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Run by Wall Street? A Cause or a Company?: Guest post: Anshu Sharma is author of Anshu's blog, which focuses on Software as a Service and the emerging SaaS Ecosystem. He is an Enterprise Irregular. In light of the Yahoo! - Microsoft fiasco, fellow bloggers Larry Dignan and Vinnie Mirchandani have been asking the question whether...; Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Vision, Wall, Management Team, Software As A Service (SaaS), Financial Accounting, Construction, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Management, Anshu Sharma; Blog posts 2008-05-16
SOA and compute clouds point to rethinking data entirely: roles and permissions, not rows and tables: SOA and compute clouds point to rethinking data entirely: roles and permissions, not rows and tablesand Software AG webMethodsI dont know if it's because we are not NASDAQ traded, but it always seems to slip your mind Dana...=)MikoNo, it was intentionalI just don't think you all matter as much as...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Advertising & Promotion, Miko, SOA; Discussion threads 2008-04-15
Can this fish grow legs? What biology can teach us about SOA: I've been following the technology industry for years now, and there's always been talk about a "revolution" or "evolution" underway. I've come to the conclusion that "revolution" has been too extreme of a term to describe most of the paradigm shifts we've seen, which therefore relegates most...; Tags: Biology, Evolution, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Software, Management, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2007-11-28
Software AG and Cognos bring BI and BPM into common orbit: The much-discussed marriage of business intelligence BI and business process management BPM may be a step closer to the altar with last week's announcement by Software AG that it will embed Cognos 8 BI with the webMethods product suite. ...; Tags: Cognos Inc., BPM, Software AG, Layer 7 Technologies Inc., Natural 2006, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Enterprise Software, Databases, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Business Operations, It Operations, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2007-11-11
Microsoft SOA: what's behind the 'cool Nordic codename'?: Microsoft SOA: what's behind the 'cool Nordic codename'?Nice post on the Platform Giants' position...But there are a couple of other key considerations that customers need to be thinking about as they assess SOA technology vendors' overall potential:1) There are vendors who are providing infrastructure with a diametrically opposite philosophy and...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Microsoft Corp., SOA; Discussion threads 2007-11-05

Software AG consolidates governance products for SOA: Software AG took the "big picture" view of governance for service-oriented architecture SOA with the announcement today of the CentraSite Governance Edition. The approach aims to enable governance more broadly across the enterprise, with policy enforcement capabilities building on the webMethods Infravio X-Registry (acquired by...; Tags: WebMethods Inc., Software AG, Infravio, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2007-10-01
A SOA reading list: Service oriented architecture may be going mainstream--at least to the media.In recent days there has been a bevy of stories about SOA--beyond the daily developments that Joe McKendrick tracks. It really hit me that SOA is getting in front of decision makers when I noticed a SOA story in the...; Tags: Web Technology, Software Infrastructure, General; Blog posts 2007-07-17
SOA Insights analysts probe Software AG's webMethods buy, wikis for SOA governance, and SOA hype curves: Read a full transcript of the discussion.How good of a match-up was the recent Software AG acquisition of WebMethods? Was is strictly a geographical sales force synergy? Or will webMethods become the de facto R&D arm of Software AG while the parent firm's legacy cash flow sustains the movement toward...; Tags: Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA Governance, SOA architect, SOA, Podcasts, management, Interarbor Solutions, Enterprise 2.0; Blog posts 2007-07-08
Another view: avoid bottom-up SOA like the plague: Just the other week, I posted the case for Start-Small SOA, which not only helps enterprise service developers and consumers learn as they go, but also deliver a growing series of incremental wins that will help build a constituency of support.However, not everyone buys into the "start-small SOA" case, especially...; Tags: General, Business ROI; Blog posts 2007-07-07
SaaS Opens Up SOA Beyond the Firewall: The convergence of service-oriented architecture and Software as a Service lays open the possibilities of bringing in services from outside the firewall, which can be "snapped" into place within a company's infrastructure. This also means that services a company creates can be introduced to a broader market beyond the firewall.Miko...; Tags: Web Services, Vendor Watch, General, Business ROI; Blog posts 2007-06-04
SOA-Web 2.0: a lot in common, but two centers of gravity: "We're continuing to see more clearly that Web 2.0 and SOA really are largely (but not 100%) the same concepts that merely lay on different — if fairly different — parts of the software continuum." -Dion HinchliffeZDNet colleague Dion Hinchliffe has been watching the mashup developing between SOA and Web...; Tags: Web Services, Standards Watch, General, Business ROI; Blog posts 2007-05-21
Where have all the (SOA) flowers gone? Gone to bigger companies every one...: Well, not quite every one. MomentumSI has actually published a list of the SOA-related companies that have been acquired, and those that are still sitting at home Saturday nights, waiting for suitors. (Thanks to James Hamilton for the pointer.)Last week, I relayed Dave Linthicums concern that a shrinking pool...; Tags: Vendor Watch, General; Blog posts 2007-04-30
Analyst: Software AG-WebMethods more about geography than technology: Analyst: Software AG-WebMethods more about geography than technologyGartnerMy conversations with Gartner Analysts believe that there are a lot of synergy and Software AG's bankroll will help.Combined Software AG and webMethods is about a $850 Million. The two biggest things I believe they need to do is 1) Get rid...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Web services, Software AG, Software AG-WebMethods, software; Discussion threads 2007-04-20
Another view: 'Magic number' for SOA services threshold is 'nuts': Another view: 'Magic number' for SOA services threshold is 'nuts'The Real Trigger is $I find that SOA practitioners are acutely aware of the need for governance processes and tools at the onset of their initiatives. However, early budget dollar$ go to development tools, runtime environments, training hopefully and consulting...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, TIBCO Software Inc., SOA, Web service, Web; Discussion threads 2007-04-20
Another view: 'Magic number' for SOA services threshold is 'nuts': Miko Matsumura, VP of marketing at webMethods, took issue with a recent post in which I relayed an opinion that 50 seems to be the threshold at which Web services may require some better care and feeding, with governance, registry, management, and all that good stuff. Robert Meyer of TIBCO...; Tags: General, Business ROI; Blog posts 2007-04-19
SOA consolidation takes on new stripes, while extending to open source-oriented vendors: IONA Technologies purchase today of LogicBlaze -- while directed at the open-source development and business models for SOA -- also further demonstrates the prevailing diversity of SOA consolidation activities. There seem to be as many variations on the SOA consolidation theme nowadays as there are vendors lining up to provide...; Tags: Sybase, SOA architect, SOA, SaaS, Progress Software, JBoss, IONA, Cape Clear, Apache, Wall Street, Sun Microsystems, Software Infrastructure, SOA Governance, Red Hat, Oracle, Open Source, Microsoft, IBM, HP, Enterprise Java, Celtix; Blog posts 2007-04-10
Is the US government a good model for SOA governance?: Ive been meaning to surface one of Dana Gardners latest SOA BriefingsDirect podcasts, in which we were joined by Miko Matsumura, VP of marketing for webMethods (now Software AG/webMethods of course). Miko has a gift for translating complex SOA topics into mentally tangible metaphors, and the chat turned to an...; Tags: Web Services, General, Business ROI; Blog posts 2007-04-09
News to know: Google in NYC; Flash vs. Java; Craigslist smut; Microsoft patches: Notable headlines: Donna Bogatin: Google challenges NYC software engineers. Ed Burnette: Is Flash better than Java? Jeremy Allison: Working for The Man? Advice to a young programmer. Ryan Stewart: Why Rich Internet Applications are important for the browser.New technology lets you read your voice mail.IBM adds low-wattage x86 servers.Engadget: Apples...; Tags: General; Blog posts 2007-04-06
Analyst: Software AG-WebMethods more about geography than technology: Neil Ward-Dutton of Macehiter Ward-Dutton has weighed in on todays announcement that Software AG intends to acquire WebMethods, but doesnt see it as a highly effective union.Neil is not surprised that a larger company swooped in and grabbed WebMethods -- which has been an active player and thought leader in...; Tags: Vendor Watch, General; Blog posts 2007-04-05
Another SOA-inspired consolidation: Software AG buys WebMethods: Software AG just announced it is acquiring SOA and integration vendor WebMethods, and ZDNet blogging colleague Dana Gardner is on top of it with this perspective, posted here.The purchase price was $546 million. Within that acquisition, of course, comes Infravio, the SOA registry provider, which WebMethods bought last September for...; Tags: Vendor Watch, General; Blog posts 2007-04-05