There's a common misconception among many end-users, consumers, and developers that AJAX is the ultimate solution for the Web, and that it can provide all the same functionality as a rich desktop solution. Sure, AJAX can cover most of our expectations for a rich client, mimicking functionality provided by a desktop application, but there's still one area that has yet to be fully integrated: scalable, server-initiated message delivery - Enterprise Comet. Comet is an advanced technique to enable real-time messaging from a Web server to one or more browsers, even if some of those browsers are behind a firewall or proxy server. In this talk Jonas and John will use Faces, Dojo, Bayeux, Comet, and Grizzly to illustrate how you can build server-initiated message driven JavaServer Faces components, and how to leverage these to build next generation Web applications. Grizzly enhances the Glassfish project with Comet support via Asynchronous Request Processing (ARP), addressing any server-side scalability concerns with Comet. Dojo Toolkit provides the client-side JavaScript support for Comet, including the Bayeux Protocol, used to coordinate shared access to the Comet notification channel coming from the server. JavaServer Faces provides the standard component abstraction for Java EE developers to create Comet-enabled Web applications using the same building blocks as traditional AJAX JSF components.

Speaker Bio: John Fallows is an architect and a Brane Surgeon at Brane Corporation, a new startup company based in Redwood City, California. Originally from Northern Ireland, he graduated from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom and has worked in the software industry for more than 10 years. Prior to joining Brane, he was a consulting member of technical staff for server technologies at Oracle Corporation. During his last 5 years at Oracle, John focused on designing, developing, and evolving Oracle ADF Faces to fully integrate AJAX technologies. He is a popular speaker at international conferences such as EclipseWorld, JavaPolis, JavaZone, AJAXWorld, JavaOne, and Oracle OpenWorld, and he has written numerous articles for leading IT magazines such as Java Developer's Journal and AJAXWorld Magazine. John is co-author of the recently published book Pro JSF and AJAX: Building Rich Internet Components , (Apress).

AJAXWorld 2007 East Conference & Expo Receives
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SYS-CON Events announced the "charter sponsors" of AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2007 East which includes; Laszlo Systems (Diamond Sponsor), JackBe (Platinum Sponsor), Adobe (Platinum Sponsor), Cynergy (Platinum Sponsor), Backbase (Gold Sponsor) Google (Gold Sponsor), Nexaweb (Gold Sponsor), ICEsoft (Gold Sponsor), Oracle (Gold Sponsor), Helmi Technologies (Gold Sponsor), JetBrains (Gold Sponsor), TIBCO (Gold Sponsor), Sun Microsystems (Silver Sponsor), Parasoft (Silver Sponsor), Servoy (Silver Sponsor), Etelos (Silver Sponsor),  Microsoft (Expo Plus Sponsor),  Lightstreamer (Exhibitor Plus Sponsor),  IT Mill (Exhibitor Plus Sponsor), FrogLogic (Exhibitor Plus Sponsor), ThinWire (Expo Sponsor), Quasar Tecnologies (Expo Sponsor), Zapatec (Exhibitor Plus Sponsor), MB Technologies Bindows (Exhibitor), OpenSpot (Exhibitor), ILOG (Exhibitor), Passport Corporation (Exhibitor), Manning Publications (AJAX Book Sponsor), Apress (AJAX Book Sponsor), Conference Guru (Media Sponsor), Flash Goddess (Media Sponsor), AJAXWorld Magazine (Media Sponsor), Web 2.0 Journal (Media Sponsor), SYS-CON.TV (Media Sponsor), IT Mill (Media Sponsor), Methods & Tools (Media Sponsor), Web 2.0 Journal (Media Sponsor), and OASIS (Association Sponsor).