December 2009 Archives

Earlier this month, I made my first and only prediction for 2010, that we would (finally) see the “Rise of Event Processing”.  Often, when I speak of Event Processing, I refer to a broader context of Active Information and (when... Read More..

Session Abstract: Tough economic climates call for tough decisions. Instead of jeopardizing the future by cutting out all initiatives mentioning architecture, the organizations represented on this panel continue to invest in their business-driven SOA initiatives, resulting in near-term business value... Read More..

Session Abstract: Roy Schulte and Dr. Chandy released a new book on Event Processing in October 2009, aimed at business and system analysts, architects, application managers, CIOs, and technically-oriented business managers. This session will highlight the key points of the... Read More..

Session Abstract: Customers, prospects, and partners use the Web to connect to enterprise applications at an increasing rate, underscoring the need for high developer productivity that achieves superior time-to-market relative to rivals. Cloud computing provides a powerful combination of value... Read More..

Moderators: David W. Cearley, Gartner and Richard Soley, OMG / SOA Consortium

Panelists: Clark Dorman of Next Century, Andy Lapkin of Kelley Blue Book, Joseph Larizza of Fieldpoint Private Bank & Trust

This is the first of two SOA Consortium Panels at Gartner AADI.  The second is SOA Success Stories on Wednesday.  As SOA-C Program Director, I helped organize this panel.  My fingerprints are all over the session abstract. [...]

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Session Abstract: “IT has undergone major change, but the pace of change that lies in the immediate future has never been experienced. New platforms driven by cloud computing, new sources of infrastructure and applications solutions, the changing technology stack and... Read More..

My most recent Cloud Watch posts on Elemental Cloud Computing: IBM SOA Newsletter: SOA and Cloud, like Books and Library Burton Group: Who is in control of Security across computing models More on Lawyers, Clouds & Data SOASTA (CloudTest) Secures... Read More..

Earlier this week, I offered my one and only prediction for 2010:  "Event Processing transcends niche status, to well-recognized & adopted business technique for real-time visibility & responsiveness." Mark Palmer, CEO of Streambase, stopped by to offer 9 points of... Read More..

Next week, I'm attending Gartner's Application Architecture, Development & Integration Conference (AADI) in Vegas.  I'll be splitting my time amongst SOA, Cloud Computing and Event Processing sessions.  I haven't built my agenda yet, but I'll definitely be at the SOA... Read More..

I don't typically engage in predictions, but here's mine for 2010, fresh from my tweet stream: 2010: Event Processing transcends niche status, to well-recognized & adopted business technique for real-time visibility & responsiveness. I can list tons of reasons why,... Read More..

The WSJ has published a Business Insight Interview with MIT’s Peter Weill on IT Savvy, his (excellent) recent book, co-authored with Jeanne Ross.  The interview covers a few of the main ideas of the book, standardization for innovation, IT as... Read More..