The Integration Consortium (IC), a non partisan industry body will sponsor the platform and infrastructure to foster the IC SOA collaboration community. The IC also announces significant changes to their membership structure so that participation in the collaboration platform will be open and accessible to all SOA stakeholders.
The IC SOA is a global community of practice comprised of information technology leaders dedicated to the ideals of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) as the prevalent IT-model for transforming business and improving IT practices. The IC SOA will explore the value of SOA by sharing and delivering real world experiences among like minded peers.
"The IC SOA community of practice is a tremendous breakthrough in end-user and industry collaboration," says John Schmidt, Chairman of the Integration Consortium. "The end user representatives in the IC SOA community need to work together to stop the 'standards wars' and restore confidence in the business community that the IT Industry can indeed solve the interoperability challenges and facilitate profitability for business."
