Organizations are adopting service oriented architecture (SOA) in an attempt to reduce cost, mitigate risk, improve efficiency, and increase agility. But many organizations are finding it difficult to realize these benefits and deliver a significant return on investment. This presentation will discuss the challenges that impede SOA adoption and provide suggestions for strategies that can mitigate risks and improve success rates.
Anne Thomas Manes is Vice President and Research Director with Burton Group (http://www.burtongroup.com), a research and advisory firm. She leads research on application platform strategies, with a specific focus on web services and service-oriented architecture. Anne is the author of "Web Services: A Manager's Guide" (ISBN 0321185773). She is a member of the editorial board of Web Services Journal, a leading industry publication. She is a frequent speaker at trade shows and author of numerous articles. Anne has participated in web services standards development efforts at W3C, OASIS, WS-I, and JCP. Prior to her role at Burton Group, Anne was Chief Technology Officer at Systinet, a SOA governance company. Prior to joining Systinet, Anne was Director of Market Innovation at Sun Microsystems, where she led Sun's early web services strategy. Anne developed her expertise working at a number of the world's leading hardware and software companies. Her blog is at http://atmanes.blogspot.com.
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