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Created on 02/22/2007 at 09:47AM by Michael Kuhbock

Exciting changes and activity in the Integration Consortium!

We recently did a Q & A with Hannah Smalltree a News Writer with Enterprise Applications Media Group for an article appearing in TechTarget. http://searchdatamanagement.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid91_gci1244657,00.html

Hannah reviewed with both Leanne and I some of the happenings at the IC which include the formation of 2 new initiatives.

The first is the Private Knowledge Exchange for end users only, this is a creation of John Schmidt's, our Chairman and a senior executive at Wells Fargo. John wanted a forum where the end users can share without being impeded by the suppliers or vendors. Specifically, the IC hosts a minimum of four virtual conferences per year for end-user associate members to share best practices and collaborate on insights and innovations. There also might be a number of smaller exchange interactions between participants in this activity. A collaboration center has also been set up but you need to be an IC member for access to this area and to participate in the PKE. http://associateconferences.icmembers.org/

The second is the IC SOA, the IC SOA is a global community of practice comprised of senior IT leaders dedicated to the ideals of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) as the prevalent IT-model for transforming business and improving IT practices. The IC SOA will explore the value of SOA by sharing and delivering realworld experiences among like minded peers. http://icsoa.icmembers.org/

Finally and most importantly the IC has revised some of their membership rates so that everyone can afford to participate, individual membership is now $100 per year down from $500. We will drive to get all the stakeholders participating and go for some higher participation numbers to offset the costs of running a non vendor sponsored industry association.

So everyone needs to join up NOW so that we can continue to bring some truth and user relevance to the integration and SOA market and never sell our soul to the devil, not that we ever would.

A new membership page with detailed information can be found at http://icmembership.icmembers.org/.

I will get back to my alignment rant later.

Cheers,

 

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John Schmidt says:

Just a quick comment on the end user Private Knowledge Exchange sessions. The one in February went so well, that we're planning to schedule them monthly going forward rather than just Quarterly.

The topic of the March 23 session is Rationalizing SOA and BPM. Specifically, what are some of the architectural and conceptual issues to consider, what tools exist to take advantage of both disciplines, and what are some of the issues or “land mines” to avoid.

The topic of the April 20 Private End-user Knowledge Exchange Session is Cataloging Application Inventories and Dependencies. Attendees at this meeting will present techniques and tools they have used to organize an application and interface catalog, collect data to build a quality inventory, and establish processes to sustain quality data. Lessons learned and pitfalls to avoid will be discussed.

02/25/2007 at 06:22AM