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- Role of governance plumbed in Nov. 10 webinar on managing hybrid and cloud computing types
- Increasingly, governance of hybrid computing environments establishes the ground rules under which business activities and processes -- supported by multiple and increasingly diverse infrastructure models -- operate. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Governance, Webinar, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- Cloud Security and Governance Best Practices
- This webcast is designed for architects who want a detailed "How to" for security best practices for the Cloud. This webcast goes into the details on the use of policy as a mechanism for runtime governance of the most popular Cloud use cases.
- Tags: Security, Webcast, Governance, InfoWorld, Best Practice
- Webcasts 2009-09-24
- Cloud governance: something old, something new, something borrowed …
- SOA governance vendors and best practices need to step up to the plate here and apply what we already know about SOA registries/repositories and governance processes to give the control that’s needed to avoid chaos and failure. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Governance, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- SOA, IT and cloud governance converge into 'total services governance'
- Is it time to govern the cloud? Should it be the same governance we're working so hard to apply to service oriented architecture? These are the questions tackled at Dana Gardner's latest BriefingsDirect analyst podcast, in which I had the opportunity to chime in. (Full transcript available here.) ...
- Tags: Governance, Information Technology, SOA, Service, Ron Schmelzer, David Kelly, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), B2C, Web Services, Strategy, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Analysts define growing requirements for how governance supports corporate cloud computing
- Any meaningful move to cloud-computing adoption, certainly that which aligns and coexists with existing enterprise IT, will need to have such total governance in place. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Governance, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Strategy, Hardware, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Meeting the Challenges of Governance, Risk and Compliance: Achieving Financial Success With Embedded Groupwide SAS Risk Management
- Current economic conditions heighten the need for financial services firms to accurately gauge required levels of regulatory compliance and economic capital to support business strategy and risk appetite. More regulations are on the way, demanding transparency, accurate information about company operations, robust and comprehensive risk management, regulatory compliance and efficient...
- Tags: Financial, Governance, Compliance, SAS Institute, Regulatory Compliance, Financial Planning, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Finance
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Which comes first â€" SOA success or SOA governance?
- It's that old chicken-or-egg question: should governance mechanisms be put into place before service oriented architecture gains steam, or should the investment in time and resources for governance wait until there is something to be governed? Does governance help SOA attain success at an earlier stage, or should SOA prove...
- Tags: Governance, SOA, SOA Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-04-06
- Ed Yourdon on IT governance and failure [podcast]
- Ed Yourdon is a seminal figure in understanding and interpreting software failures. Among Ed's many accomplishments is writing 27 books and almost 600 articles on this subject. I interviewed Ed to learn his views on the relationship between governance and IT project failure. ...
- Tags: IT Governance, Governance, Information Technology, Ed Yourdon, Strategy, Podcasts, Management, Internet, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- Project governance and failure
- See my presentation to University College London UCL on the relationship between IT failures and governance. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Governance, Project Management, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Governance snake oil warning
- According to a Tweet message I've seen that is being repeated: The GRC market is believed to boom after the indian enron "Satyam" case came into picture last wednesday. SAP and ORACLE seeks opportunities In an application sales starved market, all vendors will be scrambling for opportunities. ...
- Tags: Audit, Governance, Satyam, Audit Profession, Questions, Sales Strategy, Financial Accounting, Litigation, Sales Force Management, Sales, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- BriefingsDirect analysts review new SOA governance book, propose scope for U.S. tech czar
- Our experts examine SOA governance, how to do it right, its scope, its future, and impact. We interview Todd Biske, author of the new Packet Publishing book, SOA Governance. The panel also focuses on the IT policies that an Obama administration should pursue, as well as ruminate about what a...
- Tags: SOA, SOA Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner, Governance, Information Technology, Government
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- The beatings will continue until SOA governance improves
- We're from the SOA governance committee, and we're here to help... by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Governance, SOA, SOA Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Cloud Computing, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Investment Governance Webcast: Solving Presidential Mandates, OMB Requirements and Serving the American Public
- Investment Governance is a hot topic across public sector and private sector, but what does it really mean? Over the past decade the OMB and the Executive Office of the President has been working diligently to put better transparency and oversight into the business of Government. With the goal of...
- Tags: Webcast, Governance, Investment, Finance
- Webcasts 2008-07-11
- IT Manager Webcast: Real-World SOA Governance: Augmenting Your Control With Value (Level 200)
- Governance can mean different things to different organizations when it comes to Service-Oriented Architecture SOA. This webcast explores the role of governance and what it can mean to the organization. The presenter of the webcast discusses how governance can be as much a carrot as a stick by providing value...
- Tags: Webcast, Governance, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts 2008-03-28
- Poll: companies waiting for 'tipping point' for SOA governance?
- Bob Rhubart published the results of an informal poll that shows that most IT managers and technologists know that governance is important to SOA, but don't really know when it should kick in. Which comes first -- SOA success or SOA governance? Governance is...
- Tags: Governance, SOA, SOA Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-02-22
- Tata Consultancy: new IT failure stats and COO interview
- Tata Consultancy Services TCS, one of the largest Indian outsource consulting firms, with $4.3 billion in revenue, has released new IT failure research, based on survey results of 800 middle and senior IT managers from large companies. According to the study findings: ...
- Tags: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Governance, Information Technology, Eric, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-12-12
- How is SOA 'governance' different from SOA 'management'?
- Albert Mavashev, writing in SOA World, asks a very interesting question: Why all the buzz about SOA 'governance,' when simple tried-and-true 'management' would do? "It is interesting to see a new term like 'governance' replacing a good old term like 'management.' In fact, what is the difference between SOA...
- Tags: Governance, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-11-20
- HP.com can relate to SOA and governance
- Here's an interesting article on how HP.com relates to SOA and governance. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Governance, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2007-10-19
- A bumper crop of new mashup platforms
- While application developers tend to roll their eyes at the concept of end-user mashups, they remain one of the more promising new trends in software development this year. And while it's certainly true it's early days yet for mashups, the tools that enable them remaining rather limited, seems to...
- Tags: Wikis, Widgets, Web services, Web as Platform, Web 2.0 Platforms, Web 2.0, Two-Way Web, The Long Tail, SOA, Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, SaaS, RSS, Right To Remix, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Products, Open APIs, Mashups, JSON, Governance, Global SOA, Gadgets, Enterprise Wikis, Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Mashups, Encouraging Unintended Uses, Design Patterns, Customer Self-Service, Cost-effective scalability, Business Models, Ajax
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- The story of Web 2.0 and SOA continues - Part 1
- It's nearly the middle of 2007 already and I've had occasion to sit down and look at where Web 2.0 and SOA software models have evolved lately. Partly it's because we're now seeing some of the bigger software companies seriously embrace lightweight SOA recently, and it's also because we're...
- Tags: Ajax, Architecture of Participation, ATOM, Collective Intelligence, Convergence, Encouraging Unintended Uses, Enterprise Web 2.0, Global SOA, Governance, Lightweight Service Models, Mashups, Open APIs, Products, REST, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Right To Remix, RSS, SOA, SOAP, User Generated Content, Web 2.0, Web 2.0 Platforms, Web as Platform, Web services, Web-Oriented Architecture (WOA), WS-*
- Blog posts 2007-05-17
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