Addison-Wesley Publishes "Java Server Pages" - a Book by CapitalThinking Technologist; Larne Pekowsky Authors Leading Text Introducing JSP Technology.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2000 CapitalThinking, the leading online commercial mortgage marketplace, today recognized the publication of Larne Pekowsky's Java programming book, JavaServer Pages. Released in April and published by Addison-Wesley Longman, Inc., JavaServer Pages is the first book published on the topic. Pekowsky, Vice President, Engineering, at CapitalThinking, is a critically acclaimed author and one of the most innovative and highly regarded Java experts in the world. Along with Dan Woods, Chief Technology Officer of CapitalThinking, and Tom Snee, Pekowsky co-authored The Developer's Guide to the Java Web Server A Web server from Sun that ran under Solaris and NT. It supported Java servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology. Version 2.0 was the final release of the product, which was created to provide an upgrade path to servlet processing (Servlet API 2.1) for prior Java Web Server customers. in 1999. "JavaServer Pages" is a hands-on guide to building dynamic Web pages with JSP (JavaServer Page) An extension to the Java servlet technology from Sun that allows HTML to be combined with Java on the same page. The Java provides the processing, and the HTML provides the layout on the Web page. . It has quickly become the leading text introducing this new technology, according to Addison-Wesley. The text brings a unique approach that lets non-programmers leverage the power of the Java language to build dynamic, interactive and content-rich Web pages. The book is a patient tutorial suitable for anyone with basic HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. knowledge. The text reveals how relevant technologies, including beans, servlets, and Java language essentials, can work together to bring sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. and flexibility to Web sites. The guide also includes dozens of short programming excerpts that provide a solid tour of basic techniques, including capturing user input and generating dynamic content for a sample news Web site. With extensive experience developing Web sites using JSP technology for industry leaders such as Money magazine and Time Inc. New Media, where Pekowsky helped create one of the world's top ten news sites, Pekowsky set out to level the playing field between programmers and developers. "The existing material in the market was more geared towards high-level programmers and neglected Web developers - one of the fastest growing segments in the technology industry, so I decided to pursue it," said Pekowsky. "We are very pleased with Larne's efforts to expand the general public's understanding and use of an extremely powerful and accessible programming language," said Heather Shively, Co-Founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CapitalThinking. "Larne is also a great asset to the CapitalThinking team. His innovative work is a significant reason why CapitalThinking has fast become the technology leader in the online commercial mortgage space." "The fact that Internet specialists of Pekowsky's stature are joining the commercial real estate industry validates the technological opportunities and challenges the commercial real estate industry provides," said Dan Woods, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of CapitalThinking. At CapitalThinking, Pekowsky is a senior member of a team of IT professionals that is re-engineering the commercial real estate industry using e-finance solutions and best-in-class technology. Pekowsky is helping the company pioneer a second-generation B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business platform that brings efficiency, normalization and liquidity to a fragmented, paper-intensive and illiquid marketplace. About CapitalThinking CapitalThinking is an online commercial mortgage marketplace providing e-finance solutions to the $250 billion U.S. commercial real estate mortgage industry. By combining cutting-edge Internet technology with the largest group of experienced real estate professionals in the online commercial mortgage industry, CapitalThinking brings unprecedented speed and efficiency to the commercial lending process. The Company works with 23 of the nation's top lenders, including commercial banks, insurance companies and conduits. CapitalThinking closed its first loan on May 16, a $2.8 million multi-family acquisition deal funded by J.P. Morgan. The loan closed in forty days. CapitalThinking recently closed a $15 million second round of venture capital financing To start an own company or to bring a new product to the market, the venture may need to attract financial funding. There are several categories of financing possibilities. If it is a small venture, then perhaps the venture can rely on family funding, loans from friends , led by Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign and Veritas. and RRE RRE Red Rock Eater (News Service) RRE Road Race Engineering RRE Remote Roof Easy RRE Residential Real Estate RRE Rise-And-Run-Length Encoding RRE Royal Radar Establishment (Great Britain) Ventures. iStar Financial and ABP 1. (networking) ABP - Alternating bit protocol. 2. ABP - Microsoft Address Book Provider. Investments also committed funds. Aberdare Ventures led the company's first-round financing of $3.4 million raised in September 1999. |
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