Ronan Bradley's FinanceTech Directions: May 2006 Archives

IBM threaten to flood the market with 90,000 new WebSphere products (humor!)

By Ronan Bradley on May 30, 2006 10:29 AM 0

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I notice that IBM has announced the integration of the DataPower product line into the all encompassing WebSphere branding with the DataPower SOA Appliance now becoming (wait for it ) the WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance. It reminded me of the... Read More..

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A selection of SOA chat: On REST vs Web Services, Cape Clear selling their ESB to ... the ESB, and the surprising appearance of SOA 2.0

By Ronan Bradley on May 25, 2006 3:47 PM 1

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Rather than focus on a single issue this time, I thought I would comment on a few articles and blogs that have interested me over the last week. First up is the latest round of one of the longest standing... Read More..

I hope Sun's SOA strategy isn't as confused as this sounds

By Ronan Bradley on May 22, 2006 10:09 AM 0

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I was genuinely surprised by the interview with Sun’s Tim Bray in SearchWebServices. I am always careful about reading too much into such a piece as editing and the shortness of the format often hides the real intention of the... Read More..

Categories: Market trends, SOA concepts

What SOA can learn from Web2.0 Part 1-productivity matters

By Ronan Bradley on May 18, 2006 8:18 AM 1

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Dennis Howlett has added some comments to my recent blog on Web2.0 and SOA. Dennis makes three points, one of which I agree with, one I don’t and a final one which highlights an interesting issue. To paraphrase Dennis’ points:... Read More..

Categories: SOA concepts, Web2.0

SOA and Semantic transformation

By Ronan Bradley on May 16, 2006 9:34 AM 0

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I read with interest David Linthicum's postings of a couple of weeks ago on semantic transformation, here and here. In particular, he gives a good description of the scope of the term transformation in SOA by saying:- Accounting for the... Read More..

Is the mash-up the SOA Killer App?

By Ronan Bradley on May 11, 2006 12:26 PM 1

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Jason Bloomberg of ZapThink writes about what he thinks the killerApp for SOA will be and to paraphrase him: it will be the mother of all modeling tools, spanning service definition, BPM, extending into deployment with monitoring, policy, management and... Read More..

Categories: Web2.0

IBM beefs up its SOA story on the mainframe

By Ronan Bradley on May 9, 2006 9:53 PM 0

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Only a couple of weeks after I commented on IBM's increasing mainframe revenue and the importance of the mainframe in SOA, I see that IBM itself is ramping up its own support for the mainframe in the SOA area and... Read More..

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Will Web2.0 kill the SOA platform?

By Ronan Bradley on May 5, 2006 5:42 PM 0

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I am struck by the difference between discussions around SOA and Web2.0 – don’t panic I am not going to get involved in the REST versus SOAP debate or the debate about which is more hyped or a vaguer term!... Read More..

Categories: SOA Predictions, Web2.0

May 2006 Archives

IBM threaten to flood the market with 90,000 new WebSphere products (humor!)

A selection of SOA chat: On REST vs Web Services, Cape Clear selling their ESB to ... the ESB, and the surprising appearance of SOA 2.0

I hope Sun's SOA strategy isn't as confused as this sounds

What SOA can learn from Web2.0 Part 1-productivity matters

SOA and Semantic transformation

Is the mash-up the SOA Killer App?

IBM beefs up its SOA story on the mainframe

Will Web2.0 kill the SOA platform?

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