We Visit the VanceInfo TIBCO CDC

Had a nice, long discussion with Michael Zhang, head of the VanceInfo TIBCO China Development Center (CDC). Located in the "ZPark" software park in suburban Beijing in a Chinese version of a Silicon Valley setting, the CDC's 200 engineers are a unique resource, Zhang says. And once again, SOA and BPM and how to develop and serve sophisticated customer initiatives at breakneck speed were the main topic of conversation.

Michael is also an avid basketball player, who lead the company team to a ZPark league championship this year, whipping Microsoft, IBM, and everyone else. He was a little camera shy at first (see below) but was a marvelous host and once we turned the damn camera off, he led a very nuanced discussion of enterprise IT software challenges and opportunities in China and the world.