This June's SOA World will feature parallel content-rich tracks reflecting the worldwide adoption of the distributed computing paradigm, in which web services are deployed through specific service-oriented architectures and in which reusable components are core to the overall vision. The technical program will provide a framework about how to understand policies, composites, lifecycle governance, loose coupling, heterogeneous distributed systems, adaptability vs. stability, service portfolio management – every relevant aspect of SOA as a framework for constructing and interlinking a company’s backend systems with the overall goal of lowering cost and adding flexibility.