The Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) is becoming one of the important elements of Application Integration at my work. I have some practical experience in working with the ESB. All new web services that we develop are added to the Service Registry and are accessed by consumers through the ESB.
That is why I decided to pick "ESB" as a topic for my term paper. Specifically I am interested in how ESB is related to SOA and in how ESB solutions can be implemented in the organizations that use SOA.
I am looking forward towards participating in Greater Wisconsin Software Symposium that will last from Friday, February 29 until Sunday, March 2. It is also known as "No Fluff, Just Stuff" conference.
I went to that conference two years ago and liked it a lot. The speakers were excellent, the topics were very interesting and informative, and the overall organization was great.
This year they again are offering many interesting sessions. I am particularly interested in Filthy Rich Clients with the Google Web Toolkit presented by David Geary because I am thinking about using GWT to develop a web site for the neighborhood where I live.
Another example of a very useful session is 10 Tips for Getting Your Project Back on Track presented by Jared Richardson. After taking the excellent BUS 748 "Information Technology Project Management" course taught by Professor Ramamurthy I became very interested in Project Management and did not want to miss a chance to learn more about it.