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February-March 2009
OnSOA Podcast Series - In coordination with the recent release of the books "SOA Design Patterns" and "Web Service Contract Design & Versioning for SOA"...
December 7, 2008
SOA Patterns Workshop at Gartner Summit in Las Vegas - Thomas Erl (founder of SOA Systems) has been invited to deliver a pre-conference workshop at the Gartner Application Architecture...
October 7-15, 2008
First International SOA Symposium in Amsterdam - The First Annual International SOA Symposium is the world's largest and most comprehensive SOA event for practitioners...
September 23, 2008
"Web Service Contract Design & Versioning for SOA"
Book Released - For Web services to succeed as part of SOA, they require balanced, effective technical contracts that enable services to be evolved and repeatedly reused for years to come...
June 8, 2008
Service Design Workshop at Gartner Summit in Orlando - Thomas Erl (founder of SOA Systems) has been invited to deliver a pre-conference workshop at the Gartner Application Architecture, Development & Integration Summit in Orlando, Florida...
May 26-27, 2008
SOA Lecture & Workshop in Stockholm - Thomas Erl will be delivering two separate sessions for the DM Competence Network, which is responsibly for the Scandinavian DAMA Chapter, part of the global DAMA network...
May 10, 2008
"Introducing SOA Design Patterns" Article Published in SOA World Magazine (download available) - Thomas Erl, author of the upcoming book "SOA Design Patterns", wrote the cover article for the June, 2008 issue of the SOA World Magazine...
May 5-11, 12-20 2008
SOA Certification Workshops in Charleston and San Francisco - This bootcamp-style training session provides optional, on-site certification and is organized into the seven one-day classes...
February 4-8, 2008
SOA Certification Workshops in San Francisco - SOA Systems is pleased to offer the SOA Certification Workshop during the week of February 4-8, 2008...
Dec. 11, 2007
onSOA Channel Podcast Launch - In partnership with InformIT.com, author and SOA Systems Founder Thomas Erl helped launch the new onSOA Podcast Channel...
Dec 10, 2007
Public SOA Design Patterns Review at SOApatterns.org - For the first time, a complete catalog of SOA design patterns will be made available for an industry-wide review...
Dec 2, 2007
Service Design Workshop at Gartner Summit in Las Vegas - Thomas Erl has been invited to deliver a workshop at the Gartner Application Architecture, Development & Integration Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada...
Nov. 13, 2007
"Moving Beyond Project-Level SOA" at Oracle Openworld - Senior SOA Consultant Robert Schneider will be presenting together with Dr. Mohamad Afshar at the Oracle Openworld conference...
Oct. 20, 2007
SOA Workshop at San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of ACM - Senior SOA Consultant Robert Schneider will be delivering a one-day SOA seminar at the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the ACM...
Sept. 18, 2007
Strategic SOA Session at DERI Research Institute in Innsbruck - SOA Systems will be talking at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) in Innsbruck, Austria. The session will be focused on the service-orientation design paradigm and its importance to strategic SOA...
Sept. 17, 2007
Keynote at ICSOC 2007 SOA Methodology Workshop in Vienna - SOA Systems will be delivering the keynote speech at the SemSoC "Business Oriented Aspects concerning Semantics and Methodologies in Service-oriented Computing" workshop in Vienna, Austria as part of the International Conference on Service Oriented Computing (ICSOC) 2007...
August 2007
Origins and Influences of Service Orientation - It is often said that the best way to understand something is to gain knowledge of its history. Service-orientation...
July 20, 2007
New Book "SOA: Principles of Service Design" Book Released - "SOA: Principles of Service Design" is the third SOA book authored by SOA Systems founder and the first book to be exclusively focused on service design...
July 2007
Strategic SOA Webcast - Thomas delivered a 90 minute Webcast arranged by Publicity Matters for IPL and as part of an official book launch for "SOA: Principles of Service Design"...
July, 2007
Interview Published in PortalPBM - With advance knowledge of the interview, readers of the magazine had an opportunity to submit questions for Thomas. The chosen questions were then presented...
July, 2007
SOA Systems Celebrates 10 Years - Founded in 1997 by Thomas Erl and formerly named "XMLTC Consulting Inc.", SOA Systems celebrated its 10th anniversary. The original focus of the company was on...
July 5, 2007
New SOAMethodology.com and SOAGlossary.com Sites Launched - SOA Systems launched two new resource sites: SOAMethodology.com and SOAGlossary.com...
June 21, 2007
Mainstream SOA Methodology Officially Branded "MSOAM" - Since 2002, SOA Systems has been developing and refining a mainstream methodology for the analysis and design of services in support of SOA...
May 29-30, 2007
Two-Day Public SOA Workshop in Sao Paulo - SOA Systems and Savoir Faire are pleased to present a public two-day SOA workshop in Sao Paulo, Brazil entitles "An Introduction to SOA and Service-Oriented Computing"...
May 1, 2007
SOA Systems Launches Two New Web Sites - SOA Systems launched two new resource sites (www.WhatIsSOA.com and www.SOAPrinciples.com) dedicated to SOA, service-oriented computing and the service-orientation design paradigm...
April 4, 2007
Keynote at IT Conference 2007 in Ottawa - SOA Systems was invited to deliver the keynote address at the Information Technology Conference 2007 in Ottawa, in addition to an interactive session focused on service-orientation and service design techniques...
March 20-21, 2007
Two-Day Public SOA Workshop in Vancouver - SOA Systems and the University of British Columbia are pleased to present a public two-day SOA workshop. The previous two-day workshop held in September, 2006 sold out, so early registration is recommended for this event...
January 2007
Fundamental SOA for Software Architects - Join best-selling author Thomas Erl for a two-hour exploration of the service-oriented architectural model and the service-orientation design paradigm...
December 4-7, 2006
Workshop Keynote at International SOA Conference in Chicago - SOA Systems has been invited to deliver a workshop keynote for the 4th International Conference of Service-Oriented Computing (ICSOC) in Chicago to address techniques and issues with service design and service modeling...
November 17, 2006
SOA Systems Joins Program Committee for WWW2007 - SOA Systems has been invited to join the Program Committee for the 16th International World Wide Web Conference on May 8-12, 2007 in Banff...
September 24, 2006
SOA Workshop at Gartner Summit in Phoenix - SOA Systems founder Thomas Erl has been invited to deliver a workshop (entitled "Service-Oriented Analysis and Design") at the Gartner Application Development Summit in Phoenix, AZ...
September 19-20, 2006
Two-Day Public SOA Workshop in Vancouver - In conjunction with the University of British Columbia, SOA Systems will be presenting a public two-day SOA workshop covering a range of topical issues associated with SOA and service-oriented computing...
August 28, 2006
SOA Systems Launches "The SOA Magazine" - In collaboration with Prentice Hall, Pearson Education, and media partners, SOA Systems launched a new online magazine site called "The SOA Magazine", a monthly publication is dedicated to providing specialized SOA articles, case studies, and papers by industry experts...
August 22, 2006
Feature Presentation at Infonex SOA Conference in Ottawa - SOA Systems founder Thomas Erl will be delivering the feature presentation at the Infonex SOA Conference in Ottawa, Ontario to address current issues with SOA, Service-Orientation, and Service-Oriented Computing...
July 2006
Drivers Wanted: SOA Roadmap (APICS Extra incorporating interview with Thomas Erl - ...today’s software vendors are shouting service-oriented architecture (SOA) from the rooftops. It seems everyone is talking about the technology’s ability to create interoperability among processes and systems—and the momentum will only increase as SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft continue aggressively developing and promoting their own technical architecture advancements...
July 18, 2006
Interview with Thomas Erl Published in Wall Street Journal - Today\s issue of the Wall Street Journal published an interview (conducted by WSJ Technology Writer Lee Gomes) with SOA Systems founder Thomas Erl about the current state of SOA...
June 28, 2006
SOA books Used as Input for OASIS BCM Committee Contribution - The OASIS Business-Centric Methodology Technical Committee (via a methodology specification submitted by Mindforce Technologies) has incorporated several fundamental methodology concepts and service-orientation principles defined in the book "Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology" written by SOA Systems founder Thomas Erl...
June 2006
SOA Adoption Strategies - During this session, Thomas will discuss how SOA is capable of fostering organisation-wide agility, how service-orientation acts as its underlying and evolving design paradigm, and ...
June 5-7, 2006
Opening Keynote, Workshop at Singapore SOA Conference - Thomas Erl (founder of SOA Systems) will be delivering the opening keynote as well as the closing workshop for the UNI Singapore Service-Oriented Architecture Conference in Singapore City. The keynote will address contemporary issues with SOA and the workshop will provide more in-depth discussions...
May 26, 2006
EDS Top Gun Webcast on Web Services for SOA - In this interactive Webcast designated EDS Top Gun and SOA Systems founder Thomas Erl will cover specific techniques and methods for designing web services in support of SOA...
May 2006
"Thomas Erl on why we should focus on service-orientation more than SOA" - Following some of the recent attention surrounding concerns about how SOA is being defined and perceived, we asked noted author and industry expert Thomas Erl for his comments. In the following exclusive Q&A with SearchWebServices.com Thomas explains why he thinks the industry is focusing on the wrong issue. ...
May 23, 2006
SOA Systems Joins Program Committee for IEEE mda4 SOA-06 - SOA Systems founder Thomas Erl was invited to join the event program committee of the mda4soa'06 "Modeling, Design, and Analysis for Service-oriented Architecture Workshop" held by the IEEE and co-located with the 2006 IEEE International Conferences on Services Computing (SCC 2006) and Web Services (ICWS 2006)...
May 2, 2006
SOA Systems participates at State Training and Audit Resources Conference - Sponsored by the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, this event is dedicated to providing a variety of topical presentations, including technology for law enforcement...
March 27, 2006
SOA in Higher Education Workshop Delivered by SOA Systems - SOA Systems delivered a hands-on workshop dedicated to the exploration of service-oriented architecture (SOA) within the realm of higher education; the event took place at the Fairmont Hotel in and was attended by representatives from higher education institutions (universities, private colleges, community colleges) from around the world...
March 7-8, 2006
Public Two-Day Seminar on SOA and Service-Orientation in Helsinki, Finland - SOA Systems will be delivering a public two day seminar entitled "Service-Oriented Architecture and the Principles of Service-Orientation". The seminar will take place at the Hotel Korpilampi in Espoo (near Helsinki)...
March 1-2, 2006
Public Two-Day Seminar on SOA and Service-Orientation in Vancouver, BC - SOA Systems will be delivering a public two day seminar entitled "Service-Oriented Architecture and the Principles of Service-Orientation" in Vancouver, Canada. The event will be open for public registration...
April, 2006
"Service-Oriented Architecture - A Buzzword with Substance" - The CANARIE Times had a chance to speak with Thomas Erl, the leading SOA author in the world, about Service-Oriented Architecture, a concept that is gaining popularity in the ICT industry and is being implemented by leading businesses around the world... ...
March-June, 2006
"Business Analysis and SOA Parts 1-6" - This six-part series is dedicated to exploring how SOA and service-orientation relate to and affect business analysis processes and approaches. Acclaimed author Thomas Erl shares his insights into the world of service-oriented business analysis and business service modeling...
March-June, 2006
"The Principles of Service-Orientation Parts 1-6" - This six-part series is dedicated to exploring the common principles of service-orientation. Acclaimed author Thomas Erl shares his insights into the service-orientation design paradigm...
February 8, 2006
SOA book series launch by Prentice Hall and Thomas Erl - The "Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl" was officially launched, establishing a book series dedicated to exploring the many aspects of service-oriented computing...
February 2006
"Standardizing Service Endpoints" - More than any prior distributed-computing architecture, service-oriented architecture (SOA) demands a consistent commitment to standardization...
January 9, 2006
SOA Systems Contribution to OASIS WS-BPEL Committee - In cooperation with Prentice Hall and several OASIS directors, an entire chapter from SOA Systems founder Thomas Erl's recent book "Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design" has been contributed to OASIS as an official submission for the WS-BPEL technical committee...
December 9, 2005
Keynote and Live Webcast at the SOA Symposium - Thomas Erl of SOA Systems will be delivering the keynote speech at the SOA Symposium scheduled for December 9th at the University of Manitoba. His presentation will be video taped and broadcast live via Webcast...
November 21, 2005
"Business-Centric SOA" Webcast for Bitpipe.com - SOA Systems will be delivering a Webcast entitled "Business-Centric SOA: Using Service-Orientation to Express Business Logic and Rules through Services" for Bitpipe and SearchWebServices.com...
November 17-18, 2005
Public Two-Day Seminar on SOA and Service-Orientation - SOA Systems will be delivering a public two day seminar entitled "Service-Oriented Architecture and the Principles of Service-Orientation" at the Software Productivity Center in Vancouver, Canada...
November 17, 2005
SOA Systems publishes Top SOA Adoption Pitfalls - Looking back at the trends and projects that occurred during that year, SOA Systems organized its most common adoption pitfalls into a Top 5 List...
October 11, 2005
ServiceOrientation.org Tops Search Engine Rankings - Recent usage volume statistics, search engine ranking reports, and the results of an informal survey conducted by SOA Systems indicate that www.serviceorientation.org is the highest ranked resource site for service-orientation...
September/October 2005
"A Must-Read for Architects and System Integrators" - Of the many books that cover Web services and service-oriented architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture: A Field Guide to Integrating XML and Web Services will certainly go down in history as one of the best...
September 30, 2005
SOA Systems Publishes "Principles of Service-Orientation" Research in Web Services Journal - The research was recently published in the Web Services Journal (WSJ) as the featured cover article (entitled "The Principles of Service-Orientation: New Research Reveals the Fundamental Dynamics Behind SOA") in the September, 2005 edition...
September 2005
"Service-Oriented Architecture: Fundamentals, Impacts, and Strategies" - Dobb’s Journal and C/C++ User’s Journal are pleased to present Thomas Erl, author of Service-Oriented Architecture...
August 2005
"Web Services and Contemporary SOA: Advanced Messaging, Metadata, and Security" - from The Rational Edge: From a new book that provides a full tutorial on SOA modeling and design, this excerpt covers advanced concepts related to addressing, reliable messaging, metadata exchange, security, and more...
August 2005
"Core Principles for Service-Oriented Architectures" - To fully understand how service-orientation principles can shape automation logic within contemporary service-oriented solutions, several additional aspects of service orientation need to be explored. For example...
August 2005
"Paths to SOA - High Roads, Low Roads, and Roads Less Traveled" - Many are comparing notes on two well publicized paths to achieving SOA. The bottom-up approach is currently the most common variety, where Web services are created on an “as need” basis to fulfill mostly integration-related requirements...
August 2005
"Advanced Messaging, Metadata & Security" - SOAP messaging is the lifeblood of contemporary service-oriented architecture (SOA), realizing not only the delivery of application data but also the composable nature of SOA. This chapter...
May 2005
"A Look Ahead to the Service-Oriented World - Defining SOA When There's No Single, Official Definition" - BEA recently announced that it is broadening its SOA consulting practice, and that it has even created a tool organizations can use to learn about SOA and ...
November 2004
"SOA: Best Practices for Transition Planning - Taking Control of SOA" - TDespite the magnitude of a migration to a service-oriented platform, the continuing uncertainty of critical WS-* standards, and the often thundering impact of large-scale SOA deployments...
November 2004
"XML and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)" - The realization of service-oriented architecture through Web services is intrinsically driven by core XML technologies...
November 2004
"A Defining Moment for SOA" - Service-oriented architecture may be the IT buzzword du jour, but for all the attention afforded this tiny three-letter acronym, there's hardly a consensus definition for SOA..
May 2004
"Best Practices for Building Service-Oriented Architectures" - Many organizations underestimate the magnitude of adopting service-oriented architecture...
March 2004
"The Field Guide to SOA - Author Thomas Erl says that careful planning and execution of an SOA migration offers major rewards." - FTPOnline interviewed Thomas Erl about his new book and how it can help organizations implementing SOA...
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