2008 International Mathematica Conference
Dr. Dobb's interviews Wolfram Research's Theo Gray, co-founder and Director of User Interfaces, and Roger Germundsson, Director of Research and Development, about the upcoming 2008 International Mathematica Conference.

Voice Recording Meets Open Source
Dr. Dobb's talks with Bruce Kaskey, cofounder of OrecX, about the Oreka open source project and why it's an important contribution to the open source community.

What Zope Did Wrong (and How It's Being Fixed)
Dr. Dobb's talks with Lennart Regebro about the many things that Zope 2 did right and did wrong. Lennart has also been one of the driving forces behind Five, the integration of Zope 3 technologies into Zope 2.

Ubuntu and the Software Around It
Dr. Dobb's interviews Ubuntu's Gerry Carr about the Linux-based Ubuntu operating sytem and the application lifecycle tools -- such as the recently released Launchpad -- that surround it.

Pain Relievers for Continuous Integration and Agile Development
You're the build manager. You actually build the product that ships. Yet you get no respect. You're on your own to build your toolset. You're expected to provide a Continuous Integration environment - even though you have developers all over the world and a build that takes 14 hours to run. You're expected to be agile. Learn how in a Free webinar on December 3rd at 11am PST from Electric Cloud. Wednesday, December 3, 2008. 11AM PT/2PM ET

Next Generation ALM: Automating the Entire Build and Release Process
As more and more software development shops adopt Agile processes, fully automating the build and release management processes becomes a critical element of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) strategy. Join Forrester Senior Analyst Jeffrey Hammond and Anders Wallgren, CTO from Electric Cloud, as they discuss release management best practices and how to get started. Wednesday, November 19, 2008. 11AM PT/2PM ET

Creating Common and Scalable SOA Solutions for the Enterprise Leveraging an Enterprise Service Router (ESR)
Creating Common and Scalable SOA Solutions for the Enterprise Leveraging an Enterprise Service Router (ESR) Despite the many emerging instances of SOA today, the ability to leverage common services and a common metadata layer in a secure and scalable manner is paramount, but rarely addressed. In this webinar, Intel discusses the core issues and opportunities behind the quest to provide a common services and information management layer, and explore a new architectural component called an Enterprise Service Router. Thursday, November 13, 2008. 11AM PT/2PM ET

The Great Debate: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL
Common industry perceptions of MySQL and PostgreSQL aren't as true with the current generation of releases as they used to be. DBAs, developers, and IT managers and decision-makers will benefit from this presentation and live Q&A about the pros and cons of using PostgreSQL or MySQL, which will include a discussion about the ongoing trend towards using open source in the enterprise. Tuesday, October 7, 2008 - 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET