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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

SaaS and SOA: Powerful synergies for next-generation applications

By Dick Weisinger

SaaS offloads hosting, maintenance and daily technical operations of IT onto an external provider.  SOA allows loosely-coupled networked data services to inter-communicate and act as building blocks for consumption by composite applications. Both of these emerging technologies provide new models for delivering IT

SOA: Top Drivers for SOA adoption

By Dick Weisinger

The results of a survey taken in October 2006 by Hurwitz and Associates shows the following four items as top reasons why companies are undertaking SOA initiatives: Reuse of software services across the enterprise Business Flexibility Ease of Integration Speed

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