Webinar: Virtualisation and Service-Oriented Architecture - Building a cutting edge IT Infrastructure

On Thursday (April 19th) I will be hosting another in our series of webinars. This week's seminar will feature case studies of two core technologies for building a cutting-edge infrastructure. Zafar Chaudry will describe how he used virtualisation to consolidate his disparate servers and storage provision into a manageable and scalable infrastructure. Then Mark Simpson will show how he deployed a service-oriented architecture to give a major financial institution far more control and scalability over its business processes.

Zafar and Mark come from very different sectors. Zafar is at the Liverpool Women's Hospital while Mark works for the business IT consultants Griffiths-Waite. I find it fascinating to see just how broad is the uptake of these new techniques - they really seem to be applicable across most sectors. This will be one issue that I'll explore in the discussion on Thursday. I'll also ask Mark and Zafar to comment on how virtualisation and SOA interact in more complex infrastructures - my belief is that complement each other well.

I'll be taking questions during the broadcast but you're also welcome to send me any in advance as well. The broadcast will be at 2:30 on Thursday and you can register to attend at http://mediazone.brighttalk.com/event/gridcomputingnow/7eacb53257-419-intro .

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