July 2009 Archives

In this week's forum, John Power of Risaris asked whether companies can get around distrust of "cheap" software.MIchael Meehan opined that there is a market psychology at work -- if something is "expensive," it must be desirable. "There's a certain... Read More..

John Meyer of The Open Group sent some detailed dispatches from the group's 23rd Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference, recently held in Toronto. Thanks to John for a great job summarizing many of the key insights coming from the conference --... Read More..

Eldon Mast, technology-executive-turned-economist, reports that the newly enacted "Cash for Clunkers" law has created a surge in visits to auto showrooms. The Cars Act makes $1 billion available for Americans -- in the form of a credit up to $4,500... Read More..

I just saw this interesting story in Data Center Journal that evokes images of "It's a Wonderful Life," the story where despondent savings & loan manager George Bailey is provided a glimpse of what the world would be like without... Read More..

Many people in the industry are debating whether cloud computing will replace or supplant service oriented architecture. Dave Linthicum says this is not the case, as SOA and cloud are part of the same package. The key to success, he... Read More..

When three of the biggest standards groups agree on something, it must be big. And the big topic is architecture, or the need for more of it SOA.OASIS, OMG, and The Open Group -- the SOA and Web services standards... Read More..

It may be the thick of summer, but everyone is still furiously thinking and talking and writing about SOA.In fact, some experts are furiously "service thinking." William Briggs, senior manager of business integration and optimization for Deloitte, just published a... Read More..

SOA is playing a supporting role in helping manufacturing organizations gain better efficiencies from the large range of devices, many of which previously were unable to talk to each other. A new article by Sarah Falson in Process and Control... Read More..

There has always been an economic conundrum when it comes to putting SOA on a mainframe. The mainframe is a powerful, resilient, never-goes-down workhorse, but may be way too much for running lightweight SOA-based services. It just doesn't economically make... Read More..

This week, the world of SOA was dominated by the Oracle's launch of the latest version of Oracle Fusion Middleware, and of course, ebizQ was all over the story. We looked at Oracle SOA Suite 11g, and Tony Baer provided... Read More..

In rolling out the latest edition of Oracle Fusion Middleware (11g), Hasan Rizvi, senior vice president of Oracle Fusion Middleware products, talked about the six major trends Oracle sees driving the market. Three are business-related trends, and three are technology... Read More..