November 2009 Archives

Fellow ebizQ commentator Phil Wainewright points to an acronym orginally posted by Sigurd Rinde that makes infinite sense:  ERP, not for "Enterprise Resource Planning," but as "Easily Repeatable Process."ERP (Easily Repeatable Processes) includes "processes that handles resources, from human (hiring,... Read More..

There's been plenty of debate raging across the blogosphere and ebizQ about the viability and business value of SOA. But did you SOA success is comparable to a fine painting?Contributors to the ebizQ Forum took up the question of SOA's... Read More..

The Coast Guard - part of the US Department of Homeland Security - started looking at SOA in early 2007, as a way to address growing requirements to be able to share information not only across its own various units,... Read More..

The US Navy is bringing all its information resources into a single enterprise portal. (That's portal, not porthole...) In conjunction with an enterprise-wide architecture, the Navy intends to have common services available across the entire organization. "By the end of... Read More..

No one does "big bangs" better than the US Department of Defense (DoD). However, when it comes to service oriented architecture, DoD prefers not to make a "big bang," but take things one quiet, deliberate step at a time.   Dave... Read More..

Informatica, known since its founding 16 years ago as a data integration and data mart provider, has been closely watching developments in the SOA space for some time.Now, the company's new flagship product, Informatica 9, represents a radical departure from... Read More..

No we're not talking about political correctness or personal computing, though these both could easily measure into the equation. Rather, PC -- or more appropriately, PC-cubed -- is the set of factors that need to be considered when looking into... Read More..

Complex event processing need not be so complex. In fact, over the next few years, systems that sense and respond to events will be as commonplace as business intelligence systems are today.The grand finale for latest SOA in Action conference... Read More..

In his keynote that opened the second day of ebizQ's SOA in Action conference, Gartner's Yefin Natis sought to dispel some of the myths that surround SOA -- not only by the overeager optimists, but also those promulgated by the... Read More..

In his keynote that opened the second day of ebizQ's SOA in Action conference, Gartner's Yefin Natis sought to dispel some of the myths that surround SOA -- not only by the skeptics and naysayers, but also those promulgated by... Read More..

Yes, SOA is a journey, not a destination. And it's not something around the corner or a half mile away. It's a journey that takes place over a period of years, with many milestones along the way.In his keynote address... Read More..

"I'm here to tell you that SOA is alive and well..."With those words, Randy Heffner, analyst with Forrester Research, kicked off ebizQ's latest SOA in Action conference, which included a stellar lineup of industry luminaries and practitioners.In Randy's keynote, he... Read More..