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SOA + BPO = Chaos

SOA and BPO business process outsourcing aren't a natural match, apparently. Some think the two together can even unleash the forces of chaos. Writing in Information Week, Howard Baldwin describes a financial-services firm's risk management application that blew apart and failed to time and economic savings that were promised. ...

Tags: system-management application, business process, Howard Baldwin

Blog posts 2005-09-13

Beyond BPM: Runtime SOA

In an insightful essay, ZapThink's Ronald Schmelzer suggests that the factor that separates SOA from other past programming movements is business process. SOA, he contends, has the potential to take us beyond the current prison of Business Process Management BPM. As he explains it, "BPM or workflow tools, often present...

Tags: business process

Blog posts 2005-07-11

Weaving the Net

SOA represents "the future of the software industry," says Henning Kagermann, CEO of SAP, who was sharing the good news this week at the company's SAPPHIRE conference. In this environment, IT won't be seen as a cost center, but rather, a "strategic lever."Recognizing "uncertainty is here to stay," he explained...

Tags: business process, SAP AG

Blog posts 2005-05-19

Hammers and nails

When you're holding a hammer in the air, everything begins to look like a nail. That's the essence of a smart new piece by Michael Liebow, Vice President of Web Services for IBM's Global Services Division. The hammer, this time, is SOA. But it's the prospective client (and, eventually, the...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, business process, SOA, business problem

Blog posts 2005-02-24

SOA power

As Bruce Silver points out in Intelligent Enterprise, companies need business process management BPM to be agile. "But to achieve agility without breaking the bank, you can't simply rip and replace," he adds. "You must break down legacy stovepipes into modular components that can be reused in multiple business processes....

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, business process, Web service, Web

Blog posts 2005-02-07

Additional Resources

Intelligent economy

Long-time readers of this Weblog will recognize Britton Manasco's name as the founding co-author. When we first launched back in November 2004, Britton was the guiding hand in formulating and articulating the vital issues and opportunities in the SOA space. Britton's message always was to keep your feet on the...

Tags: Britton Manasco

Blog posts 2006-03-03