Jorge Diaz is a Senior Certified IT Architect within IBM Software Group. He focuses on technology transformations and solution architecture consulting. Jorge has extensive experience in a variety of industries and a proven track record of leadership with large customers adopting service oriented architectures. Jorge holds a B.S. in Computer Science and a Master of Software Engineering. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ACM and SEI. Jorge is a steering committee member of The Open Group SOA Working Group, a TOGAF certified practitioner and an Open Group Master Certified IT Architect.

Presentation
SOA Reference Architecture: Core Concepts
The concept of an SOA reference architecture has been appearing with increasing frequency in the industry and is becoming widely viewed as a key approach for guiding the architecture design, procurement activities and portfolio management efforts of SOA solutions. An SOA reference architecture provides a proven framework from which standard solutions can be constructed. It promotes reuse and encourages the adoption of recommended practices. It captures the architectural style to be used by conforming applications, the architectural blocks existing in common infrastructures and the relationship between them; patterns of usage and compliant guidelines are also commonly defined.

This session will present the core concepts supporting the work of The Open Group SOA Reference Architecture project, including discussions on its current models, their relation to other work areas and next steps.

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