Ivo Totev, SAP AG

Ivo Totev is SAPs technology evangelist. He gives technical, customer, and keynote presentations on Java and Web Services technologies and strategy, and has spoken on major technical conferences including Java ONE. He has over 10 years experience in the IT industry and has worked in consulting positions for various companies. Prior to joining SAP Ivo spent several years with Sun Microsystems as technology evangelist focusing on J2EE, J2ME and XML.

Track:   Service-Oriented Architectures, SOA

Abstract:

Despite their name, "standard business applications" are heavily changed and adapted by organisations. They continue to make great demands regarding model-driven and modular ways to execute and manage the adaption process. What are the advantages of developing standard applications based on services architecture, and how do users benefit in areas as the integration of external systems, business partners and third-party services? This lecture covers the concepts SAP applies around the SOA architecture. The following topics will be covered:

• The vision and business drivers behind SOA
• Why SOA is important for vendors and customers of business applications
• How to change the mind set of large and established developer teams towards SOA