December 2007 Archives

As I noted in my recent series of posts on 2007 SOA success stories (here, here, here, and here) , this past year saw a multitude of positive stories emerging around SOA deployments. Here are some more highlights of companies... Read More..

Entropy is "the energy within a system that's unavailable for work." Such has been the problem with project-driven IT, says Miko Matsumura, VP and Deputy CTO of Software AG webMethods. IT funds have been going into projects, versus a more... Read More..

SOA was going strong in 2007, and companies discovered a myriad of uses for this emerging methodology. For some companies, it was a way to avoid a costly ERP system upgrade, while for others, it was a way to achieve... Read More..

In keeping with the theme of this blog, here are some more examples of areas where SOA has been put to work over the past year, mainly gathered from my blog posts over at ZDNet: To run the world's largest... Read More..

Thanks to a combination of SOA techniques, Ajax code, and open source technology, listeners in the Chicago area now have access to a YouTube-ish meets MySpace-ish service in which they can view program snippets or new music. As reported by... Read More..

For some companies, SOA may have seemed like a roller coaster. But SOA has played a role in helping companies soar to new heights. Here are more SOA success stories covered throughout 2007 in "SOA in Action." To keep the... Read More..

From "Pinwheels" to "Seaportals," 2007 saw a wide assortment of innovative SOA solutions across enterprises seeking to untangle their integration issues. In this second part of our wrap-up of 2007 SOA success stories, here are some shining examples. To consolidate... Read More..

It's well documented that governments use financial incentives and disincentives (usually through tax policies) to drive public policy. Can this work within large SOA environments? IBM says yes -- and has its own experience with this form of governance to... Read More..

In keeping with the theme of this blog and Website, we brought you as many actual working examples of SOA in Action in organizations of all sizes and stripes as we could find. And in 2007, there were more than... Read More..

What is the connection between enterprise decision management (EDM) and service-oriented architecture? Is there a connection? Should there be a connection? ebizQ colleague James Taylor, co-author of "Smart (Enough) Systems,", has connected the dots between "smart-enough systems" and service-oriented architecture... Read More..

Let's face it -- say what you want about the pharmaceutical industry -- researching and creating new drugs costs a bundle of money, sometimes billions of dollars. If you're running a company that has to put up megadollars before a... Read More..

'Pirate SOA -- IT's Secret Weapon' -- that's a good way to describe the gist of the recent panel discussion I hosted with SOA-digerati luminaries Dana Gardner and Phil Wainewright, as part of ebizQ's SOA in Action conference. Complete transcript... Read More..

Can we really have it all – from SOA to Event Driven Architecture, to Business Intelligence, Business Process Management? That’s the question put forth by ebizQ colleague Beth Gold-Bernstein at her recent SOA in Action conference panel. (Full transcript here.)... Read More..