American Red Cross and Federal Signal Corporation Join SOA Consortium.NEEDHAM, Mass. -- The SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. Consortium[TM] today announced that American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. and Federal Signal Corporation have joined. The SOA Consortium is an advocacy group of end users, service providers and technology vendors committed to helping the Global 1000 successfully adopt Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) by 2010. Founding sponsors are BEA Systems BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAS) is one of the major companies developing enterprise infrastructure software. BEA makes middleware, products that help software run on top of databases. , Inc., Cisco, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corporation, and SAP AG (company) SAP AG - (Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung - German for "Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing") A company from Germany that sells the leading suite of client-server business software. The US branch is called SAP America. . "SOA is an approach to business agility that enables higher interoperability and responsiveness within and between organizations. This is a key requirement for first responders, who are often responding from many different organizations and localities, and that need to be able to communicate and provide seamless support for communities in distress," said Richard Mark Soley, Ph.D., executive director, SOA Consortium. "The SOA Consortium is delighted to welcome both a key vendor and high-profile user in this space to our community." "Federal Signal is excited about participating in the SOA Consortium with other leading organizations as Service Oriented Architecture emerges as a foundation for key cross-industry initiatives," said Michael K. Wons, VP and CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. , Federal Signal Corporation. "Federal Signal is focused on improving public safety, security, and well-being around the world and has begun implementing SOA-based interoperable communications for first responders." The SOA Consortium mission, strategies and tactics center on the following premises: * Service-oriented architecture See SOA. adoption is a key enabler for the 21st century enterprise * Achieving the benefits of service-oriented architecture requires significant changes for both IT and business executives * Service-oriented architecture is a business agility story, not just an IT integration story * Enterprise SOA practitioners would greatly benefit from a vibrant practitioner community to drive local, business-driven, SOA success, and to spur broader enterprise, and industry-wide, SOA adoption. The SOA Consortium is holding its inaugural European meeting June 27-28 at the Crowne Plaza Brussels City Centre in Brussels, Belgium. Organizations interested in joining the SOA Consortium and attending the meeting should visit the website, http://www.soa-consortium.org or email info@soa-consortium.org for more information. About The SOA Consortium The SOA Consortium is a new advocacy group of end users, service providers and technology vendors committed to helping the Global 1000 successfully adopt Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) by 2010. SOA Consortium founding enterprise members include Fortune 200 companies in Financial Services, Travel, Manufacturing, Retail and Telecommunications. Founding sponsors are BEA Systems, Inc., Cisco, IBM Corporation, and SAP AG. Participants in the consortium to date include: Aberdeen Group, Adaptive, Inc., American Red Cross, Avis Budget Group, Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. , CellExchange, Inc., CSC, Federal Signal Corporation, General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) was established by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.A. § 751). The GSA sets policy for and manages government property and records. , HP, Hurwitz & Associates, Integration Consortium, Interoperability Clearinghouse, Kohl's Department Stores, Maryfran Johnson & Associates, Object Management Group, TethersEnd Consulting, WebEx Communications and Wells Fargo Bank. Any organization may join the SOA Consortium. The SOA Consortium is managed by the Object Management Group. For more information, please visit http://www.soa-consortium.org or email info@soa-consortium.org. Note to editors: SOA Consortium, OMG (1) See Object Management Group. (2) "Oh my God!" See digispeak. OMG - Object Management Group and Object Management Group are trademarks of Object Management Group. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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