http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson Comment Feed for Loraine Lawson Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:52:11 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-11-05T11:52:11Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/semantic-techs-implications-for-the-enterprise/?cs=37250#comment-33935 We've put the "Rise of the Semantic Enterprise" issue of Cutter IT Journal up on our site as a PDF download (it's free but requires registration). Mitchell Ummel was the guest editor, and the issue provides a great look from a variety of angles of the Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:52:11 GMT Kim Leonard http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/semantic-techs-implications-for-the-enterprise/?cs=37250#comment-33935 2009-11-05T11:52:11Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/much-ado-about-the-soa-manifesto/?cs=37135#comment-33928 I think there were quite a few holes in the manifesto.  I addressed them in a recent blog post: http://soa-today.blogspot.com/2009/11/soa-manifesto-value-statement-critique.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:33:40 GMT Jordan Braunstein http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/much-ado-about-the-soa-manifesto/?cs=37135#comment-33928 2009-11-04T21:33:40Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/magic-quadrant-good-first-stop-for-info-on-soa-governance-products/?cs=16050#comment-33925 If you're looking for an over priced product the gartner is the place. But if you're looking for a cost-effective and comprehensive product then do the research your self through google etc....   We are using JaxView SOA governance tool. Its the Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:51:52 GMT James Morran http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/magic-quadrant-good-first-stop-for-info-on-soa-governance-products/?cs=16050#comment-33925 2009-11-04T17:51:52Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/soa-governance-tools-simplified/?cs=16071#comment-33924 We were looking for a cost effective tool for SOA runtime governance. We needed security and visibility. Ultimatley we found JaxView to be the most comprehensive and cost effective tool out there. It integrates easily with many ESB's and the multiple Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:48:35 GMT James Morran http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/soa-governance-tools-simplified/?cs=16071#comment-33924 2009-11-04T17:48:35Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/much-ado-about-the-soa-manifesto/?cs=37135#comment-33900 As always, Loraine, you summed it up brilliantly. Our take is here: http://bit.ly/2ey5Cp Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:43:39 GMT Alex Neihaus http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/much-ado-about-the-soa-manifesto/?cs=37135#comment-33900 2009-11-03T21:43:39Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/could-mashups-solve-problems-plaguing-business-intelligence/?cs=37179#comment-33880 The problem is that many organizations today purchase BI solutions for 100K and more and then asked where is my ROI?   If on the first place they would not spend huge amount of money on the old generation big systems like BO, Cognos, Panorama etc. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:39:56 GMT Shared Intelligence http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/could-mashups-solve-problems-plaguing-business-intelligence/?cs=37179#comment-33880 2009-11-03T08:39:56Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/much-ado-about-the-soa-manifesto/?cs=37135#comment-33858 I agree with most of what folks are saying here not a lot of actual practitioners versus vendor/consultants but I believe Dr. Webber got this part backwards - "He also took aim at what the document said about prioritizing “intrinsic interoperability Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:49:55 GMT Mark Griffin http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/much-ado-about-the-soa-manifesto/?cs=37135#comment-33858 2009-10-31T15:49:55Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/whats-holding-up-semantic-integration/?cs=37002#comment-33846 Interesting dialog.  We think that semantic data integration is a very important topic and a key enabler for any company that wants to deal with the crucial pain point in data integration -- how to simplify data mapping design, enable business rule Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:51:56 GMT Michael Waclawiczek http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/whats-holding-up-semantic-integration/?cs=37002#comment-33846 2009-10-30T14:51:56Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/applying-mashups-to-business-intelligence/?cs=37105#comment-33844 great article Loraine! will be really interesting to see what kinds of BI mash-ups take hold and which fall by the wayside. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:03:38 GMT Zak http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/applying-mashups-to-business-intelligence/?cs=37105#comment-33844 2009-10-30T11:03:38Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/consulting-firm-calls-for-unified-soa-standards/?cs=36407#comment-33841 Given that the S in OASIS is for Standards, I am slightly confused by JP's comment. If the OASIS work is not a standard then but a 'product', then I guess that means our CBDI SOA meta model work that was produced via an open process in which many of our Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:00:01 GMT Lawrence Wilkes http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/consulting-firm-calls-for-unified-soa-standards/?cs=36407#comment-33841 2009-10-29T23:00:01Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/whats-holding-up-semantic-integration/?cs=37002#comment-33793 Correct - semantics is about getting agreements between humans (i.e., do we mean the same thing when we use the term "customer"). This, together with the issue that easy, mainstream tooling is not yet out there (and less focused on the agreement side), Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:00:11 GMT Stijn Christiaens http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/whats-holding-up-semantic-integration/?cs=37002#comment-33793 2009-10-27T18:00:11Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/whats-holding-up-semantic-integration/?cs=37002#comment-33791 I released "Enterprise Information Integration: A Pragmatic Approach" in 2005, which focuses heavily on the semantic integration problem domain.  Since then the book has sold steadily, but at a low volume.  I have taken that to mean that there Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:10:34 GMT JP Morgenthal http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/whats-holding-up-semantic-integration/?cs=37002#comment-33791 2009-10-27T16:10:34Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/whats-holding-up-semantic-integration/?cs=37002#comment-33790 Loraine-- I think Keller's point is largely a cop-out.  Take for instance your typical BI project based on conventional technology; the specification of ETL mappings, dimensional models, aggregate functions, and multi-way join SQL to correctly Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:51:57 GMT pedanticweb http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/whats-holding-up-semantic-integration/?cs=37002#comment-33790 2009-10-27T15:51:57Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/hard-learned-lessons-about-e-medical-records-from-kaiser-permanente/?cs=31997#comment-33693 Electronic Health Sytem have the potential to improve patient's Health care and maintain reports of patient.EMR System provides the best way to handle the Patient Secure. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:31:07 GMT Allscripts Online Training http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/hard-learned-lessons-about-e-medical-records-from-kaiser-permanente/?cs=31997#comment-33693 2009-10-21T10:31:07Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/soa-another-reason-for-an-integration-competency-center/?cs=36729#comment-33638 Loraine - We're seeing the level of interest in ICC's growing within our membership. As a result, just this week we launched a free group for ICC enthusiasts and have made all ICC related content on our site accessible to group members. As an added Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:14:09 GMT Leanne MacDonald http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/soa-another-reason-for-an-integration-competency-center/?cs=36729#comment-33638 2009-10-16T15:14:09Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/can-enterprise-architects-align-it-to-the-business-yeah-right/?cs=36310#comment-33603 Once again, Loraine:  interesting topic!  This one reminiscent of another discussion in your column long ago.   Regarding your consideration about... "how well they'll be able to transcend IT and work with the business - not to mention Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:44:23 GMT FrankMillar http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/can-enterprise-architects-align-it-to-the-business-yeah-right/?cs=36310#comment-33603 2009-10-13T23:44:23Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/three-unusual-places-to-find-enterprise-architects/?cs=36356#comment-33575 A good Enterprise Architect is a business process analyst with an IT focus.  An IT BPA understands the recursive relationship between IT and business; understands the goals and objectives of the organization, how it functions day-2-day and applies Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:51:41 GMT Stephanie Quick http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/three-unusual-places-to-find-enterprise-architects/?cs=36356#comment-33575 2009-10-12T16:51:41Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/can-it-save-soa-and-itself-by-learning-from-web-20/?cs=36529#comment-33537 I guess some people will just refuse to accept that SOA is NOT an application architecture.  It's part of the Enterprise Architecture and to narrow it's scope to the point where it can be compared to WOA completely undermines the effort to use SOA Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:26:53 GMT JP Morgenthal http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/can-it-save-soa-and-itself-by-learning-from-web-20/?cs=36529#comment-33537 2009-10-09T15:26:53Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/three-unusual-places-to-find-enterprise-architects/?cs=36356#comment-33529 I think your question about empirical data existing for any job is a great point.   I commented on your rant so I won't duplicate it here, but I have been calling for a focus on business outcomes, influencing decisions across business and IT, and a Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:40:41 GMT Mike Rollings http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/three-unusual-places-to-find-enterprise-architects/?cs=36356#comment-33529 2009-10-09T11:40:41Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/can-enterprise-architects-align-it-to-the-business-yeah-right/?cs=36310#comment-33528 Loraine, I agree.  Saying that an enterprise architect will save the day is naive and totally misses the fact that the competencies are the important part and not the title.    In my blog post "Is the business result more valuable than Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:31:48 GMT Mike Rollings http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/can-enterprise-architects-align-it-to-the-business-yeah-right/?cs=36310#comment-33528 2009-10-09T11:31:48Z