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- SOA
- (1) Start Of Authority The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records.
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- News to know: Amazon S3 outage; iPhone 3G; SOA debugging; Microsoft
- Notable headlines: Michael Krigsman: Amazon S3: 'Elevated error rates'. Techmeme GigaOm: S3 Outage Highlights Fragility of Web Services Dana Blankenhorn: Do open source applications take security seriously? Dancho Danchev: Spam coming from free email providers increasing ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, S3 Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., SOA, Amazon.com Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Microsoft Corp., Outage, 3G, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Sales Strategy, Open Source, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Software debugging costs rise; SOA blamed
- Software debugging costs rise; SOA blamedWho is really to blame?SOA makes things easier for the end user, but harder for IT. But is it really SOA that should take the blame or are IT shops just really bad at "real" software engineering? I vote for the later. ...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, software, SOA
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Software debugging costs rise; SOA blamed
- How many moths would it take to bring down a SOA? by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, International Data Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Tools & Techniques, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Seven SOA experts explain how to 'just do it'
- Seven SOA experts explain how to 'just do it'Refreshing Collaboration, No Hype!The great thing about this book is that the various authors focus 100% on SOA's practical implementation issues and 0% promoting their various SOA offerings.And by having different experts cover each aspect, the reader gets best of breed advice...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, SOA
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Seven SOA experts explain how to 'just do it'
- How to get around SOA paralysis by analysis by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- If you want SOA, fine... it's a 'SOA'
- If you want SOA, fine... it's a 'SOA'Why I wouldn't want a SOA ?As a Dutch person, stating that I would want or have a SOA sounds really weird.. Especially if you know that in the translation for SOA in Dutch means STD in English :)So if anyone would ask...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA
- Discussion threads 2008-07-13
- 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
- Now, SOA governance goes open source
- Add registry and repository to the growing list of open-source SOA tools by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Open Source, SOA, SOA Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-07-12
- SOA market will double, but will success stories follow?
- SOA market will double, but will success stories follow?No they won't.SOA proponents are throwing out the propaganda. But that is all SOA has to offer. SOA does one thing efficiently - burn money. If it has the word service in its description, it has become a joke. Every layer of...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA proponent, SOA, SOA Market
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- White paper: IBM pureXML for SOA: Unlocking the business value of information
- As companies adapt to the realities of globalization, they face unprecedented commoditization and competition. To remain competitive, organizations must adapt more rapidly than ever before--which means that they must align their IT environments with their business goals and deliver information on demand, when and where it is needed.
- Tags: pureXML, SOA, IBM Corp., Globalization, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Strategy, Management, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-07-11
- SOA market will double, but will success stories follow?
- Could SOA become a $52-billion boondoggle? Or only $9 billion? by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: AMR Research, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- 'Agility' 10 times over -- and other ways to tell it's not SOA
- 'Agility' 10 times over -- and other ways to tell it's not SOAIf the industry analyst......is attempting to describe SOA using too much humor, chances are it is more entertaining than informative. ;-)
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- 'Agility' 10 times over -- and other ways to tell it's not SOA
- I got some interesting responses to my recent post, "Ten Ways to Tell It's Not SOA." Dave Linthicum added five more to the list, including: "11) If this is a change in 'paradigm' and not a change in 'architecture' ... it's not SOA." "12) If your...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- 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: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, emperor, SOA, Anne, application architecture, Burton Group, silo, Web service, mentality
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Study: Only one out of five SOA efforts bearing fruit
- 'Many SOA attempts amount only to a less efficient method of doing EAI' by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: SOA, SearchSOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Progress Software continues SOA buying spree with Mindreef acquisiton
- Progress Software continues SOA buying spree with Mindreef acquisitonDon't forget SOAPscope Tester!Dana,Thanks for the thorough post. Yours was the first I saw as I was traveling in Iquitos, in the Amazon Jungle. Just back, and I wanted to point out to your readers that you've missed out on one of...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Mindreef, Progress Software Corp., SOA
- Discussion threads 2008-07-06
- 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
- 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
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