From Legacy to Service-Oriented Architecture: The Strategic Importance of Services in the Insurance Industry
I will speaking at the IBM Rational Software Developer Conference 2007 at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort June 12th, 2007 @ 11:30am (BBT07). This will be the first presentation I’ve done focused on one industry segment, and although I know that IBM has purchased Webify for it’s Insurance specific stack, I won’t be presenting that but instead some pitfalls and good ways forward for moving from a Legacy environment to a SOA using Websphere Process Server.
When I wrote my piece on IBM’s Websphere Process Server and it’s purchase of Webify, Robert LeBlanc, General Manager of WebSphere, forwarded it to Steve Mills, and the sparks flew (RedMonk’s James Govenor confessed it was him who forwarded it on to Robert). I understand, given the large amount of interest in these products, why such a public critism would cause concern, but there was a fair amount of praise for what WPS and WID has accomplished in the SOA space, particularly in the important (and thus far in Computer Science, elusive) goal of making a visual BPEL/development tool. This presentation will be along those lines; how to practically use these tools to create an even more compelling architecture without too much Legacy headache using Webpshere Integration Developer and Websphere Process Server.
Try to join me if you can, and if you are going to RSDC 2007 drop me a line so we can meet up and have a beer.
