The New York City chapter of the International Association of Software Architects - November 28th meeting
Giuseppe Turitto
Be Successful
Abstract:
SOA promises a closer alignment of business and IT objectives leading
to greater customer responsiveness, business agility and operational
efficiency. However, achieving this alignment requires organizations to
embrace the changes inherent in the dynamic nature of SOA. With those
changes come the inevitable risks. Risk can be managed by implementing
a robust SOA quality assurance plan. While testing concepts such as
test coverage and automation can still be effectively applied in a SOA
environment, the process-oriented nature of SOA presents unique
challenges. Traditional testing tools often fail to adequately address
end-to-end scenarios and lack visibility within a technically complex
SOA environment. To manage SOA quality, new techniques and practices
must be developed to address the inherent factors of constant change
and complexity.
Speaker: Bob Carmichael, CTO, Solstice Software
Bio:
Bob Carmichael joined Solstice Software in February 2004. He is
responsible for driving the product roadmap as well as overall product
quality. Prior to joining Solstice, Carmichael served as VP of
Engineering at Catapult Technology. He was a major contributor to the
growth of a consulting practice specializing in Enterprise Application
Integration (EAI) implementations, leading to the acquisition of
Catapult by Idea Integration in 2000. He also managed the development
of productivity components and adapters that were distributed by
webMethods as part of their core product offerings. Carmichael has
worked for early stage companies in both product development and
product management roles and has had exposure to a broad range of
technical architectures and solutions, specializing in the EAI space.
He has a B.A. in Economics and Applied Mathematics from Rice
University.
Logistics:
The meeting will be held at Microsoft, 1290 Avenue of the Americas on
the 6th floor and start at 6PM. Due to heightened building security
you must be a registered chapter member on the web site to attend.
Registration is currently free so be sure to register.
Big Drawing:
Remember that we will hold our big drawing at this meeting. You still
have a chance to submit another entry to win the $10,000+ copy of
Visual Studio Team Suite. If you attended meetings in September and
October, and when you attend this meeting, you will have one chance to
win for every meeting that you attended.
See you there. And don't forget to invite all your fellows Architects