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		<title><![CDATA[IT project risk aversion 101]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=3364]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder picked up on my latest post on the lack of measurable results for IT, and posits as to where the greatest IT project risk may be found:   by Joe McKendrick]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:47:28 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What if they had a SOA and nobody came?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=3118]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder reminds us that designing and putting a great SOA-based infrastructure out into the enterprise is only half the battle.   by Joe McKendrick]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:15:26 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to speak the CIO's language]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=3032]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder shows us what CIOs like to hear...   by Joe McKendrick]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:38:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Agility for agility's sake]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=1642]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[We talk a lot about agility. Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder commends the IT world for it's own "agility" in being able to quickly transition between paradigms: by Joe McKendrick]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:51:48 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Another view: maybe IT doesn't want to be aligned to the business]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=1609]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder responded to my recent post on "Business-IT alignment is dead," and comments that in some cases, "business-IT alignment" may not be a great deal for IT anyway:     by Joe McKendrick]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:56:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Real-world batch versus real-world real-time]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=1526]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder saw my recent post on batch processing, and provides this real-world example of batch versus real-time:    [caption id="attachment_1527" align="aligncenter" width="475" caption="Real time or batch, Geek & Poke"][/caption] by Joe McKendrick]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:39:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Does SOA matter? (Part 4)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=1172]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The HMS Titanic had state-of-the-art engines and a top-notch operation below deck. But in the end, the crew had other things on their minds.    Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder picked up on my recent post that there is some speculation on whether SOA proponents may be wasting...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:42:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cozying up on Twitter]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cozying up on TwitterTwitter....Change in most cases does start with youth.  Those that have little or no experience adopt new ideas faster.  Caution or conservative approach is not part of the chemistry.  We have a strong tendency to forget our own reckless behavior, age does have draw-backs.Someone...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SOA reuse is fine, that is, if you really want the service]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=1125]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder saw my recent post on reuse issues, and points to a conundrum that often gets lost in the argument: what if nobody really wants to use the service in the first place?     Hmmm... Be careful what you service-orient, you just may...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:17:24 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Complex' event processing, in three steps]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=1056]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder picked up on my post from a couple of weeks back, "Taking the 'complex' out of complex event processing," and provides this scenario on how events trigger actions.     by Joe McKendrick]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:30:26 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[So simple even an MIT-educated rocket scientist can do it]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=991]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There was a movie a couple of years back in which one of the main characters thought everything and anything could be cured with Windex.  Perhaps Ajax is a better cure-all.    Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder was inspired by recent posts from Michael Krigman and myself,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:03:03 -0700</pubDate>
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