Gartner Integration Summit- Recap

Here is my promised recap of this conference from my perspective

Major Themes

1. SOA Governance - lots of discussion - but I did not see a great deal of take home work that we could pick up - Big push
2. Cloud computing/platform as service - Nick Carr has a talk about the advent of utility computing using the utility industrialization of the late 19th/early 20th century as the main corollary.  Interesting concept that I am still getting my head around
3. SOA/ESB/Registry/Repository - not mentioned in any detail - expected that you have them or do have them BUT informal surveys of the participants suggest this not true - SO, it looks like especially Registry/Repository is still an open market.

Top 3 Sessions attended - Not in rank

1. SOA Business Value
2. Frank Kenney session - always enjoy Frank
3. Web Services vs. REST

Worst 2 Sessions attended - Not in rank

1. SOA Horror Stories - Lots of hype, really lame
2. People side of change - not a great keynote

My conference wrap - up

I will write a more formal session conclusion in the next week or so

Here are my quick thoughts

1. Very good conference that kept my interest the entire time - On my radar for another go in 18 to 24 months - I only skipped the vendor sessions and one main session in three days. The one I missed was taking care of some hotel issues.
2. Blogging was a great way to take notes and publish what I saw. Worked for me
3. Nice facilities and would like to come back again.
4. Love having twitter access at my beck and call when I wanted it; still thinking on how to leverage the idea internally -

The Big Switch: How Will the New Grid Will Transform IT? - Nick Carr

In this session, which draws on the themes of his new book "The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google," Nick Carr puts the ongoing transformation of IT in a larger context. He argues that more and more of the computing functions that companies rely on will shift from internal data centers to the Internet's vast computing grid, as the World Wide Web turns into the "World Wide Computer." He shows how IT, as a business resource, is experiencing a situation analogous to the rise of the electric grid a century ago, with a fragmented IT supply leading to inefficiencies and inflexibilities in the business use of IT. But he also looks at how IT differs from earlier utility models, particularly in its modularity, and he explains how companies have an opportunity to create hybrid systems that leverage the grid while still finding innovative ways to apply Web applications and databases to a new range of consumer products and services. Finally, Nick looks ahead to how IT departments themselves will be transformed by "the big switch."

 

Really a cloud computing model push - that we will eventually move out of data centers -

SOA Horror Stories - last keynote

Here is the presentation

This story is just too scary but reminds me of us in some ways

 

Application Platform as a Service: a Reality Check - Yafim Natis

This the second part of his talk this morning that I saw. That talk and notes were here. The presentation for this is here.

In general, I need to think on this as a concept.  That we would provision our app platform from a supplier at this point is seems a stretch. I am seeing websites doing this in complete. 

Couple of key slides

Portable Personalities

Need to show this to John Hoffler and Randy Burton when I get back - the next generation in virtualization - I did not attend this session but the content was of great interest.

SOA Case Studies: The Numerous Paths to SOA Business Value - Paolo Malinverno

Here is the presentation. It was one that we all need to look at long term

Credit Suisse Story looks like our own in some ways

And the Standard Life story is compelling

 

Final recommendation