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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

Commoditizing processes

Business process are in the process of being commoditized, according to a recent article by Thomas Davenport in the Harvard Business Review. That's an important trend as far as the continuing evolution of SOA is concerned. It promises to help lay the groundwork and build demand for new Web services...

Tags: Outsourcing, business process, Davenport Co.

Blog posts 2005-06-22

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

Beyond the hype

The promise of Web services will not be realized until we surmount both organizational and technical hurdles, argues Harvard Business School associate professor Andrew P. McAfee. At present, he believes "the hype is unrealistic." The technical problem, he explains, is that "any two applications are virtually guaranteed to contain...

Tags: Web service, Web

Blog posts 2005-05-17

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

Microsoft: Don't compromise business processes!

Redmond is revving up. This year, the folks from Microsoft intend to launcha new version of their customer relationship management software, Microsoft CRM, based on the principles of service-oriented architecture. The solution is designed for small- and mid-sized firms -- thoughunits and divisions from largercompanies also have adopted Microsoft's CRM...

Tags: business process, CRM, Microsoft CRM, Microsoft Corp., Dave Batt

Blog posts 2005-01-17

Beyond the big walled gardens...

Ok, ok, Business Process Execution Language BPEL may have "issues," asmy skeptical co-blogger has just pointed out. It mayeven be quite a while before it enables business analysts to simply draw up new IT-enabled business processes on the fly with cool visual tools. But we may be taking important steps...

Tags: business process, BPEL

Blog posts 2005-01-13

Model-based approach

Bill Gates remains a big believer in the power and potential of Web services. He contends that standards will generate a "more model-based approach to developing applications." "With the growth of XML and Web services, we're getting closer to being able to visualize any kind of business process and quickly...

Tags: business process

Blog posts 2004-11-21

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