IT professionals, including in-house developers, system architects and system administrators, will find a concise set of technology-rich sessions covering the enormous capabilities of Mac OS X Server Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, and iPhone OS. IT-focused sessions and labs will provide details on new features you can use right out of the box, customization and developer opportunities for those creating specialized solutions, and best practice techniques for integration, deployment and management of Apple technologies within your organization.
Turnkey Features
Snow Leopard Server, Snow Leopard, and iPhone OS provide many advanced built-in features that you can use right away.
Take Group Collaboration to a Whole New Level
Discover new and enhanced collaboration features in Wiki Server 2 including server-based Quick Look content generation, aggregated tracking and viewing of wiki updates, improved multi-wiki search capability, and an iPhone-optimized experience.Enhance Your Podcast Production Workflow and Deployment
Explore the expanded power of Podcast Producer 2 with new features such as dual-source video capture for picture-in-picture style presentations, visual workflow creation and editing, central asset storage and publishing via Atom and RSS with Podcast Library.Manage Contacts and Calendars With Standards-Based Technologies
Get the latest on how the new Address Book Server—based on CardDAV, a new protocol standard for exchanging contacts in vCard format over WebDAV. Learn about the new features in iCal Server 2 including enhanced CalDAV support to allow group and shared calendars, server-pushed meeting invitations, email-based meeting invitations for including non-iCal Server attendees, and more.Lighten Your Network Load
See how Push Notification Server in Snow Leopard Server pushes meetings, mail and notifications to your desktop clients and mobile users outside your firewall.Enhance Integration of iPhone Into Your Organization
Learn more about the new Mobile Access Server, which provides a way through a corporate firewall for IMAP, SMTP, and HTTP protocols without using VPN. See how the enterprise features of iPhone OS—Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, Cisco IPSec VPN, WPA2 Enterprise, and 802.1X authentication—ensure easy integration with your existing infrastructure. Learn how iPhone Configuration Utility and configuration profiles can simplify the deployment of iPhone in your organization.Manage With Ease
Discover system management and configuration tools and technologies that streamline the deployment and support of Snow Leopard in your organization.
Build and Integrate
In-house developers creating solutions that run on iPhone OS, Snow Leopard, and Snow Leopard Server will find sessions on topics from open-source tools to scripting languages and native frameworks.
Learn How to Deploy From Solid Foundations
See how Snow Leopard Server is the ultimate deployment platform for iPhone and desktop web applications. Apache 2.2 and 1.3, MySQL 5 with AMP, Ruby on Rails with Mongrel, PHP and Perl, 64-bit Java, Tomcat 6 with Servlet 2.4 and JSP 2.0—all are ready to serve clients of any size.Get More Out of Web Technologies
Get the latest details on Apple’s web technologies including UIKit framework for iPhone, Safari’s WebKit and JavaScript Core frameworks, and rich web application development technologies such as Perl, Python, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and PHP which are built into every Mac.Discover a Wealth of Scripting Capabilities
Snow Leopard and Snow Leopard Server deliver the richest set of scripting technologies, from AppleScript to Ruby, which help you accomplish programming miracles without having to get into the nuances of compiled languages.Build Optimized and Secure In-house Applications for iPhone
Learn vital techniques for developing iPhone applications that perform optimally and securely, access in-house data, and leverage existing authentication mechanisms.
Best Practices for Your Organization
IT attendees can leverage the experience and technical enterprise of Apple’s in-house and educational deployment specialists.
Learn System Management From the Experts
See how to leverage Snow Leopard Server Technologies such as System Image Utility, NetInstall, and NetBoot, Managed Preferences and Apple Remote Desktop to ease centralized IT system image creation, management and deployment.Fine-Tune Applications and Services
Learn how to extend the performance improvements in Snow Leopard to your desktop or server-side application.Improve Your Mixed Directory Infrastructure
Get the latest details on Open Directory / Active Directory integration.Optimize Your Podcasting Environment
Explore best practices for Podcast Producer configurations and workflows that deliver incredible content with minimal maintenance.
Get Hands-on in the Labs
Expand your discovery beyond the lectures with IT-related lab sessions. The labs provide you with the opportunity to meet with the engineers behind Apple technologies and discuss specific issues related to your infrastructure or needs. This is also your chance for hands-on exploration of the administration and deployment capabilities available in Snow Leopard Server.
