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Media Contact:
Sarah Callahan, UCSD Extension
CNT, (858) 882.8020 “San Diego businesses are recognizing that Web services can provide significant benefits for internal information technology infrastructures through low-cost, incremental changes to applications and systems,” explained Tracie Monk, director of UCSD Extension’s Computing and Networking Technologies (CNT) department. “More importantly however, these same organizations are realizing that failure to adopt Web services can place them at a significant disadvantage to their competitors.” Web services technology is distinct from other forms of web-based applications in that it employs Web services-specific software and network protocols for communicating between remote, often dissimilar applications and systems. Web services provide a low-cost framework that can be used as an overlay to automate communications between legacy and new applications within an enterprise, or between a business and its remote partners. UCSD Extension’s CONNECT and Computing and Networking Technologies departments launched their Web services initiative on July 29th with the issuance of a survey examining the drivers, impediments, and technologies associated with Web services development and deployment in San Diego. Over 90% of all respondents indicated that they anticipate retraining of existing staff to meet their Web services needs, as opposed to hiring new skilled workers or consultants. Microsoft’s .NET Framework and open-source were the software frameworks of choice among current developers, however deployments of BEA’s WebLogic and IBM’s WebSphere are expected to increase within the next two years. The results from this survey were presented at a September 24th event featuring several of San Diego’s most active developers. The lecture, entitled “Web Services Deployment: Advice from our Early Adopters”, included an overview of alternative business models and technical schematics by moderator Michele Leroux Bustamante of IDesign and UCSD Extension. Panelists provided insights regarding their deployments and advice for those just starting to develop their Web services. Panelists included: Bill Ibbetson, CTO, ImageWare Systems, Inc.; Frank Martinez, CTO, Blue Titan; Terry Mohn, IT Architect, SEMPRA Energy; Jeff Warren, CTO, IQ Scientific Instruments; and Wade Williams, Sr. Technical Manager, NetworkCar. According to several of the panelists, the simplicity of Web services enables their rapid deployment, significantly reducing the time-to-market and the cost of development for new applications. Based on SEMPRA’s analyses, use of Web services to integrate internal systems and interface with third party application service providers (ASPs) can result in significant cost savings for enterprises. Other topics discussed included interoperability and security, as well as the use of intermediary management services such as those provided by Blue Titan. UCSD Extension’s CNT department also announced a new specialized certificate and courses covering Web Services Architecture. Executives from several San Diego companies are contributing to the design of the new Web services certificates and courses at UCSD Extension, including: Blue Titan, Dataskill, Interknowledgy, NetworkCar, SEMPRA Energy, and Sony Online Entertainment. Representatives from UCSD’s Computer Science and Engineering department and San Diego Supercomputing Center are also participating in this initiative. The presentations from the September lecture and Web services survey will be posted in early October at http://extension.ucsd.edu/cnt. For more information on related courses and certificates, contact infotech@ucsd.edu.
UCSD CONNECT is a globally recognized, university-based non-profit organization fostering entrepreneurship in the San Diego region by catalyzing, accelerating, and supporting the growth of the most promising technology and life sciences businesses. Focused on assisting growth companies in the San Diego region, CONNECT has been directly involved with over 900 companies since its inception in 1985, these companies went on to raise more than $7.3 billion in capital. Part of the University of California, San Diego, CONNECT has a dual role in accelerating growth: it assists growth companies in the San Diego region and promotes the commercialization of technology from university-based research. CONNECT's programs also help business service providers, attorneys, accountants, bankers, investors, and marketing professionals with knowledge about emerging technologies and access to new business opportunities. CONNECT is entirely self-supporting and receives no funding from UCSD or the State of California. The organization relies on philanthropy and underwriting to fund its programs and community services. For more information, visit www.connect.org. About UCSD Extension’s CNT Department UCSD Extension’s Computing & Networking
Technologies department offers more than 120 courses at UCSD locations
in La Jolla, Sorrento Mesa, Rancho Bernardo and at corporate facilities.
The department seeks to serve as an enabler of San Diego businesses through
outreach and its role at the forefront of workforce development in current
and emerging sectors. Key areas of interest include: Web Services, Data
Management (including data mining), and Software Engineering, in addition
to an array of courses relating to programming languages, networking and
security. More about CNT courses, the local event calendar, and the San
Diego Jobs Compendium are available at http://extension.ucsd.edu/cnt.
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