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Duchess Newsletter #6

March 9, 2009
In This Issue
Duchess REST Workshop – InfoSupport – March 31, 2009
Seeking Speakers for Duchess Short Talks
Duchess Joins the JCP
EU: Code for Best Practices for Women in ICT
Book Review: Organizational Patterns of Agile Software Development
Event Report: Duchess Agile Workshop

Duchess REST Workshop – InfoSupport – March 31, 2009

We are proud to present our next workshop event on REST sponsored by InfoSupport.
REST came about as a simpler alternative to SOAP for building web services, used for integrating different systems. For example, Amazon has offered a REST API for years, while Google has just announced that they are killing their SOAP API and moving to REST. Come learn about REST at our hands-on workshop on March 31 at the InfoSupport office in Veenendaal.

Register for this event on our site.
Fee: 15 euro

Seeking Speakers for Duchess Short Talks

We are currently seeking speakers to participate in our first short talks event. We are seeking novices as well as experts. A willingness to share your experiences is all that is needed. This is also a chance to work on your presentation skills. If you are interested to do a short talk, please reply to this email with a short description of your proposed topic. Please note that the date and location for this event is still to be determined. Any company offering to sponsor us with a location would be much appreciated. Read more…

Duchess Joins the JCP

Duchess has recently joined the JCP. By joining the JCP as an organization, Duchess enables all her members to participate in the Java community process. Benefits include access to and the chance to submit JSRs. Read more…

EU: Code for Best Practices for Women in ICT

Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media, presides over the signing of a Code for Best Practices for Women in ICT by 5 companies. Read more…

Book Review: Organizational Patterns of Agile Software Development

Linda writes a book review on Organizational Patterns of Agile Software Development. Read more…

Event Report: Duchess Agile Workshop

Read Linda’s event report on our last event, agile workshop.
See the photos from the event on Flickr.

EU: Code of Best Practices for Women in ICT

March 5, 2009

On March 3, 2009, in a historic moment of cooperation between government and industry, 5 European and multinational companies signs a Code of Best Practices for Women and ICT in response to the call by Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media, to attract more girls into ICT. The 5 companies are:
* Alcatel-Lucent
* IMEC
* Orange France Telecom Group
* Microsoft
* Motorola

More information at PublicTechnoloy.net.