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Richard Veryard of Everware-CBDI to lead SOA Workshop at DAMA International Everware-CBDI and the DAMA+WILSHIRE conference are excited to announce that Richard Veryard will be speaking at the business world’s largest vendor-neutral data management educational conference. The DAMA International Symposium & WILSHIRE Meta-Data Conference is taking place March 16-20, 2008 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina in San Diego, CA. Mr. Veryard is presenting “SOA Management Briefing” on Sunday, March 16th at 3:30pm. The session kicks off a Service Oriented Architecture track that is packed with useful information and practical case studies. He will also be leading the conference session "SOA Brings New Opportunities to Data Management" on Tuesday, March 18th at 10:15 AM. We hope you’ll join us and take advantage of a special $100 off coupon for Everware-CBDI customers and friends. Just use the code when you register. Over the course of the conference track, you'll gain answers and explanations, from the simple question of "What is the role of data in an SOA environment?" through to more advanced issues of canonical design and semantic exchange contracts. The Data Services + SOA Track will deliver real-world case studies, future-of-the-technology keynotes, and business-focused workshops. The agenda contains everything you need to effectively guide the data services part of your SOA strategy. Key sessions include: Conference Keynote: The Ying & Yang of Process and Data: Which Will Be King of the Next Generation of Applications? by Michael Blechar of Gartner, Inc. The Business of Recombinant Data: The Semantic Data Web is Here by Eric Miller of Zepheira Half-day Business Workshop: SOA Management Briefing Half-day Hands-on Seminar: Data Mashups Case studies by Allstate Insurance on Impact of SOA on Data Modeling and "Service of Record" Solutions for Data Access Conference sessions including Service Oriented Data Warehousing, Semantic Exchange Contracts, SOA Governance and SOA Business Information Strategy Further details on the Conference web site. We invite you to join us to discover how to architect and manage your organization's data services, so that SOA can deliver on its full potential. Sincerely, Richard Veryard Everware-CBDI P.S. Remember to use your special coupon code M8CBDI and take $100 off your full conference registration. Discounts are also available for groups of 5 or more. Visit md2008.wilshireconferences.com for more information.

Richard Veryard, Principal Consultant Everware-CBDI