iSOA Interconnect 2017 Hybrid Cloud Integration Session Recommendations

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Interconnect Hybrid Cloud Integration Session Recommendations

Brian Silverman, iSOA Group Sales and Marketing Leader

As a continuation of our last post (link) that listed our recommendations on API Connect sessions to attend at Interconnect 2017, below we provide our suggestions on hybrid cloud integration and IBM’s integration solutions presentations that will be worth attending.

IBM MQ Appliance: A Messaging Solution in a Box

Monday, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Breakers B | Session ID: 6880A

Speaker:  A. Beardsmore, IBM

Hybrid Integration: Maximize Your Opportunities in a Digital World

Monday, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Lagoon I | Session ID: 3826A

Speakers: Rob Nicholson, IBM and Tony Curcio, IBM

Moving to a Hybrid Integration Platform for Digital Transformation, and the Future of App Connect

Monday, 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM | Lagoon I | Session ID: 3360A

Speakers: Rob Nicholson, IBM and K. Clark, IBM

The Latest and Greatest MQ Messaging Enhancements

Monday, 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM | Lagoon B | Session ID: 6882A

Speakers: Andrew Schofield, IBM and D. Ware, IBM

You Need MQ Messaging! Let Me Tell You Why...

Monday, 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Breakers B | Session ID: 6878B

Speaker: Leif O. Davidsen, IBM

Discover the Power of IBM App Connect Professional

Tuesday, 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM | Breakers C | Session ID: 2416A

Speaker: Darryl Pecquet, IBM

SOA Architecture Integration with IBM Integration Bus and IBM API Management at Duratex

Wednesday, 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM | Lagoon B | Session ID: 5341A

Speakers:  Anderson Almeida, Duratex and Marco Seraphim, Duratex

Of course, our CTO, Bryon Kataoka, and Kamal Syal of Quest, will describe how we implemented a DataPower framework.

Quest Diagnostics: From Strategy to Implementation with Our SOA Strategy

Wednesday, 8:00 – 8:45 PM | Lagoon H | Session ID: HHA-2984

We look forward to seeing you all at Interconnect! Stop by our pedestal (227) in the Solution Concourse and our sessions to learn more about iSOA Group. Need more information in the meantime? Please contact me, Brian Silverman, at bsilverman@isoagroup.com

Follow iSOA to IBM's Interconnect: API Management Session Recommendations

Follow us to IBM’s Interconnect

Interconnect API Management Session Recommendations

Brian Silverman, iSOA Group Sales and Marketing Leader

Interconnect 2017 is just around the corner and with so many great session topics, it may be difficult to decide which to attend. With our recent focus on API management, we wanted to share a few API themed recommendations to include in your schedule.

Of course, our CTO, Bryon Kataoka, and Dmitry Dikavitski of CUNA, will conduct a presentation on the migration of DataPower to API Connect (don’t worry, DataPower is inside of the API Connect Enterprise).

HHA-1572 : Move from IBM DataPower to IBM API Connect with Custom User Policies: Guidance from CUNA

Program : Hybrid

Topic : Hybrid Cloud Integration

Session Type : Breakout Session

Date/Time : Tue, 21-Mar, 04:45 PM-05:30 PM

Location : Mandalay Bay South, Level 2 - Lagoon B

Presenter(s) : Bryon Kataoka, iSOA Group; Dmitry Dikavitski, CUNA Mutual Group

In addition, we recommend the below sessions for more information on API management and IBM’s API Connect offering:

Forrester Total Economic Impact Study Showing ROI for IBM API Connect

Monday, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Lagoon H | Session ID: 1881A

Speakers: Randy Heffner, Forrester, and Alan Glickenhouse, IBM 

IBM API Connect Implementation at the University of Michigan

Monday, 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Lagoon B | Session ID: 1372A

Speakers: Ram Palkodaty, University of Michigan Health System and Renganathan Sundararaman, IBM

How to Expose Mainframe Assets as APIs for (Cloudy) Fun and Profit

Tuesday, 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Reef A | Session ID: 3249A

Speakers: Kyle J. Charlet, IBM and Sajan Sankaran, IBM

What's New in IBM DataPower and API Gateways

Tuesday, 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Lagoon B | Session ID: 6248A

Speakers: Ozair Sheikh, IBM and Rob Thelen, IBM

IBM API Connect Implementation at Kaiser Permanente

Tuesday, 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | Lagoon H | Session ID: 6625A

Speakers: Raghunath Raman, Kaiser Permanente and Meera Kumar, Kaiser Permanente

Discover the Power of Analytics in IBM API Connect

Tuesday, 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM | Breakers C | Session ID: 4951A

Speakers: Pramodh RAMESH, IBM and Chris Dudley, IBM UK

What's New in IBM API Connect

Tuesday, 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM | Lagoon H | Session ID: 6229A

Speakers: Pramodh RAMESH, IBM and Amit P. Acharya, IBM

The API Management Journey at Aetna

Tuesday, 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM | Lagoon I | Session ID: 2092A

Speakers: Jeffrey leach, Aetna Inc. and James Bartucca, Aetna

IBM Node.js Runtime Update and Investments for the Future

Wednesday, 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM | Islander G | Session ID: 2957A

Speakers: James M. Snell, IBM and Michael Dawson, IBM

IBM API Connect Security Deep-Dive: All You Need to Know

Wednesday, 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | Breakers B | Session ID: 1107A
Speakers:  Dinesh Shetty, IBM  and   Shiu-Fun Poon, IBM

iSOA Group is not only attending Interconnect, but also sponsoring a pedestal in the Tech Center. Please feel free to stop by and meet our team including Natalia, our new sales director Greg, and myself, as we continue our focus on helping companies build the foundation for digital innovation.

Our CTO, Bryon Kataoka, has shared his observations on Interconnect in his recent blog post View from 40,000 Feet: IBM's InterConnect 2017 Conference March 19th - March 23rd including an introduction to his speaking sessions this year.  This is Bryon’s 9^th year in a row presenting at IBM’s Interconnect (previously Impact), and, as you will read, continues to be focused on API management.  He has led our team in recent client success with IBM’s API Connect, and assisted IBM in developing the certification test that will be available at Interconnect.

We look forward to seeing you all at Interconnect! Need more information in the meantime? Please contact me, Brian Silverman, at bsilverman@isoagroup.com

View from 40,000 Feet: IBM's InterConnect 2017 Conference March 19th - March 23rd

Bryon Kataoka, iSOA Group, Inc. CTO and Thought Leader

IBM InterConnect 2017 | March 19-23 | MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay | Las Vegas, NV

How time flies!  Last year at InterConnect 2016, I hadn’t planned to speak but, at the last moment, I was added to the DataPower Customer Panel.  However, this is a new year and I’m presenting at two sessions:

The first session will be all about moving from a DataPower implementation to an API Connect implementation using Custom User Policies.  This was a fantastic project that will be of great service to other organizations wanting to do the same thing.  Our framework set us up to have a reusable template for developers to utilize.Because of our successful setup of this API Connect implementation, I anticipate similar projects in the future.

HHA-1572 : Move from IBM DataPower to IBM API Connect with Custom User Policies: Guidance from CUNA

Program : Hybrid

Topic : Hybrid Cloud Integration

Session Type : Breakout Session

Date/Time : Tue, 21-Mar, 04:45 PM-05:30 PM

Location : Mandalay Bay South, Level 2 - Lagoon B

Presenter(s) : Bryon Kataoka, iSOA Group; Dmitry Dikavitski, CUNA Mutual Group

My second presentation describes how we implemented a DataPower framework, which follows the same strategy that iSOA uses, for digital innovation.

HHA-2984 : Quest Diagnostics: From Strategy to Implementation with Our SOA Strategy

Program : Hybrid

Topic : Hybrid Cloud Integration

Session Type : Breakout Session

Date/Time : Wed, 22-Mar, 08:00 AM-08:45 AM

Location : Mandalay Bay South, Level 2 - Lagoon H

Presenter(s) : Bryon Kataoka, iSOA Group; Kamal Syal, Quest Diagnostics

Between speaking sessions, I plan to check out Watson and anything new about API Connect.  In addition, I also hope to meet up with the team I worked with that built the API Connect Certification Test.  That test should be available at InterConnect and I’m happy to say that I’m now certified in API Connect!

Hope to see you at InterConnect.  Stop by my sessions or at our pedestal in the Concourse  (Solution Center)

The Security of Digital Assistants: Who is Listening?

Brian Silverman
iSOA Sales and Marketing Leader

The Security of Digital Assistants: Who is Listening? 

With the recent advertisements depicting the everyday usefulness of the market’s current digital assistant products, such as Google Home, Apple’s Siri, and Amazon’s Alexa, one could begin to believe that they are now required to complete our daily tasks. Although instructing Google Home to turn on your lights prior to your return home may be convenient, consider the implications of these digital requests and how and where that data is being stored.

Simple voice instructions for common household tasks wouldn’t normally raise any concerns for the average consumer, but consider that law enforcement agencies are now requesting access to said stored data, as described in the linked article, below.

Can Alexa help solve a murder?

And, while there may be some concerns about retail companies using your request history to “suggest” and target ads to you by analyzing your spending habits, we now can see that this stored data could have a much different life outside the server and intended use. Once Alexa (and other digital assistants) are integrated into our cars and cell phones, the outside world will increasingly gain more information about private citizens. Big Brother is watching.

Risks to our privacy should always be on our minds; the introduction of digital assistants just adds one more avenue to exposure.   Innocent business travel requests, confirming a meeting, or something as seemingly innocuous as having your DA read you an email could expose not only your personal information, but your business information, as well. It is essential to question how our spoken requests are being stored and where and with what type of encryption is being used - your business can depend on its safety.

At iSOA Group, Inc. we think about these things…..

We believe it is essential to look at the gateway connections of our customers’ enterprise for a variety of services. One of the main concerns we see today is hybrid cloud integration - when companies transition their data, applications, and services to the cloud.  As more IOT (Internet of Things) devices and "digital assistants" arrive  in the marketplace, the need to look at the broader network and secured connections has to be a top priority.  To this end, we work with clients to apply best practices in the setup of their gateway hybrid cloud integration framework in order to protect their information security, introducing a trusted, flexible solution to move resources to the cloud, and enable them to drive true digital innovation.