“By 2008, SOA will provide the basis for 80 percent of development projects,” says Daryl Plummer, Group Vice President, Gartner, Inc., in his report, Gartner's Positions on the Five Hottest IT Topics and Trends in 2005. “Users must examine the potential for the benefit of the business and the investment that will be needed in skills, processes and risk factors to determine which [SOA] strategy is most appropriate.”
The Council will be discussing the common challenges of building a strong business case for SOA, including translating the technical benefits of SOA into measurable business value. SOA Leaders has already established successful chapters in Chicago and New York. Attendees can learn how their peers are addressing these challenges and gain expert advice from featured Gartner analysts. For locations, dates and speakers for each Council, please visit www.soaleaders.org/events.html.
“The most valuable information for our initiatives are the best practices derived from the experiences of our peers. SOA Leaders is unmatched in the quality of the members and dialogue,” said Eric Norman, Director of Strategic Applications Development, InterContinental Hotels Group.
About the SOA Leaders Council
The SOA Leaders Council is a community of IT executives bound by their common experience with the practical realities of implementing service-oriented architectures for the global enterprise. Community members, such as chief technology officers, vice-presidents of architecture, security architects, and directors of applications, convene in peer-to-peer meetings to share experiences and expertise for the benefit of the broader community. Community sponsors include AmberPoint, Parasoft, ThoughtWorks, Reactivity, and Systinet. For more information, visit www.soaleaders.org.
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