CM Crossroads Webcast Series Test, Validate & Virtualize for Agile SOA
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Broadcast Date: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Speakers: SOA is a method for aligning technology around the needs of the business that is Agile by nature. However, this decentralized, service-basedmodel will change how we design, develop and deploy enterprise software. With SOA, we are constantly subject to a changing set of services and new business requirements, which introduces huge risks and productivity issues, in terms of quality and interdependency among teams. What does Agile mean in today’s Service-Oriented world? And how will Agile teams break the barriers of quality and dependencies that reduce the value of going to SOA? Join iTKO’s John Michelsen, Rally Development’s VP Products Zach Nies, and the experts at the Agile Journal for a unique educational session on SOA Testing, Validation and Virtualization for the Agile practitioner. Learn about the new methods and tools companies are using for flexibly delivering business functionality, while ensuring quality -- without the burdensome constraints of limited access to needed resources. In this Web seminar, you will learn:
About the Presenters:
John Michelsen Founder and Chief Scientist of iTKO LISA, an automated SOA software testing and virtualization company. John has more than 15 years of high-level enterprise development experience, as a chief architect of development teams and as an executive in designing, developing, and managing large-scale, object-oriented solutions in traditional and network architectures. He is the chief architect of iTKO's LISA automated testing and virtualization product, and a leading industry advocate for software quality, with several published articles and speaking appearances at technology conferences under his belt.
Zach Nies Zach Nies brings close to 20 years of engineering and product development experience to Rally’s innovative products. Prior to joining Rally, Zach served as Principal Architect and Director of Systems Architecture for Level 3 Communications and founded a small start up which was quickly acquired by the publicly traded Creo, Inc, now a division of Kodak. He also served as Chief Software Architect at Quark, where he provided the overarching technological vision for the company. Zach’s product vision has won numerous industry awards, including Jolt Product Excellence awards, Seybold HotPicks and the prized MacWorld Best of Show. Zach has served on standards bodies such as the W3C's HTML working group and currently serves on the board of directors for Agile Denver. At the age of 13, Zach began commercially publishing software and, at age 16, started a successful consulting business. A Boettcher Scholar, Zach received his BS with distinction in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He spends his spare time tuning his golf swing and spending time with his family.
About the Sponsor:
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iTKO's industry-leading LISATM SOA Testing, Validation & Virtualization solutions mitigate the business risk of change and complexity in enterprise IT environments, while increasing trust across teams and shared technology assets. LISA's Complete, Collaborative and Continuous quality coverage provides validation of every component of SOA workflows throughout their lifecycle, from web apps, to web services, databases, messaging layers, legacy objects and application servers. Developers, QA teams and business analysts can rapidly automate functional and performance tests on a continuous basis through LISA's no-code interface. Founded in 1999, the Dallas-based company's customers include Citigroup, WaMu, Sun, Level3 and DISA.