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.

Extending Enterprise Value with Web 2.0
In this webcast we will talk about how to simply build and quickly remix Web 2.0 applications and the role of the IT department and how they support mashups. We will discuss how IBM can help IT teams adapt existing enterprise systems as well as develop unique ones that can support end user driven mashups in a reliable, scalable and secure way. We will highlight a simple scenario adapting an enterprise information source for mashups and how to test it. We will also cover how IBM can help you build agile, fast and simple web applications based on dynamic scripting languages that dramatically reduces development time. Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 12pm PT / 3pm ET

How Do You Do Nightly Builds and Tests when there is No Overnight? Software Production in a Geographically Distributed Environment
Attend this Webcast and find out how to overcome common build-test-deploy challenges that affect all members of a distributed team, including:

• Communication difficulties, because of time-zone and cultural differences
• Workflow challenges, like lack of documented procedures and build and test handoff problems
• Slow build and test cycles, broken builds, and other factors that hamper distributed team productivity

Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 11am PT / 2pm ET

Pre-Flight Builds: What They Are, Why You Should Care and How to Make Them a Reality
The build is back, and it's back in the hands of developers. That's the message of this webinar. There's a fundamental disconnect between a developer doing incremental builds on their small section of a build and the nightly build rebuilding everything. Agile techniques increase the frequency of 'nightly' builds making them happen many times per day, but developers still break the build by checking in bad code. The solution is the pre-flight build: a complete software build in the hands of every software developer and run before they ever commit code. In this webinar we'll discuss the benefits and impact of pre-flight builds, along with ways to make them a reality in your organization. Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 - 11 am PT / 2 pm ET

The Great Debate: PostgreSQL versus 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 hour-long presentation 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, June 24, 2008 - 2:00 pm ET / 11:00 am PT