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Is SOA 'the triumph of hope over reason'?

Neal Ford has been publishing a series of reality checks on the current state of service oriented architecture. In the latest installment, he makes the following statements: Implementing SOA for the first time is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Implementing SOA for...

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

Blog posts 2009-03-31

More bus-bashing: ESBs are 'standards-based,' but not 'standardized'

More bus-bashing: ESBs are 'standards-based,' but not 'standardized'Not a good argumentNeal's argument doesn't hold water to me. I don't think J2EE is a good example to make his case. webSphere, JBOSS, BEA all have their hooks which are not always standards based and easy to port to another J2EE...

Tags: Middleware, Application servers, Java, Enterprise software, J2EE, Neal, Enterprise Service Bus

Discussion threads 2009-01-23

WinScribe - The Answer to Medical Transcription Company's Woes

When Neal Runions and Mary Lou Woodward started their medical transcription service in August 2004, they thought that their combined experience would be the ideal foundation for their new business venture. Neal's background in the IT industry and Mary Lou's experience as a Transcription Manager meant they were well placed...

Tags: WinScribe, Neal, Strategy, Management

Case studies 2007-01-26

Additional Resources

A Net Neutrality Solution: Opinions Wanted

First thoughts"the incumbents fought it tooth and nail"Same thing happened in the last 4 industrial revolutions!I'm broadly in favour of your improvements ... with a few caveats ... and will look at the 2 papers you plugged, sorry referenced ;-)"Users should be concerned that the Internet services they pay for...

Tags: Fiber optics, Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality Solution

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

How important is 1:1 to literacy?

I think that writing with pencil and paper is over rated. I almost never write anything with a pencil anymore. The newer generations will write even less. Better that they learn to write with modern tools. And, what better way than to give each one a laptop.Tell that to Neal...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Web browsers, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Another view: SOA is like a mosquito, spreading viral data

Just as the Internet has shown itself to be a speed-of-light carrier of rumors, gossip, and misinformation, so can service oriented architecture within an organization. I just came across new book titled "Viral Data in SOA: An Enterprise Pandemic," written by Neal Fishman, program director for...

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

Blog posts 2009-08-17

Avoid accidental complexity, and 96 other things every software architect should know

Favor simplicity. Avoid accidental complexity. Don't worry about building the 'perfect' beast. Don't worry about future-proofing. Treat people with respect. These common-sense pearls of wisdom come from a book titled 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know, edited by Richard Monson-Haefel, that is packed with truisms...

Tags: Solution, Complexity, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-07-20

The biggest market for the iTablet: healthcare

Software Advice's Houston Neal thinks that a Mac-based tablet computer could be the ultimate device for the healthcare industry specifically for EMR's or Electronic Medical Records. There have been a lot of rumors about an upcoming Apple "iTablet;" we think this new device would be a huge bestseller in...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Physician, Health Care, Apple Inc., Software Advice, Healthcare Industry, EMR, Tablets, Notebooks, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-04-22

The "Me Too" Kindle 2 Review

Amazon's Kindle 2 is sleek, stylish, and has a crisp and easy-on-the eyes "electronic ink" display. But it only does one thing -- read books. After all the relatively hostile things I have said about Amazon's Kindle e-book reader in the past, I...

Tags: Device, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Amazon Kindle 2, Anathem, Tablets, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Wiki, E-mail, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Spotlight on Austin: Powered's Aaron Strout

The third part of my Spotlight on Austin series features Powered, a social marketing firm that is changing the way that businesses integrate social media with online marketing. It's interesting to note that in part one and part two of the Spotlight on Austin series, both interviewees -- Peter Kim...

Tags: Austin, Social Media, Podcasts, Marketing Research, Internet, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Twitter: A fine 'pre-business' but un-monetizable and a deadly acquisition target

Dear Google, Yahoo and any other potential buyer of Twitter. Bernstein analyst Jeffrey Lindsay says it's a bad idea. A really bad idea. In a research note, Lindsay delivers an interesting history lesson of Internet "pre-businesses." You know the ones: The companies with large user bases, a...

Tags: Monetization, Google Inc., Acquisition, Network, Twitter, Social Networking, Web 2.0, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Everyday Health and the selling of trust

Whenever some ink-stained wretch goes on the TV to tell me how journalism is dead, I laugh. Journalism -- the organizing and advocating of a place, industry or lifestyle -- is healthier than ever. This is no more true than on the health beat, where in a...

Tags: Business Model, Health Care, Waterfront Media, Wavefront, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-02-20

Extending Dunbar's Number with the social web

British professor Robin Dunbar suggests that we can maintain stable social relationships with only 150 people, but I think today's social web allows for a much greater number. Dunbar says that our appetite for gossip might be the reason humans even bothered to...

Tags: Web, Facebook, Social Web, Robin Dunbar, Sociality, Channel Management, Corporate Communications, Team Management, Web 2.0, Marketing, Management, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-02-15

Wowwee

WowweeHow about Rosie, the housekeeperfrom The Jetsons. She was always way too interested in what Judy Jetson was doing, and with whom.How about the "Sexy Robot"......from the I think ALCOA TV ad from I think about twenty years ago:http://www.skrenta.com/images/sexy-robot.jpg(I couldn't find a video of it...)Those gold-plated joints are cool...RE: WowweeWho...

Tags: Robots, WowWee, robot, Marvin, Daleks, Wall-E

Discussion threads 2009-02-13

More bus-bashing: ESBs are 'standards-based,' but not 'standardized'

I guess the acronym "ESB" won't stand for  "Enterprise Standards Bus" anytime soon. Neal Ford just published this piece on the ongoing travails of the enterprise service bus, making this interesting observation: that ESBs tend to be "'standards-based,' but not 'standardized.' An important distinction,...

Tags: Enterprise Service Bus, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-01-23

Pop-up ads on LinkedIn? How very MySpace

Pop-up ads on LinkedIn? How very MySpaceLove the offer, hate popups with a passionWhat a way to spoil an otherwise brilliant campaign! I actually responded to the BR campaign a few weeks ago. I was updating my blog address on my profile and noticed the tastefully designed ad on the...

Tags: LinkedIn, advertisement, pop-up ad, MySpace

Discussion threads 2008-11-21

And the calculator saga continues

I spent the afternoon at a local orchard with my wife and my youngest son. The other kids were buried in homework and/or video games, but it's apple season here in New England, so off the three of us went on a beautiful fall day. The orchard was...

Tags: Ice Cream, Games, Taxes, Corporate Communications, Free Trade, Construction, Personal Technology, Financial Planning, Finance, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-05

Fake iPods spotted in Spain

Neal Hoskins spotted these interesting iPod fakes in Vigo Spain last week.         by Jason D. O'Grady

Tags: Apple iPod, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-23

Gallery: iPhone launch at Vodaphone in Portugal

Five pictures from the iPhone 3G launch at Vodaphone in Portugal courtesy of Neal Hoskins. Who writes: Last minute change to Vodaplan gives you â€" get this â€" 500MB in their $70 per month plan, 250MB more costs another $15 per month. Hardly a real data phone, you can...

Tags: 3G, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, jason D. O'Grady, Personal Technology, Portugal, Wireless, Apple iPhone

Blog posts 2008-07-10

iPhone 3G launch at Vodaphone Portugal

iPhone 3G launch at midnight at Vodaphone Portugal. Contributed by Neal Hoskins by Jason O'Grady

Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason O'Grady, iPhone, Vodaphone, Portugal

Image galleries 2008-07-10