Learn From the Experts on How and Why to Use Cincom Smalltalk

CINCINNATI, Ohio -- March 30, 2006 -- Cincom Smalltalk engineers will present at the upcoming Smalltalk Solutions Conference to be held April 24-26, 2006 in Toronto, Canada. Some of the discussion topics include cryptography, object-relational persistence and web applications using Cincom Smalltalk VisualWorks.

A few of the Cincom Smalltalk Engineers presenting at Smalltalk Solutions include:

Alan Knight -- Tutorial: Using GLORP

GLORP is an open-source library for object-relational persistence. It includes some very sophisticated mapping and performance features, and current plans are for it to be incorporated as the core mapping layer in a future revision of Cincom Smalltalk's database toolset. This tutorial is designed to give an introduction to the concepts, capabilities, and best practices using GLORP.

Martin Kobetic -- Cryptography for Smalltalkers 2

This presentation will introduce cryptographic hash functions and public key algorithms and discuss some of their applications and practical aspects. The talk will include demonstrations using the Cincom Smalltalk VisualWorks security library.

James Robertson -- Building a Blog Server: A Smalltalk Web Application

This session will go through the process of building, maintaining, updating and scaling a Smalltalk web application server and show the ancillary areas of the technology XML, RSS, XML-RPC. Also discussed will be the ease of modifying a Smalltalk server in place, without taking it offline and the transition from single user to multi-user – all without downtime.

Visit the Cincom Smalltalk booth 1133 in the exhibit hall and receive a copy of the non-commercial version of Cincom Smalltalk Winter Edition.

About Cincom Smalltalk

Cincom Smalltalk enables software developers to build applications quickly and efficiently, including scalable browser-based and client-server systems. Cincom Smalltalk delivers significant productivity over Java™, C#, C++, or Visual Basic®, allowing developers to bring their products to market significantly faster.

About Cincom

For nearly 40 years, Cincom has delivered innovative software and services that enable thousands of clients worldwide to simplify the management of complex business processes. We empower our clients to outperform their competition by providing ways to increase revenue, control cost, minimize risk and achieve rapid ROI.

Cincom serves clients on six continents including BMW, Citibank, Boeing, Northwestern Mutual, Federal Express, Ericsson, Penn State University, Milacron, Siemens, Rockwell Automation and Trane. For more information about Cincom's products and services, contact Cincom at 1-800-2CINCOM (USA only), send an e-mail to info@cincom.com or visit the company's website at www.cincom.com.

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