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SOA is a Long Tail Enabler?

By Dick Weisinger

Chris Anderson coined the term ‘The Long Tail’ in a Wired magazine article of October 2004.  The idea is that being able to sell just a few copies of each of many products having low demand or low sales volumes can be…

Gartner's Emerging Technology Hype Cycle 2006

By Dick Weisinger

Last month Gartner published their 2006 Hype Cycle special report on Emerging Technologies.  The report surveys 36 key technologies and trends and tries to assess their maturity, impact and speed of adoption. Gartner sees all things Web 2.0 right now…

Web Services and SOA rise — But So Do Over-Expectations

By Dick Weisinger

A number of recent announcements indicate that SOA and Web Services have reached a level of high acceptance.  But the worry is that the hype in the sector may be running equally high. A poll taken in May, 2006 of 139 members from the Society…

Oracle Profits Soar

By Dick Weisinger

  Oracle surprised analysts and announced impressive earnings and growth across the board for their 2007 Q1 period ending August 31st. In terms of Oracle’s middleware vision and product direction, the strong results that Oracle reported this week make sense.  At…

Microsoft Sets SOAP Free

By Dick Weisinger

Buried in the recent news is an olive branch from Microsoft to the Open Source community.  Microsoft has a large list of patents related to SOAP and Web Services specifications.  Last week Microsoft announced that they would not seek claims on these patents,…