Tag Archives: Service Oriented Architecture
SOA is Mainstream
Posted on01. Feb, 2010 by vbrown.
SOA is growing up. In fact, for many of SOA’s early or mid-term adopters, SOA is in late adolescence or early adulthood. By that I mean that the application and disciplines of service-based architecture and applications have matured and are being applied to realize most of the benefits we were promised in the beginning, including:
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Flight Plan: Deploying the Cloud
Posted on06. Nov, 2009 by vbrown.
The early phases of a new technology paradigm are disruptive and confusing. And the confusion usually starts with words and the difficulty of clearly communicating complex topics! That’s definitely true of the cloud computing paradigm. The term “Cloud Computing” is applied to a wide variety of applications and (sometimes contradictory) definitions.
This post wraps up what [...]
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Flight Plan: Cloud Computing Meteorology
Posted on01. Nov, 2009 by vbrown.
There are so many voices expressing confusing and diverse opinions around the topic of Cloud Computing. Definitions, benefits and risks, strategies for adoption, are all over the map. Most have some merit; very few make practical sense and are actionable. My goal in this series is to provide fundamental definitions and practical strategies that can [...]
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The Best Clouds Will Use SOA
Posted on28. Sep, 2009 by vbrown.
I think that one of the most significant benefits from the over-heated interest in Cloud Computing may be the result of a change in the way we think about Services (SOA). Effective use of a Cloud - especially IaaS and PaaS - will essentially mandate that we implement our applications as services – at least, any application [...]
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SOA Discovers MDM
Posted on02. May, 2009 by vbrown.
If you asked a random sample of CIOs how they feel about their data strategy, most would probably respond that it’s in good shape. They’ve implemented data warehousing, business analysts have access to BI repositories and tools, data security is tight, and they may even have a data governance function in place. Generally, they recognize [...]
