Service-Oriented Architecture for e-Government Conference Spotlights Composable Services

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MCLEAN, Va., November 29, 2011 — The MITRE Corporation, in partnership with the Federal Service-Oriented Architecture Community of Practice (SOA CoP), recently hosted the SOA for e-Government Conference: Practical Models Across the Federal Government. Held earlier this fall at MITRE's McLean, Va., campus, the event drew more than 250 practitioners from industry and government to discuss examples of how government is effectively adopting SOA technologies to enhance flexibility, share data and operational capabilities, and reduce costs.

The day-long conference was the twelfth in an ongoing series launched by MITRE and the Federal SOA CoP in 2006. Co-sponsored by both organizations, the conferences aim to enable government and associated organizations to achieve the benefits of SOA and related emerging technologies through collaboration, demonstration, and community efforts.

"The SOA conferences provide best practices and valuable, practical advice to implement service-based approaches in federal agencies," said Gabe Galvan, who leads Enterprise Business Transformation in MITRE's Center for Connected Government. "Participants from government and the private sector exchange ideas and resources that help them succeed in their programs by adopting these approaches and delivering benefits to their agency's mission. They learn 'how-tos' that save time, reduce complexity and risk, and ultimately, save money."

The theme of the conference was composable services, or shared services that are designed and architected to work together. Medical records, geospatial services, biometric identification, and military service records are a few of the areas where composable services are being used or are underway.

Dr. Julie DelVecchio Savage, chief engineer of the Technology Program in MITRE's Command and Control Center, delivered the keynote address. Dr. DelVecchio Savage described MITRE's research program, which is developing and deploying new ways to bring adaptive, responsive command and control systems to the field using composable services. Melvin Greer, senior fellow and chief strategist, Cloud Computing, Lockheed Martin, presented a Practical Guide to Cloud Computing. The guide was developed by the Cloud Standards Customer Council (CSCC), the first customer-led consortium to shape the open standards of cloud computing. MITRE is a member of the CSCC. The event also included a panel discussion and demonstration of model-driven SOA. Eight service providers presented their products and technologies in the exhibitor showcase.

"The conferences keep getting better, and the response has been incredibly positive," said Dave Mayo, president of Everware-CBDI and co-chair of the Federal SOA CoP. "Participants tell us that it's particularly useful to hear first-hand about what's working—and what's not—from SOA experts and program leaders who are delivering results on federal programs."

Held every six months, the SOA for e-Government conferences are free and open to government personnel, contractors, and service providers. To learn more about the series, the date of the next conference, or to view conference presentations, visit http://www.mitre.org/work/info_tech/soa/ or http://semanticommunity.info/Federal_SOA/.

About The MITRE Corporation

The MITRE Corporation (www.mitre.org) is a not-for-profit organization that provides systems engineering, research and development, and information technology support to the government. It operates federally funded research and development centers for the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, with principal locations in Bedford, Mass., and McLean, Va.

MITRE's Center for Connected Government's mission is to more effectively address critical national priorities and integrate across the company's expanding portfolio of civilian agency programs. MITRE's Command and Control Center serves the company's full range of DoD sponsors and places special emphasis on creating a joint command, control, and communications system. It is one of two centers within the National Security Engineering Center, the FFRDC MITRE operates on behalf of the DoD.

About the Federal SOA Community of Practice

The Federal SOA CoP is an open community of practice focused on assisting government and commercial organizations to achieve the promise of SOA through collaboration, demonstration, and community efforts. The Federal SOA CoP is open to all. Participation is encouraged by business and IT managers, executives, architects and implementers who want to better understand how SOA may benefit their organizations, by academia who may want to discuss research directions, and by standards organizations and vendors who would like to better understand user needs and help users achieve the benefits of SOA adoption.

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