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David Margulius over at InfoWorld thinks maybe it's time IT companies started their own research and development venture capital company . Why? Because venture capitalists are falling out o... More >
One of the overlooked perils of SOA is that it really does require a new testing methodology, as I've mentioned here before . After all, for years the working model has been to code an application, ... More >
Up until now, I would've considered any computer system that promised to be "self-regulating" to fall flatly into the emerging technology/borderline sci-fi category. This Baseline article has... More >
If you've written -- or are preparing to write -- a SOA-related RFP, you might want to start by reading what David Bressler has to say about keeping it simple . Bressler is one of the blogger... More >
I've been avoiding writing about Amazon's new e-reader, the Kindle , for a few days, because, frankly, I don't care. I've got about 20 books sitting around the house waiting to be read right now, pl... More >
Many years ago, when Adobe's .pdf was the hottest Web form technology going, I spent many hours researching a way to allow people to fill out government forms and sign them online for the Kentucky Tr... More >
You may not realize it, but if you work for a small business, there's bounty of up to $1 million on your head for reports of counterfeit or unlicensed software. And your employees are encouraged to t... More >
Since it's the season for miracles, what with Hannukah, Christmas and the Winter Solstice coming round the bend, come dream with me. Imagine an IT world where your coders wouldn't need to hack away t... More >
It's Thanksgiving, and that means if you're U.S.-based, you're probably ate too much yesterday. That's OK -- just offset it with a little more exercise and healthy lunches next week. Since we'... More >
Peer-to-peer technology hasn't exactly been the darling of the IT world. In fact, it seems to have caused more problems for business -- particularly those in the music industry -- than it's solved. &... More >
No doubt you regularly patch for software bugs, but how often do you check for bug fixes on your computer's chips? Not often? Yeah, me neither. According to this Technology Review arti... More >
Have you ever wondered what -- exactly -- SOA governance means and how it differs from, say, managing SOA? I have. But, I just thought it had to do with managing services plus defining (probab... More >
No doubt, you've read how business process management - as a tool and as a discipline - can be used to guide an service-oriented architecture implementation . You're probably also familiar wi... More >
Do dancing bees offer the solution to Web site traffic jams? Craig Tovey of Georgia Tech and Sunil Nakrani of the University of Oxford believed so, and they've used the dancing of bees to impr... More >
So far, SOA has been about Web and internal applications. But the buzz is shifting to how SOA can simplify integration of communications systems and computer systems. I first noticed it last w... More >
Only a few months ago, news reports were declaring the death of city-wide Wi-Fi , as cities nationwide abandoned or cut back plans to provide wireless coverage to their constituents. No one w... More >
In the eight months I've been reading and writing for this blog, there are three questions about service-oriented architecture that keep popping into my mind and never seem to be answered. Possibly d... More >
By the end of this year, Intel's processors will be leaner, meaner and greener. The chip maker is now using its 45-nanometer transistor technology to build chips. Just how small is 45-nanomete... More >
Frustrated with SOA? You're not alone - and ThoughtWorks Application Architect Neal Ford knows why: It's because you're confusing the marketing image of SOA with the reality of SOA. Fortunatel... More >
Good news for those who use both Oracle and SAP: Oracle's Application Integration Architecture offers process integration capabilities for SAP users. True, it does seem odd that Oracle would offer an... More >
BusinessWeek is mourning the death of the "best of breed" companies after this week's news that IBM bought out Cognos, one of the few remaining stand-alone business intelligence solution providers, ... More >
When I was just starting out in technology journalism with TechRepublic, my boss sent me to a computer networking class. This was a real class for people seeking certification and I briefly thought, ... More >
One of my pet peeves about technology is that too often, technologists co-opt a 50-cent word with an established meaning and apply it in a different context. I believe this has the effect of making t... More >
Blogger Jacob Ukelson recently noticed a trend with mashup tools: Many of them look a lot like the "lightweight cousin of ETL." Ukelson is a member of eXeed Technology , an entrepreneurship... More >
Honestly, when it comes to SOA, there's no shortage of advice, columns and articles. It's difficult, however, to find real-world implementation stories - which is why I make these types of articles a... More >
If your company operates a warehouse or distribution center, you must read this Technology Review article about a new warehouse robot system . And after you read it, you will so want an army of thes... More >
I've said it before and I'll say it again: It doesn't matter how you feel about Web 2.0, you're going to have to deploy it or it'll happen without you. Now. Please send me a check for $1,500. ... More >
What I love about Gartner is its willingness to take a term that seems to be self-describing and apply a complicated definition to it. I don't know -- maybe that's unfair. Maybe they're only putting ... More >
Integration World is going on in Orlando, Florida this week. Integration World is a conference held by vendor team webMethod and Software AG. If you're curious about what's going on, check out consul... More >
Nick Malik has a must-read series at Inside Architecture . Malik is an enterprise architect for Microsoft, and his blog tends to target that audience, but his recent series offers insight for anyon... More >
My daughter has a toy plush possum of which she's very fond. She describes it as her pet -- much to the dog's chagrin -- and calls it "Todd." She takes Todd the Possum everywhere. Unless, of course, ... More >
Last week, Microsoft announced Oslo - which is, to put it briefly, the project name for the series of SOA-enabling products and functionalities Microsoft is or will be offering in the near future. At... More >
One of my more endearing traits - and I'm 99.9 percent sure that's the term my husband would choose - is my love of lists. I make lists, lots of lists. Here's a list of some of my lists: Lists of thi... More >
You know you've got an integration problem when you have to employ temps to take orders from one system and key them into another. Every day. That's one of the examples given in this InfoWorl... More >
Normally, when I try to point out the best integration articles, I focus on the high-level articles. The majority of articles - and by majority, I actually mean every single piece I've ever read - as... More >
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