SOA Consortium Releases New SOA Hot Topics Roundtable Podcast
on CIO SOA Concerns, featuring Sandy Carter, Judith Hurwitz and Richard Soley

Needham, MA, USA – February 14, 2008 – The SOA Consortium™ today announced that a podcast and transcript of the SOA Hot Topics Roundtable: CIO SOA Concerns, recorded at the SOA Consortium meeting in San Francisco in December is now available. To access the podcast, visit http://www.soa-consortium.org/podcast-ca-rt-pr. 

The objective of the CIO SOA Concerns Roundtable was to generate a meaningful conversation between Thought Leaders and meeting attendees on the most pressing concerns for CIOs considering, promoting or adopting business-driven SOA. This session was recorded and is now available as an on-demand podcast and as a downloadable transcript at http://www.soa-consortium.org/podcast-ca-rt-pr. 

CIO SOA Concerns Thought Leaders:

• Sandy Carter, VP SOA & WebSphere Strategy, Channels and Marketing, IBM
• Judith Hurwitz, President, Hurwitz & Associates
• Dr. Richard Mark Soley, Executive Director, SOA Consortium
• Moderator: Brenda Michelson, Program Director, SOA Consortium

The Roundtable kicks off with each panelist presenting a brief overview on what they see as the most pressing concerns for CIOs while they’re either considering or rolling out a business-driven SOA strategy in their organization. They were also asked to consider what areas CIOs should be concerned about that they don’t know yet based on input from other CIOs, from their own research and work in the industry.

Judith Hurwitz’s top three concerns for CIOs include getting the IT and business working together; that CIOs need to take a holistic perspective, looking at SOA as an enterprise driven strategy; and ensuring that an organization has a single view of the customer. Sandy Carter stressed the need for good SOA governance; the real need to foster people with Business and IT aligned skills; and the requirement that organizations focus on business processes. Richard Soley gave his take on the top CIO concerns, saying that there are three general areas, rather than specific items that are of concern. His top areas are educational concerns, operational concerns, and driver concerns. Each panelist gave examples and insights into their top CIO SOA concerns from their own experience in the industry.

To hear the entire 46-minute conversation or to download the transcript, visit http://www.soa-consortium.org/podcast-ca-rt-pr. 

The next SOA Consortium meeting is March 12-13, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel. Organizations interested in joining the SOA Consortium and attending the meeting should visit the website, http://www.soa-consortium.org or email info@soa-consortium.org for more information.

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About The SOA Consortium
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