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XMaLpha Technologies
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XMaLpha Acquires XML Planning Group
For immediate release
[Shoreview, MN—12 April, 2005]:
As part of its ongoing expansion into specialized practice
areas, XMaLpha Technologies, a full-service consulting and
training company, today announced the acquisition of
XML Planning Group.
XML Planning Group has provided vendor-neutral analysis,
design, education, systems integration, and implementation
of solutions that employ structurally-rich XML documents,
primarily in the US State Legislative marketplace. XMaLpha
Technologies is a successful premier provider of full-scale,
XML solutions for a variety of private and public clients.
XMaLpha Technologies, formerly having a 1/3 interest in XML
Planning Group, and considerable experience in Legislative
automation of its own, will continue to offer services with
a focus on authoring, storage, legacy conversion, XML
encoding, engrossment, and multi-channel publishing of
complex legal and legislative documents. The acquisition
will provide Legislative clients with complete access to
XMaLpha Technologies' extensive resources in the areas of
.NET, Java, and other interoperable technologies.
Devan Shepherd, CEO and Chief Technical Officer for XMaLpha
Technologies, had this to say about the acquistion, "The 'X'
in XML stands for eXtensible, and this is an example of our
own extensibility. Today, we are extending XMaLpha to
further develop our existing Legislative practice area."
About XMaLpha Technologies (http://XMaLpha.com):
XMaLpha Technologies has extensive experience in XML
automation, Web Services, systems integration, and the
development of robust, industrial-strength, applications. As
experts in analysis, design, and implementation, the
talented consultants at XMaLpha understand data integration
using XML. XMaLpha can show you how XML can provide a
totally extensible, easy-to-learn, and richly featured
universal format for structuring data and documents that can
be exchanged efficiently over the Web using .NET, Java, and
other interoperable technologies. Whether your needs call
for business-to-business solutions, sophisticated Web
Services, Content Management Systems, end-to-end integration
with legacy data, structured dynamic content generation, or
training on the latest XML technologies, XMaLpha can help.
For more information, please contact:
Katherine Shepherd, COO
XMaLpha Technologies
Ph: +1.651.484.0471
Fx: +1.413.832.5554
eMail: Kathy@XMaLpha.com
http://XMaLpha.com
New Corporate Training Options
The training division of XMaLpha Technologies has recently
developed an all new series of introductory and advanced
training packages available to corporate customers.
These courses can be taught on your premises or in one of our
modern, fully-equipped facilities in major cities around the
US.
These classes are modular in nature and can be customized
to meet specific requirements, timeframes and training
objectives. Complete classes are from one to four days
in duration. Some of the component titles available for
immediate release include:
- XML Programming I (Introductory Topics)
- XML Programming II (Advanced Development)
- Advanced XML Schema Programming (DTD and XSD)
- Extensible Stylesheet Transformation (XSLT I)
- XSLT II - Advanced Transformation Topics
- XSL Formatting Objects
- Web Development using XML Technologies
- Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
- Preservation of Legacy Data
- Database Integration with XML
- SAX, DOM, JDOM and Custom APIs
- Middle-Tier Web Scripting for XML
- Developing Marketplace-focused e-Business Solutions
- Introduction to WAP/WML/WMLScript
- Advanced Wireless & mBusiness Development
- JAVA Development for XML
- J2SE Foundations
- J2EE Development
- Websphere Programming
- .NET Fundamentals
- ASP.NET Development I & II
- C#.NET Programming I
- VB.NET Programming I & II
- .NET and C++
- Transitioning from Visual Studio to .NET
If you would like more information about any of these
titles please contact us at:
Courses@XMaLpha.com
Check out the recent book written by our CEO:
Teach
Yourself XML in 21 Days,
Second Edition
by Devan Shepherd, XMaLpha CEO
Sams Teach Yourself XML in 21 Days, Second Edition covers
everything you need to know to "hit the ground
running" with XML and several of its most important
related standards (including XSL, the Extensible Stylesheet
Languages; Xpath, the Extensible Path Language; Xlink, the
Extensible Link Language; Xpointer; XML-Data Reduced; and XML
Schema, to name a few). You will see many working code
examples of these technologies and be able to use what you
have learned immediately.
XML is arguably one of the most revolutionary new computer
technologies to come along since the Web was conceived in the
early 1990's. You may already know the Hypertext Markup
Language (HTML) and have created Websites of your own. This
book assumes that you are a seasoned developer, proficient
with a variety of technologies and languages. Some of the
working code examples in this book make use of JavaScript,
VBScript, Java, databases, Active Server Pages, and
object-oriented programming techniques, to name but a few. The
goal, however, is not to teach you any of those languages, but
rather to demonstrate how XML can be elegantly woven into the
fabric of real-world solutions that assimilates the inherent
strengths of component technologies. If you aren't a
"heads-down, 24/7, coder", don't let that discourage
you from continuing with this book. The many working-code
examples and detailed line-by-line analyses will give you
everything you need to know to use the code immediately and
learn along the way.
About the Author
Devan Shepherd has more
than 25 years of progressive experience in the Information
Technology industry as a developer, consultant, solutions
provider, instructor, public speaker, and senior executive. He
has designed college-level curricula and taught XML
technologies, HTML, scripting languages, Web development, and
a wide variety of traditional programming languages at the
college level. Devan currently speaks frequently about XML at
industry trade shows and serves as the CEO of XMaLpha
Technologies, a full-service consulting practice focusing
on the delivery of e-business solutions, training and systems
integration. He spent many years as Director of IT and Chief
Technical Officer for various companies in the public and
private sector, with extensive experience in the fields of
health care, defense, banking, legal and medico/legal
litigation support. A self-proclaimed
"e-workaholic," Devan cherishes any available free
time to spend with his wife and children pursuing decidedly
"non-e" activities.
Recognition for Training at Seybold
Fall 2001
We are pleased to announce a recent recognition for
tutorial delivery by Devan Shepherd - CEO, XMaLpha
Technologies. Devan was honored to have received the
highest evaluation scores from participants at the Seybold
Seminar held in Boston, April, 2001. The announcement
was made by Astrid Wasserman, Key3Media Program Director at
the Seybold Seminar in San Francisco on September 26,
2001. XMaLpha delivered two tutorial sessions focusing
on XML technologies at the Fall Seybold event.
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Upcoming XMaLpha Fall Events
Watch for new public course offerings
from XMaLpha Technologies, LLC.
Teach Yourself XML in 21 Days,
Second Edition
By: Devan Shepherd
CEO, XMaLpha
ISBN: 0-672-32093-2
Library of Congress: 00-111798
First Printing: August, 2001
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