OASIS to Host Conference on Building Composable SOA Business Applications

["Carol Geyer" <carol.geyer@oasis-open.org>]

**Invitation to media: RSVP to attend SCA press briefing in Santa Clara, 29
April**

OASIS to Host Conference on Building Composable SOA Business Applications 

SAP, Primeton, Software AG, BEA Systems, IBM, and Sun Microsystems Sponsor Open
Standards 2008  

Boston, MA, USA; 17 March 2008 - "Composability within SOA" will be the focus
of Open Standards 2008, the fifth annual symposium hosted by OASIS, the
international, not-for-profit consortium. The event, which will be held in
Santa Clara, California, 28 April - 1 May, will examine the critical issues
faced when architecting service-oriented applications and the benefits being
reaped by real-world implementations that take advantage of Web services
transactions. Presentations on the Business Process Execution Language (BPEL),
Service Component Architecture (SCA),  Service Data Objects (SDO),
WS-Transaction, and related standards will be featured.

In an Open Standards 2008 keynote address, Peter Carbone, Vice President, SOA,
Office of the CTO at Nortel, will share insights on the new realities presented
by communications-enabled applications and the opportunities they create for
standards development, software vendors, and service providers. According to
Carbone, "Communications-enabled applications are requiring current SOA
frameworks to extend capabilities. They're testing accepted definitions of
scale, scope, performance, and even partnership models."

Doug Shoupp, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP, will address the concept of
"services thinking" in a second keynote. "To unlock the enormous potential of
SOA, you need to raise the discussion from the IT shop to the executive suite
and focus on long-term business agility and execution within organizations,"
Shoupp said.

SAP AG, Premiere Sponsor of Opens Standards 2008, will moderate the closing
panel, "SOA within the Vertical Industries." Representatives from OpenTravel,
TM Forum, and the U.S. Veterans Health Administration will participate in this
panel.

"I'm looking forward to leading a lively discussion with representatives from
vertical industry consortia on how the application of SOA concepts and
standards varies across different industry sectors, and what we can expect for
the future," said Claus von Riegen, director, Technology Standards and Open
Source at SAP AG.

The OASIS Open CSA Member Section will host a table-top exhibition showcasing
SCA and SDO supporters, BEA, IBM, Primeton, Rogue Wave, SAP, Software AG, and
Sun Microsystems. Executives from these companies will participate in a press
briefing on the current state of SCA on Tuesday, 29 April, at noon. [Press are
asked to contact communications@oasis-open.org to RSVP for this briefing.]

Support for Open Standards 2008

BEA Systems
"The OASIS Composability within SOA Symposium will be an excellent opportunity
to hear from thought leaders in the area of SOA and composite applications,"
said Edward Cobb, Vice President, Emerging Technology & Standards, BEA Systems.
"BEA is pleased to be a sponsor of this important event."

Rogue Wave
"As companies move towards deploying SOA, there will be a growing demand for
developers to find a way to leverage the agility and flexibility that the
architecture offers. Since there is a software legacy issue in utilizing SOA,
developers will be faced with either the 'rip and replace' option or a
significant code rewrite," said Patrick Leonard, VP, Engineering and Product
Strategy at Rogue Wave. "We believe development teams should be able to
modernize their existing applications without ever leaving the installed code
base, and can solve this problem with our Hydra Product Suite."

SAP
"Enterprise SOA helps customers and partners transform their IT environments
into more responsive, efficient business networks that enable process
innovation and new business models - creating value beyond the four walls of
the enterprise," said Michael Bechauf, vice president, Industry Standards, SAP.
"As a sponsor of the OASIS Open Standards 2008 Symposium, we're looking forward
to an event that brings developers, users and technology suppliers together to
share experiences and innovative ideas for successfully utilizing SOA in their
business."

Software AG
"As a leader in SOA, Software AG is committed to supporting open standards that
promote interoperability in heterogeneous IT environments," said Franco
Castaldini, Director of SOA Product Marketing. "Our commitment to open
standards is exemplified by the market's leading community for SOA
interoperability, the CentraSite Community, where our network of more than 50
partners ensures that open standards like UDDI, WS-I, BPEL, and JAXR are used
to promote interoperability."

Sun Microsystems
"The OASIS symposium is a great forum to discuss the current state of
composability standards and implementations, including best practices and
potential obstacles," said Carl Cargill, Director of Corporate Standards, Sun
Microsystems, Inc. "As a foundational member, Sun has been involved since the
beginning in the development of SOA standards, participating in basic Web
services technical committees. More recently, Sun has participated in the Open
CSA Member Section and technical committees affiliated with it, including SCA-J
TC, the SCA-Policy TC, and the SCA-Assembly TC, helping technology architects
find ways to make composite applications work and implement successful SOA
projects."


For more information:
http://events.oasis-open.org/home/symposium/2008

About OASIS:
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drives the development, convergence, and adoption of open standards for the
global information society. A not-for-profit consortium, OASIS advances
standards for SOA, security, Web services, documents, e-commerce, government
and law, localisation, supply chains, XML processing, and other areas of need
identified by its members. OASIS open standards offer the potential to lower
cost, stimulate innovation, grow global markets, and protect the right of free
choice of technology. The consortium has more than 5,000 participants
representing over 600 organizations and individual members in 100 countries. 
http://www.oasis-open.org 

**To RSVP for SCA press briefing on 29 April, please contact:

Carol Geyer
OASIS Director of Communications
carol.geyer@oasis-open.org
+1.978.667.5115 x209