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Podcast: Zapthink’s Jason Bloomberg on REST and Cloud Computing

Podcast: Zapthink’s Jason Bloomberg on REST and Cloud Computing

The Future of SOA

ZapForum Podcast for October 12, 2009: The Future of SOA: Does the Cloud Have a SOA Lining?

With guest experts

Jason Armstrong, Practice Manager for Strategic Solutions, Summa Techologies

Ed Horst, Chief Marketing Officer, AmberPoint

Brad Wright, Data Services Product Manger, Progress DataDirect

JP Morgenthal, Senior Principal Architect, QinetiQ

David Linthicum, Author, Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise: A Step-by-Step Guide

James Kobielus, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research.

ZapForum Podcast: Leveraging Legacy, Data, & Web Assets for SOA Rapid Application Development

ZapForum Podcast for January 26, 2009 features

Guest Experts Stefan Andreasen, Founder and CTO, Kapow Technologies, and Ron Yu, Head of Marketing,
Kapow Technologies.

Listen to this Podcast and you will:

• understand what’s wrong with traditional application development
• learn about rapid application development inthe SOA context
• understand how data access issues impact the requirements gathering process

Setting the Stage: ZapThink Analysts

ZapThink analysts Ron Schmelzer and Jason Bloomberg set the stage by discussing the role data access plays in SOA initiatives.

Next, Stefan Andreasen and Ron Yu discuss rapid application development in the SOA context, and how data access is a critical part of the application modernization benefit of SOA. Next, they discuss how the presentation layer fits into the picture of SOA-based RAD, and how that in turn ties to Web 2.0. Finally, they discuss some customer examples.

ZapThink Podcast: ZapThink SOA Security Deep Dive Preview

ZapThink SOA Security Deep Dive Preview

Podcast preview of ZapThink’s upcoming SOA Security Deep Dive event in Washington, DC on February 10, 2009 and San Diego, CA on April 10, 2009 featuring expert Toufic Boubez, associate analyst with ZapThink. In this podcast, Toufic Boubez provides a preview of the content to be presented at the event including a discussion of the key agenda items, takeaways audience will learn from the event, description of hands-on and practical portions of the event, usage of technology and tools during the instruction, and details regarding the importance and relevance of the training materials.

ZapForum Podcast: Empowering Business Users with Self-Service Composite Application Platforms

ZapForum Podcast for December 16, 2008 features

Guest Expert Scott Caulk, Product Manager, IDV Solutions.

Listen to this Podcast and you will:

• learn about the role a self-service composite application plays in the enterprise
• understand what a situational application is
• Get an understanding of why location is an important visualization metaphor for situational applications.

ZapForum Podcast: Location-Based Data Mashups for SharePoint

ZapForum Podcast for April 21, 2008 features

Guest Expert Ian Clemens, Chief Technology Officer and Cofounder, IDV Solutions.

Listen to this Podcast and you will:

• learn what an enterprise mashup is
• understand what it means for a mashup to be enterprise-ready
• Learn why location and visualizations are important for mashups
• Get an understanding of why Microsoft SharePoint makes for a good mashup platform.

ZapThink Podcast: Practical SOA: London, UK – April 25, 2008 – Sneak Peek

Special ZapThink “Sneak Preview” of Practical SOA: London, UK event on April 25, 2008 features:

Jason Bloomberg, Managing Partner, ZapThink

Nicolas Farges, Technical Architect, GE Capital Solutions Europe

Roy Varughese, Chief Architect, ABN AMRO (Global Clients)

Francois Lascelles, Director of Client Solutions, Layer 7 Technologies

Rix Groenboom, Parasoft

Peter Steel, EMEA Technology Manager, DataDirect

Listen to this Podcast and you will get a “Sneak Peek” at what all the presenters will be speaking about at our Practical SOA: London, UK event on April 25, 2008.

ZapForum Podcast: The Value of Runtime Governance

ZapForum Podcast for March 17, 2008 features

Guest Expert Al Aghili, Chief Technology Officer, Managed Methods.

Listen to this Podcast and you will:

• Learn about how runtime governance is impacting Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) implementations
• Understand why runtime governance is an important consideration for all SOA implementations
• Learn about the relationship among SOA governance, policy management, and security.

ZapThink Podcast: Practical SOA : New York / New Jersey – Finance, Pharma, Media, Governance, Quality, and Management Sneak Peek

Special ZapThink “Sneak Preview” Podcast for January 8, 2008 features:

Ron Schmelzer, Managing Partner, ZapThink

Ben Moreland, Director, Foundation Services, The Hartford

Mike Kavis, Executive Director, Architecture, Catalina Marketing

Jim Mackay, CMO, iTKO

Al Aghili, CTO and Founder, Managed Methods

Martin Milani, CTO, Tidal Software

Dan Finerty, Director, Product Marketing, DataDirect

Listen to this Podcast and you will get a “Sneak Peek” at what all the presenters will be speaking about at our Practical SOA: New York / New Jersey – Finance, Pharma, Media, Governance, Quality, and Management event in Newark, New Jersey, on March 25, 2008.