ZapThink today announces the availability of its online, computer-based
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Licensed ZapThink Architect (LZA)
training and credentialing course. In this first-of-its-kind offering,
attendees can get access to over 20 hours of self-paced video instruction and
slides, online testing and evaluation, and opportunity to submit
architectural exercises to ZapThink master architects for grading and
assessment. Upon completion of the online course, attendees will receive the
same LZA Credential that they would receive if they attended one of
ZapThink’s popular in-person training events.
"Companies and individuals are looking for vendor-neutral, practical,
in-depth training that is affordable and has minimal impact on their
resources," said Ronald Schmelzer, Managing Partner with ZapThink, LLC.
"ZapThink’s new online, CBT courseware fits the b... (more)
Over the past two years, governments around the world have caught the
enterprise architecture and SOA fever. This is especially the case in the US
Federal Government, where a number of regulations, EA frameworks, and major
spending initiatives are all pointing towards continued and lasting
expenditure and investment in the area of EA. One can also notice this trend
based on the number of EA and SOA events now focused on the US Federal
Government, or at least taking place in the Washington, DC area. For example,
ZapThink's Practical SOA event in DC on October 2, 2009 is focused on... (more)
ZapThink today announces the opening of registration for its four-day
Licensed ZapThink Architect (LZA) Boot Camp, providing in-depth, hands-on
training and certification on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and taught
by notable SOA expert Jason Bloomberg. The LZA SOA Boot Camp will run from
October 5-8, 2009 in Omaha, NE.
"Companies are tired of all the hype surrounding Web Services and SOAs, and
are finding it difficult to learn what they really need to know from
vendor-centric conferences and training," said Ronald Schmelzer, senior
analyst with ZapThink, LLC. "IT professi... (more)
Cloud Computing on Ulitzer
Every once in a while, the machinery of marketing goes haywire and starts
labeling all manner of things with inappropriate terminology. The general
rationale of most marketers is that if there's a band wagon rolling along
somewhere and gaining some traction in the marketplace, it's best to jump on
it while it's rolling. After all, much of the challenge of marketing products
is getting the attention of your target customer in order to get an
opportunity to pitch products or services to them. Of course, if it doesn't
work with one band wagon, as the old ... (more)
As XML becomes ubiquitous throughout the enterprise, it increasingly taxes
the systems that must deal with it. Even though there are a wide range of
hardware and software solutions coming to market that aim to alleviate XML's
performance bottlenecks (See ZapThink's XML Proxies Report), many developers
are nevertheless resorting to a variety of tactics to improve the performance
of XML processing and transmission that are… well… creative. Many of
these creative approaches simplify certain aspects of XML in order to squeeze
document size, improve parser performance, and speed the m... (more)
Ron Schmelzer is founder and senior analyst of ZapThink. A well-known expert in the field of XML and XML-based standards and initiatives, Ron has been featured in and written for periodicals and has spoken on the subject of XML at numerous industry conferences.
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