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Thomas Erl
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Thomas Erl is the world's top-selling SOA author, Series Editor of the Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl (www.soabooks.com), and editor of the SOA Magazine (www.soamag.com). With over 120,000 copies in print world-wide, his books have become international bestsellers and have been formally endorsed by senior members of major software organizations, such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, BEA, Sun, Intel, SAP, CISCO, and HP.
His most recent titles - SOA Design Patterns and Web Service Contract Design and Versioning for SOA - were co-authored with a series of industry experts and follow his first three books Service-Oriented Architecture: A Field Guide to Integrating XML and Web Services, Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design, and SOA Principles of Service Design.
Thomas is currently working with over 20 authors on a number of upcoming titles, including SOA Governance, SOA with .NET, SOA with Java, Modern SOA Infrastructure: Technology, Design, and Governance, and SOA with REST. He is also overseeing the SOAPatterns.org initiative, a community site dedicated to the on-going development of SOA patterns.
Thomas is the founder of SOA Systems Inc. (www.soasystems.com), a company specializing in vendor-neutral SOA consulting and training services. Thomas is also the founder of the internationally recognized SOA Certified Professional program (www.soacp.com and www.soaschool.com). Thomas is a speaker and instructor for private and public events and is regularly invited to Gartner summits. Articles and interviews by Thomas have been published in numerous publications, including the Wall Street Journal and CIO Magazine. For more information, visit: www.thomaserl.com.
Thomas will be speaking at the SOA Symposium and will also be teaching the SOA Architect Certification post-conference workshop from Oct. 26-30, 2009. For more information, visit the Workshop Agendas page.
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"Defining Next Generation SOA"
Speaker: Thomas Erl (SOA Systems Inc.)
Gartner's announcement that "SOA is emerging from the Trough of Disillusionment" and "climbing the Slope of Enlightenment" coincides with several developments in the industry that have reaffirmed a level of maturity reached by SOA and service-oriented computing in general. In this keynote, we explain how Next Generation SOA represents perhaps the most significant milestone in the evolution of service-oriented computing to-date. We are at a stage whereby a potent combination of mature and modern services-based technology can now be intelligently leveraged by SOA practitioners through the use of proven practices, patterns, and principles together with a clear definition of the service-oriented architectural model and the target state represented by its successful adoption.
October 22, 2009 - 9:00
Room: Rotterdam Hall
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"Exorcising the Evil SOA: A Necessary Step Towards Next Generation SOA"
Speaker: Thomas Erl (SOA Systems Inc.)
Special Guest Speaker: Anne Thomas Manes (Burton Group)
The first chapter in the life of SOA has been a rollercoaster ride with many highs and many lows, the deepest of which has been a nagging, on-going identity crisis. Depending on who you talked to or what you read or what you heard, SOA was either a technology trend or an architectural style, a product or a paradigm, a buzzword or a concrete model.
Many agree that SOA has been all of these things, but how can this be? How can one thing have contradictory identities? It can't, which is why it has finally been determined that there have actually been two SOAs all along. On the surface, they have identical acronyms, but underneath, they are very different. One is good and real, but the other... it is deceptive, seductive, and always looking for trouble. So bad are its intentions that it is, in fact, pure evil. They are twins, but fortunately, due to advances in modern paranormal science, they are now separable.
Witness the first ever IT exorcism, as we confront the Evil SOA and attempt to banish it from the service-oriented computing industry. (Warning: Attendees may be required to hold hands and chant.)
October 22, 2009 - 10:15
Room: Mees
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"The Good SOA vs. The Bad Economy: New Best Practices for Realizing Service-Orientation in Times of Chaos"
Speaker: Thomas Erl (SOA Systems Inc.)
Organizational agility is the ultimate promise of service-oriented computing and the tumultuous past year has certainly put this to the test. During any period of economic uncertainty, the ability for an organization to remain adaptive and responsive is of paramount importance to its on-going growth and survival. Yet keeping this commitment can be a daunting task in the face of downsizing and panicked "knee-jerk" reactions by project sponsors. However, the worst of times often brings out the best in us.
In this session we look at how different organizations have reacted to the economic crisis, specifically in relation to their existing SOA initiatives or their upcoming SOA plans. Based on lessons learned, we present a set of new best practices and strategies for starting up, phasing in, and seeing through SOA initiatives during volatile times.
October 22, 2009 - 14:15
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To locate the date and time for when these sessions are scheduled, visit the Conference Agenda page.
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