Joe McKendrick, ebizQ's SOA in Action Blogger, is a nationally published author and consultant
with deep knowledge and insights regarding trends and developments in
the technology industry. He is a contributing editor to a number of
national and international publications and Websites including
Database Trends & Applications, ZDNet, and Webservices.Org. He also
serves as analyst for Evans Data Corp., and is lead analyst for Evans'
Web services and enterprise development management issues surveys.
SOA in Action Blog
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Main | Survey: SOA fundamentals still going strong » September 05, 2006SOA in Action: Yes, There's a 'There' There This is a new era for service-oriented architecture. Companies are moving from the learning and pilot stages to actual functioning implementations. Real money is being invested, and real problems are being addressed. How far can we go with service-oriented architecture? Where should we start? What are we missing? Where’s the payoff? How disruptive of a force will SOA become? Today, we christen a new site, SOA in Action, to help answer these questions and more. This will be the place where you can find articles, podcasts, research, white papers, Webinars and more, on planning, building and managing SOA solutions. On November 14th and 15th, there will be a two-day virtual conference on SOA in Action, which will feature case studies and panel discussions from those who have successfully implemented SOA solutions. There are a lot of promises now swirling around SOA, not only from vendors, but from analysts as well. Earlier this year, Aberdeen Group issued a calculation that businesses can collectively save about $53 billion in integration costs if they adopt more standardized SOA approaches, mainly through IT productivity gains and cost savings. Gartner says the market is booming, estimating the worldwide application integration and middleware market at more than $8.5 billion in 2005, and is growing at a rate of seven percent a year. Of course, SOA has plenty of detractors as well. The purpose of this site, SOA in Action, is to demonstrate that service-oriented architecture ROI can be achieved. Within this blog, you will find stories, links, experts' predictions, and plenty of opinion on what challenges lay ahead, and just as importantly, what is working and what isn't working in SOA deployments. As the tagline says: “plan it, build it, manage it.” Each phase of the process has its challenges, and we will explore these challenges. To quote ebizQ colleague Beth Gold-Bernstein, “we’ve seen an interest in SOA catapult over the last few years… it seems just about everyone is thinking about it,” she said in a new ebizQ podcast. “The bottom line is you’re not going to achieve the promised benefits of SOA if your projects fail…” Through this site and blog, I intend to help illuminate the way to achieve the benefits of SOA. You may have seen some of my works in ZDNet, Webservices.Org, or in Database Trends & Applications. I look forward to interacting with you over the coming months to talk about, and hopefully bring clarity to the opportunities and challenges SOA presents. Posted by joemckendrick in SOA | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us Trackback Pings TrackBack URL for this entry: Hey Joe, welcome to ebizQ blogging! I look forward to reading the "stories". Nothing cuts the hype like real world lessons. -brenda Posted by: brenda michelson at September 6, 2006 05:40 PM Excellent articles! Keep going, please... Regards, Posted by: Roeland Loggen at October 17, 2006 04:57 PM Post a comment
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