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It's 2006: what's an 'ESB'?

Just about every vendor sells one. Some enterprises have several. But ESB continues to be a term in search of a meaning. Earlier in July, I posted details about Forrester's latest rankings of ESB vendors, in which both BEA and Cape Clear claimed the number one spot. However, there is...

Tags: Enterprise Service Bus

Blog posts 2006-07-31

We need 'enterprisey' SOA, and here's why

Lately, the fur has been flying around whether enterprise SOA is more suitable for service-oriented environments than more Web-2.0-ish approaches, and I've been relaying the observations of Daryl Plummer, Tim Bray, and here John Nagel, Phil Windley, Jason Kolb, and Nick Carr. Eric Roch, chief technologist for Perficient, recently...

Tags: Eric Roch, Rest, SOA

Blog posts 2006-05-22

Additional Resources

Stupid SOA tricks

Eric Roch just posted a great piece on reducing service complexity, and toward the end of his post, cited examples of "stupid" (or at least self-defeating) things to avoid doing. Here are a few of Eric's nuggets -- and the floor is open for more classic examples: ...

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

Blog posts 2009-08-04

SOA management, SOA governance -- keep them separated

What's the difference between "SOA governance" and "SOA management?" Aren't they essentially the same thing? Not so, says Eric Roch, who claims some analysts wrongly are lumping the two into a single solution category. Governance is about the business, management is about technical monitoring ...

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

Blog posts 2008-04-25

Tearing down silos, brick by brick

I once heard a rumor that there actually is a company with two integration teams that actually meet and talk once or twice a year. Just a rumor, mind you. Lorraine Lawson brought up the whole issue of silos and lack of communication in a recent post,...

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

Blog posts 2008-02-14

More top-down versus bottom-up SOA

More top-down versus bottom-up SOAThere is no "versus"The top-down look at SOA determines what you need to build and the bottom-up view how to build services. There is no versus. If you ignore the top down you have no strategy and little hope for reuse. You cannot possibly ignore the...

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

Discussion threads 2007-07-20

Middleware is cool again (just ask eBay)

Middleware is cool again just ask eBayMiddleware is Cool AgainThe perception that middleware was dead or dying comes from the performance of the middleware software companies. But, this is just because the price tag for middleware software has come down due to competition. For example, when TIBCO was the only...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), eBay Inc., middleware

Discussion threads 2006-08-04

Please, no SOA 2.0

Please, no SOA 2.0SOA 2.0?I agree - it's stupid.Eric RochSorry-it´s just about the marketingJust back from the Gartner conf in Barcelona. SOA talk was everywhere. The 2.0 idea is just like taking the i- from i-Pod to talk about related products and get that association.SOA 2.0 is less of a...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Sorry-it, SOA 2.0, SOA

Discussion threads 2006-05-24

Align this! Has IT strayed that far from the business?

Align this! Has IT strayed that far from the business?IT and the businessThe functional groups like manufacturing are the business - the business understands these groups. The problem is that the business does not understand IT. If IT does not actively engage the business there will be misalignment.Eric RochHere's Why:Quote:"Yet,...

Tags: Strategy, information technology

Discussion threads 2006-05-18

What's wrong with SOA being 'enterprisey'?

What's wrong with SOA being 'enterprisey'?Missing the jokeI'm afraid you've both entirely missed the joke. Enterprisey means that it looks like "enterprise", but that's all -- appearance without substance. It goes through the motions, duplicating all the symptoms that occur when you address a difficult problem like complexity,...

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

Discussion threads 2006-05-10