GT Software Presence at SHARE Conference Includes Speaking at Five Sessions, Introducing New Version of Ivory Service Architect
IBM Customers to Learn from GT Software’s Mainframe Experience, SOA Insight
WHO: GT Software, a leading provider of rapid SOA development solutions that leverage mainframe resources. Speakers include Rob Morris, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Strategy, and Dusty Rivers, Senior Systems Engineer.
WHAT: GT Software will make five program presentations and introduce the latest version of its Ivory Service Architect solution at the SHARE conference this week.
WHEN: Aug. 13-16, 2007. See ITEMS for specific times and locations.
The Technology Exchange Expo is open during the following hours:
WHERE: SHARE Conference, Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego
Presentation locations vary, see below
The Technology Exchange Expo is located in the Douglas Pavilion of the Manchester Grand Hyatt, GT Software’s SHARE Technology Exchange Expo booth is #200
DISCUSSION: GT Software was accepted this year into the IBM SOA Specialty, after successfully completing IBM’s rigorous SOA technical and business requirements. With this achievement, GT Software’s Ivory Service Architect integrates with the IBM SOA Foundation, a single, integrated platform that combines the industry’s top application server and integration capabilities. During SHARE San Diego, GT Software will be sharing its experience and SOA insight with attendees at several business and technology-related sessions.
Attendees are also invited to the GT Software booth, #200, where they can meet company representatives and discuss Ivory Service Architect version 3.5. To be announced at SHARE San Diego, Ivory 3.5 supports deployment of mainframe-based Web Services across the widest range of platforms, giving organizations broad flexibility in where they choose to house SOA-related workload.
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Raising the Bar for Mainframe SOA
Vendor Sponsored Presentation
Speaker: Rob Morris, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Strategy, GT Software
Attendees at this presentation will gain critical insight into the components of mainframe service integration, and discover how companies are more successfully leveraging the mainframe’s active participation in strategic SOA initiatives.
The What, How, and Why of SOA
Speaker: Dusty Rivers, Senior Systems Engineer, GT Software
This presentation will offer practical insight, advice, and discussion of the key considerations for organizations to get the full benefit from SOA strategies that involve the mainframe. Attendees will learn how to make the right technology and resource decisions to maximize the mainframe’s place in their SOA architecture.
Make Mainframe SOA a Reality
Speaker: Rob Morris, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Strategy, GT Software
Learn how enterprises have made mainframe SOA a reality, with powerful development solutions that leverage mainframe resources --from mainframe-based Web Services, to CICS and IMS integration, to data access.
IMS and SOA: Much More than just Web Services
Speaker: Dusty Rivers, Senior Systems Engineer, GT Software
The what, how and why of mainframe SOA -- including composite applications, IMS conversational transactions, bi-directional services and batch integration with services. The session will include practical examples, and an interactive discussion aimed at providing actionable information that attendees can put to work immediately to effectively leverage IMS within an SOA.
Mainframe SOA Best Practice: Aligning Business with IT through Top-Down Service Design
Speaker: Rob Morris, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Strategy, GT Software
Companies may approach mainframe SOA initiatives from two different design perspectives: bottom-up and contract-first. Businesses may see the former as an opportunity to jumpstart SOA, quickly packaging bite-sized chunks of mainframe code as Web Services, and pushing them out to the rest of the organization. In contrast, Contract-first Web Service design is guided by business processes. This presentation will discuss both methodologies, and the relative merits of each as a means for creating true service optimization.
