The Advisory Council

Expert Teleconference - Strategic Service-oriented Architecture Service-oriented architecture (SOA) provides a common way to integrate IT assets across business functions, exposing the business value of applications to the entire enterprise. Many businesses are investigating, planning, or moving to implement SOA, but it requires a major investment in technology, people and processes. Many folks have a hard time making the business case to justify an adequate level of investment. This teleconference will provide IT managers with the information they need to win funding for both tactical and strategic SOA projects. Hot issues to be addressed include: Why should you get started on SOA sooner rather than later? How can you minimize risk and maximize return on SOA investments? What environmental and business considerations drive SOA-related technology decisions and compromises? Steve Hoffman, TAC Expert, has more 20 years of experience developing innovative software solutions using the latest technologies. He is founder and chief architect of Forestay, LLC. Previously, Steve was with Active Endpoints and Starwood Hotels. As an independent consultant, Steve provided technical strategies and implementations for organizations such as Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Pitney Bowes, and Dictaphone. He leverages broad knowledge of the Web services, SOA, and BPEL technology, vendor, and product space, and deep knowledge of BPEL practices and patterns, to provide insightful analysis that demonstrates how to use BPEL to solve real-world problems.

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