AmberPoint Customers Mass Mutual and Wells Fargo to Share Real-World SOA Experiences at Burton Catalyst Conference

Leading Financial Services Companies Review the Importance of Runtime Governance in Successful SOA Implementations

Burton Catalyst Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 25, 2007 -- AmberPoint, the industry's leading provider of SOA runtime governance software, is pleased to announce two of its industry-leading financial services customers will discuss their SOA governance strategy at the upcoming Burton Catalyst Conference 2007. Both companies will present the benefits and challenges of their production SOA implementations, including discussions on the importance of runtime governance. The Burton Catalyst Conference is being held at the Hilton Hotel in San Francisco, June 25-29, 2007.

What:
Kevin Kosienski of Mass Mutual Financial Group will present a case study on his company’s approach to institutionalizing Web Services Management and will review how his team came to make their choices for their environment. He will review actionable and pragmatic next-steps along with a discussion on his team’s approach to Web Service Management, a cornerstone in MassMutual's approach to SOA.

Sri Muthu, Vice President of Internet Service Development at Wells Fargo, will discuss the critical drivers for its first production SOA application and the concerns they had for implementing SOA in such a robust infrastructure. He will also discuss project goals, why they chose SOA, their strategy for SOA governance, the solutions they chose for the project and the results they have achieved.

Who:
Kevin Kosienski, Mass Mutual Financial Group (9:45am)
Sri Muthu, Wells Fargo (4:10pm)

When:

MassMutual Financial Group's Approach to Institutionalizing Web Service Management
Kevin Kosienski, Mass Mutual Financial Group
Thursday, June 28, 9:45 a.m., Grand Ballroom A

Financial Services Leader Banks on SOA
Sri Muthu, Wells Fargo
Thursday, June 28, 4:10 p.m., Grand Ballroom B

Where:
Burton Catalyst Conference; Shaping Enterprise IT
Hilton Hotel
333 O'Farrell Street
San Francisco, CA

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.

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Bob Dever
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Jennifer Olson
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