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Summa is sponsoring two upcoming  ZapThink SOA events.

The first event is a networking and panel discussion of SOA Experts (including Jason Bloomberg, David Linthicum, Summa’s own Jason Armstrong and others.) It is October 1 in Washington DC (Tyson’s Corner).  More details are here:

The second event is in Pittsburgh on October 22nd - focused on SOA and modernization featuring project case studies from CMU ahd Highmark. More detail and registration information are here.

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