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There's no question the rise of Enterprise 2.0 and SOA approaches have resulted in a significant reduction in paperwork. I'd love to see a study someday on how many trees and other natural resources have been spared due to new... Read More..

There's been talk about the role of SOA in "Green IT." In a new article, Vance McCarthy brings a new twist to the Green SOA story -- SOA is playing a key role in cleaning up pollution in San Francisco... Read More..

ebizQ colleague Brenda Michelson has just informed me that the SOA Consortium, in conjunction with CIO Magazine, is once again holding it's annual SOA case study competition. The competition is open to organizations of all sizes, including government agencies, which... Read More..

Last week's IBM IMPACT conference was packed full of sessions, but one I found really interesting was a panel of C-level execs led by Judith Hurwitz.Steve Pratt, CTO of CenterPoint Energy, an electric utility, said his company saw the need... Read More..

At last week's SOA Summit hosted by Software AG, we heard a compelling case study that had all the elements of perseverance and belief in what service orientation can accomplish. Kevin Flowers, director of enabling enterprises for Coca-Cola Enterprises, described... Read More..

I'm always looking for stories that show how SOA delivers actual competitiveness and growth for businesses, and a recent account of Fastenal's transformation is a good one.To speed up it's order fulfillment process to the point where it's as close... Read More..

What a tough time to be a homebuilder. That's why it was interesting to hear how one homebuilder has been able to leverage SOA and BPM to not only navigate a tough environment, but also thrive. Ralph Warchol, VP and... Read More..

The US Department of Defense (DoD) is perhaps the largest and most complex organization in the world, and it's getting into service oriented architecture -- in a big way. As Dennis Wisnosky chief technical officer of DoD's Business Mission Area... Read More..

Sandy Carter reports that AFLAC, the large Georgia-based insurer, is employing service-oriented architecture practices to bring new services online faster and better manage existing services to customers, shareholders, and employees.The Web has raised everyone's expectations about access and service delivery,... Read More..

I've probably seen every World War II and Cold War submarine movie ever made, with their gripping dramas of stealth, danger, and in the case of WWII, men trapped within large sardine cans, riding out terrifying ordeals of undersea depth... Read More..