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Gartner: SOA sinking into trough of disillusionment

Gartner: SOA sinking into trough of disillusionmentI don't what SOA is for ...but I DO know how to use SOAP and BPEL! That's the problem.No ROI = No Investment.I've told you this with every SOA post you've made. No businessman in his right mind is going to make an investment...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, SOA, disillusionment, trough, Gartner Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-06

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News to know: Oracle OpenWorld; Google Wave; Intel; Windows 7; WiFi

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Ellison's keynote: Linux, Exadata, the Governator and more Paul Greenberg: Oracle OpenWorld 2009 - Social CRM...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Wi-Fi, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Netbook disillusionment and why Compaq is still a brand

I buy into the "accessory" conceptFor me a netbook would be a great accessory for a desk top system. Especially if I could access my desktop via the Internet.I like the power and price point of desktops and most of my computing is stationary in reality. Once in a while...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, brand, Compaq Computer Corp., netbook, laptop computer, Netbook disillusionment

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Netbook disillusionment and why Compaq is still a brand

Dell CEO Michael Dell said that disillusionment with netbooks kicks in after about 36 hours. Assuming Dell's right, and he may be, does that mean cheap laptops in the $399 range will trump them? Speaking at the Churchill Club Tuesday night Techmeme, Dell said that the appeal...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Brand, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Compaq Computer Corp., Christopher Dawson, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Gen X/GenY/Enterprise 2.0: are the naysayers right?

It seems that analyst firm Forrester has woken up to the fact that Gen Y are not the big movers and shakers that we've been told the last couple of years. According to Read Write Web Enterprise: A favorite argument among those who talk about...

Tags: Generation X, Generation Y, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-14

News to know: Leaked Blackberry OS; 4G networks; Clunkers updated; National Broadband; Psystar

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Zack Whittaker: Leaked upcoming BlackBerry OS screenshots reveal new features Christopher Dawson: Will 4G make our networks irrelevant? ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Network, Operating System, Dana Blankenhorn, Broadband, Apple Inc., SOA, RIM BlackBerry, 4G Network, Matthew Miller, Psystar, Doubts, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Communications, Linux, Web Services, Broadband Internet, Middleware, Network Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Operating Systems, Telecommunications, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-17

Gartner: SOA out of 'trough of disillusionment,' cloud on hype peak

Gartner recently released its latest "hype cycle" diagram for 2009, which shows service-oriented architecture to be well past the "trough of disillusionment" and climbing the vaunted "slope of enlightenment." Cloud computing, however, is now at the pinnacle of hype (no surprise there, right?), and ready to plunge...

Tags: Trough, Gartner Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web 2.0, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-08-14

Are we too impatient with SOA?

Jack Vaughan recently pondered the fate of major technology initiatives, and wondered if SOA is going down the same path as Grid and object-oriented computing. That is, it took some time for these initiatives to come to fruition, and benefits to be delivered. In the meantime, many grew too impatient...

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-06-29

NEXT09: deconstructing the enterprise gulf

Attending NEXT09 was a breath of fresh air for me. As seems to be the way, there's always a good showing by controversial polemicists. You won't for example get two more strident and different speakers than Jeff Jarvis and Andrew Keen. As an enterprisey guy, Keen's assessment...

Tags: Google Inc., Social Computing, Conference, CODA, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-05-07

Enterprise 2.0 promise is years off...if it materializes

At the risk of bringing the wrath of the Enterprise 2.0 fans crashing around this blog I'm taking a deliberately contrarian view of Dion Hinchcliffe's recent Determining the ROI of Enterprise 2.0. My intention is not to upend Dion's argument but to expand upon the issues....

Tags: Collaboration, Blog, ROI, Enterprise 2.0, E2.0, Hugh MacLeod, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-04-13

The Twitter Fantasy

It seems everywhere you turn these days there's an excitable story about Twitter, the microblogging tool that is a mystery to some people, a miracle to others, and a service some are noisily evangelizing in hope of self publicity. As Twitter scales up...

Tags: Twitter, Desktop Publishing, Productivity, Blogging, Collaboration, Groupware, Software, Internet, Enterprise Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-02-21

Time to start applying SOA lessons to the cloud

"If SOA is Dead, Cloud Computing better start writing its will..." -Mike Kavis Last week, Dave Linthicum warned that the mistakes made in SOA risk getting repeated in cloud computing. Mike Kavis echoes Dave's concerns. Mike reports he has seen first-hand...

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Cloud Computing, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-02-18

BriefingsDirect analysts discuss Service Oriented Communications, debate how dead SOA really is

Read a full transcript of the discussion. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Learn more. Charter Sponsor: Active Endpoints. Additional underwriting by TIBCO Software. Special offer: Download a free, supported 30-day trial of Active Endpoint's ActiveVOS at www.activevos.com/insight. Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition,...

Tags: Communication, SOA, Service, Architecture, SOC, Communications Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-01-26

Anything new from my Apple rep?

My Apple sales rep (I'm afraid I sound like the anti-Mike Cox here) emailed me last week to see if I was available for a meeting today to touch base and discuss what Apple had to offer for education in the coming year. It is planning time for FY10,...

Tags: Apple Inc., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Thin Clients, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-01-21

We're all dead - get over it

I've been scratching my head the last few days wondering why Bill McDermott, SAP's CEO of global field operations would flat out contend that: SAP is positioned to gain share in the business applications market as IT departments scrutinize every dollar spent, while predicting that...

Tags: SAP AG, SOA, SAP Sales People, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Manes: let's get more 'concrete' about service orienting

More on the Architecture Formerly Known as SOA: Anne Thomas Manes created quite a kerfuffle across the blogosphere this past week with her pronouncement that SOA [as we know it]  is "dead," at least as a concept for addressing efficient delivery of services across enterprises. ...

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-01-10

Panel: SOA is Alive and Kicking

SOA disillusionment may stem from lack of planning and measurement by Joe McKendrick

Tags: SOA, Phil Wainewright, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-01-09

Harvard Business Review warns against 'sloppy thinking': does this apply to SOA?

Harvard Business Review warns against 'sloppy thinking': does this apply to SOA?SOA may also be nonsense like Knowledge ManagementI have heard of SOA after it became extensively publicized. Many of the articles I read failed to bring out any distinct and valuable core concept of SOA. One expert (V...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Harvard Business Review, SOA

Discussion threads 2008-11-26

Cloud definitions and economics

Like Phil Wainewright, I attended the excellent CloudCamp in London several weeks back. Unlike Phil, I walked away with more questions than answers but with my enterprisey antenna on high alert. Two things struck me. Rhys Jones of Royal Bank of Scotland's assertion that while cloud computing...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., James, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-11-25

News to know: iPhone tethering; MicroHoo; GooHoo; Obama-mania; Mac-mini

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason D. O'Grady: Official tethering coming soon to the iPhone Sam Diaz: AT&T adds value to iPhone with expanded Web connectivity Larry Dignan: J.D. Power: Apple's...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Microsoft Windows 7, Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-07