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November 2004

SOA Systems Founder Thomas Erl Contributes Article to Web Services Journal (now "SOA World Journal") "SOA: Best Practices for Transition Planning - Taking Control of SOA"

Despite 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, now is the time to start considering the move. The key to a successful transition is to find a spot of calm amidst the storm of activity surrounding SOA, and develop an intuitive plan that will guide your organization through a path of technical obstacles, organizational resistance, and ever-shifting industry trends. Count yourself lucky if you’ve had the foresight to coordinate your migration efforts around this type of plan. Many organizations stumble their way into the world of Web services and what they perceive to be SOA. This “inadvertent migration” is often the result of blindly adopting updates to established development tools and following the vendor's lead with regards to how the next generation of applications should be built this time around. The danger of allowing architecture to evolve in this manner is that you never attain a sufficient level of control over the underlying technology. Little or none of your environments become standardized, and new product platforms further entrench layers of proprietary technology...

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September 13-17, 2010 (Panama City)

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September 20-22, 2010 (Falls Church)

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October 7-8, 2010 (Berlin)

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October 7, 8, 11-13, 2010 (Berlin)

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October 11-13, 2010 (Moscow)

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October 11-15, 2010 (London)

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October 11-15, 2010 (Mexico City)

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October 13-15, 2010 (Charleston)

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October 18-22, 2010 (Toronto Region)

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October 25-29, 2010 (Dublin)

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November 1-5, 2010 (Falls Church)

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November 8-10, 2010 (Charleston)

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November 8-10, 2010 (Falls Church)

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November 15-19, 2010 (Stockholm)

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December 6-8, 2010 (Falls Church)

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December 6-10, 2010 (Charleston)

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January 10-14, 2011 (Kuala Lumpur)

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January 17-21, 2011 (Miami)

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January 31-February 4, 2011 (Stockholm)

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Certified SOA Architect
February 18-22, 2011 (Charleston)

Certified SOA Architect
February 7-11, 2011 (Arlington)

Certified SOA Governance
February 21-23, 2011 (Kuala Lumpur)

Certified SOA Governance
February 28 - March 2, 2011
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February 28 - March 2, 2011
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Certified SOA Governance
March 7-9, 2011(Arlington)

Certified Cloud Computing Specialist
March 14-16, 2011 (Kuala Lumpur)

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March 14-18, 2011(Toronto)

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March 21-13, 2011 (Charleston)

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March 28-30, 2011 (San Francisco)

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April 4-8, 2011 (Toronto)

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April 11-15, 2011 (Las Vegas)

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April 25-27, 2011 (Charleston)

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April 25-27, 2011 (Riyadh)

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May 9-13, 2011 (San Diego)

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June 6-8, 2011 (Las Vegas)

Certified SOA Governance
June 6-8, 2011 (San Diego)

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