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Whoa, WOA: Are acronyms clouding up the cloud?

ZDNet colleague Dana Gardner points to Michael Meehan's recent post on the Web Oriented Architecture WOA -- Mike spoke with some industry practitioners who apparently didn't think too much of the "WOA" moniker, striking them "as redundant and nothing particularly new, an empty suit if you will." Just another fancy...

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

Blog posts 2008-04-22

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Ten ways to tell it's not SOA

Ten ways to tell it's not SOAInteresting listAlso interesting is that I disagree with items 3 and onward.Ways to tell it's SOAIf it it doesn't work, it's SOA.If its a 3 hour lecture with no information content, it's SOAIf it's recommended by non-tech people, then it's SOAIf it's as useful...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

News to know: Microsoft; Yahoo; Google; IT contractors

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught. Dennis Howlett: Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain Paul Miller: Powerset really does go to Microsoft... but for how much? Mary Jo Foley: Confirmed: Microsoft buys Powerset natural-language search...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Team Management, 3G, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Ten ways to tell it's not SOA

If a vendor tells you that you need to buy their suite to get to SOA... it's not SOA by Joe McKendrick

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

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Analyst: Microsoft 'tone deaf' about SOA

Analyst: Microsoft 'tone deaf' about SOADifferent perspective...The callout on the article reads:"Microsoft defines SOA as integration, not broader Enterprise Architecture"A rewording might be "Microsoft applies SO to integration architecture, rather than to enterprise architecture."The conventional wisdom seems to be that the *only* useful place to apply SO principles is at...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

Analyst: Microsoft 'tone deaf' about SOA

Microsoft defines SOA as integration, not broader Enterprise Architecture by Joe McKendrick

Tags: SOA, Microsoft Corp., Ron Schmelzer, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Car crash on Wall Street: many injuries and heavy losses

Not since the financial industry did a header off the high board into a mortgage pool filled with bad paper. It's been literally weeks since an American-based business sector looked this sick. I've been trying to keep up with the bloody saga of the Detroit auto makers and...

Tags: Car, Stock, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Wall, Sales Strategy, Mortgages, Sales Force Management, Construction, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Sales, Finance, Capital Structures, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-30

The Steve Jobs Standard

The Steve Jobs StandardWell saidIn a world of greed, that last sentence was a breath of fresh air.Amen, Tom ntntThe unsung hero of AppleJohnathan Ive.An Apple product develops something like this:Jobs to Ive: Give me something sexy.Ive: Here you go.Jobs: Awesome.Gee - Maybe he should be a SaintNo doubt Steve...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Ive

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

News to know: Phishing; Gates gone; Google; Hyper-V

Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: HSBC sites vulnerable to XSS flaws, could aid phishing attacks TechRepublic: Most report their IT career has been better than they expected Mary Jo Foley: J Allard gets a new job Mystery explained: Why...

Tags: Google Inc., Information Technology, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Leadership, Strategy, Open Source, Security, Spam And Phishing, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Bad leadership causes failed IT [guest blogger]

Bad leadership causes failed IT [guest blogger]From the Obvious to the executionMuch of what you say is true, and as you point out much has been written on this subject, and very little changes.Having delivered some very successful projects myself, the biggest success factor is a clear delineation between, business,...

Tags: Strategy, Leadership, True Leadership, information technology, Bad leadership cause, Bad leadership, guest blogger

Discussion threads 2008-06-29

Progress Software continues SOA buying spree with Mindreef acquisiton

I took my first briefing with Mindreef, given their neighborly proximity, about three years ago. The seasoned team had a hit on their hands with SOAPscope, and their timing in the SOA market was great. But I'm not sure the company grew as was hoped, and perhaps the fast evolution...

Tags: Acquisition, Progress Software Corp., SOA, Mindreef, SOAPscope, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middleware, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Software, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-06-27

News to know: ICANN hacked; IE flaw; OpenSuse 11; Hyper-V; iPhone 3G

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Zero-day flaw haunts Internet Explorer Tech heavyweights launch security response consortium ICANN and IANA's domains hijacked by Turkish hacking group Security researchers hack the London underground train for free ride Matthew...

Tags: Apple iPhone, ICANN, Novell OpenSuse, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Flaw, 3G, Cellular Phones, Healthcare, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-06-27

Progress makes another SOA acquisition: Mindreef

Progress Software's announcement that it had acquired IONA Technologies earlier this week was big news, but the vendor didn't stop there. In another acquisition that almost seems to have slipped under the radar, Progress also has acquired Mindreef, provider of SOA service validation and testing tools, as announced here at...

Tags: Acquisition, Progress Software Corp., SOA, Mindreef, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-06-26

Fun with openSUSE 11.0

Fun with openSUSE 11.0Virtualized OpenSUSE 11.0I too am a devoted Ubuntu user, and decided to check out OpenSUSE 11.0. I downloaded the 32bit GNOME LiveCD and loaded in with Virtualbox in Windows XP. I got through the whole setup fairly quickly but when the "system" rebooted it crashed and said...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, desktop virtualization, openSUSE 11.0, KDE, KDE 4, Novell OpenSuse, Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

News to know: Oracle's Q4; Bill Gates' last day; Sticking with XP

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Yahoo silent on latest rumors of renewed Microsoft talks Dennis Howlett: Oracle's Q4 results analysis RightScale cloud management extends to MySQL Bill Gates: Hits and misses [Video] More...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Mary Jo Foley, Bill Gates, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Communications, 3G, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-06-26

Understanding SOA and Business Mashups: Automate. Coordinate. Collaborate. No coding required!

Featured Speaker: Tim Zonca, Master Masher and Director of Product Marketing at Serena Software Service Oriented Architecture SOA has been the talk of business process management, IT and enterprise architecture for the last decade, but the promise of SOA remains largely unfulfilled. Learn how Serena Business...

Tags: Serena Software Inc., Webinar, SOA, Mashup, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts 2008-06-26

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

IT "neglects" the human side of change [SOA podcast]Technology?Maybe I've misunderstood, but since when is an architecture a technology? Clearly it is in the larger sense, but most people don't use the 'methods and processes' definition of technology.Technology centric vs human centricThe point is distinguishing the technology-oriented aspects from the...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Podcasts, Web services, podcast, SOA, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

Eclipse 2008 release train arrives at Ganymede

The Eclipse Foundation has announced that Ganymede is now available for download. Ganymede is a simultaneous release of 23 projects governed by the Foundation (out of about 90), including version 3.4 of the Eclipse Platform. These yearly "release trains" help developers that build products on top of the Eclipse Platform...

Tags: Eclipse, Ganymede, Eclipse Foundation, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-06-25

The march of Progress: another SOA mega-deal

IONA to become subsidiary of Progress Software by Joe McKendrick

Tags: Progress Software Corp., Iona Technologies, SOA, Dana, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-06-25

Progress to buy IONA in another SOA infrastructure vendor mashup

Progress to buy IONA in another SOA infrastructure vendor mashupProgress Know SOA/ESBYou have to remember that Progress where one of the early ESB companys via there Sonic SOftware division (some would suggest they coined the term ESB: http://www.theserverside.com/tt/articles/article.tss?l=CaseStudyMule) and have many different products that play into the SOA Market! Good...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, SOA, SOA infrastructure vendor mashup, Molly, Iona Technologies, Enterprise Service Bus

Discussion threads 2008-06-25