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Study: Only one out of five SOA efforts bearing fruit: Study: Only one out of five SOA efforts bearing fruitSO at AA level is still SOAI fully appreciate Burton Group's view that SO is best applied to business/enterprise architecture. That's where the biggest payoff is ostensibly to be found."The service is only built for one application and it’s never going...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, emperor, SOA, Anne, application architecture, Burton Group, silo, Web service, mentality; Discussion threads 2008-07-09
Application Architecture Essentials, Part 7: Application Architecture Security - Use Strategic Thinking to Ensure Your Organization's Security: To survive at the architecture level, the IT specialists who flourish are those who think in terms of strategy, systems, policy, and procedures. Move beyond programming, and learn new ways to approach security from a higher, application architecture level. Stay ahead of security breaches and help ensure the enterprise is...; Tags: Strategic Thinking, Application Architecture, Security; White papers 2007-06-12
Application Architecture Essentials, Part 4: Create a Flexible Environment to Support Growth: Many elements - modeling, requirements, design, process, performance, and others - go into the creation of a robust application architecture that can withstand the test of time. One aspect of application architecture, however, is sometimes overlooked because it's not a quantifiable piece of the overall process: growth. This paper explains...; Tags: Environment, Application Architecture, Research & Development, Productivity, Performance Management, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2007-04-10
Application Architecture Essentials, Part 2: Getting Started With Design Patterns: Identifying, applying, and documenting patterns are ubiquitous activities for application architects. Patterns cover many complex areas, from large-scale structure of the application architecture to specific design problem solutions. To be successful in the design, one must be aware of and be able to apply existing patterns. In this paper, one...; Tags: Design Pattern, Pattern, Application Architecture, Research & Development, Business Operations; White papers 2007-03-06

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Group calls on Washington to establish national Broadband strategy: It's time for the U.S. to step up to the broadband plate. A coalition of companies that includes Google, Cisco, AT&T and Verizon, among others, has sent an open letter PDF, asking President-elect Obama and Congress to make broadband deployment a high priority for 2009, according to a CNET report....; Tags: Strategy, Washington, Network, Broadband, American, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-12-02

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best luxe Mac accessories: What do you get for that special person on your list already owns a Mac, iPod and a nice digital camera? Accessories! Here are my picks for the Best Luxe accessories ($200 and up) that are perfect for the Mac user with everything. Don't forget...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Accessory, Video, Blu-ray, Camera, FlipShare Software, 7xx-series, Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-12-02
Sage to step into the on-demand ring: News started leaking late last week that Sage, the UK's largest software company, will release an on-demand accounting application called SageLive aimed at the SMB market. Details are sketchy beyond a blog post by competitor KashFlow but it seems the company is finally getting serious about the on-demand space after...; Tags: Accounting, On-demand, U.K., Details, Sage 50, Cloud Computing, Smb/Sme, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Databases, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-12-02
Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA Violation: Apple recently sent a "cease and desist" email to bluwiki demanding the removal of postings by users who are trying to figure out how to write software that can sync media to the latest versions of the iPhone and iPod touch. According to the EFF: Apple doesn't...; Tags: Apple iPod, DMCA, Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-12-02
Zoho launches CloudSQL; Plays anti-lock-in card: Zoho on Tuesday launched CloudSQL, a middleware layer that gives developers access to Zoho Applications data via a SQL database call. With the move, Zoho is playing an anti-lock-in card. One of the biggest worries about software as a service is that your data--and your business--can be...; Tags: Card, Monitor, Data, SQL, CloudSQL, Zoho Applications, Databases, Software As A Service (SaaS), Programming Languages, Monitors & Displays, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-12-02
Zoho's CloudSQL: a real step forward: Zoho just can't stop churning out software. Today it is launching the Zoho CloudSQL. Put simply, this is the first step to providing a cloud based integration framework that allows developers to pass data between Zoho applications and their own. This is exciting stuff.Â For the...; Tags: SQL, Cloud, Zoho, Smb/Sme, Databases, Programming Languages, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-12-02
IT faces 'dire shortage' of core skills, study: The skills needed to modernize core IT assets are in short supply, according to latest report from the application-management company The lack of core IT skills is a major impediment to modernizing key IT assets, according to a survey by application-management company Micro Focus. ...; Tags: Skill, Information Technology, Micro Focus, Survey, Strategy, Marketing Research, Management, Marketing, IT management, jobs, skills, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk; News items 2008-12-02
Compare prices with the iPhone: Here's a cool iPhone trick: Download the free Snappr application for the iPhone and iPod touch iTunes. Scan the 2D Codes and (the first of it's kind) 1D Barcodes found on books and movies and stuff and get all kinds of price and shopping...; Tags: Apple iPhone, 2D Codes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-12-01
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
Joost arrives for iPhone: Back in April 2007 when I first wrote about Joost it was an invitation-only video streaming service from the wunderkind responsible for Skype and Kazaa. Back then it required you to download a proprietary client, then in October 2008 it morphed into a Web-based service. In its...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Joost, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Video, Marketing, Internet, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-12-01
SOA eased the way for recent shotgun financial mergers: These are times that try banks' souls.Â 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
Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus: One of Apple's better Mac vs PC ads features a strong message that Windows computers are a magnet for viruses malware but Macs are automatically protected.Â As PC "ah-choos" his way through an infection, Mac offers a tissue and smugly infers that he's immune to the...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Malware, Apple Inc., Virus, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Desktops, Hardware, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-12-01
Using TREES to save the forest: Lots of green building news bouncing around in the past few weeks, which simultaneously disheartening and heartening because of the state of the real estate market. The biggest deal, perhaps, is the fact that the U.S. Green Building Council is updating its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design guidelines. (Here's...; Tags: Software, Power Consumption, TREES, Tools & Techniques, Real Estate, Management, Business Operations, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-12-01
Openbravo to push open source ERP more aggressively in US: One open source project is giving thanks for reaching the one million download milestone andÂ believes the worldwide financial crisis willÂ only accelerate its growth. Openbravo, a purveyor of a popular open source ERP application and newly acquired open source POS solution for the small to medium-sized enterprises, predicts...; Tags: ERP, Openbravo, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-12-01
Is there no end to the AutoRun madness?: * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Roel Schouwenberg Let's skip any introduction and get straight to the point: We're currently facing a problem of epidemic proportions in malware that is spreading via removable devices. The U.S. army's recent...; Tags: Floppy Disk, Malware, Microsoft Corp., USB, Virus, AutoRun, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-12-01
Virtualization and Emulex: Although I wouldn't have thought of Emulex and virtualization technology at the same time, a conversation with the company changed my viewpoint.Â How did Emulex achieve the improbable? Read on. Here's what Emulex says about itself Emulex makes a wide range of enterprise-class products...; Tags: Emulex Corp., Storage, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-12-01