The Future of Web Applications Conference Held

    The two-day conference "The Future of Web Applications» (of The of Future of the Web Apps,) specially designed for web developers. Here they discuss their specific problems, for example, which software interfaces are better to use, how to implement certain functions of social networks, which companies are going to create new applications in the field of Web 2.0 and where they can get a job. In general, the conference for "advanced" developers is about the same kind as the Moscow WWW20006 Russia , which is scheduled for October.

    Of course, the conference discusses the most relevant, most interesting topics. Even the list of these topics is of interest, because it makes it possible to understand in which direction the industry is developing.

    For example, a Flex specialist spoke with Adobe and talked about an interesting hybrid service, TagTV , which pulls photos from YouTube and Flickr photo hosting sites and places them on a web desktop. The hybrid service works through the program interfaces of photo hosting sites and is, of course, created on the Flex platform. At first glance, it seems that there is nothing revolutionary in the service. But then the Flex specialist does an amazing thing: he demonstrates how this service works outside the browser, right on the desktop of a personal computer. This is already impressive.

    Among other speakers are representatives of the specialized BeRecruited network, which has been operating since 2000. This is a database of schoolchildren, among whom college coaches choose the ones that are right for them. Candidates publish their anthropometric data, as well as videos of their performances, and the trainer can choose the right candidate from thousands of applicants. An interesting example of how now fashionable social networks are used for practical purposes.

    Company CelumImagine sells corporate mediservery. Dedicated Celum servers are designed specifically for storing corporate media: photos, videos, presentations, etc. Specialized servers can be installed both in the enterprise and in a remote data center.

    Mercury grove- Web 2.0 generation company, of which there are more and more. It offers corporate customers the upgrade of their information systems to meet the requirements of the “next generation web”. Corporate intranet and Internet systems are being redesigned for Web 2.0 with the creation of new communication applications. Naturally, even before the start of real transformations, the company earns on consulting. As we have already said, quite a lot of such companies have now appeared. Perhaps the most famous among them is Basecamp .

    Another interesting “exhibit” at the conference is Sxip , which develops the Whobar systemto manage identity profiles in web applications. Using this tool, it is much easier for web developers to integrate various identification technologies into their designs, such as Windows CardSpace , i-names or OpenID .

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