SOA

Towards Next Generation Process Execution

A considerable part of my professional time is spent on advising people on discovering, redesigning, and --- if possible and feasible --- automating their business processes. Often, trivial, cumbersome, and predictable processes can be formalised and executed using a process engine (also…

Twtpoll results from The Open Group Conference, Austin

The Open Group set up two informal Twitter polls this week during The Open Group Conference, Austin. If you wondered about the results, or just want to see what our Twitter followers think about some topline issues in the industry in very…

Service Boundaries in SOA

A service has explicit boundariesThis is one of the four tenets of SOA, promulgated by Microsoft and others around 2004. In its (now discontinued) Connected Services Framework (3.0 SP1), it is identified as one of the four principles of service-oriented design. Boundaries…

Service Oriented Cloud (SOC)

I am almost shocked by the vast volume of tweets hitting #Cloud. Of course it’s a reflection of the frenetic level of interest in the subject. But it’s also because Cloud Computing is such a huge, complex domain. Following in the well-trodden…

Service Oriented Cloud (SOC)

I am almost shocked by the vast volume of tweets hitting #Cloud. Of course it’s a reflection of the frenetic level of interest in the subject. But it’s also because Cloud Computing is such a huge, complex domain. Following in the well-trodden…

Integrating Strategic Planning for Cloud and SOA

In October 2010 Gartner Group assessed that Cloud is at the top of the Hype Curve, the peak point of inflated expectations. But no one really needs this authoritative assessment to confirm an opinion that the industry in general is still in…

Integrating Strategic Planning for Cloud and SOA

In October 2010 Gartner Group assessed that Cloud is at the top of the Hype Curve, the peak point of inflated expectations. But no one really needs this authoritative assessment to confirm an opinion that the industry in general is still in…

SOA was yesterday’s issue?

Don’t you believe it! For many larger organizations SOA is only now becoming central to key business strategies. Whilst SOA has been around for almost a decade, few companies have achieved real maturity. Governance issues in particular have allowed fragmented service oriented…

SOA was yesterday’s issue?

Don’t you believe it! For many larger organizations SOA is only now becoming central to key business strategies. Whilst SOA has been around for almost a decade, few companies have achieved real maturity. Governance issues in particular have allowed fragmented service oriented…

Combining SOA and WCM

A good friend of mine was in town this week to visit one of his clients.  When we got together for dinner (and, yes, drinks) one of the topics (inevitably) was architecture.  Lately he has been working with some very large international…

Combining SOA and WCM

A good friend of mine was in town this week to visit one of his clients.  When we got together for dinner (and, yes, drinks) one of the topics (inevitably) was architecture.  Lately he has been working with some very large international…
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