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- ZDNet Author Biography
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...- more about Joe McKendrick »
ZDNet Resources
- SOA Manifesto: Manes explains manifesto's aims
- Of the 17 original authors of the SOA Manifesto including yours truly, Anne Thomas Manes was one of the most -- if not the most -- powerful and influential voice shaping the formation of the final document. Anne just posted her analysis of the Manifesto document, which...
- Tags: Interoperability, SOA, Enterprise Service Bus, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Web Services, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Cyber Monday approaches -- should companies clamp down on employee online shopping?
- Some experts worry that Cyber Monday puts corporate networks at risk and kills employee productivity. Are they just being Scrooges, or do they have a point? by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Employee Productivity, Corporate Network, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Popping the buzzword bubble
- Agility, Enterprise 2.0, cloud, blah, blah, blah... by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Buzzword, Enterprise 2.0, Agility, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-11-21
- Panel: do cloud computing economic advantages break down in enterprises?
- A public cloud provider, private cloud operator, consultant, network provider, and venture capitalist were all put in the same room. Here's what they had to say about cloud's business value. by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Venture Capital, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Networking, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Hardware, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-11-20
- No SOAP for this Navy
- Coast Guard opts for 'lightweight' services; now tackling governance and security issues by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Navy, Simple Object Access Protocol, United States Coast Guard, SOAP, Web Services, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- SOA promotes a sea change for the US Coast Guard
- The Coast Guard dipped its toes cautiously into the SOA waters -- a measured approach of 'build a little, test a little.' Part 2 of a 3-part report. by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, United States Coast Guard, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-11-17
- SOA helps Coast Guard navigate new tides of homeland security
- The US Coast Guard has close to 25 SOA-enabled services that enable information sharing across units, other federal agencies, and international agencies â€" and more are planned by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Agency, SOA, United States Coast Guard, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Advertising & Promotion, Homeland Security, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Government, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-11-16
- IT project risk aversion 101
- Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder picked up on my latest post on the lack of measurable results for IT, and posits as to where the greatest IT project risk may be found: by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Information Technology, Geek & Poke, Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-11-14
- Data services may help address a major SOA unknown -- data quality
- SOA enables data to be pulled from multiple sources and quickly distributed across service-oriented systems and applications - what if it's bad data? by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Data Service, Data Quality, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-11-13
- US defense department IT managers describe latest assault on complex and siloed IT systems
- US defense department IT managers deploy SOA methodologies to tackle funding, establishing user dialog, federation, quicker turnarounds by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Information Technology, IT Manager, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Software, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-11-12
- Why IT can't seem to deliver measurable productivity
- Perhaps IT can't deliver measurable productivity because the measurements are wrong by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Information Technology, Productivity, Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-11-11
- Enterprise mashup, defined
- What enterprise mashups are, why they're needed, and how they can be created by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Enterprise Mashup, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- 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
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