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The story of Web 2.0 and SOA continues - Part 1

It's nearly the middle of 2007 already and I've had occasion to sit down and look at where Web 2.0 and SOA software models have evolved lately. Partly it's because we're now seeing some of the bigger software companies seriously embrace lightweight SOA recently, and it's also because we're...

Tags: Ajax, Architecture of Participation, ATOM, Collective Intelligence, Convergence, Encouraging Unintended Uses, Enterprise Web 2.0, Global SOA, Governance, Lightweight Service Models, Mashups, Open APIs, Products, REST, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Right To Remix, RSS, SOA, SOAP, User Generated Content, Web 2.0, Web 2.0 Platforms, Web as Platform, Web services, Web-Oriented Architecture (WOA), WS-*

Blog posts 2007-05-17

Mashups: The next major new software development model?

At last weeks Mashup Ecosystem Summit held in San Francisco and sponsored by IBM with an invited assemblage of leading players in this space, I gave an opening talk about the current challenges and opportunities of mashups. And there I posed the title of this post as a statement...

Tags: Gadgets, Enterprise Wikis, Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Mashups, Enterprise 2.0, Collaboration, Business Process Management, Business Models, Blogs, Badges, Ajax, Global SOA, Lightweight Service Models, Mashups, Open APIs, Products, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), RSS, SaaS, Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, SOA, Social Software, Tolerance Continuum, Web 2.0, Web as Platform, Web services, Web-Oriented Architecture (WOA), Widgets, Wikis

Blog posts 2007-05-14

A tale of two Web 2.0 conferences and mashups

Ive just come off a whirlwind conference tour that started in San Francisco last week with Web 2.0 Expo and ended with the Web 2.0 Kongress yesterday in Frankfurt. I was fortunate enough to be able to speak at both conferences and it was fascinating to see the differences...

Tags: ATOM, Badges, Convergence, Encouraging Unintended Uses, Enterprise Mashups, Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Wikis, Global SOA, Lightweight Service Models, Mashups, Open APIs, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Right To Remix, RSS, SaaS, Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, SOA, Web 2.0, Web 2.0 Platforms, Web as Platform, Web services, Web-Oriented Architecture (WOA), Widgets, Wikis, WS-*

Blog posts 2007-04-27

Tracking the DIY phenomenon Part 2: Mass customization, mashups, and recombinant Web apps

In my last post, I took a look at the recent proliferation of Web widgets, which are modular content and services that are making it easier for anyone to help themselves to the vast pool of high value functionality and information that resides on the Web today. Companies are...

Tags: Architecture of Participation, ATOM, Badges, Business Models, Design Patterns, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise Mashups, Enterprise Web 2.0, Gadgets, Global SOA, Lightweight Service Models, Mashups, Open APIs, Products, REST, Right To Remix, RSS, Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, SOA, SOAP, The Long Tail, Two-Way Web, Web 2.0, Web services, Web-Oriented Architecture (WOA), Widgets

Blog posts 2007-02-25

2007: The year enterprises open their SOAs to the Internet?

Those that follow the trends on the Internet and the trends within the enterprise have long noticed a very similar direction in both spaces for a while now; a push to move their software to a real services model. The reasons for this push seem straightforward: easier integration between...

Tags: ATOM, Enterprise Mashups, REST, Web-Oriented Architecture (WOA), RSS, SOAP, Orchestration, Enterprise Web 2.0, Global SOA, Web services, JSON, Governance, Convergence, Business Process Management, Lightweight Service Models, SOA, Mashups, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, Web 2.0, SaaS

Blog posts 2007-01-05

Additional Resources

How to kick-start 'depressingly low' SOA service consumption

Re: NO-bamaHmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......what? nt.RE: How to kick-start 'depressingly low' SOA service consumptionIn my view, SOA is firstly about re-engineering the business around services ie business architecture This effort, conducted by IT, is prone to fail for ever.WOA, on the other hand, is still a playing field for IT integration (REST/SOAP) in...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Strategy, WOA, SOA

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

CRM 2009 Forecast: How'd I Do in 2008? Gimme A High Four!

Usually, when I begin my forecast for the coming year, I like to look at how I did the previous year - which is usually disconcerting to say the least.  So, in honor of my first non-intro post for this ZDNET blog, I'm going to be nakedly transparent and show...

Tags: Social Media, Business, Tool, CRM, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-11-18

The WOA story emerges as better outcomes sought for SOA

The WOA story emerges as better outcomes sought for SOAWOA vs. SOA Epitomizes the Enterprise - Web 2.0 DivideI'm not sure it is a contest, so much as choosing the right approach for your architecture.SOA emerged from enterprise IT thinking, where networks are built systematically, not organically. So, if...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Software as a Service (SaaS), Web 2.0, Web services, Channel management, cloud computing, Enterprise software, WOA, SOA, WOA story, Web

Discussion threads 2008-09-06

Debate rages over SOA's 'cloudy' future

Debate rages over SOA's 'cloudy' futureMaybe the best way to put it is that with WOA, we just pick the low hangingfruit first, and do not need to get into religious wars, or get company wide buy-in, you just do it. Not sure which name will win out, but getting...

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

Discussion threads 2008-08-29

Analyst Insights podcast examines WOA-SOA continuum with keen eye on cloud computing

Analyst Insights podcast examines WOA-SOA continuum with keen eye on cloud computingDion Hinchcliffe bolsters WOA's roleZDNet blogger Dion Hinchcliffe had some email comments, repurposed with permission here:I find it intriguing that even amongst this group that WOA is considered an artificial construct or "pie-in-the-sky", when it's just the opposite.WOA simply...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, cloud computing, podcast, WOA, SOA

Discussion threads 2008-04-27

IBM's 'Blue Cloud' signals the tipping point for enterprise IT into services model

I recall a front page story I wrote for InfoWorld back in 1997. At the time there were still plenty of naysayers about whether websites were a plaything or a business tool. There was talk of clicks and mortar, and how the mortar would always determine business outcomes. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Red Hat Inc., Information Technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., Citrix Systems Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Service, IBM Corp., Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-11-15

Developing strategies for Web 2.0 in the Enterprise

With the all the talk recently about Web 2.0 and the enterprise, particularly around SOA, I find that it's always good to point to specific examples to bring all the pontificating down to earth. Along this line of thought, while I was catching up with the...

Tags: Web 2.0

Blog posts 2006-04-30