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SOA: Shift Toward Lightweight REST Services

By Dick Weisinger

The velocity of SOA adoption is slowing considerably. And the organizations that are implementing SOA are choosing more lightweight technologies than the original vision of SOA. For example, use of SOAP protocol is way down. REST services are becoming the…

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March 6th, 2009
Category: Health Care, SOA
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Open Source: Pricing Varies Widely

By Dick Weisinger

Open Source licenses are either free or come at dirt cheap prices, right? Sometimes. Actually, Open Source commercial license prices are all over the board. Mark de Visser had some interesting data on OS pricing recently on his blog. Mark…

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March 5th, 2009
Category: Open SOurce
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Enterprise Search: SharePoint Searches FASTer

By Dick Weisinger

Last year Microsoft shelled out $1.2 billion to buy Norway’s Fast Search and Transfer (FAST). It’s a year later now and Microsoft just announced upcoming plans for the FAST technology. The plans include the bundling of FAST technology with SharePoint.…

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March 4th, 2009
Category: Enterprise Search
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ECM: Hidden SharePoint Costs

By Dick Weisinger

The SharePoint sales pitch can be compelling — low price, tight integration with Office products, and basic document management and collaboration features. But ‘basic’ features often don’t cut it for customers. A recent report by AIIM was generally critical of…

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March 3rd, 2009
Category: Enterprise Content Management, Metadata
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Content Management: Age of the Knowledge Librarian

By Dick Weisinger

Digital storage is redefining exactly what a library is and the role and tasks of librarians. Electronic information in libraries requires almost no space to store, can be rapidly searched, and can be frequently updated. And access to library information…

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March 2nd, 2009
Category: Content Management, Technology
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