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Compliance/Discovery: eDiscovery isn't Working

By Dick Weisinger

An interesting report from Robbins-Gioia found that 65 percent of the respondents said that eDiscovery was not working for them. The survey was taken among 70 senior records managers at an ARMA conference in October 2006. 55 percent said that…

SOA: Even More Consolidation is on the Way

By Dick Weisinger

Big news over the last few months was Software AG’s acquisition of WebMethods. There has been a steady stream of acquisitions in the SOA space, especially by the majors. IBM and Oracle have had a strategy of acquisition of companies…

Oracle: 11g is coming! — July 11th

By Dick Weisinger

After more than three years, Oracle will begin shipping a new major version of its flagship database product, version 11g. With ‘g’ still standing for ‘grid computing’. That’s on target with an average of about 3.2 years between previous major…

Sarbanes-Oxley: Threatening Innovation?

By Dick Weisinger

Sarbanes-Oxley has been criticized for hitting companies with huge costs with limited real benefits. Many claim that the costs of Sarbanes-Oxley regulations are driving away new company listings from the US to foreign stock exchanges, especially the UK. Now a…

SOA: Trying to Stoke up the Excitement Again around SOA

By Dick Weisinger

Articles started showing up in mid to late 2006 saying that SOA hype had saturated and had begun its descent on the hype scale. Developers and managers know that SOA can provide a very compelling architectural design, at least on…