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If you've somehow missed the news, ebizQ is holding it's second SOA in Action virtual conference. Last count we have over 2000 people registered for this event. Here at ebizQ we're all very excited about the program we've put together. In addition to the all stars including Roy Schulte, Dave Linthicum, Randy Heffner, David Chappel, Dennis Byron, Derick Meyers, and Joe McKendrick, we have a few other treats in store for you.

The virtual trade show includes virtual booths. You can visit the booths to download information, view videos, and even chat with reps. The booths are looking great. You should check them out for no other reason than they're cool. But to give you another incentive, we're doing a drawing for an iPhone for visiting all the booths. There's also a resource center with all kinds of helpful links to get you up to speed on your SOA research.

Joe McKendrick has provided you with a great overview of the sessions in the show. Check out the agenda and see for yourself. I've been working with all the speakers over the past few weeks and I'm personally very excited to be able to bring you such a high quality program. Do not miss either of the keynotes. Roy Schulte is always informative and insightful. I think you'll appreciate this keynote. We have over 1200 people registered for it!

Randy Heffner does a great job making sense out of building a SOA platform. This is one you may want to pass along to your colleagues. Don't worry, all the sessions will be available for replay. However, if you attend the live sessions you get the opportunity to ask questions.

SOA Alchemy will be of interest to you if you've got a mainframe still hanging around. And don't miss Dave
Chappel's talk on the Next Generation Grid Enabled SOA: Not Your MOM's Bus. This was a late entry to the show so a bunch of folks may have missed this one, but Dave Chappel wrote the book on ESBs, and this one is a must see.

Of course the session I'm most excited about is the one I'm doing with Brenda Michelson on Business Driven Service Design. Over the past year Brenda and I have been quietly working on a method for designing services that is repeatable, traceable, and most importantly, business driven. We're very excited about the work we've been doing. We're going to attempt to cram 2 days worth of material into 40 minutes. It's really just to introduce the ideas we've been working on, and we're looking forward to your feedback. So please, if you can't make the live session, listen to the archive and email your questions and comments.

Joe McKendrick and I are both doing live panel sessions. The panel sessions are usually very lively and very popular. And we have extra treats for you for attending these. At each session we will be giving away 4 different books: SOA for Dummies, , SOA for the Business DeveloperSOA Principles of Service Design, and Integration and SOA: Concepts, Technologies and Best Practices. The last book is still available free on our site as an ebook, but we'll be sending you real printed books. So good luck.

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