September 2008 Archives

On paper, SOA governance seems like the logical approach to introduce service-oriented methodologies to the business. However, in practice, SOA proponents run up against vested interests, or lack of motivation to make SOA work. Think about who has to be... Read More..

SOA provides an excellent approach for startups seeking a flexible, able-to-grow infrastructure. Can there be any other way? For Fred Luddy, CEO of Service-now.com, SOA was the only logical way to achieve the vision of his budding startup. In a... Read More..

Kicking off ebizQ's latest SOA Governance conference, Gartner analyst Frank Kenney called for better cohesion between SOA governance systems, repeating his mantra that "runtime and design time don’t mean anything when it comes to SOA, its not 'runtime' or 'design... Read More..

The following is the transcript for Frank Kenney's keynote presentation at ebizQ's "SOA Governance" virtual conference on September 24, titled "No SOA Governance Strategy? No Problem -- Prepare for Failure." Kenney is Research Director for Applications Strategy and Governance for... Read More..

We all talk about the vital importance of governance to SOA success, and advocate that organizations get started as soon as possible -- if not sooner -- putting governance in place to ensure that SOA is being designed around business... Read More..

Mashups are bringing SOA closer to the people. ebizQ just published IBM's Smart Strategies for Web 2.0 newsletter, which includes an interview with Larry Bowden, vice president of portals and mashups for IBM Lotus, and Kareem Yusuf, director of product... Read More..

Is SOA ready for the next wave into the clouds? Eric Knorr and Dave Linthicum provide some highlights to goings-on at last week's SOA Executive Forum, held in New York. Eric observes that three things stood out at the presentations:... Read More..

SOA is in its formative stages at many companies, either in pilot-project mode or operating under the radar with proofs of concept. The challenge is, as SOA planners and advocates establish the rudimentary beginnings of service oriented architecture involving one,... Read More..

It's getting harder not to talk about SOA without discussion the emerging cloud computing trend that is reshaping the IT landscape. SOA has a vital roll to play in enabling behind-the-scenes integration with cloud services, and to some extent, an... Read More..

In a new post here at the ebizQ community, Ronan Bradley looked at the ongoing SOA-Web Oriented Architecture discussion, and notes that he got "an awful feeling of déjà vu on a number of fronts." First, he says, SOA is... Read More..

Applications servers have become the leading development platform in enterprises, but the move to SOA has seen the rise of alternative platforms, including lightweight frameworks, registries, repositories and ESBs, making significant inroads for developing SOA solutions. Over the summer, Beth... Read More..

There's been quite a bit of chatter about the rising Web Oriented Architecture (WOA) phenomenon across the blogosphere and analystsphere in recent months; particularly as it may represent the next generation of SOA approaches. Dion Hinchliffe, a colleague over at... Read More..

"If the NYSE doesn't know this until a half-hour before close of trading, and traders discover they have 500,000 trades still in flight, they suffer the penalty of not having everything submitted to the Fed as completed trades: heavy penalties... Read More..

Extreme Transaction Processing... the term alone evokes images of massively huge streams of data roaring through enterprise applications. Like the huge turbines that capture the raw energy of thousands of tons of water surging each second through the hydroelectric dams... Read More..