BALTIMORE, MD / April 4, 2007 — Seeking to further advance the state of SOA education, training, and credentialing, ZapThink today announces three Licensed ZapThink Analyst (LZA) boot camps to be hosted in the United States in Baltimore and Maryland, Boston, Massachusetts, and in Sydney, Australia. One of the biggest challenges facing the SOA marketplace is the lack of skilled architect resources that are proficient on SOA methodologies, techniques, and approaches in ways that are not specific to the particular technology du-jour or an individual vendor implementation.
“Companies are tired of all the hype surrounding Web Services and SOAs, and are finding it difficult to learn what they really need to know from vendor-centric conferences and training,” said Ronald Schmelzer, senior analyst with ZapThink, LLC. “IT professionals want to learn from their peers about what it really takes to put together a well-designed SOA, and desire third-party credentials to assert their SOA knowledge. The Licensed ZapThink Analyst boot camps give Enterprise Architecture practitioners the SOA education and credentials they’ve been waiting for.” Increasingly, individuals like are looking to get the backing of a qualified third-party organization that can endorse their existing SOA skills as well as enable continuous improvement, enhanced networking with those looking for architecture resources, or enhance their current SOA-enabled careers. Through its LZA program, ZapThink is filling the unmet need for knowledge and credentials in this area The LZA program offers the following benefits: * An annual credential that allows ZapThink to endorse individual enterprise architects as having specific SOA skills* Posting onto an LZA Directory that enables companies to research and locate architects to assist with their SOA-specific needs
* Participation in a three-day credentialing and training intensive providing the latest SOA practices and providing a means to enhance architecture skills and knowledge in the SOA space. Architect skills evaluation is done on an interactive basis with each attendee providing evidence of capabilities.
* An optional listing in ZapThink’s Architect Resource Center (ARC), an online resource promoting architects available for hire or consultation by end-users.
* Opportunity to contribute to ZapThink’s online research and content, visible to over 27,000 enterprise architects.
* Participation in exclusive annual LZA-only conferences, events and activities. For more information and to register for an LZA Boot camp, visit http://www.zapthink.com/lza.html. Individuals or companies looking to attend or otherwise participate in the event can contact ZapThink at 781-207-0203. Early bird discounts are available for a limited time. Seats are limited to only 50 people per LZA boot camp, and ZapThink expects certain boot camp dates and locations to sell out.
About ZapThink, LLC
Founded in October 2000, ZapThink, LLC (http://www.zapthink.com) is an IT market intelligence firm that provides trusted advice and critical insight into XML, Web Services, and Service Orientation. ZapThink provides their target audience of IT vendors, service providers and end-users a clear roadmap for standards-based, loosely coupled distributed computing — a vision of IT meeting the needs of the agile business. ZapThink is headquartered in Baltimore, MD. Its customers include Global 1000 firms and emerging businesses.
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