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- War declared against JBOWS architecture... but is it something we can live with?
- War declared against JBOWS architecture... but is it something we can live with?SOA is thin air. It is an idea...that can never come to fruition because there is no substance to it. Everyone has a definition but they are so ethereal that you can't bring any substance to it....
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, JBOWS, SOA
- Discussion threads 2008-03-22
- War declared against JBOWS architecture... but is it something we can live with?
- In a new post, Nick Malik declares all-out war... against JaBOWS, or Just a Bunch of Web Services, architectures. 'What I hate is the notion that SOA can be reduced to tools'He urges IT executives and professionals to get active as a community in the effort to stamp out...
- Tags: SOA, Tool, JBOWS, JaBOWS, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-03-22
- SOA registries and the Dilbert complex
- SOA registries and the Dilbert complextangible offering... and target buyersJoe,We'll probably have to disagree on the "measure of importance" of registries in moving us from JBOWS to SOA. I must admit, I'm certainly in the minority in placing lower importance on it than other measures. All good stuff.I would like...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, JBOWS, SOA, registry
- Discussion threads 2007-08-15
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- If you want SOA, fine... it's a 'SOA'
- The birth of a "SOA": Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder picked up on the theme of one of my recent posts to demonstrate how some companies take the pain and hard work out of the "birthing" process for service oriented architecture. Hmmm... Just take JBOWS and declare it to be...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-07-13
- Study: Only one out of five SOA efforts bearing fruit
- Study: Only one out of five SOA efforts bearing fruitSO at AA level is still SOAI fully appreciate Burton Group's view that SO is best applied to business/enterprise architecture. That's where the biggest payoff is ostensibly to be found."The service is only built for one application and it’s never going...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, emperor, SOA, Anne, application architecture, Burton Group, silo, Web service, mentality
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- An anthropological view of SOA rituals
- Remember reading "The Body Ritual Among the Nacirema" in your college sociology class? That's the paper that stepped back and coldly analyzed the bizarre cultural rituals among a strange tribe residing somewhere in North America. Of course, the tribe being analyzed was modern-day American Nacerima backwards. So,...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- JBOGS - Just a Bunch of Governed Services
- What's the next step up from JBOWS Just a Bunch of Web Services? Immediate evolution to full-functioning SOA? Such a leap may be too idealistic, and there are a couple of levels on the way. Jeff Schneider took a good look at the JBOWS (just a Bunch...
- Tags: Patch Management, SOA, JBOGS, Jeff, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- Is SOA delivering value? We need to understand this better
- Loraine Lawson just posted some thoughts about the results of a new qualitative study, sponsored by SAP and conducted in conjunction with the University of St. Gallen, which suggests that businesses are starting to see some results from SOA initiatives. Most organizations simply don't know what...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- News to know: Ubuntu; Microsoft's Albany; Google; Safari flap
- Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look: Hardy Heron Beta. Gallery: Installation. Screen shots: OS tour Mary Jo Foley: ‘Albany': New Microsoft ‘home office' in the works? Michael Krigsman: Is IT becoming extinct? Garett Rogers: New Google Mobile feature...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., CEO, MSM, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Wireless LANs, Operating Systems, Wireless, Open Source, Software, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- Keeping SOA, the silo killer, from creating new silos
- Wasn't SOA supposed to bring us all together? What about all these SOA "islands" that are now sprouting up across our enterprises? There's no such thing as one single enterprise SOA I just had the opportunity to co-present a Webinar with IBM's Leif Davidson...
- Tags: SOA, Survey, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-03-17
- How to tap into the largest SOA in the world
- How to tap into the largest SOA in the worldSOA vs. WOAPer Dion Hinchcliffe, of ZD Net.."Essentially, WOA describes a core set of Web protocols like HTTP and plain XML as the most dynamic, scalable, and interoperable Web service approach".And they are..Since these are the core of Web services, why...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, endpoint, WOA
- Discussion threads 2008-03-12
- Analyst: four SOA consulting red flags that spell trouble
- ZapThink's David Linthicum, who nailed the SOA-business alignment problem so well at last week's Open Group's Enterprise Architecture forum, points to another matter creating headaches for organizations: consultants offering expensive "SOA" solutions that end up being far less than promised. Consultants have a long proud history of...
- Tags: ZapThink LLC, Consultant, SOA, Consulting, Dave, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-02-04
- SOA registries and the Dilbert complex
- David Bressler takes me and others to task on observations that registries are a key part of the ingredients that separate SOA from JBOWS.In a new post, David asks: "What is it about registries that everyone thinks is a panacea for all things SOA?"'What is it about registries that everyone...
- Tags: Registry, SOA, David Bressler, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-08-15
- Survey: As SOA grows, so do issues
- Okay, let's assume most companies are getting the SOA message. In fact, that seems to be the case, a new survey shows. But do companies have the right tools and platforms in place to make their SOAs a success? That remains to be seen.Three-quarters of companies that have built or...
- Tags: Web Service, SOA, Survey, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-08-08
- Ten SOA business realities
- This past week, I had the opportunity to do a presentation at SOA World East in New York, in which I explored some of the issues facing organizations making the crossing from JBOWS (Just a Bunch of Web Services, of course) to fully functioning SOA.I discussed some of the Evans...
- Tags: General, Business ROI
- Blog posts 2007-06-29
- 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
- Time to drive a wedge between SOA and Web services?
- SOA is about more than interoperability. SOA is about more than integration.SOA is more than Web services, but Web services still offers the least path of resistance to SOANo argument there. SOA ultimately is about business agility and flexibility. But, for now, the main thrust of most reported SOA efforts...
- Tags: Web Services, Standards Watch, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
- 'Fifty' may be the magic number for SOA governance
- Ive talked plenty about JBOWS architectures Just a Bunch of Web Services, which are essentially services that are point to point and have no cohesion in terms of governance, registry/repository, orchestration, process testing, or flow.At what point should higher-level SOA qualities kick in? Ive heard plenty of discussion, but it...
- Tags: General, Business ROI
- Blog posts 2007-04-12
- Study: 'enterprise SOA' still a few years out
- Quite frequently in this blogsite, Ive talked about most shared-service implementations being more JBOWS Just a Bunch of Web Services than truly functioning SOAs. Now, a new study out of Saugatuck Technology research validates this point. Cost saving is the goal of SOA, but SOA projects will not...
- Tags: General, SOA
- Blog posts 2007-01-05
- Seven areas of opportunity around SOA, circa 2007
- SOA is a challenge, but abounds with opportunities -- not only to streamline a process, but to change the way a business is managed. Technology -- along with SOA evangelization --may be the catalyst that could bring an organization out of its creaky, hidebound corporate culture and begin to seize...
- Tags: Web Services, Standards Watch, Business ROI, General, SOA
- Blog posts 2006-12-27
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