January 2007 Archives

'The Only Way is Through SOA' -- Lessons Learned at a University

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By Joe McKendrick on January 30, 2007 9:00 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
The 'ERP approach' allowed people to showcase systems and say 'wasn’t our money well spent?' An incremental and bottom up SOA approach just doesn’t allow management with those showcasing opportunities Read More..
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Beware the 'Service-Oriented Stovepipe'

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By Joe McKendrick on January 28, 2007 9:36 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Are we replacing legacy stovepipes with SOA stovepipes? Mike Reed, managing partner with EWSolutions, warns that many of the 'service-oriented architectures' he's seen more closely resemble the legacy stovepipes they were supposed to replace. "An old phenomenon is reappearing in... Read More..
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Accidential SOA

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By Joe McKendrick on January 27, 2007 12:37 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Good bye client/server, hello to what, exactly? Read More..
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Practical Advice on the Road to Reuse

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By Joe McKendrick on January 26, 2007 11:52 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Did you know that projects created primarily from reused software experience only about 1/3 the defect density of those that are new? Or that projects created primarily from reused software take about 1/4 the time and resources of those that... Read More..
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Talking SOA to the CEO -- First, Don't Call it 'SOA'

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By Joe McKendrick on January 23, 2007 9:25 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Sandy Carter, vice president of IBM in charge of everything SOA, recently provided a series of tips for approaching the CEO about an SOA project. Here are a few key pointers: Don't call it 'SOA': "Explain the value and benefits... Read More..
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'Visionary Architects' Will Lead SOA Charge

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By Joe McKendrick on January 23, 2007 8:57 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Let's face it: the business doesn't have a clue about SOA. Surveys tell us that all the time. But SOA is supposed to be led by the business. Is there anyone out there in the enterprise who can break this... Read More..
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Crossing the Chasm From JBOWS to SOA

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By Joe McKendrick on January 18, 2007 10:44 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
If you are still stuck with JBOWS, or Just a Bunch of Web Services, don't despair -- JBOWS can be a good start towards a SOA. Just know, you're not there yet. Read More..

BPM is from Mars, SOA is from Venus

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By Joe McKendrick on January 17, 2007 10:28 PM 1 0 Vote 0 Votes
How far along are we in the SOA-BPM dance? In a new blog post, Mike Stevens cuts right to the chase, and does a good job of summing up the opportunities and challenges arising at the intersection of these two... Read More..
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SOA Takes Some of the Pain Out of Compliance

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By Joe McKendrick on January 17, 2007 12:05 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
As compliance became an necessary part of documenting IT operations, it created a flurry of new paperwork requirements. Lately, some companies have begun building SOA and Web services solutions to remove the new paperwork burden being placed upon them. For... Read More..
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Where All Those SOA Dollars Will Go in 2007

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By Joe McKendrick on January 12, 2007 8:48 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
$5.5 Billion on SOA consultants -- funds that could be better spent elsewhere. Read More..
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The Year Ahead in SOA: We'll have FUD, FUD, FUD

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By Joe McKendrick on January 10, 2007 6:20 PM 2 0 Vote 0 Votes
SOA enters the mainstream in 2007, with a trail of FUD alongside it. Read More..
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How to Manage Within SOA's 'Free Market'

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By Joe McKendrick on January 9, 2007 9:55 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
The free markets of economics and business services have a lot in common -- both unleash the power of innovation and drive progress, but need some measure of oversight to keep things from getting out of hand. Read More..
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SOA in Five Years: More Enterprisey

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By Joe McKendrick on January 5, 2007 6:35 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Don't expect cost containment anytime soon with an SOA deployment. Read More..
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BPM in Action

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By Joe McKendrick on January 5, 2007 5:20 PM 2 0 Vote 0 Votes
My ebizQ colleague Elizabeth Book just made it official: ebizQ will be launching a new virtual conference in March, called "BPM in Action." The conference will be in the same spirit of the recent SOA in Action conference, launched in... Read More..

To Do SOA Right, Forget About Technology

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By Joe McKendrick on January 4, 2007 9:59 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
SOa is an architecture -- not a system. Just look at how McDonald's does things. Read More..
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The Best SOA: Keep It Loose, Very Loose

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By Joe McKendrick on January 2, 2007 4:05 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Building SOA calls for fresh thinking on many levels, often at odds with tried-and-true, familiar IT approaches -- the successes of SOA often will not immediately be seen and felt by the business; and applications should not be built for the ages. Read More..
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Joe McKendrick

Joe McKendrick is an author and independent analyst who tracks the impact of information technology on management and markets. Joe is also SOA community manager for ebizQ, and speaks frequently on Enterprise 2.0 and SOA topics at industry events and Webcasts. Joe also authors ZDNet's SOA blog. He also serves as lead analyst and author of Evans Data Corp.'s highly regarded bi-annual SOA/Web Services and Web 2.0 surveys. Joe writes a regular column for Database Trends & Applications, and has authored numerous research reports in partnership with Unisphere Research for user groups such as SHARE, Oracle Applications Users Group, and International DB2 Users Group. In a previous life, Joe served as director of the Administrative Management Society (AMS), an international professional association dedicated to advancing knowledge within the IT and business management fields.


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