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IBM and Sun: Is it about the hardware or the software?

The Wall Street Journal reports IBM is in acquisition talks with Sun Microsystems. At this point, the companies are refusing to comment on the rumor. If it comes to pass, the acquisition would give IBM a larger share of the high-end server and storage markets and enhanced access to certain...

Tags: Software, Revenue, Sun Microsystems Inc., Hardware, IBM Corp., Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ian Finley

Blog posts 2009-03-19

When the building’s on fire, who calls an architect?

No one does.  They call the fire department. This year, manufacturers and retailers need more IT fire fighters and fewer enterprise architects.  And those fire fighters need axes, ladders and hoses; not enterprise service buses or SOA governance suites.  Companies are fighting for their lives and employees...

Tags: Enterprise Architect, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Ian Finley

Blog posts 2009-02-19

Additional Resources

SOA market growing 17% a year; to reach $10 billion by 2015

Wintergreen Research via Report Buyer has just released a six-year forecast of the SOA infrastructure industry, calculating that the market will grow to from the current $3.3 billion to $10.3 billion by 2015. (At 17% a year growth.) You may recall that Research & Markets issued a...

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

Blog posts 2009-04-23

SOA and information tech 2009: a year of extreme focus

My recent post of whether SOA and enterprise architects should be "firefighters" this year, and less "architectural" -- based on a post by Ian Finley -- received some interesting comments. To recap, Ian says architects should concentrate more on firefighting this year, since "you don't call an...

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

Blog posts 2009-02-24

SOA 2009: Do we need architects or firefighters?

ZDNet blogging colleague Ian Finley just posted an interesting question that reflects ever-shifting priorities in today's rough-and-tumble economy: "When the building's on fire, who calls an architect? ...No one does. They call the fire department." He advises enterprise architects and vendors alike to put down their plans and ESBs, put...

Tags: Entrepreneurial, Information Technology, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Entrepreneurship, Web Services, Y2K, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Software, Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-02-21

Is SOA still of value if nothing gets reused? How about if everything gets reused?

What if you built a service-oriented architecture and nothing got reused? Is it still of value to the business, or is it a flop? Reuse may be the means, but not the end Ask many experts, and the answer will be a straightforward, yes,...

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

Blog posts 2008-03-04

Survey: companies investing millions in SOA, but don't exactly know why

AMR Research just released snippets of its latest survey on SOA spending trends, and finds big money is flowing -- but many of the companies spending the money may not exactly know what they're investing in. The typical company adopting SOA spent $1.4 million on software and...

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

Blog posts 2008-02-26