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- Point-counterpoint: Is SCA the limit?
- There's been a blogstorm swirling around Service Component Architecture SCA, and Loraine Lawson has done a great job of summing up both sides of the discussion. To sum up, there are two points of view on the efficacy of SCA: Anti-SCA: "SCA is heavily being driven...
- Tags: Service Component Architecture, Loraine, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
- Justifying SOA: 12 key metrics to keep tabs on
- I've had a great discussion going on over at the ebizQ site concerning the importance of measurement to SOA success. (Additional discussion is also taking place in an open forum at ebizQ.) Loraine Lawson joined the discussion, and did a stellar job of summarizing some of the...
- Tags: ROI, SOA, Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Roi/Tco, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-04-25
- Moving SOA beyond 'service oriented integration'
- "All this money is going into ESBs and Web services, and they get a dozen or two integration projects going, but are they getting any business value out of that? I don't see it." -Anne Thomas Manes, quoted in SearchCIO There's been a simmering debate going...
- Tags: SOA, Integration, Torode, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-04-15
- Bull market for SOA emerges -- or should that be Red Bull market?
- Dave Linthicum really has a way with expressions, and I can relate to his latest admonition -- forget the endless hype and discussion around SOA and cloud computing, and just sling down a few Red Bulls and start rocking and rolling. I, too, am getting tired, just...
- Tags: SOA, Dave, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- Services for hire: SOA as revenue generator
- We've been arguing endlessly across and around the blogosphere and conference circuit about the ability or alleged inability to show ROI from service oriented architecture-related projects. Never mind if SOA helps business revenues, how about breaking even? But in the age of service orientation, one thing is...
- Tags: Revenue, SOA, Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operational Accounting, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- SOA adoption trends -- what the data tells us
- In response to a recent post that talked about corporate success rates with SOA, a reader issued a challenge to show the numbers behind SOA adoption. So, here is a summary of significant surveys -- a recap from previous posts -- on SOA adoption that have been conducted over the...
- Tags: SOA, Survey, Loraine, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-03-12
- Four important SOA metrics that need to be watched
- One of the challenges of seeing ROI from SOA is failure to measure. Many SOA projects are launched in which managers don't know how well the initiative may have succeeded beyond anecdotal evidence. It may, for all anybody knows, a raging success. Likewise, how do we really know when an...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- Commentator 'depressed' that cloud sounds just like SOA
- Stacey Higginbotham, a commentator for GigaOm, recently remarked that a recent HP tutorial on cloud computing was "depressingly similar to the idea of service oriented architecture," noting that "HP offered clouds as merely a means to deliver IT as a service inside the enterprise." (Thanks to Loraine Lawson for the...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., SOA, Cloud, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Cloud Computing, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-02-23
- Shovel-ready SOA
- One the goals of the current economic stimulus plan being prepped in Washington is that it will funnel money into infrastructure projects that will ostensibly be "shovel-ready," meaning they are ready to go and could possibly lead to new waves of hiring. Perhaps we should look at...
- Tags: SOA, Dave, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-01-28
- The elephant in the room: SOA and the economy
- We've all been distracted by events in the economy over the past few weeks, and let's face it, it makes for a very large elephant in the room when we talk about SOA. All debates about REST, SOAP, Java, .NET, JSON, ESBs, WOA won't mean a thing...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- 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
- 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
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