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SOA What? Big vs. Little vs. Nothing at All: Ive just spent the last week immersed in user conferences and briefings, and at every juncture the question of web services and service architectures came up. And every time the issue moved from theory to reality, this little nagging problem kept coming back to cloud the optimism in the room:...; Tags: Uncategorized, Big SOA, Little SOA; Blog posts 2006-11-17

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The WOA story emerges as better outcomes sought for SOA: Over the summer the enterprise IT blogosphere was swept up in the conversation around the concepts that many are calling Web-Oriented Architecture, or WOA. A different way to think about service-oriented architecture, WOA extolls a different but related set of technologies, in particular how to apply them in specific ways...; Tags: Web, Business, SOA, Organization, WOA, WOA Story, REST, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dion Hinchcliffe; Blog posts 2008-09-06
Does SOA matter? (Part 4): Does SOA matter? (Part 4)Purge SOA from your vocabularySelling SOA is bad mojo. For two reasons:1) It assumes that IT is something separate and distinct from "the business." 2) It assumes SOA itself is important.SOA isn't an architecture. SO principles are to be applied to a BA, EA, AA, etc.It...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Selling SOA, IT IS, SOA, Does SOA; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
Does SOA matter? (Part 4): The HMS Titanic had state-of-the-art engines and a top-notch operation below deck. But in the end, the crew had other things on their minds. Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder picked up on my recent post that there is some speculation on whether SOA proponents may be wasting...; Tags: SOA, Geek & Poke, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-09-05
News to know: Windows 7; Patch preview; Office 2.0; Dell: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list Dancho Danchev:Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack Mary Jo Foley:...; Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Office 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-05

Analyst: Google Chrome 'SOA ready': Analyst: Google Chrome 'SOA ready'Analyst: Google Chrome 'SOA ready'Google Chrome is not SOA ready. Any sites that require more than HTML will fail to fully load on Chrome. Also Chrome has had major issues with trying to click on the back button. Now if someone takes the...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, SOA Ready, Google Chrome, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-09-04
Analyst: Google Chrome 'SOA ready': There's been plenty of excellent commentary about Google's new Chrome browser provided by my colleagues here in the ZDNet community, so I'm not going to go into any nitty-gritty here. But to look at it from an enterprise perspective, Chrome may help lay the groundwork for a...; Tags: Google Inc., Client-server, SOA, Web Browser, Computing, Dave Linthicum, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Web Browsers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-09-04
News to know: Google Chrome; WinMobile's future; WiFi's big success; VMware: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look at Google Chrome One day after Google inadvertently discloses the impending release of Chrome, we get to see the browser first-hand. See my gallery tour...; Tags: Google Inc., VMware Inc., Wi-Fi, Virtualization, Web Browsers, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Internet, Sales, Storage, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-03
Another view: do we spend too much time trying to sell SOA to the business?: Another view: do we spend too much time trying to sell SOA to the business?? What is SOA and Howc can I buy it?That's the problem.The "how" is importantThe "how" has been neglected from day one with SOA. Yes business focus is absolutely necessary as with all IT solutions but...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA; Discussion threads 2008-09-02
Another view: do we spend too much time trying to sell SOA to the business?: 'At the end of the day, SOA is a pure IT problem' by Joe McKendrick; Tags: Information Technology, SOA, Jean-Jacques Dubray, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-09-02
News to know: Google Chrome; CAPTCHA breaking; StatusHQ: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Google to launch browser to target IE; Is Firefox a target or tag-team partner? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is Google Chrome an IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari killer? Ryan Naraine: Google Chrome, the security...; Tags: CAPTCHA, Google Inc., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Linux, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-02
Another view: WOA vs. SOA debate a distraction?: Another view: WOA vs. SOA debate a distraction?WOA vs. ROA vs. SOARealistically, people have been using using RESTful services as part of SOA initiatives even if they didn't realize it for a few years already. You could even make the argument that Resource Oriented Architecture is going to subsume SOA,...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, WSOA, WOA, SOA; Discussion threads 2008-08-31
Another view: WOA vs. SOA debate a distraction?: Is the SOA-WOA debate too much background noise? by Joe McKendrick; Tags: SOA, Todd Biske, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-08-31
Debate rages over SOA's 'cloudy' future: Debate rages over SOA's 'cloudy' futureMaybe the best way to put it is that with WOA, we just pick the low hangingfruit first, and do not need to get into religious wars, or get company wide buy-in, you just do it. Not sure which name will win out, but getting...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, cloud computing, WOA, SOA; Discussion threads 2008-08-29
Debate rages over SOA's 'cloudy' future: Will SOA fade into WOA, or will SOA subsume WOA? by Joe McKendrick; Tags: SOA, WOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-08-29
News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover Gallery: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-08-28
SOA adoption down from 2006: if so, why?: SOA adoption down from 2006: if so, why?The SOA Problem has moved elsewhereMy comments here.http://www.gandalf-lab.com/blog/2008/08/soa-adoption-down-from-2006-are-you.htmlI think the problem SOA tried to solve has moved elsewhere. With WOA ,SaaS and crowd sourcing the notion of a central body managing all enterprise services has diluted and hence you see a lot of...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA Problem, SOA; Discussion threads 2008-08-27
SOA adoption down from 2006: if so, why?: Are business leaders out to lunch on SOA? by Joe McKendrick; Tags: SOA, Loraine, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-08-27
Microsoft, eat your own dog food: Microsoft, eat your own dog foodReally?"Using hidden aspects of Windows to advantage Microsoft's own applications has been disallowed and behavioral remedies including disclosure demanded."I can't find these in the DOJ settlement, please help: http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f9400/9495.htmWe can of course look to the EU which did demand documentation of a small subset of...; Tags: .NET, Middleware, food, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-08-26
Is SOA an elixir or real fix for 'medieval' data practices?: Is SOA an elixir or real fix for 'medieval' data practices?All about the dataI can't agree more with Ash. The data is a pivotal piece of an SOA (most IT approaches, really), and is often under-served by SOA initiatives and projects. Data is diverse, duplicated, dispersed, dirty, and...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, elixir, service-Oriented; Discussion threads 2008-08-25