JBoss, Inc., the Professional Open Source company, today announced a tri-city workshop and seminar, "The Open Source Path to SOA." CIOs, IT managers and developers in San Francisco, Houston and Boston will hear real-world cases from service-oriented architecture (SOA) practitioners, participate in interactive discussions around trends and best practices for SOA, experience hands-on demos and learn how partners such as Azul Systems, HP and Unisys are extending the open source JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite (JEMS) platform for SOA, according to JBoss.

The full-day event is designed to help attendees navigate the breadth of SOA solutions on the market and understand the advantages of a standards-based, open source architecture. Featured Gartner Research Director Jess Thompson will kick-off the day with a presentation on strategies for evaluating and implementing SOA and lead an interactive panel discussion featuring executives from Azul Systems, HP and Unisys. JBoss will also present an overview of JEMS as a platform for SOA, followed by a customer testimonial of a successful SOA implementation with JEMS.

The events are scheduled to be held in San Francisco on March 14, Houston on March 16, and Boston on March 21.