Richard Watson

Analyst

Emphases: business process management, java, SOA, cloud computing

Richard Watson is an analyst for Burton Group Application Platform Strategies. He covers service-oriented architecture (SOA), web services, Java, middleware, cloud computing and business process management (BPM). Prior to joining Burton Group, Richard was VP of architecture for Credit Suisse, leading efforts to adopt SOA, reference data architecture, and Java platform strategies. While at Credit Suisse Richard led enterprise architecture efforts, SOA initiatives, project design reviews, patterns and practices initiatives and capital expenditure reviews for the CTO architecture group. He was also Principal Engineer and technical lead at both CapeClear and IONA Technologies. With 16 years in IT Richard has proven experience delivering systems in mission-critical environments and leading teams that develop quality software. Richard has spoken on SOA and web services at JavaOne and LinuxWorld.

About Burton Group

Burton Group -- www.burtongroup.com -- is the only enterprise IT research and advisory services firm focused exclusively on infrastructure technologies. Burton Group's unbiased, in-depth, technical research and advice helps IT technologists and architects make smart enterprise architecture decisions in increasingly complex environments.

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