What is it all about?

epicenter is four days of software excellence — it's a conference for learning, it's an expo for researching, it's a place for meeting! It's for software architects, CTO's and developers of all knowledge and experience levels.

The Irish Software Show is organised by IrishDev.com providing online News, Events and Jobs for Irish Software Developers.

• TuesdayBusiness, Best Practice & Tools
  Ireland, we're proud to say, has built an enviable reputation as a talent tank of software excellence.
  
  Despite the current calls for more Maths and Science in our schools, our universities are producing some excellent software graduates who have the ambition and the desire to spring board in to the commercial engineering world.
  
  Today, in the Best Practice and Tools, you can hear from evangelists discussing the principles of software lifecycle and architecture, and even the horror stories when/if it all goes wrong.
• WednesdayClient Server
  Listen up! There's time when a SaaS solution is simply not the answer and today's zones explore the technology which can be used in the traditional Client Server role of software.
  
  Leading evangelists will discuss the pro's and con's of the main languages in use today, giving you tips and ideas to take to your workplace. They will also highlight emerging technology which as a professional developer, you need the knowledge for tomorrow.
  
  Whether you're a Java, Open Source or Microsoft developer, there is content for you here.
• ThursdayWeb
  With faster and faster connectivity, web development is more about the leverage of design than anything else these days. Sophistication wins hearts, and good reliable technology keeps them beating.
  
  Todays sessions will show you how, once you have designed great look and feel web apps, to align them with the most robust and scalable technology so that failure (and lost users) are kept to a minimum.
  
  Several sessions are platform specific whilst some cross the divide in true comparitive style.
• FridayCloud & Mobile
  Listen to most developers today, and the talk is about developing for the cloud or developing for the mobile. Today is about having access to your data anytime, wherever you are.
  
  The cloud delivery model has brought about so many benefits; from reducing distribution costs and support, even the low cost of user acquisition. What's more, the gates have been opened by application providers allowing access for third party developers. Hence a whole business sector in software development has appeared.
  
  But technology never stands still, and there is now much hype about putting those apps onto handsets. Nowadays devices are like mini data centres. So if this interests you (and it should!) come along and hear our experts discuss software development for cloud and mobile platforms.