"We didn't start the fire ... it was always burning since the world's been turning ..." [Billy Joel 1989]. Is SOA the "Same Old Architecture?" or is it "Simply Over Ambitious?" Let's apply SOA's arsenal:: XML, BPM, Services, SOAP, Web Services - to the real world and find out. Let's put out some fires.

March 11, 2010

5 Questions for IT Organizations to worry about

Changes are taking shape. Some are evident, many are like undercurrents, yet not prominently visible but slowly moving the needle, like global warming. I'm talking about the changes in the industry with respect to future of IT and IT organizations. Where businesses stand today and what they need in future, how much ready are IT organizations to make it happen for them?

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February 27, 2010

“Information as service” is a strategic enterprise level initiative in service orientation journey

By Murteza Salemi

Information in SOA world is often considered only within the context of specific services and processes whilst the most awaited gains and benefits of SOA investment is business information availability throughout the organization and to its partners and regulators. When an organization embarks on SOA and integrates its internal systems across LOB’s it will soon discover that there are inconsistencies in its information that was not visible before as it was hidden within various silo applications and data sources.

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