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Geek and Poke: IT cartoons

Oliver Widder has been tracking me and a few other bloggers. I mean that in a nice way: he draws cartoons about ironic and silly IT situations, using several IT blogs as source material. Really worth a look! Here's his rendition of my post on offshore outsourcing:...

Tags: Information Technology, Cartoon, Oliver Widder, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2007-08-30

REST for the SOA-weary

Oliver Widder has done it again with another great "Geek and Poke" commentary on the ironies of enterprise SOA. This latest cartoon was inspired, at least in part, by my recent post on the rise of REST. By the way, happy first anniversary on the series, Oliver --...

Tags: Web Services, General, Business ROI

Blog posts 2007-06-07

Additional Resources

IT project risk aversion 101

Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder picked up on my latest post on the lack of measurable results for IT, and posits as to where the greatest IT project risk may be found: by Joe McKendrick

Tags: Information Technology, Geek & Poke, Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-11-14

What if they had a SOA and nobody came?

Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder reminds us that designing and putting a great SOA-based infrastructure out into the enterprise is only half the battle. by Joe McKendrick

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

Blog posts 2009-10-17

How to speak the CIO's language

Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder shows us what CIOs like to hear... by Joe McKendrick

Tags: CIO, Geek & Poke, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-10-03

Computing was all 1s and 0s -- now it's all SOA

Information technology used to boil the world down to ones and zeros. Now, is everything boiling down to service orientation at least to some degree? Oliver Widder (Geek & Poke) saw my recent post on SOA market size and wonders if SOA doesn't encompass most of the...

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

Blog posts 2009-03-22

Agility for agility's sake

We talk a lot about agility. Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder commends the IT world for it's own "agility" in being able to quickly transition between paradigms: by Joe McKendrick

Tags: Agility, Geek & Poke, Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-03-06

Another view: maybe IT doesn't want to be aligned to the business

Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder responded to my recent post on "Business-IT alignment is dead," and comments that in some cases, "business-IT alignment" may not be a great deal for IT anyway: by Joe McKendrick

Tags: Alignment, Information Technology, Geek & Poke, Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-03-01

Real-world batch versus real-world real-time

Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder saw my recent post on batch processing, and provides this real-world example of batch versus real-time: [caption id="attachment_1527" align="aligncenter" width="475" caption="Real time or batch, Geek & Poke"][/caption] by Joe McKendrick

Tags: Batch, Geek & Poke, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-02-20

Deep down inside, on a subconscious level, the business loves SOA, right?

I recall the words of one observer a couple of years back: "How many businesspeople do you know have ever come begging to you for SOA?" Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder picked up on my latest post on SOA business issues behind SOA acceptance: by Joe...

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

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Still coding after all these years....

SOA nirvana may still be a ways off... Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder picked up on my recent post on Gartner's downbeat SOA assessment, and notes that with the glacial pace of progress, hard-coding will probably be with us for some time to come. ...

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

Blog posts 2008-11-10

Project tradition and IT culture [cartoon]

Picking up on my post about failed IT culture, Oliver Widder has drawn another great Geek and Poke cartoon: Sadly, this cartoon describes the norm in many organizations, where projects are uncontrolled spending machines: defined poorly, executed abysmally, and ultimately headed for inevitable...

Tags: Information Technology, Cartoon, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-10-06

What the business doesn't know about SOA won't hurt it (Part 2)

 Maybe that "blank stare" suggests that the business needs a bit more of an explanation on how the system is more streamlined and agile, and will save mucho bucks. Thanks to Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder. by Joe McKendrick

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

Blog posts 2008-09-12

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

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

Hi, I'm an SOA consultant, and I'm here to help

Another SOA zinger from Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder: by Joe McKendrick

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

Blog posts 2008-06-08

SOA reuse is fine, that is, if you really want the service

Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder saw my recent post on reuse issues, and points to a conundrum that often gets lost in the argument: what if nobody really wants to use the service in the first place? Hmmm... Be careful what you service-orient, you just may...

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

Blog posts 2008-06-05

Promises, promises: the elusive user-assembled app dream

Will users finally get the chance to assemble their own applications? There's nothing really new to this promise, promulgated by vendors, consultants, and pundits. As Oliver Widder (of Geek & Poke fame) points out, this was promised as SOA started out several years ago, and now gets promised again as...

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

Blog posts 2008-05-27

'Complex' event processing, in three steps

Geek & Poke's Oliver Widder picked up on my post from a couple of weeks back, "Taking the 'complex' out of complex event processing," and provides this scenario on how events trigger actions. by Joe McKendrick

Tags: Event, Geek & Poke, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-02-11

Make enterprise software really sexy -- romance the user!

Think about it -- what's makes a romantic date really romantic? It's spontaneous, in which one or both parties let their whims take them to some delightful unexpected place. It doesn't have to be an expensive date. And, importantly, it's a two-way conversation, with both individuals sharing their interests, and...

Tags: Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2007-12-15