DataDirect’s Architect Tutorials | Expert Series 2008

Innovations for Software Architects: Data Connectivity Design Considerations for SOA and Virtualized Environments

Organizations are leveraging SOA and server virtualization to realize additional development and run-time efficiencies. SOA is being used to more efficiently design and develop applications while the goal of server virtualization is to maximize the use of available hardware resources.

The implications of data connectivity as it relates to data access, mainframe integration and XML processing are substantial. SOA initiatives can fail to realize the development savings and application performance, flexibility and reliability goals, if a sound data services strategy is not designed into the foundation of the application architecture. For virtualized environments, a sub-par data connectivity strategy will result in resource contention issues that will undermine the advantages of virtualized computing resources.

In this half day seminar, software architects will learn about the design considerations that should be included in a successful architecture approach for both SOA applications and virtualized environments. The seminar will provide the insight to navigate the complexities of data access technologies and the practical know-how to enhance application performance, flexibility and capability right away.

The information provided in this seminar will be applicable to architects regardless of whether they are designing for Java, .NET, or other development platforms. It will address an increasingly typical situation where an enterprise is dealing with a heterogeneous mix of data – relational, XML, proprietary data formats that reside on a combination of different platforms including Windows, UNIX, Linux and the mainframe.

Who Should Attend?

• Software Architects
• Senior Developers
• Senior Level Professionals responsible for building applications that access relational databases, mainframe data sources, and/or XML documents and web services

Co-sponsored by ZapThink

Speakers:

• John Goodson – Vice President and General Manager, DataDirect Technologies
• Rob Steward – Vice President of research and Development, DataDirect Technologies
• David Linthicum – Managing Partner, ZapThink
• Jason Bloomberg – Managing Partner, ZapThink
• Eric Sampson – Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Xcalia
• Anthony Swindel – Data Services Manager, Xcalia

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