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If your in Business, get to BizCamp this Saturday….
Posted by Stephen Downey in Business, entrepreneur on September 17, 2009
This Saturday, 500 people from the Irish Business community are getting together to share their experiences and inspire each other at BizCamp. It is based on the barcamp conference style where people come together in an open forum. There are no sales pitches allowed as the rules for speakers clearly state.
I was at the first Irish Barcamp in Cork in 2006 and really enjoyed the openness of the “unconference”. It was mostly aimed at techies but Bizcamp is for people from any aspect of business. I was away for the first BizCamp Dublin so was pretty happy when I saw that registration was open for Bizcamp2.
As there are so many speakers this weekend, the time table has been already decided. You can have a look at the speaker line up here. I would advise deciding on what you want to see before you go as there are some great talks that clash with each other.
Here’s what I am going to try to get to:
| 10.00 to 10.45 | Joe Drumgoole Startups in Ireland. Where Do we go from Here? |
| 10.45 to 11.30 | Brian Flanagan Making financial projections for a business plan Or Steve Gotz Lessons from an Unsuccessful American Entrepreneur |
| 11.30 to 12.15 | Caelen King Online business models. I will looks at the value proposition of various online application and how these map into business models and how these revenue models can be adapted to maximise revenue. |
| 12.15 to 13.00 | Amanda Webb Facebook for business |
| 14.00 to 14.45 | Panel Discussion 3 Entrepreneurs talking about taking the rough with the smooth. Kevin Traynor, Colm Lyon & Jerry Kennelly |
| 14.45 to 15.30 | Claire Boyles Twitter as a marketing tool |
| 15.30 to 16.15 | Gerard O’Brien Approaching Enterprise Ireland for the first time – what we can support, what we look for in a start-up proposition and roadmap of supports offered |
| 16.15 to 17.00 | Steve Plunkett SaaS – The Servitization of the Software Industry. The software industry is undergoing a major shift. I will explore the implications and opportunities for software businesses in Ireland |
What talks are you going to?
ICES Group Revisited
Posted by Stephen Downey in Business, ICES, Investing, Ireland on September 20, 2006
I am on the mailing list for the ICES group and received an email about a talk by Stephen May coming up. Judging by the biography, it definitely looked like an interesting talk:
…Stephen started at 19 years of age in his native Tallaght with a typical 3 bed semi and has since developed a multimillion Euro property portfolio consisting of almost 100 properties.
Stephen is regularly requested to speak at property functions and seminars and we are delighted he has accepted our invitation to return to the forum. By the way, he’s only 27!
The ICES group provides a forum where investors and potential investors can meet to discuss any fears or questions that they might have about investing. It always good to seek your advice from someone who has been there and come out the other side, rather than someone who is not willing to try it themselves. I could not get over the turn for the talk. The room in the Grand Canal Hotel was packed to the brim and as Ian Lawlor, one of the directors of the ICES group, put it:
…It was like an All-Ireland day in Croker…
I was amazed by Stephen's drive and ambition. He has an ability to see potential in a property that somebody else might miss. Even after building up such a bit portfolio of property he remains an extremely down to earth guy with time and encouragement for all the investors in the room.
I would recommend going to see Stephen talk, if only to see that it can be done. When I left the ICES meeting I felt a need to get out there and start building a future like the very ambitious Stephen May has. Thank you to the guys in ICES for organising a great evening.
BPEL, Java Developers take note….
I came across this interesting article by Matjaz B. Juric on how to integrate BPEL(Business Process Execution Language) into an SOA environment.
Juric discusses the core concepts involved with BPEL and why BPEL is so important. He uses a business travel system as an example.
Juric concludes by stating:
We have seen that BPEL is one of the most important cornerstones of SOA. It differs from common programming languages, such as Java, and is relatively easy to learn and use. Because BPEL has been designed specifically for definition of business processes, it provides good support for various specifics of business processes, such as support for long running transactions, compensation, event management, correlation, etc. BPEL is well suited for use with the Java EE platform, and many BPEL servers build on top of it. Java developers, particularly those who are involved in the development of enterprise applications and SOA, should therefore take a closer look at BPEL and start using the benefits it provides.
I have not used BPEL in any of the projects that I have been involved with but it certainly looks like something that should be seriously considered.
Does anybody have any Caveats from their experiences of using BPEL? If so please leave a comment as I would be interested to hear any real world experiences.
BPEL, Java Developers take note….
I came across this interesting article by Matjaz B. Juric on how to integrate BPEL(Business Process Execution Language) into an SOA environment.
Juric discusses the core concepts involved with BPEL and why BPEL is so important. He uses a business travel system as an example.
Juric concludes by stating:
We have seen that BPEL is one of the most important cornerstones of SOA. It differs from common programming languages, such as Java, and is relatively easy to learn and use. Because BPEL has been designed specifically for definition of business processes, it provides good support for various specifics of business processes, such as support for long running transactions, compensation, event management, correlation, etc. BPEL is well suited for use with the Java EE platform, and many BPEL servers build on top of it. Java developers, particularly those who are involved in the development of enterprise applications and SOA, should therefore take a closer look at BPEL and start using the benefits it provides.
I have not used BPEL in any of the projects that I have been involved with but it certainly looks like something that should be seriously considered.
Does anybody have any Caveats from their experiences of using BPEL? If so please leave a comment as I would be interested to hear any real world experiences.