Fox IT Symposium Series
Are Web-based Services a Realistic Option for Adoption Today?
September 24, 2003
7:30 to 10:00 AM
Fox/Gittis Foyer
Liacouras Center
Temple University Main Campus
Panelists
John Dalton, Principal
Direct Investor Systems, Vanguard Group
Mike Kovach, Senior Vice President
Software Development & Technology, FullTilt Solutions
Edward S. Ferrara, Director of Enterprise
Transformation Services, Technology & Architecture, Unisys Corporation
Stephen J. Byrne, Manager, Enterprise Application Architecture, Penn Mutual Life
Insurance Company
Moderator
Jason Glazier, Senior Vice
President and Chief Technology & E-Commerce Officer, Lincoln National
Corporation
Web based services can potentially provide the answer to the problem of
integrating different systems. The benefits of web-based services include the
ability to integrate best of breed applications, speed, cost, incremental
implementation, a more open architecture, and the ability to have newer
distributed applications co-exist with legacy apps. Web services are now often
seen as an alternative to investing in large enterprise resource planning
systems, and/or proprietary systems that require significant upfront investment
and time and vendor lock in. In this panel, we will explore if web services are
ready for adoption today.
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