Secret Handshake -- 10 Things an Architect Does"
Michael Rosen: CTO, Wilton Consulting Group

"Massively Parallel Programming with CUDA"
Tim Murray: Applied Engineer, NVIDIA

"Hackernomics "
Hugh Thompson: Ph.D., Chief Security Strategist, People Security

"You Just Inherited 1,000,000,000 Lines of Code, Now What?"
Neelay Shah: Senior Software Security Consultant, Foundstone Inc., a
Division of McAfee

For more information about the event, please visit
http://www.DrDobbsArchWorld.com.
About Dr. Dobb's (http://www.ddj.com/)
Dr. Dobb's is recognized worldwide as the leading resource for the
professional software development community. With an award-winning monthly
publication (Dr. Dobb's Journal), worldwide technical events and conferences
(Dr. Dobb's Events) and one of the web's most comprehensive sites (Dr. Dobb's
Portal), Dr. Dobb's attracts the industry's most authoritative audience of
professional developers, architects and managers and provides marketing
partners highly actionable integrated marketing solutions to reach the
software development buying team.
About Think Services
Think Services connects specialized communities worldwide using innovative
media, educational events, consulting, training and certification. Providing
comprehensive opportunities for people to learn from, network with, and
inspire each other, Think Services builds strong brands and works within
communities to foster a unique affinity with its products and services. The
division's flagship products include the Game Developers Conference, the Webby
Award-winning Gamasutra.com, Game Developer magazine, the International
Customer Management Institute, HDI, and Dr. Dobb's Journal. Think Services is
a subsidiary of United Business Media, a global provider of news distribution
and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than
$2.5 billion. To learn more, visit http://www.think-services.com/.
Contact:
Jenny Searles
Dr. Dobb's Events
jsearles@think-services.com
(415) 947-6162

SOURCE Think Services

Jenny Searles of Dr. Dobb's Events, +1-415-947-6162,
jsearles@think-services.com