XML Europe 2001 logo21-25 May 2001
Internationales Congress Centrum (ICC)
Berlin, Germany
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Free! XML Development Tools and Resources from IBM

Mark Colan <mcolan@us.ibm.com>
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ABSTRACT

IBM offers hundreds of tools and technologies for free use on the alphaWorks web site... Java, XML, C++, and many other categories. This session is an overview of what's out there and how you can get it. The speaker introduces the newest and hottest technologies. For example, the IBM XML parsers and XSL processors, known as the most robust and standards-compliant implementations available anywhere, have also been donated to the Apache Software Foundation, where they are known as Xerces, Xalan. SOAP4J, the first implementation of SOAP v1.1, which is also platform-independent, is a new addition to both alphaWorks and Apache. Mark also talks about the IBM developerWorks web sites, with hundreds of tutorial and technical papers as well as source code, organized into Zones representing popular development areas.

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Biography

Mark Colan
e-business evangelist
IBM
Medford
Massachusetts
USA
Email: mcolan@us.ibm.com

Mark Colan - Mark Colan is a Techical Evangelist for IBM Corporation. He is also well known as the Lead Architect for the InfoBus Technology (a Java Standard Extension). Mark currently gives presentations on IBM's XML technologies and strategy.

With over 20 years experience in designing and implementing commercial software products and technologies, Mark is well versed in component software strategies, operating systems, and software tools. He has spoken at many leading Java and XML industry conferences and events since 1998.

He has worked for IBM and Lotus since 1984. Mark holds a degree in Computer Science from the Department of Engineering at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.