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It's taken me a long time to realize that any time I say words like "ideally" or "should," reality is going to slap me. And hard. I'll give you an example. SOA governance, ideally, should be e... More >
True confession: I don't like parades. OK – that's not fair. I don't like watching parades on TV. I never have. It makes me feel like a voyeur, but in a bad way, as if my life is so dull, I ca... More >
SOA consultant and blogger David Linthicum sang the praises of open source SOA software this week at InfoWorld. He's back from the SOA World Conference in San Jose, Calif., where the most frequently ... More >
“ Are we shorting SOA? ” Joe McKendrick asked this week on his ZDNet blog. In particular, he's questioning whether pundits might be doing a disservice to service-oriented architecture by calling for ... More >
There's a lot of debate about what the recession – that's right; I said it - will mean for IT , tech workers and various IT-related initiatives, including Web 2.0 and SOA , which is already sl... More >
When a week's particularly busy, I often found myself with a long list of links with no place to go. This was one of those weeks. There was, thankfully, plenty to blog about, with some left over. It'... More >
Have you ever noticed how magical the Web is? I mean, sure, it's technology, not magic. But it's almost as if Web-enabling something gives it a new life, a new depth that just makes applicatio... More >
ZapThink recently published what may be the most frustrating column about SOA I've read to date - and I read a lot of frustrating SOA pieces. This article even frustrated Sam the hamster, whose cag... More >
Recently, my IT programmer/analyst husband was talking about a huge time management system that he suspects is going to tick off a lot of his company's workforce. I know: You want to know what... More >
Every now and then, there's rumbling about integrating structured data -- the stuff you find in databases -- with unstructured data -- the electronic stuff that, well, isn't in databases, like text f... More >
I've been digging around for a while today, and when it comes to integration, the big news seems to be that IBM is going to build a new enterprise integration platform based on SOA for Mitas, a Eur... More >
Cloud computing is often seen as sort of the liberator of corporate IT. Tired of maintaining that proprietary CRM system? Move it to the cloud. And, as I've shared previously, the solutions for integ... More >
As a reporter, I can be really annoying to non-reporters. Most recently, I nearly drove my daughter's Girl Scout leader to drink with all my questions about the bank account she and I, as treasurer, ... More >
SOA was supposed to simplify integration -- particularly the point-to-point integration required for more traditional approaches to systems and software. But that's not how it's playing out in... More >
Occasionally, I write about the dream of an integrated desktop . But mostly, it's something I daydream about. I'd never really stopped to consider if it's worth pursuing from a business standpoint. ... More >
In the past, there's been some buzz about how enterprise-class mashups could be used for data integration . This week, ZapThink's Ronald Schmelzer offered guidelines on how IT can shift from talkin... More >
If you're sick of hearing about SOA, I have some good news for you: Gartner says SOA is slowing: "Since the beginning of 2008, there has been a dramatic fall in the number of organizations that are p... More >
Alex Neihaus, the vice president of Marketing for Active Endpoints, has a few choice words for Forrester and its recent report on "Integration-Centric Business Process Management Systems." In fact, h... More >
Occasionally, you'll see someone talk about business services in SOA. I confess: I haven't contemplated the difference between a service and a business service very deeply. I just sort of assu... More >
Everybody, it seems, wants a piece of the Salesforce.com pie. I'm always getting announcements from data-integration companies offering new connectors with Salesforce.com. But you know it's se... More >
Data Stratey Journal's October edition -- which is now available for free viewing online -- is dedicated to Master Data Management (MDM). It includes six articles by a variety of experts on the top... More >
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