SOA Lessons Learned Presented to: SOA for E-Government Conference Dan Malks, JackBe

JackBe Company Confidential Optimizing Business Activity 2 About Me Current Dan Malks – VP Application Platform History Sun Microsystems Co-Author, “Core J2EE Patterns” Java, Enterprise Computing, Patterns, SOA

JackBe Company Confidential Optimizing Business Activity 3 About JackBe Founded 2002 Mission: Optimize Business Activity Delivering Rich Enterprise Applications World-class Ajax & SOA technology Customers include some of the world’s largest companies and governments Ajax applications deployed to over 4,000,000 end users Corporate Headquarters Washington, DC

JackBe Company Confidential Optimizing Business Activity 4 SOA: Silos to Services Accidental Architecture Service Oriented Architecture

JackBe Company Confidential Optimizing Business Activity 5 Rich Internet Applications (RIA) and Ajax Wikipedia defines RIA as: Web applications that have the features and functionality of traditional desktop applications Benefits: ‘Rich’ness of desktop application ‘Reach’ of browser deployment User experience is more interactive and responsive Google MapsNetflixNetvibes Ajax

- SOA Lessons Learned The Value of SOA is its Business Value Ajax “puts a face on SOA” Service consumer model Empower users! Let IT group do their thing

- SOA Lessons Learned Share! But do so Securely and Pragmatically

- SOA Lessons Learned Be Pragmatic Wrap and Reuse *not* Rip and Replace Lightweight Dynamic Incremental SOA – about more than technology

- DIA and JackBe – Project Overwatch Problem Laborious intelligence gathering and sharing process, requiring use of multiple ‘stove-pipe’ all-source applications. Solution Project ‘Overwatch’, Ajax-based enterprise information portal, designed to empower end users to quickly paint a picture of situational awareness across various intelligence data sources, using a paradigm of drag-and-drop and bookmarking of the resulting briefing in a private workspace for future use and sharing. Benefits Rapid solution development and deployment, avoiding lengthy desktop certification processes. “The use of Ajax for such a complex and critical application within the DIA is a big win for JackBe and a strong endorsement of Ajax in general. It proves the enterprise-grade capabilities of both JackBe’s tools and consulting capabilities as the company works to deliver similar rich, interactive front-ends to the data assets of other intelligence agencies.” - Ron Schmelzer Sr. Analyst & Founder ZapThink

- Dan Malks Thank You!