March 2008 Archives

Survey: SOA isn't Just Surviving, It's Thriving

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By Joe McKendrick on March 27, 2008 11:21 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
SOA is hot and getting hotter. And if the economy cooled, SOA will get even hotter. That's the latest prognosis from Forrester Research, found in its recent SOA adoption survey, the third since 2005. (Reported here by SearchSOA's Rich Seeley.)... Read More..
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Panel: Web 2.0 Will Shake Up SOA, Big Time

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By Joe McKendrick on March 26, 2008 8:53 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Beth Gold-Bernstein, my colleague here at ebizQ, recently hosted an extremely compelling online panel discussion on the growing convergence between SOA and Web 2.0. Beth was joined by luminaries including Dion Hinchcliffe, whom I would consider the leading analyst... Read More..
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More on ESBs and 'Rats Nests' of Point-to-Point Services

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By Joe McKendrick on March 26, 2008 11:37 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
EbizQ has just posted a transcript of my recent Webcast with IBM's Leif Davidson is now available for perusal. Some highlights of our discussion: Leif Davidson on how SOA always starts off with good intentions, but... "The past history of... Read More..
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SOA or JBOWS? How Governance Made the DIfference for One Retailer

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By Joe McKendrick on March 20, 2008 10:31 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Yes, as we've been preaching incessantly on these pages for the past couple of years, governance does make the difference between SOA success and ending up with Just a Bunch of Web Services, or JBOWS. In a new ComputerWorld report,... Read More..
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Webinar: The SOA Journey Will be an Island-Hopping Tour

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By Joe McKendrick on March 17, 2008 6:00 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
There's no such thing as a single enterprise SOA. At least not yet. I just had the opportunity to co-present a Webinar with IBM's Leif Davidson on the topic of "Identifying and Federating Today's SOA Power Centers," in which we... Read More..
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Making SOA Governable

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By Joe McKendrick on March 16, 2008 6:51 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
One of the interesting findings to come out of our recent survey on Enterprise SOA is the mixed state of governance that still exists out there. While a third do have a board or committee to oversee governance, another 16%... Read More..
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Will EDA Solve the Issues of Externalized SOA?

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By Joe McKendrick on March 16, 2008 6:43 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
By now, we're familiar with the promises of loose coupling and flexibility SOA is intended to bring to corporate systems. Now, the move is on to extend SOA beyond the firewall and enable business partners or outsourcers to access and... Read More..
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New Survey to Discover the State of SOA Governance

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By Joe McKendrick on March 10, 2008 10:36 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Everyone is talking about "SOA governance" these days, but what does it all really mean? At what stage are most SOA governance programs at? What are organizations trying to accomplish with these efforts? How are policies enforced? Are companies tracking... Read More..
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Vitria's Dale Skeen: SOA and BPM Empowerment Shifting to the Business User

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By Joe McKendrick on March 8, 2008 10:35 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
For years, the disciplines of enterprise integration -- followed by SOA -- have always been perceived as "hard and techie." This has made discussions with the business process management (BPM) side of the house difficult. Now, thanks to the introduction... Read More..
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The Wisdom of WSDL in Federated SOA

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By Joe McKendrick on March 8, 2008 10:15 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
This Wednesday the 12th, IBM's Leif Davidsen and I will be delivering the results of and commentary around ebizQ's latest survey results on SOA and trends toward ESB federation. (To sign up for the Webinar, click here.) To help build... Read More..
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Survey: A Lot of SOA Going On, But Without Central Direction

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By Joe McKendrick on March 6, 2008 5:01 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Lately, many pundits and trade publications have been fretting whether service-oriented architecture is catching on, or if it's still a dream trapped within the IT silo. A new survey ebizQ conducted in conjunction with IBM finds SOA is gaining traction... Read More..
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