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Does cloud add more silos to our over-siloed enterprises?

Cloud computing may not do anything to help the cause of enterprise integration by Joe McKendrick

Tags: Enterprise Integration, Silo, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-10-29

Is SOA governance also its own silo?

Is SOA governance also its own silo?SOA is hardWhy else would it be considered "elite" and something that "average" programmers would have a problem with? As for silos, they form because (J-type) humans need to control hierarchies and create patterns. Architects are P-types and embrace change. This juxtaposition between the...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, cloud computing, SOA, silo, SOA governance

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

Is SOA governance also its own silo?

The purpose of SOA governance is to cut across all the silos and get all the business on the same page, using the same services. However, my chum Tony Baer over at Ovum is seeing evidence that organizations may be spawning a brand-new silo in the process...

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

Blog posts 2009-06-08

BriefingsDirect analysts unpack PaaS and predict future impact on enterprises and developers

But before everyone jumps on the cloud bandwagon, they need to know what they are getting into, and Kobielus warns of dangers ahead if the cloud vendors end up returning to the era of silos. With each vendor creating their own proprietary version, the cloud could transform service-oriented architecture SOA...

Tags: Developer, PaaS, SOA, Silo, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-05-03

Silo 2.1.1 (Windows)

Silo 2 is a focused 3D modeling application with the ability to effortlessly switch between organically sculpting high-polygon models and precisely controlling hard-edged surfaces. It can be used for anything from creating 3D characters for video games and movies to quickly exploring 3D architectural ideas. Silo is being used at...

Tags: 3D, Microsoft Windows, Silo, Nevercenter, Silo 2

Software downloads 2008-09-03

Study: Only one out of five SOA efforts bearing fruit

Study: Only one out of five SOA efforts bearing fruitSO at AA level is still SOAI fully appreciate Burton Group's view that SO is best applied to business/enterprise architecture. That's where the biggest payoff is ostensibly to be found."The service is only built for one application and it's never going...

Tags: application architecture, Burton Group, emperor, mentality, silo, SOA, SOA Efforts, Web service

Discussion threads 2008-07-09

The view from the trenches...

Taking a pragmatic approach on collaboration 2.0 strategy and tactics, here's an example of some realities from a client side perspective. This post is about what it's like inside a large enterprise running a collaboration system. I've been on both sides of the fence during my career:...

Tags: Software, Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Silo, E-mail, Tools & Techniques, Online Communications, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-06-24

Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server: a next generation of deeper, wider content silos?

Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server: a next generation of deeper, wider content silos?SharePoint is too much of a black hole, we're using YouFigInteresting article -- SharePoint is indeed a black hole but businesses are going for it because it's "Microsoft" and their optimism that they can work with it and make...

Tags: Groupware, YouFig, Microsoft Office SharePoint, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, server

Discussion threads 2008-06-23

Frenemies

Enterprises both large and small are psychologically complex places. Industrial and organizational psychologists are full of fascinating anecdotes about the ways the individual people that make up an enterprise organize themselves to hinder, help, block or share with one another. A common term in Hollywood is ‘Frenemies’...

Tags: Collaboration, Environment, Rivalry, Silo, Groupware, Productivity, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-05-16

Tearing down silos, brick by brick

Tearing down silos, brick by brickEverything old is new again"...who advocates the establishment of an SOA competency center, supported by an SOA steering committee, that can serve as a clearinghouse and information center for all matters SOA."Given the history and track record of previous "competency centers" what a horrible name...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, silo, SOA

Discussion threads 2008-02-15

Tearing down silos, brick by brick

I once heard a rumor that there actually is a company with two integration teams that actually meet and talk once or twice a year. Just a rumor, mind you. Lorraine Lawson brought up the whole issue of silos and lack of communication in a recent post,...

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

Blog posts 2008-02-14

Disaster recovery means rolling back the clock

A Kusnetzky Group client and I had a rather intense discussion about the role virtualization technology could play in a disaster recovery strategy. Although the strategy this organization was currently pursuing appeared to be based upon sound foundations, it didn't go far enough. This organization really didn't have a plan ...

Tags: Data Center, Network, Resource, Silo, Disaster Recovery, Organization, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-01-04

Friday rants: Data silos; Facebook hype; Dow Jones angst

Friday rants: Data silos; Facebook hype; Dow Jones angstData silosWell, the data is all one logical database and you need to put the mechanisms in place so that this is actually the case from a user and programmer perspective no matter how many physical databases are sitting underneath it. This...

Tags: silo, Friday Rant, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Facebook

Discussion threads 2007-08-03

Poll: is Facebook Platform good for the web?

Poll: is Facebook Platform good for the web?Face Book can not fight the natural flow of internetFace Book can not fight the natural flow of internet Currently most Social Networking sites create closed silos of user information and content that cannot be easily shared, reused, or...

Tags: Web, Open Platform, Facebook, America Online Inc., Internet, silo, MySpace

Discussion threads 2007-07-18

New HP Webinar: Managing Availability and Performance Across Domain Silos

This webcast shows how managing across silos increases efficiency, reduces TCO, and takes IT performance to the next level.

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Webinar, Silo, Performance Management, Roi/Tco, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Webcasts 2007-07-10

ALM 2.0 era ushers application development into a managed business process

Read a full transcript of the podcast. Sponsor: Borland Software.Many people have defined software development as more art than science -- sometimes even a dark art. Thats why the business side of an enterprise is often perplexed by the Application Lifecycle Management ALM process. They see what goes in as...

Tags: Web Services, Testing Tools, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA Governance, SOA, Podcasts, Open Source, management, Java, IT Management, Enterprise Java, Eclipse, Developer Tools, Application Lifecycle Management, Agile Development, .NET

Blog posts 2007-05-01

Building the Next Generation of IT With Virtualization

In an effort to stay ahead of the competition, companies have poured capital resources into information technology. In many cases, this has been done on a group-by-group basis, with each line of business creating its own infrastructure silo. Each silo had its own systems, servers, storage, licenses, and support teams...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Silo, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Management

White papers 2007-03-01

A Collaborative Approach Accelerates the Transition From Silo Management to True Service Management

Most organizations looking to make a shift from silo to service monitoring and management have typically initiated this paradigm shift from silo to service management in a top-down manner. In such initiatives, the directive to focus on services end-to-end is mostly driven by the C level executives (CEO/CIO), and the...

Tags: Service Management, Silo, eG Innovations, Silo Administrator, It Services

White papers 2007-02-01

HP Integrity Essentials Global Workload Manager Overview

Nowadays, most servers are highly underutilized. Traditional IT environments have typically been configured as silos in which resources are aligned around an application or business function. Such environments are characterized by silos of IT resources - each dedicated to a specific application. Virtualization is an approach to IT that pools...

Tags: HP Integrity, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Silo, Strategy, Management

White papers 2007-01-01

Breaking down silos inside and outside Microsoft

Microsofts Unified Communications Group is all about breaking down the communication silos of e-mail, instant-messaging and voice-mail. Thats how UCG officials have explained their charter and technology roadmap, at least. On December 12, Microsoft announced that it was commencing a private beta of Office Communications Server OCS 2007,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Office 2007, Office, Corporate strategy, Windows Live

Blog posts 2006-12-12