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Joe McKendrick is an author and independent analyst who tracks the impact of information technology on management and markets. Joe is also SOA community manager for ebizQ, and speaks frequently on Enterprise 2.0 and SOA topics at industry events and Webcasts. He also serves as lead analyst and author of...
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- Bridging the gap between BPM and SOA: look to the repository
- The key to BPM-SOA alignment is having a common service registry/repository by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: BPM, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Strategy, Middleware, Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-11-06
- Event processing means more than 'speeding up' existing systems
- The essentials of complex event processing can be boiled down to three 'Ps' and three 'Cs' -- and even an AEIOU mnemonic by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Event, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-11-06
- Gartner: 10 reasons why both sides of the SOA debate have it wrong
- Is SOA the greatest thing since sliced bread, or just plain toast? Gartner's Yefim Natis explains why both sides have it wrong. by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Gartner Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-11-04
- Analyst: seven ways to get SOA back on track
- Seven 'fixes' for struggling SOA efforts by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- How to put the 'lean' in Lean IT
- When does Lean IT become Mean IT? by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-30
- Does cloud add more silos to our over-siloed enterprises?
- Cloud computing may not do anything to help the cause of enterprise integration by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Enterprise Integration, Silo, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-29
- ARIN CEO reminds: be prepared for Internet numbering expansion
- The impending changeover from IP version 4 to IP version 6 may result in configuration issues and slower performance for some online applications. by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: IP, Internet, Network Technology, Networking, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-29
- EAI: square peg trying to fit into round hole of data integration
- EAI and ESB approaches are not suited for today's high-transaction data integration needs. by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Data Integration, EAI, Enterprise Service Bus, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- SOA, Roman, Greek, or Modern: you don't 'do' architecture
- You can't buy architecture, which often has been implied. by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Survey: cloud interest grows triple-fold; cost may not be main factor
- Why are enterprises moving to cloud computing? Cost cutting may not be the main reason. by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Survey, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Marketing Research, Hardware, Marketing, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- SOA Manifesto unveiled
- A working document for the SOA journey ahead. by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- Anne Thomas Manes: SOA can be resurrected, here's how
- SOA as we knew it may have died, but organizations still desperately need service orientation by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- Gartner leaves SOA off 'top ten' list - again
- Gartner just issued its Top 10 Technology list for the year ahead, and guess what's missing? Once again, service oriented architecture got sacked by the sages of Stamford. SOA proponents, however, can take cold comfort that just as was the case last year, SOA is the underpinning...
- Tags: Enterprise Mashup, Gartner Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- HR specialist asks Oracle: where's the 'fusion'?
- In an analysis of last week's announcement at Oracle OpenWorld that Oracle would finally be releasing its Fusion Applications next year, HR technology specialist Bill Kutik wondered out loud where and when we'll see Fusion HCM Human Capital Management emerge in an SOA-ready configuration. Despite Larry...
- Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., Human Resources Inc., SOA, Larry Ellison, HR Specialist, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Human Capital, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Should SOA services be 'resalable,' versus 'reusable'?
- Cloud is causing organizations to look at the real costs of service delivery by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Delivery, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- What if they had a SOA and nobody came?
- 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
- Tags: SOA, Geek & Poke, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-17
- Oracle's Ellison: Fusion finally coming to fruition
- It's official: Oracle finished fusing Fusion with Fusion Middleware by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Conference alert: let's make SOA work for a living
- Welcome to Service Oriented Architecture, Phase 2. It's bigger, It's badder, it's all business. None of this namby-pamby JBOWs stuff. None of these SOAPY-REST tantrums. SOA is all grown up now, and it's time it starts earning the bacon. I am serving as conference chair and...
- Tags: SOA, Conference, Dave Linthicum, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- How event driven architecture changes the SOA service flow
- Does event driven architecture EDA represent the next phase of SOA? This is a subject of continuing debate, but Udi Dahan makes the case for EDA as the next logical stage of SOA. In a recent post, he connected the dots between SOA and EDA, suggesting that EDA will...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- 'Lean IT': another buzzphrase for something we've been trying to do all along?
- Lean IT is about reducing 'waste' in IT processes. Haven't we been trying to do that for years with SOA, virtualization, Agile development, and IT automation? by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Management, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
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