What was originally conceived as a SOA Bloggers Power Panel turned into a wide-ranging discussion that involved numerous front-end, AJAX-based issues, in a dynamic discussion produced by SYS-CON.TV at the Reuters Studio overlooking Times Square in New York.

Panel members included SOA World Editor-in-Chief Sean Rhody, ColdFusion Developer’s Journal Editor-in-Chief Simon Horwith, noted open-source blogger and IONA Technologies executive Debbie Moynihan, Nexaweb Founder and CTO Coach Wei–all well-known SYS-CON bloggers–and noted indusry commentator and analyst Jason Bloomberg of ZapThink. The panel was moderated by SYS-CON.TV founder and host Roger Strukhoff.

Bloomberg (pictured), whose company has been named media sponsor of SYS-CON’s upcoming SOA World 2007 Conference & Expo, confirmed that oftentimes SOA discussions wander into AJAX territory and vice versa. Horwith, who has been working with ColdFusion for 12 years, noted that he gets involved with a lot of federal government business, and that government clients are now very serious about their AJAX strategies, as usability and accessibility are two of their prime

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