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- Piecing together Microsoft's cloud-computing vision
- A new white paper, sponsored by Microsoft and written by the always entertaining consultant David Chappell, provides more clues about what the Softies are planning to unveil at this October's Professional Developers Conference. For anyone looking to understand how and where Red Dog, Zurich, BizTalk Services and SQL Server Data...
- Tags: Zurich, Operating System, Vision, Microsoft Corp., Service, David Chappell, Red Dog, SQL Server Data Services, Application Service, EC2, EC2 Customer, Windows Live ID, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Desktop Virtualization, Software As A Service (SaaS), Software, Emerging Technologies, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Grid is 'the new ESB,' and a warning about Web 2.0 interfaces
- David Chappell the SOA Oracle of Oracle issued his predictions for the market over the coming year, and says that grid computing will be hot, hot hot. But, he cautions, "the definition of grid will be as fuzzy as ESB [Enterprise Service Bus], " given "the various concepts of hardware...
- Tags: Web, SOA, Grid, David Chappell, Enterprise Service Bus, Web 2.0, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Web Services, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-01-10
- Service Component Architecture explained
- David Chappell has just posted a good primer explaining exactly what Service Component Architecture SCA is and why we should care about it.In the paper, David explores the properties of components, SCA's Java Component Model, composites, policies, and implementing SCA.David acknowledges in in his conclusion that vendors have had...
- Tags: Web Services, Standards Watch, General, Case Studies
- Blog posts 2007-07-17
- Yes, SOA reuse is a reality -- and here's where...
- Its David Chappell vs. David Chappell. David Chappell of Sonic Software has just posted a case for reuse as a value driver for SOA, refuting the case David Chappell the industry consultant and .NET guru has been making against reuse. (Covered here in this blog.) While Sonic David...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Insurance, David Chappell, SOA
- Blog posts 2006-10-12
- Pouring cold water on SOA 'reuse' mantra
- Is reuse an idea that's too good to be true? The idea of "build once, use often" has a lot of appeal for enterprises, and, as discussed many times in this blogspace, the first and foremost return on investment to be gained from SOA. There has been a lot of...
- Tags: SOA, Chappell, David Chappell
- Blog posts 2006-08-30
- The politics of SOA
- One of the most immediate business benefits that can come out of Web services and SOA is that of reuse. Namely, companies or their developers shouldn't have to reinvent the wheel every time they need to build or integrate a new application. Of course, we've been down this road...
- Tags: SOA
- Blog posts 2004-11-23
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- Avoid accidental complexity, and 96 other things every software architect should know
- Favor simplicity. Avoid accidental complexity. Don't worry about building the 'perfect' beast. Don't worry about future-proofing. Treat people with respect. These common-sense pearls of wisdom come from a book titled 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know, edited by Richard Monson-Haefel, that is packed with truisms...
- Tags: Solution, Complexity, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
- Experts convene to analyze SOA's vital signs
- Ron Schmelzer passed this on to me: he and the ZapThink crew are hosting an SOA confab next week in Boston that plays off the "SOA is Dead" theme we've been hearing so much about, titled "SOA: The Night of the Living Dead." And appropriately, Anne Thomas...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-07-16
- More Microsoft 'Oslo' modeling details fall into place
- While Microsoft isn't planning to provide testers with "Oslo" code until late October, the company did finally start putting some real meat on its software-modeling bones at the TechEd Developers Conference in Orlando this week. Until this week, Microsoft would say next-to-nothing about Oslo. Until the TechEd...
- Tags: Repository, Oslo, Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft Corp., Modeling, Web Services, Application Servers, Middleware, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Analyst: vendor issues still dog Service Component Architecture
- Web services guru and consultant David Chappell, who has been somewhat skeptical about Service Component Architecture SCA, says the specification is starting to gain traction. However, there are still nagging issues around the ways vendors are supporting component development within the SCA framework. Over the past year,...
- Tags: Service Component Architecture, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-05-17
- 12 predictions for Enterprise Web 2.0 in 2008
- The worlds of SOA, SaaS, and Web 2.0 have been swirling around each other for a couple of years now and in 2008 we'll finally see these gel into a practical, modern vision of next generation enterprises. And a variety of forces are coming together to make 2008 the...
- Tags: Social Networking, Web, Application, Software-as-a-service, AJAX, Information Technology, SOA, Organization, Enterprise, Mashup, Web-orientation, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web 2.0, Channel Management, Web Services, Software As A Service (SaaS), Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Marketing, Emerging Technologies, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-01-03
- Why doesn't Microsoft get in on the Service Component Architecture action?
- Microsoft is pretty well known for creating its own bandwagons, not jumping on someone else's. But if Microsoft is really serious about SOA, shouldn't it at least get in on the Service Component Architecture action? After all, SCA is about moving the SOA service code base away from specific languages,...
- Tags: Service Component Architecture, Microsoft Corp., Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
- More debate on Service Component Architecture -- is it vendor lock-in?
- There was an interesting and passionate thread of follow-up commentary to my post from earlier this month, "Service Component Architecture gets slapped around a bit." Consultant David Chappell initially raised questions about the positioning of SCA as a part of SOA, but Oracle's Dave Chappell responded that SCA has plenty...
- Tags: Web Services, Standards Watch, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-13
- Service Component Architecture gets slapped around a bit
- Service Component Architecture gets slapped around a bitSCA is about building services to fit into a SOAHi Joe,Its Oracle Dave Chappell. In my blog writeup on the SCA panel discussion gets heated after the fact I spoke about this area of contention, which I thought that David, Gregor et...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., runtime infrastructure, Bloomberg L.P., Joe IT, JBI, Service Component Architecture, SOA
- Discussion threads 2007-06-01
- Service Component Architecture gets slapped around a bit
- Service component architecture SCA is a good thing, right? Isn't it supposed to elevate SOA-ish things above Java and all that other those other bothersome languages with their own protocols, complexities, and latency issues?Well, some analysts out there have professed that SCA has, well, issues. David Chappell, for one,...
- Tags: Web Services, Vendor Watch, Standards Watch, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-01
- Get to know the .NET Framework
- While it's possible to write good code in almost any environment, creating good software is much easier when the right platform and tools are available. For most Windows developers today, that platform is defined by .NET. In this sample chapter from Understanding .NET, Second Edition, receive a...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework, Addison-Wesley, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Book chapters 2007-03-13
- Microsoft applies BPEL to Windows Workflow; analysts scratch their heads
- Microsofts Paul Andrew made it official on his blog: Microsoft will be supporting BPEL, Business Process Execution Language, as early as this month. According to Andrew, "in March 2007, Microsoft plans to release a CTP [Community Technology Preview] of a set of BPEL activities for Windows Workflow Foundation WF. This...
- Tags: Standards Watch, Vendor Watch, General
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- Sun 'simplifies' Java EE, but are its glory days at an end?
- Sun says it has simplified Java EE, but are its glory days at an end? Last May, Sun released Java Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE, known in previous editions as J2EE), the latest version of the standards platform that underpins many commercial and open-source application servers. Whether Java...
- Tags: Programming languages, J2EE, Middleware, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java EE, Java
- Blog posts 2006-12-20
- Another view: XML not meant to be 'human readable'
- "XML is human readable, but not human understandable." -Bonnie Shebat Williams In a new post, Steve Jones argues that the oft-cited advantage of XML, that the markup language is human readable, may not hold as much water as thought."XML is not human readable, its not designed to be human readable...
- Tags: Business process automation, Web services, XML, Steve Jones
- Blog posts 2006-11-16
- 'When someone mentions SOA reuse, I cringe'
- 'When someone mentions SOA reuse, I cringe'The key to reuse is simple and small functionalityThe key to reuse may be factorization. The larger a component, the more specific it is and the harder is to reuse it. Reusable components must be small and simple. Very small and simple.This also means...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, SOA
- Discussion threads 2006-10-04
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