Notable Experts to Discuss Service-Oriented Architecture, Registries, Repositories, and Governance; ZapThink's ZapForum June Webcast to Feature Infravio, LogicLibrary

Business Wire, June 2, 2005

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Enterprises now implementing Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) face the challenges of building loosely coupled, reusable Services, and are increasingly looking to registry, repository, and governance solutions to make their SOA implementations a reality. ZapThink is hosting the industry's key luminaries on this topic - Miko Matsumura from Infravio and Brent Carlson from LogicLibrary - on its June 8, 2005 ZapForum Webcast entitled "End-to-End Metadata Management: Registries, Repositories, and Governance." The Webcast will take place at 10:00 PDT/1:00 EDT next Wednesday.

"Metadata management is rapidly becoming a must-have for SOA implementations," said Jason Bloomberg, senior analyst with ZapThink, LLC. "However, there's plenty of confusion about what registries and repositories are, and how they contribute to SOA governance. We hope to clear up those issues on this Webcast."

Run like a call-in radio talk show, the ZapForum Webcast starts with thought-provoking content led by ZapThink SOA experts Jason Bloomberg and Ron Schmelzer. The ZapForum Webcast then features the guest experts who will present, speak, and take Q&A from online attendees. Throughout the Webcast, attendees will be invited to call-in with their questions and comments. Attendance at each Webcast is free and open to all registered ZapThink users.

On next Wednesday's Webcast, guest expert Miko Matsumura, VP Marketing at Infravio, will discuss how registries, metadata management, and metadata-first development are enabling SOA solutions today, and will show how to promote the reuse of Services while managing Service Providers, Consumers, and their relationships using Web Services Delivery Contracts. Brent Carlson, VP Technology at LogicLibrary, will then cover how to leverage Service and software development assets across the enterprise to enable SOA. Hear Brent explain how to use metadata and asset management to improve collaboration, decrease software development lifecycles, and increase business analyst and programmer productivity.

"ZapThink's ZapForum Webcasts are consistently thought-provoking, edgy, entertaining and full of essential knowledge for SOA implementers," said Miko Matsumura of Infravio. "ZapThink has a talent for picking hot topics, and topic of registries / repositories is no exception. I'm very excited to represent Infravio's deep customer experience delivering Web Service Delivery Contracts and business management of web services in the SOA metadata platform space."

"Having the ability to effectively manage metadata and software assets throughout the development lifecycle is crucial to the success of SOA projects," said Brent Carlson, vice president of technology at LogicLibrary, Inc. "Software assets frequently cross applications and domains in SOAs, and it's imperative that organizations maintain visibility and control over their assets. SOA governance makes this possible. LogicLibrary is delighted to have the opportunity to be part of ZapThink's Webcast series and to share our experiences working with leading enterprises on metadata management and SOA governance."

Individuals or companies looking to attend or otherwise participate in the event can register online at http://www.zapthink.com/zapforum.html. ZapThink is also considering additional guest experts and sponsors for its ongoing series.

About ZapThink, LLC

Founded in October 2000, ZapThink, LLC (http://www.zapthink.com) is an IT market intelligence firm that provides trusted advice and critical insight into XML, Web Services, and Service Orientation. ZapThink provides their target audience of IT vendors, service providers and end-users a clear roadmap for standards-based, loosely coupled distributed computing - a vision of IT meeting the needs of the agile business. ZapThink is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Its customers include Global 1000 firms and emerging businesses.