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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...- more about Joe McKendrick »
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- Enterprise Service Busted?
- ESBs: an inconvenient truth? by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Jim Webber, John Michelsen, Enterprise Service Bus, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Software debugging costs rise; SOA blamed
- How many moths would it take to bring down a SOA? by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, International Data Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Tools & Techniques, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Seven SOA experts explain how to 'just do it'
- How to get around SOA paralysis by analysis by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- 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
- Now, SOA governance goes open source
- Add registry and repository to the growing list of open-source SOA tools by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Open Source, SOA, SOA Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-07-12
- SOA market will double, but will success stories follow?
- Could SOA become a $52-billion boondoggle? Or only $9 billion? by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: AMR Research, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- 'Agility' 10 times over -- and other ways to tell it's not SOA
- I got some interesting responses to my recent post, "Ten Ways to Tell It's Not SOA." Dave Linthicum added five more to the list, including: "11) If this is a change in 'paradigm' and not a change in 'architecture' ... it's not SOA." "12) If your...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Study: Only one out of five SOA efforts bearing fruit
- 'Many SOA attempts amount only to a less efficient method of doing EAI' by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, SearchSOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Ten ways to tell it's not SOA
- If a vendor tells you that you need to buy their suite to get to SOA... it's not SOA by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Analyst: Microsoft 'tone deaf' about SOA
- Microsoft defines SOA as integration, not broader Enterprise Architecture by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, Microsoft Corp., Ron Schmelzer, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Progress makes another SOA acquisition: Mindreef
- Progress Software's announcement that it had acquired IONA Technologies earlier this week was big news, but the vendor didn't stop there. In another acquisition that almost seems to have slipped under the radar, Progress also has acquired Mindreef, provider of SOA service validation and testing tools, as announced here at...
- Tags: Acquisition, Progress Software Corp., SOA, Mindreef, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- The march of Progress: another SOA mega-deal
- IONA to become subsidiary of Progress Software by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Progress Software Corp., Iona Technologies, SOA, Dana, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-06-25
- Is Microsoft slow to the punch on SOA, or just waiting for the right moment?
- Is Microsoft poised to strike on SOA, or weighed down by its legacy? by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- SOA funding paradox: pay today, restructure tomorrow?
- Business to IT: 'Here's the money, just build it. Now.' by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Financial, Information Technology, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- Red Hat JBoss announces Java EE middleware from the cloud
- Open-source middleware over the cloud for building and delivering SOA applications by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Java, SOA, Amazon.com Inc., JBoss, Red Hat JBoss, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Open Source, Java Development Tools, Middleware, Development Tools, Linux, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Analysts: Cloud computing means new role for service registries
- Cloud computing may accelerate 'search' aspect of registries by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Registry, SOA, Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- Are SOA 'centers of excellence' luxuries or necessities?
- SOA centers of excellence may not be for everyone, or work everywhere by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, CoEs, CoE, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- You have SOA answers; we have questions
- Here's a pop quiz to test your knowledge of the inner workings of SOA. How acquainted are you with the origins of SOAP and XML, or the essential commands of REST? What's the story with UDDI? What the heck is a "stateless" service? ebizQ...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-06-11
- Microsoft signs onto Unified Modeling Language for SOA
- Microsoft turns to UML to ensure Oslo mass appeal by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Oslo, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Modeling, Michael Meehan, UML, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Programming Languages, Research & Development, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software, Business Operations, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Observations: what's moving the SOA market these days
- I just had the chance to catch up with MomentumSI's Jeff Schneider while he was up in the Princeton, NJ, area. MomentumSI does a lot of consulting and integration work for SOA projects in organizations across the country, so Jeff's practice is a good bellwether for what's on the minds...
- Tags: SOA, Jeff Schneider, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-06-08
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