SOA hardware appliances have emerged as a popular way to deliver XML acceleration and web service gateway security. However, recent data center virtualization, multi-core optimization, and application portfolio recapitalization trends are forcing a shift to the flexibility of software appliances. In addition, appliance feature improvements are enabling a leap forward into a broader range of usage models. Join Intel SOA expert Blake Dournaee, as he defines SOA appliance functions, illustrates 8 core usage models, compares vendor options, and presents the latest innovations. Vikas Jain from Oracle describes how to deploy a SOA appliance in conjunction with Oracle Access Manager.

Vikas Jain
Vikas is a Product Manager in the Fusion Middleware Security group of Oracle Corporation responsible for driving product strategy for web services and SOA security with special attention to industry standards compliance. Before joining Oracle, he was doing development of Identity Management products at Oblix which was later acquired by Oracle.

Blake Dournaee
Intel SOA Products Group
Author, SOA Demystified
Currently the product manager responsible for Intel SOA products. As a product manager at Sarvega, he was deeply involved in the development of their flagship XML security, routing and acceleration appliance products. Blake was a specialist in applied cryptography applications at RSA Security and was a frequent speaker at many RSA conferences throughout the US and Europe.