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