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SOA: Java Threatens Microsoft's .Net

By Dick Weisinger

SOA and Microsoft’s .Net are not mutually exclusive things, but the long-term success of SOA may become a threat to .Net. A recent survey by Evans Data found that the number of developers using Java to implement SOA has grown

SOA: Is this the path to simplifying a complex technology?

By Dick Weisinger

To fight the criticism of SOA complexity, the IT industry standards body OASIS has responded in a strange way: they’ve created six new technical committees (TCs) to go off and hammer out more specifications. The world of SOA is already

SOA: A Name that May not Stick

By Dick Weisinger

After years of hype, vendors may be distancing themselves from the term Services Oriented Architecture (SOA). Instead, Enterprise 2.0 is gaining popularity. ZDNet’s Joe McKendrick is predicting that vendors will drop the term SOA in favor of Enterprise 2.0 or

SOA: IT Leaders Convinced of Benefits

By Dick Weisinger

A recent CIOInsight Emerging Technology Study report found high satisfaction with SOA among the IT executives surveyed. The two main results of the survey were that SOA is widespread and that SOA is not a slamdunk. Most companies had surveyed

IBM: Major Force Behind SOA Movement

By Dick Weisinger

IBM has been a leader of the SOA movement for some time, involved in the drafting of standards and specifications, in educating both business and IT staff and executives, and in developing products and tools for implementing SOA. As might