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- Tracks
- SOA Is Dead; Long Live Services
- Future Work: Any Time, Any Place
- Cloud Computing's Business Advantage
- Virtualization: The Key to the Dynamic Data Center
- Identity Management: Making It Pay Off
- Networks for Dynamic Enterprises
- Risk Management in Risky Times
- Information Management: Business Know Thyself
Catalyst Tracks:
- SOA Is Dead; Long Live Services
- Future Work: Any Time, Any Place
- Cloud Computing's Business Advantage
- Virtualization: The Key to the Dynamic Data Center
- Identity Management: Making It Pay Off
- Networks for Dynamic Enterprises
- Risk Management in Risky Times
- Information Management: Business Know Thyself
SOA Topics:
Track: SOA Is Dead; Long Live Services
Many service oriented architecture (SOA) initiatives have stalled or failed. And prospects for SOA look bleak in 2009. Most organizations have cut funding for their SOA initiatives. Except in rare situations, SOA has failed to deliver its promised benefits. It's time to face reality: the term "SOA" now carries too much baggage. It's time to declare that SOA is dead and move on to the more practical matter of bringing up its offspring. SOA's untimely demise is tragic, but, fortunately, many aspects of SOA live on-particularly in the form of services. Services provide the fundamental building blocks that enable software as a service (SaaS), cloud computing, and business process management (BPM). This Catalyst track will examine the myths and misconceptions that derailed SOA efforts, provide guidance for salvaging value, and supply actionable direction for future efforts.
Face it. Your SOA initiative has failed. So where do you go from here?
- What went wrong with SOA?
- How can we salvage value from the wreckage?
- How do we prepare our systems to take advantage of the cost-savings promised by SaaS and cloud computing?
- Is BPM the answer?
- What about REST, ROA, and/or WOA? If we abandon the complexity of WS-*, can we revive SOA?
SOA Topics:
Whither SOA: What Comes Next?
Although SOA has become a bad word, service-orientation remains an imperative for systems going forward. Tune into this topic to learn what comes next.
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SaaS: What Can I Do Today?
The dynamic SaaS market is changing daily. Consequently, enterprises need to hear the SaaS State of the Union: the clear rewards, the worrisome risks, and future trajectory of SaaS.
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Show Me the Value: Proving the Business Value of IT
As the impact of a deflated economy tightens corporate budgets, it’s imperative that IT groups learn to measure their impact on the bottom line, while also improve their internal processes.
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Defining the Cloud: Architecture, Infrastructure, and Economics
Cloud computing is a new IT service model that organizations must comprehend. Putting the cloud to work for your business will require changes to your architecture, new choices of infrastructure services, and a strong understanding of internal and external cloud economics.
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Using the Cloud: Rewards, Risks, and Practices
Cloud computing, for all of its hype, is inevitable. Savvy organizations will understand cloud computing, its benefits and pitfalls, and how to use it to their advantage.
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