Service-Oriented Architecture

Is cloud computing hype, or something riskier?

Joe McKendrick — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:16:10 +0000

Beware not only the cloud hype, but also overreaching by cloud vendors that may cause crashes over the coming year.

Is SOA an 'app store' for the enterprise?

Joe McKendrick — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:54:38 +0000

The app store supports an ecosystem of developers and creators, but weeds out crappy and malicious stuff that could degrade and contaminate the ecosystem. Sounds a lot like a well-governed SOA.

SOA, Agile and Cloud will pave the way to Lean IT

Joe McKendrick — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:41:13 +0000

Lean businesses still leave IT staff in a state of quiet desperation. Lean IT advocate Steve Bell says it's time IT adopted the lean philosophy.

Why service orienting is hard to do

Joe McKendrick — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:34:56 +0000

Geek & Poke’s Oliver Widder sheds some light on one of the biggest communications obstacles between IT and business users. Business users want technology solutions yesterday. Then they’ll need something else tomorrow. Question is, how can technology planners and architectures get ahead of the fire-fighting?

Passwords remain weakest link in Web security

Joe McKendrick — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:29:50 +0000

WS-Security, SSL, encryption, digital certificates… We know the deplyment and consumption of cross-enterprise and inter-enterprise services opens us up to all kinds of vulnerabilities, and there are all kinds of security protocols and solutions to address this in a multi-layered fashion. But we still can’t seem to get the most essential piece of the puzzle right: [...]

SOA and cloud by the numbers: what the data tells us so far

Joe McKendrick — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:27:07 +0000

Ten data points show interest and caution toward SOA and cloud computing

SOA Skills Add 37% Premium to Salaries, Survey Shows

Joe McKendrick — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:00:20 +0000

Employers willing to pay premiums for SOA, SAP, JBoss, and WebLogic skills

Another view: Why IT should not be run as a business

Joe McKendrick — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:13:49 +0000

IT executives as business leaders versus order-takers

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Yes, we still need design-time governance in the cloud

Joe McKendrick — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:02:19 +0000

Service consumers still need to govern from the earliest stages of service lifecycles

.NET, great disruptor of the decade

Joe McKendrick — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:52:51 +0000

'If .NET and C# had come out at the same time as Java, we wouldn't even be talking about Java today.'