CORBA based systems integration - Education

CORBA based Systems Integration

Audience:

IT Managers, Software Developers, Architects, Information Managers

This course assumes that the participant:

has some experience programming in a Unix and/or Windows environment
has good knowledge of OO concepts has working knowledge of at least one object-oriented language, preferably JAVA

Course Objectives:

Principles of standard object-technology, CORBA, systems architecture integration frameworks
Strategies for accommodating heterogeneous mixtures of platforms, legacy software, commercial software and R&D prototypes
Methods and techniques for establishing an effective CORBA-based framework
Questions of security in the context of systems integration
Strategies for software reuse and rapid application development

Topics:

01. Principles of Systems Integration
	Stovepipe Systems
	Proprietary Systems
	Inconsistencies between Design and Implementation
	Standard Issues
	Lack of Tools for Creating Effective Abstractions
	Lack of security abstraction
	Vision for Systems Integration
	The Role of CORBA
02. Standards Strategy
	Standards background
	Benefits of standardization
	Selecting a Standards Strategy
	Standards Reference Models
	Implementing a Standards Strategy
03. Introduction to CORBA
	Object Management Architecture
	Object Request Broker
	Interface Definition Language
	Implementing IDL Specifications
	Dynamic Invocation Interface
	Object Adapters
	CORBA Acceptance
	Product Availability
	CORBA 3.0
	CORBA Services

04. Software Architecture Design
	Establishing Architecture Vision
	Role of CORBA in Software Architecture
	Architecture Process compared to Methodology
	Software Architecture Design Principles and Process
	Applying CORBA to Software Architecture
05. Security in the CORBA Environment
	Basic Security Terminology
	Security Policies
	Survey of Security Standards
06. CORBA System Engineering
	Choosing a Distributed Object Architecture
	CORBA Product Selection
	Issues in the Effective Application of CORBA
07 . Differences between COM and CORBA

08. Migration to Software Components