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Johan KumpsJohan Kumps is an SOA Architect at RealDolmen with eight years experience in designing and implementing enterprise class systems using Java technology. Over the last three years Johan has been involved in both architecting and designing service-oriented architectures for both Flemish and Federal Belgian Government as an SOA Architect using Open Source and closed vendor software. During this time Johan designed the Federal Service Bus (FSB) platform for the Belgian Federal Government using BEA and Oracle technology. The FSB is an implementation of the Enterprise Service Bus pattern enabling different Government divisions to exchange information using SOA concepts. The initial technical platform was further extended with an SOA governance program. Johan was also part of the team in charge of defining policies and procedures concerning the lifecycle of the services on the FSB and positioning the service registry and repository within the architecture and SOA Governance program. He was also involved in determining KPIs to measure the overall performance of the platform and individual services. For this he used a monitoring module that enables the investigation of the availability of a platform and its deployed services. Currently Johan is working as an SOA Architect and Design Auditor at the Crossroad Bank Social Security, a project based on the use of IBM technology. |
"The Federal Service Bus: An ESB Implementation at the Belgian Government"
Speaker: Johan Kumps, Jean-Paul de Baets
Track: SOA Architecture & Design
This technical case study details the creation of the "Federal Service Bus", an ESB implementation that evolved out of the Universal Messaging Engine (UME) owned by the Federal Government Department Information and Communication technology (FEDICT) in Belgium. We will demonstrate how the FSB has become a crucial part of FEDICT and how it has further allowed it to reach out to global partners. We will further discuss how associated governance and testing procedures were established around the FSB infrastructure.
The success of this project clearly demonstrates how SOA can transform a business and empower it to react with agility and adapt to constant change in the face of complex and unpredictable business climates. Through this case study we learn how achieving these goals with SOA requires a new approach to architecture, infrastructure, and especially quality assurance. This one project helped establish a a growing level of confidence in SOA throughout the public sector.
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