This session seemed a little weak … probably because I am too
involved in both XP development processes, and web services..  It
started off with a consulting/product company – Picasso Software
– going through some very high-level “case studies”.  Really they
were just bullets and stories of the successes … some good
high-profile customers.

Now I’m watching the second presenter talk about exteNd Director and
Composer.  These are very similar to work that we are doing with
our Host Encapsulator and WebFace solutions.  I believe that the
“legacy application to web services” aspects are nearly
identical.  He is now showing the UI generation, and it is very
“HTML page” oriented (they even call it PageFlow) and based on
XForms.  He did show (and answer my question) that they are able
to create composite web services in their tool … although they are
not yet BPEL compliant.

The third presenter is now talking about what Novell is
delivering.  He is promoting the Novell Development Center … an
actual facility where customers can (pay?) go and develop a solution
for a real business problem.  They offer business and technical
experts to assist.  This appears to be an aspect of their
consulting services.