November 2006 Archives

Who pays for SOA, at least initially? Survey says business units are bearing the cost. Read More..

The vendors may not like to hear this, but product selection may be the simplest part of SOA development and deployment. Read More..

Integration appliances may be a way out of adapter entanglements. Read More..

"Business process management could be implemented without SOA, because both capabilities have been available for some time. But implementations of BPM without the SOA foundation take longer. There's more ongoing maintenance and support costs are higher, and therefore ROI is... Read More..

ESBs are an evolving technology, and may be 'the best way to implement SOA.' In addition, 'ESB the principal container for business logic.... the next generation application server.' Read More..

As SOA grows within the enterprise, so should management support. Read More..

SOA success boils down to management, management, management. Read More..

ebizQ SOA in Action conference features a range of topics and speakers Read More..

What is driving organizations to move into SOA these days? John Michelsen, founder and chief scientist for iTKO Software, says there are three types of SOA clients: I recently had the chance to talk with ohn Michelsen, founder and chief... Read More..

More grist for the "start small" vs. "bring in the enterprise" debate around SOA launches: A new report in CIO quotes end-users at a recent conference as urging that SOA efforts begin modestly. Russell Rodrigue, senior vice president of business... Read More..

SOA involves 'realigning old boundaries, changing how projects are done and supervised... Nobody really needs a lot more features and functions; everybody's paid for a lot of software over the past decade they don't even use -- and nobody can do that again.' Read More..

At this year's InfoWorld's SOA Executive Forum, which is taking place this week in New York, no one is debating the merits of going to SOA. Rather, the tone of this season's gathering is, 'SOA is a reality at most companies. Now, how do we maximize the value of these implementations?' Read More..

SOA is not thinking about 'how does my database, my middleware, my portal tier, my app tier work?' It’s about inventory, fulfillment, ordering, and other business functions. Read More..

'Used correctly, SOA management can facilitate the cost effective deployment of new business relationships, the efficient use of existing IT investments and can measure the real value to the organization of SOA itself' Read More..

Web 2.0 is seen as a consumer-driven set of technologies, encompassing mashups such as Google Maps, Wikis, and social networks. However, Web 2.0 is coming to the enterprise soon, and will become a larger part of service-oriented architecture than we... Read More..

An impressive example of the SOA-business link is Harley-Davidson, which was able to surpass its older, more rigid technology to a more flexible model more in tune with the business. Read More..