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SOA World Magazine’s 8th Annual "Readers' Choice Awards" Nominations Open

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON’s SOA World Magazine announced today that nominations are now open for the SOA World Magazine Readers' Choice Awards, which recognize excellence in the software, solutions, or services provided by the industry's top vendors. SYS-CON's Readers' Choice Awards, also known as the "Oscars of the Software Industry," has been one of the most prestigious industry award programs for more than a decade.

Oracle Unveils Oracle SOA Suite 11g

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Oracle has announced the general availability of Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Suite 11g, which helps customers and partners to lower costs, improve efficiencies and increase visibility into their businesses and operations. This next-generation business application infrastructure makes today's enterprises agile and adaptable through its modular and flexible architecture.

IBM & Cloud Computing: How "SOA in the Cloud" Can Produce Real Change

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:00:00 EDT

“SOA serves as the foundation for the move into the cloud,” stated Dr. Kareem Yusuf, Director Product Management, WebSphere Software, IBM in his keynote at SOA World Conference & Expo in NYC Tuesday. “What are the characteristics of the cloud?” Dr Yusuf then asked. Shared infrastructure, self-service capabilities, and the fact that it will be virtualized are several that he mentioned. He also noted that two things stand out about the cloud – self-service access and management, and elastic scaling.

SYS-CON White Paper: SFA Buyer's Guide

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:00:00 EDT

The right SFA solution can be an enormous benefit to your company's sales reps, as it can help them automate operations, eliminate errors, and forecast revenues. But, as is the case with any technology, you need to consider several important factors to make sure you end up with a solution that fits your organization's needs. Inside CRM's SFA Buyer's Guide has all the advice you need to make a winning decision.

SYS-CON White Paper: Buyer's Guide: Managed Hosting Services

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:30:00 EDT

Do you know what to ask before you buy? This step-by-step guide includes important decision-making considerations such as features, benefits and costs across some of the top managed hosting solution providers and vendors. Get industry insight on: Managed hosting market overview, Vendor services and features, Pricing and costs, and "What To Ask Before You Buy" checklist.

CA Presents at "SOA in the Cloud Expo" in New York City

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:45:00 EDT

"Application Performance Management enables you to prioritize your problem list." So stated Janelle Shaw, Principal Consultant for Application Performance Management solutions at CA Wily Technology, at the 15th International SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East held June 22-23, 2009, in New York.

Intel Inside Nearly Eighty Percent of the World’s Fastest Supercomputers

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:04:00 EDT

More supercomputers than ever are using Intel Corporation processors, according to the latest TOP500 list. The high performance computing (HPC) community is especially enthusiastic about the Intel® Xeon® 5500 processor series. Launched only 3 months ago these chips are already driving the research and analytical capabilities of 33 systems on the list.

"SOA in the Cloud Expo" 2009 New York Photo Album

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON's SOA World Conference & Expo, colocated with AJAXWorld RIA Conference & Expo, held on June 22-23, 2009, in New York City, featured parallel content-rich tracks reflecting the worldwide adoption of the distributed computing paradigm, in which web services are deployed through specific service-oriented architectures.

Secret to Advancing "SOA in the Cloud"

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:30:00 EDT

At the 15th International SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East, which opened Monday in New York City, Sean Valcamp discussed how in today’s business world, measuring your success is a must especially in our current economic climate. It’s something we do as individuals, teams, and companies. But, with the drive to advance SOA, tying Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to your SOA strategy can get lost in the complexity and rush to move your projects forward.

SOA & Cloud Bootcamp at SOA World in New York City

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:00:00 EDT

SOA and cloud computing go hand-in-hand, since cloud computing is in essence merely the ability to leverage new platforms and resources that you don't happen to own. At SYS-CON's SOA & Cloud Bootcamp tomorrow, software industry entrepreneur and Bootcamp Instructor Alan Williamson will explore further these linked approaches.

SOA & Cloud Computing To Intersect This Week at SOA World

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:45:00 EDT

Federal IT organizations across the DoD and IC are facing costly data storage and data processing challenges stemming from the vast amount of information they collect and analyze as a part of their mission. To effectively organize and utilize these growing information stores, enterprise applications must be capable of performing large-scale, data-intensive processing. Federal enterprise infrastructures supporting such applications are often inadequate to address these challenges, and IT organizations incur lost time and greater costs trying to scale resources to meet storage and computing demand.

Layer 7 Technologies to Present at SOA World Conference in NYC

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that K. Scott Morrison, Chief Architect of Layer 7 Technologies, will be presenting at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East (www.soaworld2009.com) June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. His session will be entitled “How to Fail at SOA." K. Scott Morrison is the Chief Architect at Layer 7 Technologies, where he works to scale, simplify and secure Web applications. He has extensive IT and scientific experience in a number of industries, was previously Director of Technology at Infowave Software, and has also held senior architect positions at IBM.

Intel Named “Gold Sponsor” of SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Intel was named "Gold Sponsor" of the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East. The 15th International SOA World Conference will take place June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. Intel’s SOA Products Group offers SOA Expressway – a soft appliance deployed to address common XML and SOA problems such as acceleration, security, service mediation and service governance.

CA Named “Gold Sponsor” of SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:30:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that CA was named "Gold Sponsor" of the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East. The 15th International SOA World Conference will take place June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. CA is the world's leading independent information technology (IT) management software company. We help companies manage IT to better perform, compete, innovate and grow their businesses. With our Enterprise IT Management (EITM) vision and technology, customers can unify IT and simplify the management of complex computing environments.

OPNET Technologies To Exhibit at SOA World Conference & Expo in NYC

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that OPNET Technologies to exhibit at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East. The 15th International SOA World Conference, colocated with AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo 2009 East, will take place June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. OPNET Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of SOA solutions for managing applications and networks.

Red Hat Collaborates with HP on SOA Solutions

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:45:00 EDT

Red Hat has announced an optimized solution developed with HP around service-oriented architecture (SOA) Governance. The JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform has been optimized to be governed by HP SOA Systinet software. With the addition of HP SOA Systinet, customers have an opportunity to drive revenue, remove costly errors and respond to market changes when they automate business processes through a deployment on JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform.

Denodo Technologies Named “Silver Sponsor” of SOA World Conference

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:45:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Denodo Technologies was named "Silver Sponsor" of the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East. The 15th International SOA World Conference will take place June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. Denodo, the recognized innovator of Enterprise Data Mashup (EDM) software, delivers a single platform that combines data integration and web process automation to enable real-

Managed Methods To Exhibit at SOA World Conference June 22-23, New York

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:30:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Managed Methods to exhibit at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East. The 15th International SOA World Conference will take place June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. Managed Methods provides Web services management and runtime SOA governance solutions focused on the needs of IT operations. We draw on over ten years of system management experience to build products that fit the dynamic pace and requirements of production IT environments

WebSphere Guru to Keynote at SOA World

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:00:00 EDT

With IBM taking major initiatives in the cloud computing arena this week, it is timely that SYS-CON Events recently announced that IBM WebSphere Director of Product Management Dr. Kareem Yusuf will be delivering a keynote on cloud computing and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East (www.soaworld2009.com) June 22-23 in New York City.

SOA World 2009 West: Call for Papers Deadline June 30

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:15:00 EDT

The conference theme of the 16th International SOA World Conference & Expo, to be held September 22–23, 2009 in San Francisco, CA, is 'Services - The Mainstay of the New Web Revolution.' The Call for Papers, which is now open, welcomes submissions from exceptional speakers with high-quality use cases of investing in SOA to provide strong return on investment (ROI). Case studies from companies that have chosen to invest in service-oriented architecture, with measurable benefits, are especially encouraged.

EMC vs NetApp for Data Domain: Joe Tucci Sends Open Letter

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:10:00 EDT

"We stand ready to welcome the talented people of Data Domain to EMC with open arms," writes Joe Tucci - Chairman, President and CEO of EMC - to all Data Domain employees this morning. He chose an open letter format, says EMC, as the best way to express directly to Data Domain employees his thoughts about why EMC is the best choice for them.

Test Drive e.Spreadsheet Report Designer

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:45:00 EDT

e.Spreadsheet Report Designer from Actuate is a free, easy-to-use report writing tool for creating authentic Excel files and reports that retain formulas, formatting, live charts and data connections.

The JBoss SOA Assessment Tool: Spend Less, Do More

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:30:00 EDT

SOA does not have to be overly complex or expensive. This white paper shows you how the JBoss SOA Assessment Tool can help you chart a course to a successful SOA implementation. And the broad portfolio of JBoss Enterprise Middleware can help you get there, with fully supported platforms for service development and deployment, content aggregation and presentation, rules management data integration, and service integration and orchestration integration.

Harris Corporation to Present at SOA World Conference, June 22-23 in NYC

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:15:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Anil Patel, Software Architect of Harris Corporation, will be presenting at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East (www.soaworld2009.com) June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. His session will be entitled “Identity Propagation in N-Tier Enterprise Systems." Anil Patel, a Software Architect at Harris Corporation, is currently a member of the Harris Enterprise Architecture Core Technology Center conducting research on IA and standards for SOA. He worked as a Chief Technology Officer and architect for a secure wireless messaging platform for smart devices, a secure appliance to provision wi-fi services to hospitality institutions, and voice based cardiology interpretation reporting software

TopQuadrant Helps NASA Launch the Constellation Program

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:15:00 EDT

TopQuadrant has announced that NASA is using the TopBraid Suite 3.0 Semantic application platform to model, organize, integrate and exchange data within and across the NASA Constellation Program. NASA's use of TopBraid Suite represents a significant commitment to developing and applying a Semantic data architecture in the full 'engineering-through-operations' lifecycle as a means of achieving the Constellation Program's ambitious planetary exploration goals under NASA's affordability, sustainability and evolveability mandates.

Using Open Source SOA in an Enterprise Deployment

Sun, 31 May 2009 07:00:00 EDT

Many companies are turning to a service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach to use their existing IT assets in new ways. Application functionality is made available as a service, available to all applications that use that particular capability. Business managers know that an SOA is a key technology in business integration, and can help increase agility, improve customer satisfaction, and increase responsiveness.

White Paper: Fiorano vs. Oracle – Integration Server Comparison

Fri, 29 May 2009 12:45:00 EDT

The entire flow for database consistency integration takes less than 10 minutes to develop on Fiorano. The flow consists of two database components connected via ‘routes’, with a simple transformation component in the middle to ensure that the data formats are consistent. Further, the Fiorano environment allows the flow to be modified dynamically, even while running; changes to the flow do not require the flow to be stopped and ‘redeployed.’ Each individual component can also be independently reconfigured on-the-fly.

WSO2 Launches Free SOA Summer School

Thu, 28 May 2009 09:06:00 EDT

WSO2 is launching the WSO2 SOA Summer School program to help the many IT professionals worldwide whose careers are being impacted by the global recession. The free classes will enable enterprise IT architects and developers to become more familiar with SOA concepts, technologies, and best practices—expanding the expertise they bring to either current or prospective employers.

Sun GlassFish Enterprise Service Bus: The Lightweight ESB

Thu, 28 May 2009 06:00:00 EDT

An enterprise service bus (ESB) forms the backbone of SOA deployments and is the efficient successor to point-to-point architectures. Selecting the ESB for a SOA project is an important part of the planning stage. With an increased shift toward lean and agile software development, businesses are looking for improved time-to-market and efficiency at reduced costs.

Kevin Moore to Present at SOA World Conference, June 22-23, 2009 in NYC

Wed, 27 May 2009 18:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Kevin Moore, CIO of USMEPCOM, will be presenting at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East (www.soaworld2009.com) June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. His session will be entitled “How SOA Makes the U.S. Department of Defense More Agile." Kevin D. Moore is the CIO for USMEPCOM. He has over 26 years of leadership experience and has

Deloitte Consulting to Present at SOA World Conference, June 22-23 in NYC

Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Greg Lomow, Specialist Leader in the Solution Architect Group of Deloitte Consulting, will be presenting at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East (www.soaworld2009.com) June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. His session will be entitled “Business-Driven SOA Governance." Dr. Greg Lomow is a Specialist Leader in the Solution Architect Group at Deloitte Consulting LLP. He has 20 years of experience as an information technology professional and 10 years experience design and developing SOA-based solutions.

SYS-CON White Paper: Open Source SOA Works

Wed, 27 May 2009 14:30:00 EDT

The combination of SOA and enterprise-class commercial open source technology solves difficult business problems by simplifying and expediting IT integration at a lower cost than proprietary alternatives. This combination opens and unifies business processes, reduces errors, and enables flexibility and scalability moving forward.

US Department of Defense to Present at SOA World Conference in NYC

Wed, 27 May 2009 12:45:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Mark Krzysko, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, will be presenting at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East (www.soaworld2009.com) June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. His session will be entitled “Authoritative Decision-Making Information via SOA and Governance." Mark Krzysko serves as the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (ADUSD) for Business Transformation. In this senior leadership position, he is directing technical and transformational efforts to make timely, authoritative major weapons system acquisition information available to support oversight of Department's major defense acquisition

Booz Allen Hamilton to Present at SOA World Conference, June 22-23 in NYC

Wed, 27 May 2009 12:15:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Eric Konieczny, Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, will be presenting at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East (www.soaworld2009.com) June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. His session will be entitled “Establishing Presence within the Service-Oriented Environment." Eric Konieczny is a Consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., providing software development and technology consulting services to the federal government.

dynaTrace Software to Present at SOA World Conference, June 22-23 in NYC

Tue, 26 May 2009 19:45:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Andreas Grabner, Technology Strategist of dynaTrace Software, will be presenting at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East (www.soaworld2009.com) June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. His session will be entitled “Lifecycle APM - Strategies for Optimizing Application Performance in SOAs." Andreas Grabner has 10 years experience as an architect and developer in the Java and .NET space. In his current role, Andi works as a Technology Strategist for dynaTrace

UC4 Software to Present at SOA World Conference, June 22-23, 2009 in NYC

Tue, 26 May 2009 18:45:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Alex Givens, Senior Solutions Architect of UC4 Software, will be presenting at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East (www.soaworld2009.com) June 22-23, 2009, in New York City.His session will be entitled “How Workload Automation Solutions Can Improve SOA ROI." Alex Givens is a Senior Solutions Architect for UC4 Software, Inc., makers of UC4 Workload Automation

SpringSource to Present at SOA World Conference, June 22-23, 2009 in NYC

Tue, 26 May 2009 16:45:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Mark Fisher, Senior Software Engineer of SpringSource, will be presenting at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East (www.soaworld2009.com) June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. His session will be entitled “Lightweight SOA with Spring Integration” Mark Fisher is a Senior Software Engineer with SpringSource and lead of the Spring Integration project. He is also a committer on the core Spring Framework project, where he played a central role in developing the annotation-based configuration features of Spring 2.5. He has provided consulting and training services for clients across numerous industries throughout North America. Mark speaks frequently on the No Fluff Just Stuff Software Symposium tour, at SpringOne in Europe and America, and has presented at several Java User Groups.

Frank Cohen to Present at SOA World Conference, June 22-23, 2009 in New York City

Tue, 26 May 2009 16:15:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Frank Cohen, Founder & CEO of PushToTest, will be presenting at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East (www.soaworld2009.com) June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. His session will be entitled "Open-Source SOA Test Automation Primer." Founder of PushToTest and author of FastSOA, Frank Cohen is the expert you 'Go To' when you need to understand and solve problems in complex interoperating information systems, especially Service Oriented Architecture (SOA,) AJAX, and Web services.

Fiorano Positioned as “Visionary” in Magic Quadrant

Wed, 13 May 2009 13:15:00 EDT

Fiorano Software has announced it has been positioned in the Visionary quadrant in Gartner, Inc.'s recently released Research paper – “Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for Backend Application Integration Projects.” The Research report evaluated 21 vendors worldwide, based on various key technical capabilities of their product stack as well as real-world use patterns and technology content of the vendor's offerings.

SOA Software Solutions Successfully Certified as Powered by SAP NetWeaver

Mon, 11 May 2009 05:10:00 EDT

SOA Software has announced that its SOA Software Policy Manager 6.0 and SOA Software Service Manager 6.0 solutions have achieved SAP certification as powered by the SAP NetWeaver technology platform. Through these certifications, these solutions have been proven to integrate with SAP solutions, allowing customers to confidently deploy SOA Software's products alongside SAP NetWeaver.

IBM to Present at SOA World Conference, June 22-23, 2009 in New York City

Tue, 05 May 2009 22:15:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Tony Carrato, Executive IT Architect of IBM, will be presenting at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo (www.soaworld2009.com) June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. His session will be entitled “Delivering on SOA Value.” Tony Carrato is an Executive IT Architect for the SOA Advanced Technology team in IBM’s Software Group. He is a member of a team who help IBM

Collaborative Consulting to Present at SOA World Conference in New York City

Tue, 05 May 2009 21:15:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Jeremy Deane, Technical Architect of Collaborative Consulting, will be presenting at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East (www.soaworld2009.com) June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. His session will be entitled "Resource-Oriented Enterprise Service Bus" Jeremy Deane is a Technical Architect at Collaborative Consulting and has over 12 years

Active Endpoints Ships Multi-Site BPMS

Tue, 05 May 2009 17:00:00 EDT

Active Endpoints has shipped ActiveVOS 6.2, a new release of its business process management suite (BPMS) featuring ActiveVOS MultiSite. ActiveVOS MultiSite protects crucial, long-running business processes from interruption or termination due to a major hardware or site failure. ActiveVOS MultiSite also allows users to flexibly scale their BPM environments, resulting in a more efficient use of computing resources.

SYS-CON Webcast: IBM iDataPlex Dynamic Performance & Energy Efficiency

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:30:00 EDT

As data centers deal with the management of their typical enterprise workloads in a difficult economy, this is the time to get a leg up on the competition by implementing technologies like the new Intel Xeon processor 5500 series found in the IBM System x iDataPlex Solution. iDataPlex servers are specialized systems, designed around a highly flexible architecture, for companies running large scale-out data centers that need energy efficiency, optimized cooling, extreme scalability, high density at the data center level and high performance from the Intel 5500 processor at an affordable price.

Software AG Named in Leaders Quadrant for SOA Governance Technologies

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:00:00 EDT

Software AG has announced that it has been named by Gartner, Inc., in the Leaders Quadrant of the recently published Magic Quadrant for Integrated SOA Governance Technology Sets.[1] Governance enables companies to automate the management of services throughout their lifecycle, providing increased visibility, improved compliance, and greater control of their entire service-oriented architecture (SOA).

Software AG Comments on Oracle-Sun Acquisition

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:15:00 EDT

Software AG today provided comment on the recent announcement of Oracle Corporation and Sun Microsystems’ acquisition noting that big mergers can create complexity for the customers.

IBM Blade Center Event: Improving Datacenter ROI in 2009

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:30:00 EDT

In this webcast from the IBM and Intel Virtual Conference Series, IBM discusses IBM System x and Intel and how to improve Datacenter ROI in 2009 with IBM High Performance Servers.

Think Ahead: Latest Dynamic IBM System x and BladeCenter Server Line-up

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:45:00 EDT

Take an exclusive look at IBM's latest innovations from IBM System x and BladeCenter. IT professionals in small and medium businesses, branch offices, and large enterprises will benefit by adopting IBM System x and BladeCenter's next-generation hardware portfolio. The discussion – led by Alex Yost, Vice President and Business Line Executive, IBM Corporation, System x and BladeCenter – will include the latest innovations in server performance, systems management, IBM X-Architecture, Green IT and virtualization, highlighting the benefits and improvements these innovations will bring to your IT Infrastructure.

The IBM BladeCenter HS22 with the New Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:45:00 EDT

In this webcast from the IBM & Intel Virtual Conference Series, learn how the HS22 offers outstanding performance, flexible configuration options and simple management in an efficient server designed to run a broad range of workloads and enable customers to lower TCO, increase control, and minimize complexity in their x86 IT environments.

Satyam Files Application to Delist ADSs from Euronext Amsterdam

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:30:00 EDT

Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (NYSE: SAY; BSE: SATYAM; NSE: SATYAMCOMP) (the "Company") announced today that it had filed an application for delisting from NYSE Euronext, the regulated market of Euronext Amsterdam ("Euronext Amsterdam"), of its American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), which are currently traded on Euronext Amsterdam. Upon careful consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of its listing on Euronext Amsterdam, the board of directors of the Company has come to the conclusion that the financial and legal burdens of a listing no longer justify a listing on Euronext Amsterdam. The application for delisting is subject to the approval of Euronext Amsterdam. Upon delisting from Euronext Amsterdam, the Company's equity shares are expected to remain listed and traded on the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited ("BSE") and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited ("NSE"), and its ADSs are expected to remain listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange in New York ("NYSE"). The Company does not currently intend to delist from any of the BSE, NSE or NYSE.