SOA in Action - SOA Means Business - Oct 28-29, 2009

SOA is ready for the business. But is the business ready for SOA?

Welcome to Service-Oriented Architecture, phase two. Six years after SOA first hit the mainstream, many organizations have achieved strong value, while some are struggling to realize business results from this increasingly popular approach to technology deployment. Some challenging hurdles remain in the "Increase SOA value to the business" journey:

  • Resolving organizational and governance issues are fast becoming pre-requisites to successful SOA deployment
  • "Selling" SOA’s value to the business is more difficult in today’s economy, especially since ROI is often hard to quantify
  • Evolving SOA projects to derive the benefits of emerging technologies such as Complex Event Processing and Cloud Computing

This conference will teach business and technology leaders how to succeed on the SOA journey. In this informative two-day event, you will hear leading experts and practitioners discuss strategies and best practices for promoting and deploying SOA throughout the enterprise. Join us for an agenda packed full of sessions and panel discussions on the latest thinking in SOA.

SPONSORED BY:

Platinum Sponsor
IBM

Weblayers Amberpoint SoftwareAG Redhat JBoss
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SOA in Action Agenda

Day 1, Wednesday, October 28, 2009
11:00 AM-12:00 EDT Keynote - Doing SOA for Business: Fixing the Worst Big SOA Mistakes
Speaker: Randy Heffner, Vice President, Forrester Research
12:00-1:00 PM EDT Industry Roundtable: SOA Value is Unreachable Without Governance
Speakers: Joe Mckendrick, Miko Matsumura, Software AG, John Favazza, WebLayers
1:00-1:30 PM EDT Web-Oriented Architecture: The Future of SOA? Networking Chat with Dion Hinchcliffe
1:30-2:00 PM EDT Smart Work in Government and Beyond: Maximizing the Value of Business Interactions with Business Event Processing Speaker:Tina Groves, Senior Product Manager, IBM
2:00-3:00 PM EDT SOA in Government: Changing the Game for Government IT
Speakers: Dave Chesebrough, President, AFEI; Dan Risacher, CIO Staff Member, Department of Defense; Matthew Scwartz, Navy; Mike Darretta, JBOSS

3:00-4:00 PM EDT Lost in the Transaction
How to Track Transactions End to End across Distributed Composite Applications
Speakers: Ed Horst, AmberPoint
Day 2 - Thursday, October 29, 2009
11:00 AM-12:00 EDT Keynote - SOA in the Real World - Advanced Practices Assure Advanced Results
Speaker: Yefim Natis, Gartner Distinguished Analyst
12:00-1:00 PM EDTIndustry Roundtable: Convergence of Cloud and SOA Panel
Speakers: Dave Linthicum, Linthicum Group, Mike Kavis, Kavis Technology Consulting & Ed Horst, Amberpoint
1:00-1:30 PM EDT Cloud/SOA Networking Chat with Dave Linthicum
2:00-3:00 PM EDT Making SOA Better Through Continuous Analytics and Event Processing
Speakers: Dr.K. Mani Chandy , Roy Schulte, Distinguished Analyst at Gartner Inc.,Frank Chisholm, Executive Solutions Program Manager , WebSphere Business Events, IBM