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- News to know: Apple and anti-virus; Vista SP2; Kumo; Palm; Linux
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)? Ryan Naraine: Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus Breaking...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., Antivirus, Service Pack 2, Palm Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Security, Viruses And Worms, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Telltale signs of SOA governance deficit
- Are there any "telltale signs" that an organization is missing the governance boat when it comes to efforts to effectively deploy SOA methodologies? Todd Biske, enterprise architect extraordinaire and author of the recently published work on SOA Governance, observes that many organizations may have conflicting priorities that emerge when it...
- Tags: SOA, SOA Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- SOA eased the way for recent shotgun financial mergers
- These are times that try banks' souls. Over the past few months, some financial services companies have been vaporized, and others have been absorbed or merged to save their skins. It's possible that SOA efforts that have been underway at these organizations in recent years may have...
- Tags: Bank, Merger, Financial, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Interview: HP's Tim Hall on heightening roles of governance in SOA, cloud and managing dynamic business boundaries
- SOA governance heightens the business benefits of services, increases IT efficiency returns, and reduces the risk that complexity could undermine the services lifecycle in large organizations. Services governance also sets the stage for leveraging cloud and third-party services, while managing the boundary between internal and external services. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, SOA, SOA Governance, Tool, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- News to know: Macs on sale, YouTube goes wide, Twitter, Cisco
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: A rare occurrence: Macs on sale Jason D. O'Grady: Apple retail stores to match prices Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple prepares for Black Friday blow-out! ...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, YouTube Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Telemarketing, AJAX, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Digital Media, Marketing, Marketing Research, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Harvard Business Review warns against 'sloppy thinking': does this apply to SOA?
- Is SOA just the latest bandwagon nobody wants to miss -- or something deeper? by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, Harvard Business Review, John Evdemon, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Are we shorting SOA?
- The economy will have its ups and downs, but SOA needs to be more than a tactical move for the downsides by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: British Telecommunications, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Can a dose of SOA relieve tension?
- Quote of the week: "[Independent business units] are constantly seeking to diverge in order to meet the specific needs of their customers. At the same time IT continues to work towards increased centralization. As you can imagine, this is creating some tension.... Is SOA the way that...
- Tags: Information Technology, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Software, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Explaining SOA failure to the boss: here are some real good excuses
- 'On the bright side, 70% of our initiatives fail anyway' by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- SOA: it's only rocket science
- What can go wrong with SOA? Let me count the ways. Better yet, Miko Matsumura, Bjoern Brauel, and Jignesh Shah, all with SoftwareAG, have done the counting for us, in a new book that shows how to overcome various SOA issues, called "SOA Adoption for Dummies." (Available...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Stepford: A vision of IT utopia
- In this ideal world, business users gratefully accept whatever techno-babble nonsense IT throws at them, with technology having become utterly divorced from any business purpose whatsoever. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Information Technology, Vision, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman, Utopia, Cartoon, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- SOA, BPM cozy up to desktop with TIBCO, OpenSpan partnership
- Together the products cover SOA infrastructure requirements while ushering the services to the prevalent clients. The proper paths for SOA workflows and processes out to the user has been a subject of much and varied discourse over the past few years. There is no right answer; the more the better....
- Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Desktop, Partnership, BPM, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner, Business Process, OpenSpan, OpenSpan Platform, TIBCO iProcess Suite, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Business Operations, It Operations
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Deep down inside, on a subconscious level, the business loves SOA, right?
- I recall the words of one observer a couple of years back: "How many businesspeople do you know have ever come begging to you for SOA?" Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder picked up on my latest post on SOA business issues behind SOA acceptance: by Joe...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- News to know: Intel, Adobe; Kindle economics; OLPC
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: New update of Microsoft codename tracker available now Larry Dignan: Intel launches Core i7; Who's buying? Paul Murphy: How Intel's Nehalem...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Industry, SOA, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- BriefingsDirect analysts review new SOA governance book, propose scope for U.S. tech czar
- Our experts examine SOA governance, how to do it right, its scope, its future, and impact. We interview Todd Biske, author of the new Packet Publishing book, SOA Governance. The panel also focuses on the IT policies that an Obama administration should pursue, as well as ruminate about what a...
- Tags: SOA, SOA Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner, Governance, Information Technology, Government
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- IDC-HP study: SOA targets the business, but is the business sold on SOA?
- CIOs, developers, operations, and business see SOA through different lenses by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., SOA, International Data Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-11-15
- SOA's 'decline' may be overstated, but companies still want results
- Is SOA faltering, or just ubiquitous? by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- IDC research shows enterprise SOA adoption deepens based on certain critical practices
- According to the same poll ... What are most interesting are the top challenges in implementing SOA. All of our past studies reinforced that skills, availability of skills, and training in SOA continue to be a number one challenge. What's really noticeable now is that setting up an SOA governance...
- Tags: SOA, International Data Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner, Organization
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Enabling Dynamic Business Processes With BPM And SOA
- IBM commissioned Forrester Consulting to survey 300 business and IT leaders from US and UK to determine the level of common understanding and alignment between business and IT groups on key issues related to impact of their existing processes on operational efficiency and business innovation and how BPM and SOA...
- Tags: Business Process, BPM, SOA, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Middleware, Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Management
- White papers 2008-11-12
- IBM® Smart SOA™ approach for smarter business outcomes
- As your business model changes — and these days, change is the only constant — you need the flexibility to adapt effectively. Enter service oriented architecture SOA, a business-driven IT approach that helps you see change coming and use it to your advantage. This brochure is a starting point to...
- Tags: SOA, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-11-12
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