http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/ Thought leaders in SOA, Web Services and Business Integration en-US Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:59:50 +0100 http://www.typepad.com/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/RonanBradley/litebytes/~3/PWApTXLI0sw/soa-success-and-what-causes-it.html http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/06/soa-success-and-what-causes-it.html I was recently pointed to an articlein Mainframe Executive magazine written by David Linthicum on the subject of "Mainframe SOA: When SOA Works/When SOA fails". I think the friend who suggested I read it was making mischief, knowing my views... best practices CICS enterprise architecture IBM Industry trends Integration legacy systems SOA Steve Craggs Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:59:50 +0100 http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/06/soa-success-and-what-causes-it.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/RonanBradley/litebytes/~3/ahdGRTvwcKw/the-real-concern-over-cloud-data-security.html http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/06/the-real-concern-over-cloud-data-security.html Recently I have been involved in a discussion in the LinkedIn Integration Consortium group on managing data in a Cloud Computing environment, and the subject has turned to security. I had maintained that data security concerns may sometimes result in... Cloud governance Industry trends Information Management Integration Security Steve Craggs Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:10:14 +0100 http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/06/the-real-concern-over-cloud-data-security.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/RonanBradley/litebytes/~3/u5wz7J2huBQ/pragmatism-is-the-theme-for-2009.html http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/06/pragmatism-is-the-theme-for-2009.html I have just returned from a couple of weeks around and about, culminating in presenting at the Integration Consortium's Global Integration Summit (GIS), where I presented the Lustratus 'BPM Sweet Spots' paper. One message seemed to come out loud and... best practices EA enterprise architecture Industry trends Integration ROI SOA Web Services Steve Craggs Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:06:38 +0100 http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/06/pragmatism-is-the-theme-for-2009.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/RonanBradley/litebytes/~3/uLBoQftj6G8/the-forgotten-soa-benefit-visibility.html http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/05/the-forgotten-soa-benefit-visibility.html There has been a lot of chatter recently about measuring SOA ROI - take a look at Loraine Lawson's recent blog for instance. or Gartner's results of a UK-based survey of SOA adopters. However, one of the benefits that I... best practices BPM Compliance governance risk ROI SOA Steve Craggs Tue, 19 May 2009 09:04:40 +0100 http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/05/the-forgotten-soa-benefit-visibility.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/RonanBradley/litebytes/~3/rZyDCcUkhgs/dont-get-handcuffed-by-ea.html http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/05/dont-get-handcuffed-by-ea.html I have to confess up front that I have never been desperately comfortable with Enterprise Architecture (EA) frameworks and disciplines, and therefore the opinions I am about to express should be taken in that light. However, I do worry that... best practices EA enterprise architecture Industry trends Steve Craggs Wed, 13 May 2009 09:37:47 +0100 http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/05/dont-get-handcuffed-by-ea.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/RonanBradley/litebytes/~3/tSCJ3xGG_Q4/what-is-behind-saps-goslow-on-saas.html http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/05/what-is-behind-saps-goslow-on-saas.html There have been many reports recently on the problems with SAP's Software as a Service (SaaS) offering, Business ByDesign - see for example the article by Timothy Morgan here. To summarize, SAP is backing off its initial, bullish claims on... best practices Industry trends SaaS SAP Software as a Service Vendor news Steve Craggs Mon, 11 May 2009 14:41:04 +0100 http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/05/what-is-behind-saps-goslow-on-saas.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/RonanBradley/litebytes/~3/hzXMED_raVE/does-microsoft-esb-guidance-have-a-future.html http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/05/does-microsoft-esb-guidance-have-a-future.html As one might have expected, Microsoft tried to ignore the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) movement for a long time, but eventually it had to do something to answer demands of its customer base looking for SOA support. Its response was... enterprise service bus esb Industry trends microsoft risk SOA SOA development Vendor news Steve Craggs Fri, 08 May 2009 08:57:11 +0100 http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/05/does-microsoft-esb-guidance-have-a-future.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/RonanBradley/litebytes/~3/3SgVMRi_c5Q/bpm-is-flying-off-the-shelves-at-least-at-pegasystems.html http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/05/bpm-is-flying-off-the-shelves-at-least-at-pegasystems.html It's always nice to be proved right. At the end of 2008, when Lustratus published its 2009 predictions for the infrastructure market, we highlighted BPM and predicted that 2009 would (at last) be its year. In March I discussed the... BPM Earnings Industry trends Pegasystems productivity Vendor news Steve Craggs Thu, 07 May 2009 09:42:05 +0100 http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/05/bpm-is-flying-off-the-shelves-at-least-at-pegasystems.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/RonanBradley/litebytes/~3/0fj745hlv4Y/sap-takes-a-hammering-in-2009.html http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/04/sap-takes-a-hammering-in-2009.html SAP released its first quarter results today - and they do not make pretty reading at all. Although overall revenue was only slightly down overall it is the software license figures that are so alarming, crashing by a third compared... Earnings Industry trends SAP Vendor news Steve Craggs Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:56:55 +0100 http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/04/sap-takes-a-hammering-in-2009.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/RonanBradley/litebytes/~3/YsdLRgQ49IA/why-do-so-many-soa-adopters-moan-about-low-reuse-levels-.html http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/04/why-do-so-many-soa-adopters-moan-about-low-reuse-levels-.html I was reading a recent post from Joe McKendrick the other day on measuring SOA success, and it reminded me of a related issue - that of measuring services reuse. SOA adopters often moan to me that despite having implemented... best practices enterprise architecture productivity Reuse SOA SOA development Steve Craggs Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:40:43 +0100 http://blog.lustratusresearch.com/litebytes/2009/04/why-do-so-many-soa-adopters-moan-about-low-reuse-levels-.html