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28 Mar 2008

Want SOA Success? Follow this recipe.

Reading about SOA is like watching a tennis match. One day it is the answer to everyone's prayers, the next day it is too complex and the business doesn't want it. The arguments go back and forth day in and day out. I can tell you that SOA done right... (posted on 28 Mar 2008 by Enterprise Topics)

26 Mar 2008

SOA Governance case studies

I attended Zapthink's Practical SOA event on Tuesday in New Jersey. There were many great presentations from both vendors and practitioners. There were three different case studies presented including mine which was on selling SOA to the Business (the... (posted on 26 Mar 2008 by Enterprise Topics)

21 Mar 2008

Making the case for SOA

There has been a lot of talk about SOA failures lately. There are many pessimists who haven't even dabbled in SOA who have simply wrote SOA off as the next buzzword that carries no merit and will soon be displaced by the next big technology fad. These... (posted on 21 Mar 2008 by Enterprise Topics)

18 Mar 2008

Why can't I sell SOA to the business?

Recently the SOA discussions have turned ugly and everyone is talking about SOA failures. As Eric Roch said yesterday:It is troublesome to hear SOA architects argue about the arcane details of SOA implementations, especially when there is no grounding... (posted on 18 Mar 2008 by Enterprise Topics)

16 Mar 2008

Why doesn't anyone understand SOA?

If you read the numerous technology blogs daily like I do, you soon realize that most people still don't understand SOA. Today I read this article from Joe McKendrick called Why even the best SOAs are stalling. In this article Joe discusses an article... (posted on 16 Mar 2008 by Enterprise Topics)

15 Mar 2008

EA, SOA, and change

Whether you are implementing an Enterprise Architecture, SOA, or in my case, both, dealing with change is by far the hardest part of the project. I just happen to be taking a graduate level leadership class right now (timing is everything!) and we are... (posted on 15 Mar 2008 by Enterprise Topics)

14 Mar 2008

SOA Is Not Enterprise Architecture

Yet one more person is writing about people talking/writing about the equivalence of SOA and enterprise architecture.A SOA is one of many possible implementations of an Enterprise Architecture. SOA is not enterprise architecture. More often than not, a... (posted on 14 Mar 2008 by Agile Enterprise Architecture)

6 Mar 2008

Get off your fat apps!

I saw a report written by the UPI recently that described a program, the Future Combat System (FCS), that will have more lines of code than Windows XP. Here's an excerpt: “The number of lines of software code required by the project has more than... (posted on 6 Mar 2008 by JackBe)

2 Mar 2008

SOA Bootcamp - Wrapup

I summarized day 1 and day 2 of Zapthink's LZA SOA Bootcamp. This post will summarize days 3 and 4 and provide my overall assessment of the class. The last two days covered topics like testing, governance, SOA Pilots, BPM, funding, and pitfalls. ... (posted on 2 Mar 2008 by Enterprise Topics)

25 Feb 2008

Without BPM, SOA is S.O.L.

Thanks to Joe McKendrick I found a great post on the Financial Times by Kaushal Mashruwala called SOA strategy and execution is failing in many companies. The article discusses how companies are struggling with the value proposition of SOA and how the... (posted on 25 Feb 2008 by Enterprise Topics)

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