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SOA: The SOA Divide

By Dick Weisinger

While the hype surrounding SOA isn’t going away, a drill-down into who’s actually using the technology shows that there’s still a long ways to go. Forrester found that only 38 percent of companies with more than 1000 people are not

SOA: Integration Tool of Choice

By Dick Weisinger

Most users of SOA think the best thing about SOA are its integration capabilities. AmberPoint, an SOA governance software vendor, surveyed 300 IT professionals that were well versed in SOA technologies. Users cited the following benefits for SOA: 74.9% found

SOA Governance: No Clear Winners in a Packed Space

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner’s magic quadrant is available for 2007 SOA Governance Technology Sets. SOA governance is the set of “processes that an enterprise puts in place to ensure that things are done … in accordance with best practices, architectural principles, government regulations,

Technology: Pairing Virtualization with SOA — A Dynamic Duo

By Dick Weisinger

The power of SOA is in its ability to break down processes into smaller reusable chunks or services. Services can then be deployed on servers anywhere, either internal to the enterprise or from external service providers. SOA is starting to

Technology: Enterprises Blend SaaS and On-Premise with SOA

By Dick Weisinger

Many organizations continue to prefer to develop applications in-house. That approach allows them to have complete control over feature sets, customizations and integrations. But as these organizations begin to use the concepts of SOA, they’re finding that custom blends of