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IBM's Zollar: SOA, Web 2.0 drive IT 'industrialization'

Last week, I posted some countervailing views on the topic of software industrialization. Some say it represents the inevitable future of IT operations and software development; others say software needs to have elements of craft, since it's so highly specialized. 'Industrialized' IT needed to handle the coming...

Tags: Web, Information Technology, SOA, IBM Corp., Zollar, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web 2.0, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Software, Internet, Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-06-04

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Tivoli Foundations: Designed and priced for your growing business

You're invited to a very special Virtual Event for IBM Tivoli Foundations. During these difficult economic times, mid-size companies have unique challenges and may struggle to find equally powerful yet affordable solutions, designed and priced specifically for them. Look no further! ...

Tags: IBM Corp., Entrepreneurship, Management

Webcasts 2009-10-15

Responding to Today's Demands with a Dynamic Infrastructure

As the world becomes more instrumented, intelligent, and interconnected, the demands on your infrastructure continue to grow. IBM continues to chart a strategy to help you deliver a new kind of infrastructure. One that helps you reduce costs, manage risks and improve service. A dynamic infrastructure — designed for a...

Tags: Infrastructure, IBM Corp.

Webcasts 2009-10-01

Service Management in an Uncertain Economy

Organizations are feeling the pressure of economic uncertainty—directly in their own financial statements and dealings with their business partners and customers—as well as indirectly through the constant barrage of stories about troubling economic conditions and weak market and industry trends. IBM Software takes this state...

Tags: Service Management, Webcast, IBM Corp.

Webcasts 2009-05-28

News to know: Windows 7; Firefox 3.0; Yahoo; SOA; Nokia

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7: To wait or not to wait? That is the question Microsoft continues paring back the Windows Live family Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 2 available from FTP servers ...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Camcorder, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-05

Software industrialization: not so fast, Henry Ford

There's been a lot of talk about IT and software "industrialization" lately -- the idea that software development can be broken down into standardized, low-level, highly automated tasks that can mass produce applications on demand, at low cost. Does software really belong on the assembly line?...

Tags: Software, DSL, Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Management, Software/Web Development, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-05-26

IT service management emerging subset of SOA

Last week, I posted news about a survey on IT Infrastructure Library, or ITIL, which found a high level of correlation between success at SOA and commitment to ITIL. ITIL is a standardized approach – and series of documents -- that are used to aid the implementation of a...

Tags: SOA, Al Zollar

Blog posts 2006-08-22

Best journalist question of the day

I've been hiding in meeting rooms muchof yesterday and today, talking with the press about this week's announcementsand the state of the market. Yesterday afternoon, I met with threeJapanese journalists for what was one of the best interviews I've donein a long time.These guys...

Tags: IBM Lotus Domino, IBM Lotus Notes

Blog posts 2006-01-24

Video: IT Governance & Risk Management - Corporate Excellence through Technology

Watch this engaging panel discussion from CMPTV and learn how leading edge companies can create environments where business success is intrinsically linked to technology. In this lively conversation, top IBM executives Val Rahmani, Dr. Daniel Sabbah, and Al Zollar discuss why no business should be without an...

Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, Video, IBM Corp., Strategy, Management

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