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Here's something I'm going to spend awhile perusing over the weekend that I thought you might find useful. Datamation published a reprint from Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Unleashed Thursday. ... More >
There's a bigger, badder supercomputer on the market... but it may not be king of the hill for long. The BBC reports that IBM has built Blue Gene/P, a supercomputer that's three times more p... More >
Today, I'd like to talk about something completely different: the integration of devices. With the iPhone set to ship on June 29, IT experts and analysts alike have their backs raised like an ... More >
I was hanging out on Facebook when I started to wonder what my old buddy, Microsoft, is up to these days. I mean, other than thumb wrestling with Google, of course. Microsoft didn't ret... More >
Sometimes, I read about emerging technologies and I just sit there shaking my head, mumbling, "This is not a good idea." I felt that way a little bit when I learned that researchers had sto... More >
I posted yesterday about how SOA architect Marc Rix had written on the long-term ROI of using SOA for integration , as opposed to the more traditional point-to-point integration. Basically, he con... More >
One of the big questions about SOA is how to fund it. Creating services just doesn't lend itself to project-by-project funding in the same way traditional integration projects do. In fact, SOA is som... More >
One of the great unresolved debates of modern life is whether or not cell phones interfere with airplane controls. There's evidence that yes, cell phones and other electronic devices can impa... More >
My husband sent me the following e-mail last week: I am an SOA god. I've completed most of the coding on my application that wields the fearsome +1 hell-hammer of SOA. It probably should hold ... More >
It never fails. My husband hears about a new device -- most recently the iPod -- and how much storage it offers -- his is 4 GB -- and he tells me, with complete sincerity and a straight face, "Wow! 4... More >
The term "mashups" tends to bring to mind some bits of code cobbled together to do something mildly interesting on a MySpace or Facebook page. I'm starting to see some business references, but by and... More >
A few weekends ago, my family went camping and tried to capture lightning bugs. This is not as easy as I remember. Every time you thought you'd cornered one and just needed it to blink one more time,... More >
I'm always coming across something that links SOA and business process management. I've shared many of these items with you, including discussions on how BPM can help solve SOA problems and whethe... More >
I confess: When I first read about green tech, I thought, "Great idea. But, most people don't even recycle. Nobody's going to take green computers seriously." That's not to say I think you sho... More >
It's a weekday, so it must be time for more SOA vendor mergers. Surely I'm not the only one who thinks it's a bit stale to predict mergers and buy-outs in the SOA space. In fact, here's a fun ... More >
There's a lot of discussion over which should come first, business process management or SOA. Certainly, the two are complementary . The question is, should you start with BPM or SOA? It seem... More >
Remember in Blade Runner, where Deckard (Harrison Ford) tells a computer to zoom in and move around a photo until he finds a mirror image of a replicant? Well, the word from Wired is that Microsoft ... More >
Industry Week published an interesting package on 2.0 technologies for its July issue. The content is already online. It's a good package, and I recommend you check it out. And if you're skeptical a... More >
Physorg.com reports on two intriguing developments in the PC world this week. The first is about Intel's Active Management Technology , a chip that stays on even when your computer is off, al... More >
What if you could get better virus protection that lead to fewer updates and patches? How much would that be worth to your company? Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a p... More >
Occasionally, readers send me terse e-mails questioning the definitions for various technology terms I discuss in this blog. Frequently, they think there's too much marketing-speak or vagueness in th... More >
Companies are using all sorts of measures to verify transactions. It's no longer enough to have a password and a log-in. You may have to offer an additional pass code, typed in on a virtual keyboard,... More >
I'm seeing a lot of information these days about using REST - representational state transfer - and its use within service-oriented architecture. Right now, REST isn't used with SOA. It's XML ... More >
You might say we're a "Wibree" closer to a standard for tiny wireless devices. Since Bluetooth is something of a power hog, it can't really be used in smaller devices, such as watches, heart m... More >
What if you have a project-based data integration initiative that's just not quite big enough to invest in a whole platform-based solution? Or maybe you already have a platform-based solution, but yo... More >
I've talked before about claims that few IT people really understand SOA. Obviously, that little knowledge problem impacts your ability to sell SOA to the business. But SOA expert and Real Wo... More >
In the next year, you're going to hear a lot more about Complex Event Processing, a technology where latency is measured in milliseconds. Everybody talks about real-time data processing, but C... More >
If you're at all familiar with encryption keys, you know that they're a great security measure -- but not an unbreakable one. While they can be so long as to seem unbreakable, they're static and base... More >
Who would have guessed that airlines would lead the way on SOA adoption? OK, maybe some of you guessed. Personally, I hadn't even given it any thought. ComputerWeekly.com recently publ... More >
Earlier this week, I asked a simple question: " Are BI Tools Falling Behind the Times ?" One reason I asked is because I'd read how BI vendors aren't jumping on SOA - or even showing much interest in... More >
Theoretically, scientists have known for more than 100 years that it was possible to power devices without wires. In fact, the same 19-century physicist and engineer who demonstrated wireless ... More >
Attention CIOs, CTOs, network admins, security pros and frustrated mobile users: If your connection is slow, there's now a way to find out if it's just you - or your whole city. Akamai Technol... More >
Business is really dragging its collective feet on Web 2.0. Nearly every article I read about adoption rates comes with a headline that reads something like this: "Enterprises told to/admit they must... More >
One of the most important reasons for integration of any kind, but particularly data integration, is so that companies can (one day) have real-time access to information and therefore make smarter bu... More >
Intel's 3 Series chipset had its coming out this week during Intel's Executive Vice President Sean Maloney's opening keynote address at Computex. And given all the media-rich interfaces and content, ... More >
It's not hard to find IT articles touting the benefits of SOA and virtualization. However, some technologists question how you track down and manage problems in the abstract IT environment resultin... More >
The creators of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays are working hard to develop bigger, more flexible and completely transparent versions of the screens now found on the tiny screens of mob... More >
Recently, ZDNet blogger Joe McKendrick posted about the shift from technology hype to advocacy for SOA : "corner office" versus "ground floor" SOA advocacy. These aren't his words, but rather... More >
If your developers use open source code, you'll want to check out a new enterprise search tool, scheduled for release in late 2007. But even if they don't, this new search appliance may have other us... More >
Good news from the spintronics field! It seems a team of researchers have figured out how spintronics can be used in an actual device to do actual computing. Regular readers will know I've dev... More >
Integration is an important challenge for many companies, but nowhere is it as critical as it is in the health care industry. The problem is, the health care industry is notoriously slow to adopt IT ... More >
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