Conference: SOA Track

Track Chair: Andreas Antonopoulos
SVP and Founding Partner
Nemertes Research

Track Chair:
Anil Gupta
Principal
The Applications Marketing Group

Service-Oriented Architectures are fulfilling the promise of interoperability and software re-use. Using open standards and protocols, many businesses are deploying Web-services-based SOA and delivering higher quality software services to the business. This track helps companies understand the relationship between virtualization and SOA and how they can develop an SOA roadmap to unlock SOA's potential.

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Tuesday, April 29
10:15 am–11:15 am	S08 Conference Sessions Enabling Business Innovation Through SOA Platforms (Location: South Seas D) This session will detail how SOA platforms can enable business innovation helping businesses differentiate themselves and create significant shareholder value. Speaker - Richard Sides, Sr. Vice President, Manufacturing and Logistics, Ramco Systems Speaker - Robert Rodriguez, Senior Vice President, Research - Technology Markets Group, Aberdeen
11:30 am–12:00 pm	S08 Conference Sessions The Impact of SOA on Traditional Middleware Technologies (Location: South Seas D) This session discusses the broad differences between traditional middleware and SOA and identifies how SOA renovates the approach to integration taken by traditional middleware technologies. The presenter will also make recommendations for an SOA adoption roadmap to existing customers of traditional middleware. Speaker - Jim Green, CEO, Composite Software, Inc. Jim Green Chairman and CEO Composite Software Jim, a noted enterprise computing technology visionary and roll-up-thesleeves entrepreneur, guides Composite Software strategy and operations. Prior to Composite, Jim served as webMethods? CTO, Executive Vice President of Product Development, and Board of Directors member. Jim was CEO and co-founder of Active Software, where he grew the company from a start-up to an industry leader in Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) software. During his seven year tenure at Sun Microsystems, Jim led the development of the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) specification, the industry standard for distributed objects. In previous companies, he achieved several industry firsts by developing networking and distributed computing products. A career long innovator, Jim has created products that have resulted in over $1B of sales. Jim holds both a MS in Industrial Engineering and a MS in Computer Science.
12:00 pm–12:30 pm	S08 Conference Sessions OlivaNova-The Programming Machine (Location: South Seas D) This session will introduce OlivaNova - The Programming Machine, a technology to achieve The Industrialisation of Software Development. Based on the Object Management Group's (OMG) Model Driven Architecture (MDA) initiative, our models are based on the specific customer requirements, the business logic included. Details will be given on how analysts model the customer's business requirements with OLIVANOVA-Modeler, validates with OLIVANOVA-Validator that the model is complete, correct and non-ambiguous, and how once the OLIVANOVA-Validator detects zero errors, and only in this case, he sends the model by e-mail to OLIVANOVA-The Programming Machine. OLIVANOVA-The Programming Machine transforms our conceptual models into complete business applications that are reliable, function-rich, maintainable, extensible and secure. Ready to install. Complete with full documentation. Speaker - Stephen J. Mellor, OlivaNova, Programming Machine Stephen J. Mellor is an internationally recognized pioneer in creating effective, engineering approaches to software development. In 1985, he published the widely read Ward-Mellor trilogy Structured Development for Real-Time Systems, and in 1988, the first books defining object-oriented analysis. Stephen also published Executable UML: A Foundation for Model-Driven Architecture in 2002. His latest book MDA Distilled: Principles of Model-Driven Architecture was published in 2004. He is active in the Object Management Group, chairing the consortium that added executable actions to the UML. He is is now working on the executable UML foundation standard at the OMG. Perhaps surprisingly, he is also a signatory to the Agile Manifesto. Stephen acts as Chair of the IEEE Software Advisory Board, and is an adjunct professor at the Australian National University.
3:45 pm–4:45 pm	S08 Conference Sessions The State of the Union on SOA (Location: South Seas D) This session provides a brief background of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) and discusses the current vendor landscape. Learn current approaches by customers, identify the good, the bad and the ugly in such approaches and discuss where SOA is going. This session is recommended for anyone who wants a comprehensive business perspective on Services Oriented Architecture. Speaker - Chris Howard, Vice President, Burton Grouop Chris Howard is VP and Director for the Executive Advisory Program at Burton Group. As a speaker, Mr. Howard is in demand for his thoughtful discussions of technology and society, and brings interdisciplinary perspectives to his topics. His research focus spans enterprise and application architecture, user experience, organizational dynamics, modelling and process design. Prior to joining Burton Group, Mr. Howard was an enterprise architect at U.S. Bank, and led consolidation efforts for development frameworks and channel renewal. In addition, he has been part of the academic community for the past 20 years as an associate professor and guest lecturer at major schools in North America and Europe. He serves as chairman of the industry advisory board for the College of Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati.
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Wednesday, April 30
10:15 am–11:15 am	S08 Conference Sessions SOA Case Studies (Location: South Seas D) This session will review multiple case studies of how customers are using SOA technology to increase flexibility and reduce integration costs. Speaker - Harald Kirschner, OlivaNova, Programming Machine
11:30 am–12:30 pm	S08 Conference Sessions News Flash! SOA Is Not About Technology (Location: South Seas D) As enterprises rush to assess their SOA readiness, many focus solely on the technology. But SOA is simply architecture, not a panacea to business problems. The key to unlocking SOA's potential for your enterprise is based upon evaluating "necessary vs. sufficient" conditions for success. Even the best technology without strong process and governance, will not guarantee success. Attendees will learn the important role governance and process play in SOA transitions and application development, as well as how to utilize assessment tools, maturity models and reference architectures to construct a customized SOA roadmap. Speaker - Jerry Smith, CTO, Symphony Services Dr. Jerry Smith is a technology innovator and IT strategist focused on helping Symphony Services and its clients derive business value from the successful adoption and use of critical technologies. Previously, Dr. Smith was CTO, vice president of engineering and acting Chief Information Officer (CIO) for IPR International, a technology services company specializing in the protection and preservation of electronic information. Prior to IPR, Dr. Smith was the senior vice president and CTO at Systems and Computers Technology (SCT) and the CTO of professional services firm Semaphore. He also worked in management roles at Xerox, Sales Technologies and KPMG.
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