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Data Virtualization: Essential but Approach with Caution

Data Virtualization is the current marketing banner for Enterprise Information Integration (EII). It is an important adjunct to SOA, but must be undertaken with caution. David Linthicum, Linthicum Group, and Bradley Wright, Progress DataDirect, recently...

Published 11-02-2009 7:34 AM by Fred Cummins

Filed under: SOA , Virtualization, Enterprise Information Integration, data virtualization, EII

Managing Enterprise Attributes and Events using a New SOA Provisioning and Synchronisation Pattern

Introduction We normally associate Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) with a very logical framework of architectural concepts, policies and methods that allow the interaction of loosely coupled services. These services are generally defined as having...

Published 09-25-2009 5:54 AM by Alex Cameron

Filed under: SOA , Provisioning, Synchronisation, Architectural Patterns

Whether in Business or Scrabble “Ubiquitous” is tough to pull off

Ubiquitous is not a word typically used in day to day conversation. It is one of those "killer" words in Scrabble ; it has a point value of 21 and is one that can easily hit a "double word score". However, to achieve that point value...

Published 09-08-2009 2:45 PM by Larry Schmidt

Filed under: Enterprise Architecture , SOA , Value chain

SOA and Cloud: Business Necessity for Small to Medium Sized Businesses

The synergy of service oriented architecture (SOA) and cloud computing will make small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) a competitive threat to their large siblings. I define SOA as integrating sharable business capabilities across organizational boundaries...

Published 08-31-2009 11:15 PM by Fred Cummins

Filed under: Agility, Enterprise Architecture , Business process outsourcing , Cloud Computing , Outsourcing , SOA , Value chain , Modeling

SOA: A Matrix Architecture

As a business architecture, SOA changes the structure and operating relationships between business units. Services are provided by business units that serve multiple lines of business. As a result, services should be managed in a matrix organization....

Published 07-27-2009 2:25 PM by Fred Cummins

Filed under: Governance , SOA , Value chain , organization model

Can MiCare/PHR + VistA/EHR provide a new model for wellness (HWR) in the US?

In 2008, the Department of Defense (DoD) developed a prototype, Personal Health Record (PHR) , and piloted it at Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC). A PHR is typically a health record that is initiated and maintained by an individual. MiCare is designed...

Published 07-24-2009 10:03 PM by dangonos

Filed under: Enterprise Architecture , Cloud Computing , Healthcare , SOA , Grid computing, Web 2.0, Semantic, Aging, Analytics

Value Chain Analysis for Healthcare Reform

The SOA in Healthcare Conference was held in Chicago, June 4-6. In Shahid Shah's SOA in Healthcare blog, outlined the topics presented and noted that the need for SOA in healthcare is stronger than ever, and I agree. However, he focused on SOA as...

Published 07-07-2009 8:28 PM by Fred Cummins

Filed under: Business value generation , Healthcare , SOA , Value chain

The SOA Business Case

I fail to see the need for all this suffering over building a business case for SOA. Some think SOA is dead because it isn't selling. This probably means vendors aren't selling "SOA" products. There seems to be difficulty connecting...

Published 06-16-2009 10:45 PM by Fred Cummins

Filed under: SOA

Business-IT Alignment: Time for a Paradigm Shift

The vision of business-IT alignment has been pursued by the industry since at least the 1960's, as noted by Brian Dooley in his 2008 Cutter Consortium article entitled "Business-IT Alignment (Again)" . Dooley sees this as a problem of processes...

Published 02-18-2009 3:30 AM by Fred Cummins

Filed under: Business-IT Alignment, IT Services, SOA, Business transformation , SOA , IT Services, Business-IT Alignment

Predictions for 2009

For the last 4 years I've put out a blog entry of my predictions for the coming year - like most others do. Since this is a year where the world will be coming out of a financial crisis, I'll try to be a bit more conservative than in the past...

Published 12-29-2008 9:00 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Applications, Business Value Generation, Collaboration, Emerging Technologies, Green IT, infrastructure, IT Services, SaaS, SOA, Vision, Collaboration, Business value generation , Emerging technologies , Green IT, Infrastructure , SaaS, SOA , Vision , Applications, IT Services

A Review of the Predictions for 2008

For the last few years I've been grading my predications at the end of the year ( 2006 , 2007 ), so it seems like time to look at those for 2008 . My predictions for 2009 will be out in a few weeks. The predictions for 2008 were: Mobile Redefinition...

Published 12-15-2008 10:15 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Business Value Generation, Emerging Technologies, Green IT, SOA, Vision, Business value generation , Emerging technologies , Green IT, SOA , Vision

SOA is a Business Process Architecture

The perceived war between BPM and SOA cited by Christopher Koch, " The New Technology Weapons of Choice in the Continuing War Between IT and the Business ," is a competition between specialists. As suggested by Bruce Silver in "The Phony...

Published 03-28-2008 9:06 PM by Fred Cummins

Filed under: Business Process Outsourcing, IT Services, SOA, Business process modeling , Business process outsourcing , SOA , IT Services

OASIS BPEL4People: Beating a Dead Horse

OASIS recently announced formation of a new technical committee for BPEL4People. WS-BPEL 2.0 (or BPEL for short), the current version, does not address participation of people in business processes. This is one indication that BPEL isn't designed...

Published 02-21-2008 5:09 AM by Fred Cummins

Filed under: BPM, Emerging Technologies, SOA, Business process modeling , Emerging technologies , SOA , BPM

Multi-core marches on

Last year I touched on the implications of Azul and Sun making strides around multi-core. I saw this blog entry about Azul coming out with a 48 core chip next year. With all the gnashing of teeth going on about heat dissipation and limits of Moore's...

Published 04-10-2006 9:51 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: SOA , Multi-core

Service-Oriented Architecture: Considerations for Agile Systems

I found this article in the Architecture Journal that builds a solid foundation on the advantages of SOA. I wish they would have gone more into the implications on the organization in the areas of governance and skills. Overall, a good getting started...

Published 02-10-2006 10:09 PM by Charlie Bess