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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

Will Web 2.0 displace the WS-* protocols?

eWeek's Darryl Taft finally brought the worlds of SOA and Web 2.0 together in an article loaded with practical examples and insights.For example, H&R Block -- which uses a lot of seasonal workers, especially in the weeks leading up to April 15th -- deployed SOA-connected AJAX portlets to more than...

Tags: Web Services, Case Studies, General

Blog posts 2007-07-16

An SOA built without Web services!

Last week, I posted some thoughts about divorcing Web services from service-oriented architecture. The two work together, but aren't necessarily the same. Lo and behold, this story from TechTarget comes up -- SOA is now being employed for the monitoring controls for the world's largest particle accelerator, but employing Java-based...

Tags: Web Services, Vendor Watch, General, Case Studies

Blog posts 2007-06-26

Who takes credit for SOA 'success'? Should IT?

Lately, Ron Schemlzer kicked off quite a kerfuffle across the blogosphere joined in by yours truly as well on who's really putting up the greatest resistance to service oriented architecture. Ron says the IT department itself is the one that is gumming up the works.Success has a thousand fathers, while...

Tags: Case Studies, Business ROI, General

Blog posts 2007-05-17

Rev. Jerry Falwell was a Webcaster and Podcaster

Regardless of what you think of Rev. Jerry Falwell, who died today:He was one of the leaders in making his sermons from the Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Va., available via broadband Internet, as well as downloadable Podcasts via the iTunes store.As with other clergy, used modern technology...

Tags: Case Studies, General, News

Blog posts 2007-05-15

Let's peek inside this VoIP road warrior's backpack

Fellow blogger Ken Camp VoIPs from the road, and sometimes has as many as five mobile phones with him at one time.To forestall backstrain, this self-described "digital road warrior" has switched to a Quantaray U-100 backpack used by many a photojournalist. They run about $80, and from appearances, are worth...

Tags: General, Case Studies

Blog posts 2007-04-17

Citigroup consolidation will be a real test for SOA governance

I just posted some observations on how the best SOA governance may resemble the way the US Constitution is set up, with separation of powers and jurisdictions. I held up Citigroup as a shining example of this thinking, as they have an SOA governance structure set up with a "national"...

Tags: Business ROI, General, Case Studies

Blog posts 2007-04-10

Are VCs not sensitive enough to VoIP app marketing needs?

Interesting thought piece from fellow VoIP blogger Andy Abramson about what he sees as a lack of sensitivity on the part of venture capitalists toward the specific resources needed to market of products and services they are evaluating for possible investments in.That concept seems to be especially sticking in Andys...

Tags: Andy, Case Studies, General, trends

Blog posts 2007-02-05

Coming up: Sprint EV-DO, THE major road test

CES is done. AFT, and I dont mean the American Federation of Teachers. After significant miles underfoot, the clamor, the clang, the commotion of 140,000 Type A souls, the hours waiting for convention shuttle buses, taxis- the FRIGGIN RACKET- man am I ready for downtime.Over-stimmed. Decompression mandatory.Some would...

Tags: General, Case Studies, SprintNextel, EVDO

Blog posts 2007-01-11

Eight more companies that made SOA happen in 2006

Last week, I cited examples of SOA work that took place over the past year at ten leading companies. Here are eight more companies that led the way with SOA, originally posted over at my SOA in Action site: Integrate back-end legacy systems: International Truck developed an SOA-based "Common Vehicle...

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

Blog posts 2006-12-26

Ten companies where SOA made a difference in 2006

The year 2006 was a busy one for SOA proponents; many service-oriented architectures moved from the pilot stages to live deployments. Many companies have been able to demonstrate value from their SOA efforts; here are some outstanding examples I reported on in this blogsite throughout the year. Abstracting enterprise information...

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

Blog posts 2006-12-17

Some users say Vista faster, more agile for SOAs

Looking back, 2006 will be remembered as the year Microsoft finally started uttering the S word SOA and even the E word ESBs. Its not that Microsoft technologies havent already been part of the emerging SOA projects that have been dotting the enterprise landscapes in recent years. Theyve been a...

Tags: General, Vendor Watch, Case Studies, Windows Communication Foundation, SOA, Microsoft Windows Vista

Blog posts 2006-12-02

Here's why Vonage does so well in Florida

According to Florida Public Service Commission numbers published in todays Palm Beach (Fla.) Post, Vonage had 148,936 subscribers in the state of Florida as of September 1 of this year. Given...

Tags: General, News, Case Studies, Vonage, Vonage Holdings Corp.

Blog posts 2006-11-29

Amex sees gold in SaaS-SOA model

For a compelling example of how Software as a Service and service oriented architecture is converging, look no further than Rearden Commerce. ZDNet blogging colleague Dan Farber just reported that American Express is taking a $22.5 million equity stake in the company and will be white-labeling Reardens employee service platform...

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

Blog posts 2006-11-14

Defense doesn't rest with SOA

A new report indicates the Defense Information Systems Agency -- a huge systems buyer -- may be skeptical about all the SOA hoopla. The article in FCW quotes David Bryan, vice president of the Northrop Grumman Defense Group, as saying that the industry is struggling to determine a sound...

Tags: General, Business ROI, Case Studies, DISA, SOA

Blog posts 2006-11-10

Four months in SunRocket LNP limbo

Reader Timothy Youngard has spent much of the last four months trying to get his legacy phone number switched over to his new SunRocket account.The problem, as Tim describes it to me, has been that Pacwest, the entity used by SunRocket...

Tags: General, Case Studies, SunRocket

Blog posts 2006-11-06

One Skype user's tale of SkypeOut "Add Credits" woe

Skype user rox has recently experienced a customer-service meltdown of the highest magnitude. She writes us to call attention to the many Skype Forum posts she has made in which she has given a blow-by-blow account of the ordeal.This whole bloody mess started when rox attempted to add an...

Tags: General, Skype, Case Studies, Skype Technologies S.A.

Blog posts 2006-11-06

Additional Resources

Adamo is a near no-show, but Dell ships Studio XPS laptops

The scraps of news Dell parceled out on its mysterious Adamo laptop at CES left reviewers disappointed, but the company did announce several new laptops and one desktop, the XPS 625, at the show. The new laptops meld together two Dell brands, the mid-range Studio and the...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Laptop Computer, Netbook, Adamo, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-01-09

Satyam scandal: Arrests and new board members

Brothers Ramaling and Rama Raju, former chairman and former managing director and CEO, respectively, of Satyam Computer Services have been arrested and the company's full board of directors has been let go as authorities in India begin their investigations of an alleged $1 billion fraud, according to Bloomberg. Corporate...

Tags: Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-09

New Classmate PC all about "ecosystem"

We've known for a while that Intel was working a touch-enabled reference design for their new Classmate PCs. It wasn't until I had an opportunity this week to speak with some of the folks working on the project at Intel that I realized just how far this product had...

Tags: Software, Intel Corp., Classmate, Vernier, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-01-09