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I must say, when I think high-tech biometrics, neither the Czech Republic nor Croatia springs to mind. And yet, last spring, Croatia became one of the one of the first European countries capab... More >
IBM announced a pretty amazing line of SOA-related products today. Oddly, the news isn't making a huge splash in the trade press, so you may have missed it. But in my opinion, it's well worth reviewi... More >
As I've mentioned before , testing for Web services and service-oriented architecture is different from your typical application testing. In a recent IT Business Edge interview, Erik Josowit... More >
There's a rather cynical item in CIO Insight this month about green IT . The article suspiciously asks whether companies are really interested in the environment, or whether their enthusiasm is just... More >
Welcome to Bizarro World SOA, where the very features that make SOA such an attractive concept for IT organizations can be a problem. You like that SOA gives IT more agility, the ability to ... More >
Now here's a new and intriguing business model for you: Eavesdropping on Internet phone conversations so you can send the callers context-based advertisements. According to an Associated Pres... More >
Worried about all those mobile devices - phones, PDAs, iPods, tiny Dick Tracey wrist watches - walking in and out of the building and possibly your network? Fear, no more, brave CIO! Virtualiz... More >
Occasionally, I find myself wondering how much more can be written about integration. I mean, surely organizations will be able to "solve" this problem - for the most part - within a few years, right... More >
There's an adage: The problem with being the bottom dog is the view never changes. It occurs to me you could say the problem with being the top dog is there's always somebody ready to jump on your ba... More >
I used to laugh when I'd read tech predictions that in the near future, business users wouldn't even need developers. They'd just be able to create their own programs from parts. "Yeah, right,... More >
What's the value of SOA? Is it the return on investment? Let's hope it doesn't boil down to just ROI, because, boy, are technology folks struggling with that one , especially after last month... More >
There's a lot of buzz about Google Documents, but I've tried it, and trust me, it's got nothing on this idea: Virtual Operating Systems . Today, Technology Review looks at two entirely Web-... More >
Information Week published a must-read profile on a massive integration project at Emerson , a St. Louis manufacturer, today. What's unusual -- at least in this day of SOA this and SOA that -- is t... More >
So, I'm researching emerging technology, and skimming through all these weird research articles on topics such as Surprise Strategy: Bees Smother Enemies and " Very Young Children Can Step Into The... More >
When I read about the Semantic Web, it's generally described as having a preternatural ability to figure out exactly what you want to find on the Web. As it turns out, semantic technology can ... More >
When it comes to technology, I fall solidly into the category of ELLA - early luster, late adopter. (See how I did that? I just invented an acronym. Jealous, aren't you? Well don't be. You've probabl... More >
Technically, the title of this blog is "Mergers & Integration." Right now, just about everything written on integration ties to SOA -- but each week, I try to find at least one integration articl... More >
Have you ever said to yourself, "Self, 80-core chips sound cool and everything, but what's the point?" If you have, then, boy, have I found the blog post for you. Jerry Bautista, the di... More >
It never fails: The day after I write about something on this blog, I find a really good item that would have fit perfectly with yesterday's topic. So, of course, since I wrote about Microsoft's eme... More >
I vaguely remember reading about a new diagnostic tool for wireless connectivity problems somewhere else, possibly a press release. Anyway, it didn't do nearly as good a job as explaining the tool as... More >
Microsoft doesn't enjoy the best reputation in the tech community as what you might call a "team player." Part of this is the open source community's doing: They're vocal and they value open code, wh... More >
A recent InformationWeek survey on SOA and Web services revealed that one in three companies are disappointed with their results. Now, some people would look at that stat and think, "Uh-oh. ... More >
Those "crazy" open source guys are always accusing Microsoft of trying to lock-in something, whether it's your PC, your content, via SharePoint or Open XML , or even your future service-oriented ... More >
After last month's edit revelations , and the March false credentials brouhaha , can we ever trust Wikipedia again? Assuming we ever did, of course. Me, I've always viewed Wikipedia a... More >
I'm reading " Citizen Marketers: When People are the Message ," by Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba. Its copyright is 2007, but many of the examples are circa 2005, so it's a bit dated, at least for the... More >
Is it any business of the business if IT wants to implement SOA? There are some who think not, and I can see their point. After all, what does it matter to the business how IT structures its c... More >
One of the great things about my job covering integration, and in particular Service Oriented Architecture, is it's so alive and diverse. The philosophy of SOA may be simple, but the details are toug... More >
Now, here's a nifty laptop security feature: Two series of laptops from NEC will ship with an integrated facial recognition system called "face pass." Or, at least, that's what it'll be called... More >
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ultra-wideband: Is there room for one more short-range wireless technology? Scientists at the Georgia Electornic Design Center think so -- particularly since two of those three are ... More >
A while back, I wrote about how enterprise architects are struggling with SOA and how it fits into their discipline. Frank Millar, executive director of Millar Consulants, LLC, pointed out that I... More >
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