Prominent Industry Analyst, Pioneering End-User and AmberPoint to Discuss SOA Runtime Governance in the Real World

Frank Kenney of Gartner, Jorge Mercado of MedicAlert Foundation and Sean Fitts of AmberPoint Discuss Strategies for Success with SOA

Oakland, CA, November 7, 2006 -- AmberPoint, the industry’s leading provider of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) management software, is pleased to announce an upcoming webcast on how to apply runtime governance throughout the SOA lifecycle. Gartner analyst Frank Kenney will discuss methodologies for enforcing governance policies across heterogeneous service networks. Jorge Mercado, lead architect at MedicAlert Foundation, will discuss the vital role SOA runtime governance plays for the non-profit’s SOA system. AmberPoint’s Chief Architect, Sean Fitts, will briefly discuss the unique approach his company has taken to solving SOA runtime governance issues.

What:
This webcast provides an opportunity to hear from a prominent industry analyst, a successful end-user and a leading SOA management vendor. The presentation, entitled “The Voices of SOA Experience,” will provide analysis as well as an example of real-world success with policy-based SOA runtime governance. The session will illustrate the importance of enforcing SOA governance policies at runtime, considerations for enterprise-wide roll-out of SOA governance, and the vital role of runtime governance at each phase of the SOA lifecycle.

Who:
Frank Kenney, Principal Research Analyst, Gartner, Inc.
Jorge Mercado, Lead Architect of MedicAlert's Software Architecture Group
Sean Fitts, Chief Architect, AmberPoint

When:
Thursday, November 9, 2006
9:00 am PT / 12:00 pm ET

Where:
eBizQ Webcast
Register at: http://www.ebizq.net/webinars/7353.html

About AmberPoint
AmberPoint is the industry’s leading provider of SOA runtime governance solutions. More than 100 customers, including Best Buy, H&R Block, MedicAlert Foundation, Motorola and the U.S. Department of Defense, have chosen AmberPoint for its comprehensive capabilities, its non-invasive approach and its native support for Java and .NET. For more information, contact AmberPoint at 510.663.6300 or info@amberpoint.com, or visit www.amberpoint.com for a complimentary developer's edition of AmberPoint software.

Press Contacts:

Bob Dever
AmberPoint, Inc.
510.433.6553
bdever(at)amberpoint.com

Kim Abreu
Atomic Public Relations
415.402.0230
kim(at)atomicpr.com