The two biggest trends affecting IT today are SOA and Open Source. Many developers and architects are looking to speed adoption of SOA by leveraging open source. Because both SOA and Open Source offer long-term reductions in cost coupled with an increase in flexibility and innovation, it is natural that SOA and open source are being used as a powerful combination for new IT initiatives. While open source provides many benefits, there are still many scenarios where a combination of open and closed source software are required. This session will provide an overview of open source projects and products for SOA and discuss how to effectively use open and closed source software together.

Speaker Bio: As Director of Open Source Programs for IONA, Debbie is responsible for driving the strategic product marketing and product management activities for IONA’s open source line of business. Debbie brings more than 15 years of software industry experience and expertise to her role, including several years in IBM Software Group with product marketing and product management responsibility for the WebSphere Commerce and WebSphere Business Integration & Business Process Management product families.

Charter Sponsors of SOA World 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.

Software AG / 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.

Managed Methods develops and sells practical, versatile, and cost-effective products for monitoring Web services and managing service-oriented architectures. The company is headquartered in Boulder Colorado with a team who has over ten years of experience in building industry-leading management tools for IT operations which are used by thousands of small, medium, and enterprise-level companies around the world.

Web Age Solutions is one of the leading SOA training providers in the world. Using industry-standard methodologies, the company helps its clients build efficient and cost-effective e-business systems. Their mentoring programs support the rapid development of mission-critical applications, while our technicians transfer their skills and knowledge to help clients maintain success. A full suite of services—from initial consulting to full implementation of your e-business strategy—delivered by experienced technicians and teachers makes Web Age Solutions the ideal e-business consulting and training partner.

Sponsors and Exhibitors of SOA World 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.

Sponsors and Exhibitors of AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2007 East
AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2007 East sponsors  included  Laszlo Systems (Diamond Sponsor), JackBe (Platinum Sponsor), Adobe (Platinum Sponsor), Cynergy (Platinum Sponsor), Backbase (Gold Sponsor) Google (Gold Sponsor), Nexaweb (Gold Sponsor), ICEsoft (Gold Sponsor), Oracle (Gold Sponsor), Helmi Technologies (Gold Sponsor), JetBrains (Gold Sponsor), TIBCO (Gold Sponsor), Kapow Technologies (Gold Sponsor), Sun Microsystems (Silver Sponsor), Parasoft (Silver Sponsor), Servoy (Silver Sponsor), Etelos (Silver Sponsor),  Microsoft (Expo Plus Sponsor),  Lightstreamer (Exhibitor Plus Sponsor),  IT Mill (Exhibitor Plus Sponsor), FrogLogic (Exhibitor Plus Sponsor), ThinWire (Expo Sponsor), Quasar Tecnologies (Expo Sponsor), Zapatec (Exhibitor Plus Sponsor), MB Technologies Bindows (Exhibitor), OpenSpot (Exhibitor), ILOG (Exhibitor), Passport Corporation (Exhibitor), Addison-Wesley (Exhibitor), The Thomson Corporation (Exhibitor), Isomorphic Software-SmartClient (Exhibitor), Universal Mind (Exhibitor), Farata Systems (Exhibitor Plus),  Manning Publications (AJAX Book Sponsor), Apress (AJAX Book Sponsor), Conference Guru (Media Sponsor), Flash Goddess (Media Sponsor), AJAXWorld Magazine (Media Sponsor), Web 2.0 Journal (Media Sponsor), SYS-CON.TV (Media Sponsor), IT Mill (Media Sponsor), Methods & Tools (Media Sponsor), Web 2.0 Journal (Media Sponsor), and OASIS (Association Sponsor).