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Web 2.0: Public Sector Data Mash-Ups

By Dick Weisinger

Web 2.0 technology combined with publicly accessible data sources powered by Web Services have created a new category of applications called mash-ups.  Mash-up applications driven by APIs available from companies like Google and Yahoo! especially those that incorporate visual mapping

SOA: Small Projects are showing immediate ROI

By Dick Weisinger

While some large SOA projects struggle, smaller and incrementally deployed projects are showing immediate returns on investment.  A recent article by Heather Havenstein tracked some successful small-scale SOA projects, including one at Siemens AG in Munich. Siemens first implemented an SOA-based

Book: Enterprise SOA Adoption Strategies

By Dick Weisinger

A new book called Enterprise SOA Adoption Strategies by Steve Jones is available for free download (after registration) and can also be purchased here.  Steve is the CapGemini UK CTO for Application Development Transformation. The book’s approach is based the OASIS SOA

BPEL 2.0 Available for Public Comment

By Dick Weisinger

In an earlier Formtek blog I described and compared BPEL and BPMN 2.0 technologies and discussed how both are important to BPM.  BPEL is a language that describes the flow and coordination of interactions between published business component interfaces.  BPMN is a notational

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