Title: JavaEE.Next():

Java EE 7, 8, and BeyondSummary:The effort to define the Java EE 7 platform is well underway and the horizons for Java EE 8 are emerging. This session looks into some of the key changes the community can expect. The goal of this session is to foster discussion and participation around these changes.

Some of the changes discussed include cloud support, retiring EJB 2 entity beans and JAX-RPC, greater alignment with CDI, a long-awaited update to the JCache API, WebSocket/HTML 5 support, a standard API for JSON processing, the next version of JAX-RS, an overhaul of JMS, batch processing in Java EE and much, much more.

Speaker: Reza Rahman

Reza Rahman is a Java EE/GlassFish evangelist. He is the author of the popular book EJB 3 in Action. Reza is a frequent speaker at Java User Groups and conferences worldwide including JavaOne. He is an avid contributor to industry journals like TheServerSide. Reza has been a member of the Java EE, EJB and JMS expert groups. He implemented the EJB container for the Resin open source Java EE application server.

Reza has over a decade of experience with technology leadership, enterprise architecture, application development and consulting. He has been working with Java EE technology since its inception, developing on almost every major application platform ranging from Tomcat to JBoss, GlassFish, WebSphere and WebLogic. Reza has developed enterprise systems for well-known companies like eBay, Motorola, Comcast, Nokia, Prudential, Guardian Life, USAA, Independence Blue Cross and AAA using EJB 2, EJB 3, Spring and Seam.

A special thanks to the sponsor of this meeting: Parallel HR Solutions, Inc http://parallelhr.com

also note that we have study groups and related meetings posted on the calendar.