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IT "neglects" the human side of change [SOA podcast]

Mike Kavis is chief enterprise architect at Catalina Marketing, a large data analysis company serving the retail industry. Mike is a prolific writer and speaker on topics related to implementing Service-Oriented Architecture SOA. Here's one of Mike's presentations, discussing how to sell SOA to the business side...

Tags: Information Technology, SOA, Mike Kavis, Mike, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Podcasts, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-06-22

Going Microsoft free, like Mike

The real question Linux advocates need to answer is this. Can you go Microsoft-free and still get your work done? Mike Kavis is trying to find out. Back in May he dumped his Windows desktop for Ubuntu and now he has launched a pilot program to take...

Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Corp., Mike Kavis, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-09-05

Additional Resources

Is cloud computing possible without SOA?

Is cloud computing possible without SOA? Yes, but don't expect things to move very smoothly. Is SOA possible without cloud computing? Of course. But don't expect any impetus toward the loose coupling model you're trying to promote. I...

Tags: Cloud Computing, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-09-18

Top off SOA with enterprise mashups

Here's an example that illustrates the connection between SOA and cloud, and how this can be facilitated: Mashups -- any way the customer wants them Mike Kavis reports that he is involved in a cloud computing startup, and a challenge was to develop output...

Tags: Enterprise Mashup, SOA, Mike, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-04-29

SOA and information tech 2009: a year of extreme focus

My recent post of whether SOA and enterprise architects should be "firefighters" this year, and less "architectural" -- based on a post by Ian Finley -- received some interesting comments. To recap, Ian says architects should concentrate more on firefighting this year, since "you don't call an...

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-02-24

Time to start applying SOA lessons to the cloud

"If SOA is Dead, Cloud Computing better start writing its will..." -Mike Kavis Last week, Dave Linthicum warned that the mistakes made in SOA risk getting repeated in cloud computing. Mike Kavis echoes Dave's concerns. Mike reports he has seen first-hand...

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Cloud Computing, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-02-18

Silver lining 2: now may be the best time of all for SOA startups

Where are all the SOA startups?  We already know that much of the Class of 2000 has been gobbled up into larger, in many cases, less-SOA-centric, entities. (See list, here.) But where is the next generation of SOA startups coming from? Does such a thing even exist...

Tags: SOA, Service-now.com, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-09-29

10 reasons for IT failure

Readers of this blog know IT initiatives generally fail for business, organizational, or cultural reasons. Sure, technology screw-ups occur all the time, but that's one of the realities to be managed. Success or failure ultimately depends on how project leadership manages the full range of technical-...

Tags: Project, Information Technology, IT Leadership, Complex Project, Strategy, Leadership, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-05-02

Eight lessons for a successful IT implemention

Given this blog's focus on the causes of IT failure, it's great to read about successful enterprise software implementations. Mike Kavis describes what his team learned during the course of deploying their first SOA application. Here's Mike's description of "things we did right," along with my annotations:...

Tags: Project, Information Technology, SOA, Mike, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Software, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2007-11-30

How to sell SOA: business first, technology later

Everyone agrees that SOA is, or needs to be, embedded in the business. However, as discussed in recent posts, it is viewed mainly as an IT project. SOA often gets sold as a technology fix, but shouldn't it be sold as a business enabler? Mike "Mad Geek...

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2007-09-25