Rob Morris, GT Software

Mainframe SOA:  Much more than just simple web services
Today’s organizations are looking to SOA to improve their IT processes to better support business initiatives.  When considering the mainframe’s involvement in SOA, most organizations never look past simple web service-enablement of discrete mainframe transactions.  During this session we will discuss a different approach that results in truly bringing the mainframe into your SOA strategy ensuring key applications, data, batch, and more importantly, human resources actively participate in your SOA initiatives.
About the Speaker: 
As Chief Strategy Officer of GT Software, Rob Morris is responsible for the planning, integration, and marketing of GT Software product solutions to the global market.  Prior to GT Software, Mr. Morris held a variety of sales, marketing, and product management positions at industry leaders KnowledgeWare, Forté Software, ClientSoft (now NEON systems) and Jacada.
 
Mr. Morris has an extensive background in application development and integration including experience with CASE methodologies, distributed systems, as well as midrange and mainframe environments.  Mr. Morris speaks frequently at customer and industry events including Gartner Symposium, Java One, IBM Common, IBM Transaction and Messaging, and IBM CICS and IMS