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SOA showdown: David meets Goliath

It's David against Goliath. Annraí O'Toole, Chief Executive Officer of Cape Clear Software, is taking on IBM in a battle for the future of SOA. What makes this interesting is that most companies of Cape Clear's size and stature (which is to say, small) are going out of their way...

Tags: Cape Clear Software, IBM Corp.

Blog posts 2005-10-30

Fireman's Fund embraces SOA

At a recent IBM customer conference, Steve Mills, IBM's software group senior vice president, and Michael Liebow, vice president of Web services for IBM's Global Services Division, presented their vision of SOA's future. Mills contended that new developments in the field will help SOAs become an increasingly attractive option for...

Tags: SOA

Blog posts 2005-06-16

Science of services

IBM is currently trying to figure out how best to invest its large R&D budget in a world that revolves around intangible services as opposed to tangible products. In an excellent piece in Technology Review, we learn that Big Blue is struggling to determine how R&D applies differently to services...

Tags: IBM Corp.

Blog posts 2005-05-15

IBM's center of gravity

IBM's announcement this week that it would be laying off 10,000 to 13,000 workers seems reflective of the downside of "dynamic specialization" a concept discussed in the previous post. But there is no stopping it. "In a sense, I.B.M.'s strategy in moving toward services mirrors the course of the American...

Tags: IBM Corp.

Blog posts 2005-05-05

Roadmapping SOA

IBM has introduced a new?service methodology to guide companies that are considering SOA investments. The methodology, which could be thought of as a roadmap on the highway to SOA success, incorporates multiple elements.?Among them: IBM Business Enablement Services for SOA identifies how an SOA can help meet customers? business goals,...

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Blog posts 2005-04-05

The Big Blue Boot Camp

IBM has been sending its consultants to "boot camp" to learn the principles of service oriented architecture SOA. Now, the company reportedly has an army of 35,000 that are trained and ready for an SOA invasion.To clarify, IBM hasrolled out a new consulting practice dedicated to SOA design and implemention....

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Blog posts 2004-11-10