Webinars on Open Source Dynamic Languages
2 Upcoming Webinars:
Developing & Deploying Cloud Applications with Python on Amazon EC2
Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Time: 9:00amPST/ 12noon EST
Space is limited so reserve your seat now!
With ActiveState’s new ActivePython Amazon Machine Image (AMI), Python developers can now develop and deploy cloud-based applications to Amazon EC2. The Python-centric AMI is a complete LAMP stack, with all the components and Python packages required for you to have your own enterprise-ready AMI instance. Whether you’re deploying financial, HR, or other applications to the cloud, register for this webinar to learn how to develop and deploy faster with Python and Amazon EC2.
One of the challenges of getting started in cloud computing is starting with an empty instance, learning the Amazon cloud services API, making scalable architectural decisions, and building a complete web stack from scratch. The ActivePython Amazon EC2 AMI provides prebuilt Python-centric Amazon Machine Image (AMI) with a working web stack which is an excellent starting point for those just beginning to explore the Cloud and is available now.
Join Raymond Hettinger, a Python core developer, and Diane Mueller, Director of Enterprise Product Management at ActiveState, and learn:
- What is the ActivePython AMI
- Why choose Python for developing cloud applications
- How to deploy applications with the security you need to ensure privacy of your data
- Discuss alternative databases including MySQL, Postgres, Oracle, SqlLite and MS SQL
- Tips on when to use Apache, and when to use alternate web servers like Gunicorn
If you want to get your applications up and running in the cloud faster, you don't want to miss this webinar!
About the Speakers
Raymond Hettinger
Raymond Hettinger has been an active Python core developer since 2001 and serves on the board of directors of the Python Software Foundation (PSF). He was most recently Director of Technology and Controller at Sauce Labs where he applied his experience in real-time mission-critical financial trading systems to extend the scalability, stability and responsiveness of their infrastructure. Prior to that, he served as Chief Visualization Officer at EWT/FATTOC, writing programs for high-volume arbitrage trading of securities. Raymond has a BBA in Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin.
Diane Mueller
Diane Mueller is Director, Enterprise Product Management at ActiveState, where she is responsible for managing dynamic language solutions for the enterprise. She has been designing and implementing products and applications embedded into mission critical financial and accounting systems at Fortune 500 corporations for over 20 years. With her passion for open standards in financial services, she has been actively involved in development efforts of XBRL for the past 11 years, and serves on the XBRL International Steering Committee. She is the host and editor of XBRLSpy.com. Before joining ActiveState, Diane held management and senior development roles at JustSystems, ACL, and Business Objects.
Migrating from Matlab to Python
Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Time: 630amPST/ 9:30am EST/ 3:30pm CET
Space is limited so reserve your webinar seat now!
More and more, financial engineers and quants are turning to Python because it enables fast development and is uniquely suited to their tasks: data preparation, model run automation and connecting existing programs. If you’ve ever used Matlab or other mathematical applications and been frustrated, attend this webinar and learn how Python and packages like NumPy, SciPy, and matplotlib can help you achieve your goals faster.
Join Dr. Mike Müller, President of Python Academy, and Diane Mueller (no relation!), Director of Enterprise Product Management at ActiveState, and learn about:
- Python’s capabilities for working with data and connecting existing programs
- How NumPy and matplotlib provide functionality such as numerical calculations and plotting graphs similar to Matlab – yet are easier to use
- Python’s capabilities for data processing and automating model runs
- How Python’s features help quants with exceptionally readable syntax, automatic memory management, object-orientation, exception handling and lots of powerful libraries
Python is a programming language, but financial engineers and quants shouldn’t shy away! Register for this webinar today to see how you can be more productive with Python.
About the Speakers
Dr, Mike Müller
Dr. Mike Müller is CEO of Python Academy in Leipzig, Germany, specializing in Python teaching and consulting since 2004. An engineer who also works in research projects, he uses numerous scientific Python packages on a daily basis and teaches a course on "Python for Scientists and Engineers". He is a member of the Python Software Foundation (PSF), chairman of the PyCon DE conference 2011, runs a Python User Groups, and generally is passionate about developing the Python community. His training and consulting clients in Europe, US, and Asia include Deutsche Börse, Man Investments, Alcatel-Lucent, Siemens, German Aerospace Center, and more.
Diane Mueller
Diane Mueller is Director, Enterprise Product Management at ActiveState, where she is responsible for managing dynamic language solutions for the enterprise. She has been designing and implementing products and applications embedded into mission critical financial and accounting systems at Fortune 500 corporations for over 20 years. With her passion for open standards in financial services, she has been actively involved in development efforts of XBRL for the past 11 years, and serves on the XBRL International Steering Committee. She is the host and editor of XBRLSpy.com. Before joining ActiveState, Diane held management and senior development roles at JustSystems, ACL, and Business Objects.
Webinar Archives
Exploring the Benefits of Embedding Dynamic Scripting Languages in Your Products (18 minutes)
ActiveState's Bart Copeland (Presidend & CEO) and Jeff Hobbs (Director, Engineering) explore why your company should consider OEM Licensing for dynamic scripting languages in your products.
In this webinar, you will learn how using ActiveState’s OEM solutions can:
- save your developers’ time
- help you get to market faster
- differentiate your offerings
- improve your customers’ experience with your products
If you are currently using or considering dynamic scripting languages for your next application, you don't want to miss this webinar!
Smooth Transitions: Using Tcl 8.5 and upgrading to Tcl 8.6 (50 minutes)
Many programmers are familiar with ActiveTcl 8.4, but 8.5 is the new standard and 8.6 is around the corner. These new releases bring many good and significant enhancements to Tcl when used properly. Join resident Tcl expert Jeff Hobbs, Director of Engineering at ActiveState and long-time Tcl community leader and member of the Tcl Core Team, as he reviews Tcl 8.5 and gives a sneak peak into what to expect from Tcl 8.6. From infinite precision math to new data structures and with several new commands, this webinar will cover in depth the major changes in Tcl 8.5 and how to take advantage of them, as well as a glimpse of Tcl 8.6. In addition to major changes in 8.5, he will review best practices and tips to ensure a successful migration.
Topics included:
- Useful Tcl 8.5 features (expand and dict, bignums, namespaces and more)
- Why you should upgrade to Tcl 8.6
- Best Practices for upgrading and data migration: what to watch for, what not to worry about
- Tcl 8.6 highlights
Connecting the Dots: US SEC, ABS Mandates, Financial Modeling and Python (55 minutes)
Co-hosted by Ann Rutledge, R&R Consulting, and Diane Mueller, ActiveState, focused on the recent US SEC regulation, ABS Mandates, Financial Modeling and Python.
Recently, the US SEC published a proposal (33-9117) covering a series of new initiatives to address the current lack of transparency of asset-backed securities (ABS). This new series of SEC proposed initiatives are a way of putting "teeth" into Reg AB that would give the SEC (and the market) enough data to police and prevent events like the recent subprime crisis.
In this webinar, Ann Rutledge and Diane Mueller will discuss a new key technical requirement in the SEC proposal; the provision of a Python computer program and the market data required to properly monitor and analyse these complex ABS transactions. The role of the proposed program is to enable the capture of all the complicated terms of an ABS deal in code that can be used to analyze the cash flows in each deal and how the returns will get split up between different parties. Currently, investors, fund managers, and investment managers receive a complex, textual description of this information in the prospectus, which makes it difficult to perform or visualize a rigorous quantitative or if-then analysis of the asset-backed securities.
About the Presenters
Ann Rutlege is a founding principal of R&R Consulting. She received her M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and her B.A. from Wellesley College, where she was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society. A Chicago-based commercial banker in the mid-1980s, Ms. Rutledge moved to the futures and options exchange world, where she worked on the floor of the CBOT and later consulted to the CEO of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange on essential reforms that included creating an audit trail, listing the Hang Seng Option contract and writing the first professional competency exam for options. In 1993, she became the Asian global manager of J.P. Morgan Securities’ futures brokerage business. In September 1995, Ms. Rutledge joined the structured finance group of Moody’s Investors Service. Ms. Rutledge is an adjunct assistant professor of asset securitization at the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and visiting lecturer at the University of California at Irvine.
Diane Mueller is Director, Enterprise Product Management at ActiveState. She has been designing and implementing products and applications embedded into mission critical financial and accounting systems at F500 corporations for over 20 years. Diane has been actively involved in development efforts of XBRL Open Standard for the past 11 years. She serves on both the XBRL International Steering Committee and the Best Practices Board, chairing the software interoperability working group and the XBRL Rendering Technical Working Group, as well as an active member of the RIXML.org working group.
Keeping up with Perl: development, upgrade and deployment options for Perl 5.12 (1 hour)
With the growth in dynamic languages, Perl still rules the roost as “the duct tape of the Internet.” Now that Perl 5.12 and Perl Dev Kit 9 are available, are you ready to make the move? In this webinar for Perl developers and system administrators, join Jan Dubois, senior Perl developer at ActiveState, and Troy Topnik, technical writer at ActiveState to learn:
- What’s new in Perl 5.12
- What to do with legacy code
- Assess if you need to upgrade
- How to deploy quickly and efficiently
- How to use CPAN and Perl Package Manger (PPM) for managing 3rd party modules
- Deployment choices including web, system, desktop and utility applications
If you're starting to implement new applications with Perl, are considering upgrading systems, or are simply in need of a refresher to keep up-to-date, don’t miss this webinar.
Best Practices in Managing Open Source Intellectual Property in the Enterprise (1 hour)
It seems that every day brings new debates about commercial software vs. open source software. Many people agree that open source options are gaining significant traction in enterprise development, but just what are you getting with that free product? Commercial open source vendors are able to provide much more than just the applications, including enterprise services, technical support, accelerated development, and indemnification/defense of IP claims. Join Robert Blasi, a patent attorney with Goodwin Procter and Bart Copeland, President and CEO of ActiveState, the Dynamic Language Experts for a discussion of current open source developments and the future of commercial products.
In this informative webinar, you’ll be able to:
- Discover whether open source is truly free
- Learn best practices for using open source software without the risk
- Gain insight on trends and drivers for open source in the enterprise
- Understand why commercial open source solutions can save dollars and time
Putting Open Source Dynamic Languages through the Licensing Test: A guide to most popular licenses and their implications (1 hour)
Open source software is becoming increasingly pervasive in the enterprise today. It is easily accessible online and included in products without full visibility into the diverse set of licenses that govern its use and redistribution. Often times, development teams are not fully aware how open source impacts the level of intellectual property (IP) and legal risk exposure.
There are many developers who bristle at the very use of the term “intellectual property.” The Free Software Foundation (FSF) places it among “Phrases that are Worth Avoiding”. There are effective solutions to minimize the level of legal exposure stemming from open source software and continue to use it to propel innovation, accelerate time to market and gain a competitive advantage.
Join Van Lindberg, acclaimed lawyer from Haynes and Boone LLP and author of the popular book Intellectual Property and Open Source and Bart Copeland, President and CEO of ActiveState, the Dynamic Language Experts to:
- Understand the distinction between free software and open source software
- Learn about the concepts of copyright, patents, copylefts and trademarks
- Discover common open source licenses and their implications in enterprise development
- Gain practical knowledge on how to protect your code and avoid IP issues
- Get insights into effective commercial solutions to minimize legal exposure
Safeguarding against the risks of improper open source licensing - valuable lessons for software/hardware vendors (1 hour)
Industry-proven approaches exist to manage the risks related to improper open source licensing. These all begin with an understanding of how to institute an effective open source governance program and make use of turn-key solutions that are available to protect organizations from both operational and legal risks.
Join Greg Olson, Senior Partner at open source consulting firm Olliance Group and Bart Copeland, President and CEO of ActiveState, the dynamic languages company for an informative webinar to:
- Investigate legal, operational and market risks associated with open source
- Address common pitfalls with open source licensing
- Identify proven tips for creating an open source governance program
- Explore commercial open source options to mitigate open source legal and operational risks
- Share effective steps to protect your organization against costly infringements
Take Quality Products to Market Faster with Enterprise-Ready Dynamic Languages (1 hour)
Open source programming languages such as Perl and Python have the highest instance of open source use in an organization at 57% according to a recent Forrester Research survey conducted with Dr. Dobb's readers. As dynamic languages presence and importance increases, organizations will rely more on enterprise-ready dynamic languages to create higher quality products, to take products to market quicker and to conserve development time and costs for core competencies.
Join Lawrence Backman, VP, Quality Assurance at Computer Associates, one of the largest independent software companies in the world, and Jeff Hobbs, Director of Engineering at ActiveState, the dynamic languages experts to learn:
- The value of enterprise-class dynamic languages for developing quality applications faster
- How Computer Associates uses enterprise-ready ActivePerl to save development time and dollars
- Open source licensing considerations and solutions to mitigate risk and ensure compliance