Press Release

ThoughtWorks Quarterly Technology Briefing - Guerrilla SOA

"How to fight back when a vendor tries to take control of your enterprise"

05 Sept 2005 - With the emergence of Web Services and the evolution of WS-* standards, the enterprise software vendor community was quick to realise their traditional business model was under threat. On the back of their large installed bases, vendor products were offered to customers to help them deploy and manage their attempts to develop Service Oriented Architectures, with the implication that Web Services were of little use without proprietary middleware to deal with their inherent complexity.

In this talk, ThoughtWorks SOA Practice Lead Dr Jim Webber will discuss how Web Services can constitute a robust integration fabric, providing the same benefits as proprietary middleware without vendor lock-in.

About Dr. Jim Webber

Dr. Jim Webber is SOA Practice Lead with ThoughtWorks Australia, where he helps customers to understand and implement SOA using Web Services. Jim was formerly a senior research scientist with the UK E-Science programme where he developed strategies for aligning Grid computing with Web Services practices and architectural patterns for dependable Service-Oriented computing. Jim has extensive Web Services architecture and development experience as an architect with Arjuna Technologies and was the lead developer with Hewlett-Packard on the industry's first Web Services Transaction solution. Jim is an active speaker in the Web Services space and is co-author of the book Developing Enterprise Web Services - An Architect's Guide. His blog is located at [jim.webber.name]

Details:

Sydney
Tuesday 11 October 2005
Radisson Plaza Sydney
Address: 27 O'Connell Street, Sydney. (Pitt Street entrance takes you directly to seminar room)
Time: 8:00am - 9:30am (a buffet-style breakfast will be provided)

Melbourne
Thursday 13 October 2005
The Westin Melbourne
Address: Level 1, 205 Collins Street, Melbourne
Time: 8:00am - 9:30am (a buffet-style breakfast will be provided)

Please register for this conference by using our online registration tool at [www.thoughtworks.com.au]/[tech-briefing.html]

For further information, please contact Gabriella Manos no later than 26 September 2005. Telephone: 1300 723 823 Email: gmanos@[thoughtworks.com]

About ThoughtWorks

ThoughtWorks, Inc. is a global IT consultancy providing application development and systems integration services to Global 1000 companies. The company's leadership in the practical application of Agile methods on enterprise class projects allows its people to deliver higher quality solutions more quickly and cost effectively, while giving client business leaders greater program and project control. ThoughtWorks' Web site is [www.thoughtworks.com]

Contact:
Heather Malec
ThoughtWorks, Inc
312.373.8550
hmalec@[thoughtworks.com]