The Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) market in India is expected to grow at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 49 per cent from 2006-2009, making it the fastest growing market in the region, according to Springboard Research. While the average Indian IT professional's SOA learning curve is low, the biggest hurdle to deployment is often met at the level of executive buy-in, where "business results" take importance over "cutting-edge".
It has become very clear that in order to be competitive, Indian enterprises can no longer tolerate the delays and costs associated with tightly coupled information systems that obstruct the ability to change and stay competitive. SOAs help companies better accommodate change by providing them the flexibility to better utilise IT resources. More specifically, they offer an architectural approach to designing and managing computing environments built upon loosely coupled, reusable and standards-based services that can shift in accordance with changing business needs.
In this "first-of-its-kind" industry panel discussion at JAX India 2007, the best minds from the industry will get together to shed light on exactly the topics that will help ease executive buy-in for SOA and push the pedal on enterprise deployments. Topics that will be dealt with include:
- Best Practices in Identifying a SOA Initiative
- Making a Case for "SOA Driving Business Results"
- Looking at the Flip Side: New Risks that Tag Along with the Benefits
- SOA strategies, IT governance and SOA security
- SOA plans and initiatives for the Indian market
This will be a moderated panel discussion. Participants are encouraged to pose questions to the panel at the end of the discussion hour.
