February 2011 Archives

Give businesspeople a reason to care about SOA, give them business process management. I want to call out an article written exactly two years ago by Kaushal Mashruwala in the Financial Express. Kaushal made a lot of sense, and makes... Read More..

We know everyone wants to compete on analytics. But before we compete, we need to decide what, exactly, should be analyzed? Mike Meyer, senior consultant with The Robert E. Nolan Co., has some suggestions:Benchmarking: "Benchmarks are often thought of as... Read More..

The blogosphere and social networks -- and world in general -- have been gaga about IBM's Watson supercomputer delivering a shellacking to the reigning wetware champions of the Jeopardy! game show the other week.  But how many companies need a supercomputer... Read More..

The boom (is that an understatement?) in mobile devices being brought into the workplace could swamp even the best IT operations. However, it may also present an opportunity for enterprise architects.  David Barnes, a program director at IBM's Emerging Technologies... Read More..

What is Service Portfolio Management, and why does it matter?In the era of service orientation, some companies now have hundreds, in some cases, thousands of services under their roofs. How many are duplicates?  How many are outmoded, or broken? Toufic... Read More..

As we get close to a full decade of SOA work, we know that some companies have very robust, well-functioning service oriented networks, while others are still struggling with Just a Bunch of Web Services. To provide some yeardsticks, Thomas... Read More..

In my previous tenure as an association executive, I had the opportunity to meet with many professionals seeking not only sharpen their skills, but also demonstrate their high levels of commitment to their companies and peers.  I'm seeing similar... Read More..

Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) -- considered, along with Business Process Execution Language -- the bedrock of business process management, has a lot of support from both the business and IT communities. However, as Roland Woldt observes, many vendors and... Read More..