SOA in Action Blog

Keynote: A Mnemonic That Helps Clarify Event Processing

joemckendrick — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:44:43 -0500

Complex event processing need not be so complex. In fact, over the next few years, systems that sense and respond to events will be as commonplace as business intelligence systems are today.The grand finale for latest SOA in Action conference...

Gartner Keynote: Shattering the Myths of 'SOA Naysayers'

joemckendrick — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:08:26 -0500

In his keynote that opened the second day of ebizQ's SOA in Action conference, Gartner's Yefin Natis sought to dispel some of the myths that surround SOA -- not only by the overeager optimists, but also those promulgated by the...

Gartner Keynote: Shattering the Myths of 'SOA Fanatics'

joemckendrick — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:16:37 -0500

In his keynote that opened the second day of ebizQ's SOA in Action conference, Gartner's Yefin Natis sought to dispel some of the myths that surround SOA -- not only by the skeptics and naysayers, but also those promulgated by...

Forrester's Heffner: Four Guideposts for Your SOA Journey

joemckendrick — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Yes, SOA is a journey, not a destination. And it's not something around the corner or a half mile away. It's a journey that takes place over a period of years, with many milestones along the way.In his keynote address...

Forrester Keynote: Seven 'Fixes' for SOA

joemckendrick — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:57:15 -0500

"I'm here to tell you that SOA is alive and well..."With those words, Randy Heffner, analyst with Forrester Research, kicked off ebizQ's latest SOA in Action conference, which included a stellar lineup of industry luminaries and practitioners.In Randy's keynote, he...

SOA in Action Sets the Tone for 'SOA, Phase 2'

joemckendrick — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:11:08 -0500

We've just wrapped up the SOA in Action event, and all sessions will be available for archived viewing.I was pleased to have served as emcee and moderator of the conference, which is intended to help set the tone for the...

Pfizer's SOA Spawns Innovative Mashup Culture

joemckendrick — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:34:44 -0500

Pfizer, the pharma giant, is no stranger to SOA -- the company has had SOA efforts underway for more than four years now. Two years ago, I reported on a talk given by Martin Brodbeck, executive director for strategic architecture...

SOA, Phase 2: Toward a Loosely Coupled World

joemckendrick — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:13:44 -0500

Back in early 2006, I published a piece on the impact of delivering SOA-ready services via online, on-demand venues such as online marketplaces. Here is an update on the piece, revised to meet today's cloud computing realities. Since I wrote...

Time to Make SOA Work for a Living... Conference in Two Days

joemckendrick — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:52:52 -0500

Do you find "selling" SOA's value to the business is more difficult in today's economy, especially since ROI is often hard to quantify? Are you wondering how SOA projects can derive the benefits of emerging technologies such as Complex Event...

SOA Symposium: SOA Manifesto Seeks to Guide SOA Journey

joemckendrick — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:40:45 -0500

Many of the issues in the SOA space have been the result of confusion about what, exactly, SOA is supposed to bring to the organization. There are several key values and principles that distinguish serious service orientation initiatives from those that...

SOA Symposium: Is SOA Still Dead? And What's the 'New SOA' Looking Like?

joemckendrick — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:09:43 -0500

I'm at this year's International SOA Symposium in Rotterdam, and the prevailing theme is "Next-Gen" SOA, in which we see service-orientation emerge from its bout with the skeptics to take a stronger role within the enterprise.Setting the stage for the...

Time to Make SOA Work for a Living... Conference in Nine Days

joemckendrick — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0500

From published authors to world-class thought leaders in the SOA and IT space -- we're going to have them all for you in one virtual space.We're just nine days away from what will be an informative two-day event, SOA in...

SOA Helps Plug Up the Streets of San Francisco

joemckendrick — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:31:40 -0500

Sewer grates disappearing at an alarming rate from city streets... Sounds like a job for... SOA!In a new report, Jack Vaughan describes how the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission employed technology to track down missing sewer and storm drain covers....

Should We Hold Off on SOA Governance Until There is Something to be Governed?

joemckendrick — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:06:49 -0500

Is it ever too soon to get good SOA governance underway? Or will ad hoc tools do the trick until the real critical mass of services is established?That's the conundrum we're debating in this week's SOA Forum, and readers are...

Transparent Supply Chains Got These Companies Through the 2008-09 Economic Chokehold

joemckendrick — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:46:59 -0500

The downturn of late 2008-2009 caught a lot of companies flat-footed, and many were left with painful choices, such as cutting staff, when business went south.However, some companies were able to see the handwriting on the wall, and throttle down...