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ECM: Mitigating Information Overload

By Dick Weisinger

Guy Creese from the Burton Group has a great article on DMReview called Information Scarcity to Information Overload. Creese breaks down ECM functionalities into six categories and then classifies the categories as either being driven by Information Scarcity or Information…

Celebrating 10 Years of XML

By Dick Weisinger

In November 1996, the XML Working Group published the first working draft of the XML specification — a little more than 10 years ago. Over ten years XML has gained wide acceptance and been intertwined with other specifications too, like…

2007 — Year of the SaaS EcoSystem

By Dick Weisinger

SAP has one.  There’s Salesforce.com’s AppExchange.  There’s WebEx Connect.  And there’s Progress Software. These companies are creating ecosystems of enterprise on-demand applications — and they are all about SaaS and SOA.  While the approach taken by these vendors varies significantly in terms of how much control…

Does SOA consolidation run counter to basic SOA Philosophy?

By Dick Weisinger

Much of the success of SOA and Web Services technologies has been driven by the benefits of loose coupling and easy interoperability of different services.  The SOA philosophy allows and encourages a best-of-breed approach in selecting and combining services.  And because…

SOA: 2007 SOA Prediction Round-up

By Dick Weisinger

To close out the year, ZDNet and InfoWorld both collected thoughts from some of the thought leaders about SOA. Here are some of their findings: 2007 had many consolidations, mergers and acquisitions.     RedHat acquired JBoss     HP acquired Mercury…