This session will discuss the feasibility of adopting SOA in an organization, and what needs to be in place in order to undertake a successful SOA implementation. The discussion will include applicability of SOA standards, incorporation of technologies such as BPM, business rules, integration software, and client technologies ranging from thin to rich to thick clients. Examples from the real world will be presented for undertaking successful SOA projects, including phases of adoption and organization and cultural changes that are needed to be successful.

Speaker Bio: Ajit Sagar is a principal architect with Infosys Technologies, Ltd., a global consulting and IT services company. He has more than 15 years experience in the IT industry. During this tenure, he's been a programmer, lead architect, director of engineering, and product manager for companies from 15 to 25,000 people in size. Sagar has served as J2EE Editor of Java Developer's Journal, was the founding editor of XML Journal, and has been a frequent speaker at SYS-CON's Web Services Edge series of conferences, at JavaOne, and other international conferences as far away as China. He has published more than 125 articles.

Charter Sponsors of SOAWorld Conference & Expo 2007 East

Laszlo Systems: Laszlo Systems is the original developer of the open source platform OpenLaszlo, and provider of Rich Internet Applications and services that advance the Web experience. OpenLaszlo is an XML-native foundation for building next generation Web applications that increase customer retention, conversion and brand loyalty. Laszlo provides comprehensive support services, education, and commercial application modules so that any company can easily make the move to Rich Internet Applications.

webMethods: webMethods provides business process integration to the world's largest corporations and government agencies. webMethods flagship product suite, webMethods Fabric, is the only integrated platform to deliver both SOA and BPM, delivering rapid ROI to our 1,400 customers around the globe. With webMethods, customers can take a process-centric approach to their business problems, allowing them to leverage their existing IT assets, dramatically improve business process productivity and ROI, and rapidly create competitive advantage by making their business processes work harder for their company.

Trivera Technologies: Founded in 1997, Trivera Technologies has been providing premier technical education, mentoring and courseware development and licensing services for developers, managers and engineers of all skill levels. Trivera has the unique strength, focus, and depth of talent needed to help our clients build the technology teams that are creating and securing their future. Headquartered in New Jersey, but with world-wide delivery, our instructors and mentors boast an average of 20 years experience in software design, development and deployment, bringing their extensive real world experience into every classroom and development project. The company focuses on advanced technologies and enterprise development solutions, such as Java, J2EE, XML, object oriented design, software engineering, service-oriented architecture, testing, troubleshooting and more. We specialize but are not limited to training in IBM WebSphere, Rational, WebLogic, Eclipse, JBoss and much more. Our staff has trained and mentored thousands of clients to date.

Sponsors and Exhibitors of SOAWorld 2006 and Enterprise Open Source Conference 2006:

Last year's conference sponsors and exhibitors included Adobe, Apress, Backbase,  CalAmp, Cassatt, Centric CRM, Chariot Solutions, Composite Software, Exadel, Ingres, Metallect, Optaros, OSS Nokalva, Parasoft, Rogue Wave Software, SugarCRM, Web Age Solutions.