Building a Strategic (And Tactical) Platform for SOA

DATE: October 31, 2007
TIME: 11:00am - 11:45am ET
Featured Presenter:
Randy Heffner, VP, Forrester
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Few can afford the cost - not to mention the risk - of a big bang approach to service-oriented architecture (SOA). So, building an SOA requires a step-by-step evolution that incorporates both strategic and tactical concerns. This session will 1) describe the major categories of SOA infrastructure products and review their maturity, 2) discuss the major reason to use or not use each category, and 3) provide guidance on how to construct a workable plan for evolving into a strategic SOA platform.
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SPEAKER BIOS:
Randy Heffner is a Vice President in Forrester's Application Development & Infrastructure research group, covering software technical architectures for building enterprise applications. Topics he analyzes include application architecture, service orientation, application-level security, enterprise application security integration (EASI), high-end application design, and enterprise application platform strategy based on Java and Microsoft platforms. His primary research goal it to assist clients in building applications that are secure and resilient in the face of continuous business and technology change.

Randy has spent 21 years leading the development of technical architectures for building enterprise applications. He came to Forrester through its acquisition of Giga Information Group. For 10 years prior to joining Giga, Randy was a chief architect at Sprint, where he lead to analysis and introduction of application servers, component architectures, object-oriented development, application security architectures, COBRA, distributed transaction management, and other new technologies. His IT experience also includes technology leadership, management, and application development with a Big Five consultancy and in the retail and litigation support industries.

Randy earned a bachelor's of business administration degree from Baylor University. He graduated magna cum laude and received honors as the outstanding student in the information systems program.


 

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