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SOA: Four Roadblocks to SOA Success

By Dick Weisinger

SOA is becoming accepted as a ‘Best Practice’.   And adoption rates of SOA are soaring.  But that doesn’t mean that SOA doesn’t have its warts too.  An article on TechTarget highlights some perspectives of SOA thought-leaders about some aspects of…

Java Language Begins Going Open Source

By Dick Weisinger

Formtek | Orion products have been developed primarily using the Java language, so it is of interest to us whenever there are any changes that occur to the Java language.  There has been a lot of agitation over the last few…

Storage: XAM! Powering Content Management with Content Aware Hardware

By Dick Weisinger

Content Aware Storage (CAS) are specialized storage devices for managing information.  CAS was popularized by EMC with their Centura-branded product line.  Standard storage is able to refer to stored data by adressing location on a disk, usually a physical location…

SaaS: On-Demand Platforms Start to Take Shape

By Dick Weisinger

As On-Demand / Software as a Service (SaaS) technologies and products become more accepted, platforms for hosting and developing these next-generation applications are starting to take shape. Companies are beginning to feel more secure with third party companies managing critical…

Compliance: Sarbanes-Oxley Guidance expected in December

By Dick Weisinger

Since Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) regulations were passed after the Enron scandal, businesses, particularly those small and medium sized, have complained about Section 404 which they have viewed as being onerous to comply with.  The problem has been with the language of the ruling.  The…