Symphony Services, the leader in product engineering services, today announced that CTO, Dr. Jerry Smith, will address attendees at the Software Development Best Practices 2008 being held in Boston on Tuesday, Oct. 28. The event, produced by Dr. Dobb’s, delivers business-critical development training to software development teams that strive to incorporate best practices, quality design and proven management techniques into their development projects. Dr. Dobb's Journal has led the computer press in covering practical technology since 1976 and focuses exclusively on a single platform, language, or even a single development tool.

Who: With more than 25 years of experience as a technology innovator and IT strategist, Dr. Jerry Smith helps Symphony Services and its clients derive business benefit from the successful adoption and use of critical technologies. He actively helps clients assess their readiness for new technologies and maps a route for successful product evolution and technology deployments.

WHAT: During his presentation entitled “10 Measures for Successful SOA Implementation,” Smith will highlight the importance of accurate measurement for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) implementations. As organizations are struggling with the day-to-day development implications of SOA, business leadership is beginning to realize that success does not come without effective organizational measures. Cross-organizational measures are needed to bring transparency to those operational benefactors impacted by SOA's promise of agility and cost reduction. Smith will speak to what should be measured and how to proactively identify and address the specific risks associated with SOA implementations.

WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008

10:30 am – Noon

WHERE: The Hynes Convention Center

Boston, Massachusetts

About Symphony Services

Symphony Services is a global provider of product engineering outsourcing services dedicated to helping clients compress time to market, achieve higher innovation yields and improve productivity to increase the value from their R&D investments. From strategic and operational consulting guidance to complete product lifecycle capabilities, the company is distinguished by a singular focus on product development and collaborative, end-to-end solutions. Symphony brings domain expertise and deep commercial-grade software and embedded real-time systems capabilities to its partnerships with software vendors, software-enabled businesses and companies whose products contain embedded software. Symphony Services is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, with offices in North America, India, Europe and China. For more information, please visit www.symphonysv.com, e-mail us at info@symphonysv.com or call Heather Dalloul, director, business development at 1.650.935.9534.