WSO2 VP of Solutions Architecture to Speak at Gartner Catalyst Conference 2014
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Presentation will examine how to overcome the challenges of shadow IT initiatives and take advantage of cloud-enabled ALM frameworks to manage, govern and empower IT teams Mountain View, CA – August 11, 2014 – In today’s connected world, enterprises increasingly face “shadow IT” efforts aimed at leveraging mobile, cloud, and big data technologies to achieve a competitive advantage. WSO2 Vice President of Solutions Architecture Asanka Abeysinghe will address this challenge at the Gartner Catalyst Conference 2014. There, he will present a cloud-enabled approach to fostering developer creativity while ensuring governance and security across the application life cycle. WSO2 is a Platinum Sponsor of the Gartner Catalyst Conference, which will run August 11-14, 2014 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, CA. Attendees can meet with WSO2 technology executives at Booth #120. Additionally, WSO2 will host a conference after-party at the WSO2 Connected World Pub, in the Ocean Beach room of the Manchester Grand Hyatt, on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at 5:45 p.m. Empowering IT Through a DevOps PaaS "From Shadow IT to Empowered IT: Unshackling Your Developers’ Creativity!" will examine how enterprises can leverage cloud-enabled application lifecycle management (ALM) frameworks to manage, govern and empower IT. It will be held 2:10 – 3:05 p.m. on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, CA. Asanka will explore best practices for quick release cycle management and rapid template-driven development to deliver applications in a governed and secure manner. He also will cover how to provide internal business capabilities as APIs for application development. Additionally, Asanka will discuss WSO2 clients that are increasing startup speed, reducing project risk, and enabling new business models using WSO2 DevOps platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solutions. About the Presenter Asanka Abeysinghe is WSO2 vice president of solutions architecture. In this role, he spearheads the company’s customer-facing technical tasks and oversees the solution architecture and technical sales functions. Additionally, he provides consulting to key WSO2 customer and conducts workshops specifically targeted at enterprise architects and technical managers. Asanka has more than 15 years of industry experience, implementing projects that range from desktop and Web applications to highly scalable distributed systems and service-oriented architectures (SOAs), financial services solutions, mobil