Once again, the ebizQ site is chocked full of insights on SOA and related implementations. Even in the middle of a sizzling summer, contributors' brains are still whirring, seeking better ways to service-orient organizations.
Governance is till an issue that vexes many managers. "Why governance? And why now?" asked WebLayers' Ron Karas in a new feature posted here at ebizQ. Karas makes the case for good governance right from the get-go, and reminds us that when instituting governance for the first time, it "will require additional costs in the short term -- but ultimately will reduce overall development costs."
Integration still proves to be an elusive goal. In his latest interactive discussion with readers, Peter Schooff asks: "Can you have too much infrastructure integration?" EA extraordinaire Todd Biske joined the discussion, observing that you can't have too much integration, as long as there is standardization: "It just makes things more manageable, makes better use of your
resources. I'd have a hard time believing why the typical business would see any benefit in continuing
down a path of 'tinkered' infrastructure."
Big data is becoming part of the equation. James Taylor talked about the ability to capture and quickly analyze the countless "micro decisions" that occur across organizations every day, every hour. Experimentation on big data depends on whether transactional, customer-specific, small-scale decisions can be managed in an automated way.
Adrian Grigoriu, in the meantime, talked about the importance of enterprise architecture to organizations -- versus being exclusively an IT activity -- backing up his assertions with a Forrester Research survey.
Michael Poulin talks about service-oriented implementation at Chmeaux, seeking input from readers on how to move away from monolithic desktop design on DLLs.
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