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Maybe I've been watching too much "Doctor Who," but this Science Daily item had me at "time-reversal technology." Unfortunately, the term has nothing to do with a big blue English police cal... More >
This year has been huge for service-oriented architecture and, no doubt, there'll be even more about SOA implementations in the coming year. Let's not forget the lessons of the past, though, a... More >
On Fridays, I offer a round-up of integration-related product announcements, but, frankly, the pickings were slim this week. Still, one product announcement intrigued me -- RatchetSoft is offering a ... More >
As the prediction stories roll out, there's one topic that's made every list I've seen: Enterprise 2.0 technologies, which, in my opinion, means exactly the same thing as Web 2.0 technologies, but ma... More >
Nothing, but nothing, is going on this week. So, it must be time for year-end technology predictions. Most of these predictions are pretty obvious. I mean, predicting Web 2.0 will be a blazing hot t... More >
Did you ever have one of those moments where you're reading something and you think it's really cool, then you realize: "Wow. I am such a total geek." Embrace it, I say. My most recent ... More >
If your company operates -- or is thinking about opening -- a real-time integration competency center, you might want to check out the recently announced offerings from Informatica. According to the ... More >
Once, for a very brief time, I worked as a temp for the Associated Press. I was young and made a lot of mistakes. Even tiny mistakes, such as transposing two numbers in the coding before a sto... More >
IBM's created quite a bit of buzz this week with its announcement of Atlas , a tool that lets users see social connections. Atlas works with Lotus Connections, which is a social networking software ... More >
We're full into the holiday season, which means everyone is either on vacation or at an office party. Here's a trade secret from the world of newspapers: The real reason you see so many year-in-revie... More >
One of SOA guru David Linthicum's predictions for SOA in 2008 is that the press and bloggers -- including yours truly -- will highlight huge SOA failures. That's an easy prediction to make. ... More >
In the interest of full disclosure, I'm telling you straight up: If Google wanted to charge me rent for using its services, I'd have to pay out several pretty pennies. That's how much I benefit from ... More >
Last week, my mother called me to ask if I'd drive 20 minutes to a store to pick up a popcorn popper for my father's Christmas present. This surprised me, because the retailer she mentioned has a bra... More >
The promise of quantum computing is exponentially faster calculations than today's biggest, baddest supercomputer. That would mean, among other things, secure transactions, faster code breaking and r... More >
It's been a busy week for integration announcements. Here's a round-up of developments to watch: The U.S. Army will use the Composite Information Server in its SOA . The Composite Information ... More >
BEA held its BEAWorld Shanghai conference this week and used it as a launching pad for a slew of announcements which, when you get down to it, just tell you how BEA plans to update its products in th... More >
Computer scientists are always trying to figure out how to make the computer as complex and adaptable as the human brain. But University of Arizona Associate Professor Charles Higgins already has a s... More >
Recently, a reader pointed out that he didn't know the acronym ESB and that we should have spelled it out on first reference in " Advice for Writing a Useful SOA RFP ." This is a writing rule I gener... More >
A long time ago -- by which I mean, June -- I was interviewing Lee Nicholls , global solutions director at Getronics, about the integration potential of Office 2007 and SharePoint. He was tel... More >
Monday, I shared an article in which Accenture CTO Donald Rippert outlined four phases of implementing service-oriented architecture: Using XML as an interface. Making legacy systems available as W... More >
It's never too early to start making New Year's resolutions. If you're too busy to think of your own, just borrow a few from Rick Sherman's recent blog series on 2008 Data Integration Plans . ... More >
Bill Gates should read this blog. Seriously. He got a bit feisty during a recent live Q&A and complained that no one writes about enterprise technology the way they do consumer tech: The... More >
Two items caught my eye recently because they both point to a big problem for SOA success. The first is this article from Computerworld New Zealand , which shares Accenture CTO Donald Rippert's rema... More >
If you don't recognize the name Fujio Masuoka, pull out your iPod and think real hard. That's right: He invented flash memory while working at Toshiba, an invention that earned him a bonus of a few h... More >
Generally, I highlight an integration hot topic or issue and provide a few links to recent relevant articles. Today, I'm offering something a little bit different. I've noticed there is no one... More >
Everybody and everything, it seems, is against weight these days. The Hummer is being replaced by the Prius. People are even writing weight-restriction clauses into their pre-nuptial agreements . Yo... More >
The big integration chatter today is all about Salesforce.com's announcement yesterday of Salesforce to Salesforce , a portal that lets Salesforce users share CRM-level (customer relationship manage... More >
SOA metrics aren't a hot topic, which seems odd to me, given how many companies are starting on the SOA road. Sure, there was Joe McKendrick's pos t about how the reduction in IT backlogs would be ... More >
Some of my favorite things to find are SOA implementation stories from the real world -- particularly when they're written by IT people on blogs. While these stories may not include the details you'd... More >
I wish there was a utility that would defrag my life. And my brain. Seriously -- the speed of life today and the multiple roles I manage mean I'm constantly working on things in tiny bits, sto... More >
Robin Bloor, a partner with consultants Hurwitz & Associates, noted in Friday's IT-Analysis.com column that ESBs are now associated with SOA messaging, but are they really something more? His the... More >
We've all heard the benefits of online collaboration tools: Shorter (if any) meetings, more input from employees, better collaboration. Tiny problem with that logic: It's not true. Or, ... More >
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