Further to our first SOA 2.0 post, it happened – enough people got in touch to convince me it was worth a couple of hours’ PHP coding, and we’ve created a petition to stop the SOA 2.0 madness. Why did we bother with this? There are two reasons. Firstly: industry does not, at this point, [...]
Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 by adminI just came across this article over at eWeek – ID Management Challenges Persist – which cites feedback from attendees at an event sponsored by user provisioning specialist Courion. The results of the attendee survey are slanted towards provisioning but that’s not why I am highlighting it here (not least because that’s no great suprise [...]
Posted on Thursday, May 25, 2006 by adminI have been going through the backlog of Microsoft announcements from WinHec. There has been ample coverage of the beta releases of the big three: Vista, Longhorn Server and 2007 Microsoft Office System – now where’s the logic in that nomenclature structure change! but I wanted to comment on the acquistion of Softricity (not least [...]
Posted on Thursday, May 25, 2006 by adminI just came across this (unattributed) quote: Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege. I think it sums up pretty well how I feel about the recent emergence of the term “SOA 2.0″. I’m so angry about it I can’t work out where to start! Luckily JBoss standards and development honcho [...]
Posted on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 by adminNeil Macehiter hosts this slightly elongated (35’41″) MWD podcast episode, in which we interview prominent enterprise architect blogger James McGovern. The interview covers the role of open source in enterprise architecture and IT investment and the challenges associated with introducing OSS technology; thoughts on the architectural challenges associated with identity management; and a discussion on [...]
Posted on Monday, May 22, 2006 by adminIt’s a Monday so its time to invent a new acronym – or is it an abbreviation. Today it’s YAOSA – “yet another open source application.” Perhaps it won’t reach the level of TANSTAAFL and NIMBY, but it may have legs. The reason for the new acronym? A week or so ago, a bunch of [...]
Posted on Monday, May 22, 2006 by adminI think it’s the smell of an overcooked prediction… I just saw this over at the ever-fun ZDNet blogverse. “Software development will cease to exist”…? Riiiiiight. I have a lot of respect for Daryl Plummer generally, and he wouldn’t have got where he is today without being smart. But what’s happened here? Has his brain [...]
Posted on Friday, May 19, 2006 by adminI’m normally not one of the people who finds themselves agreeing with Dion Hinchcliffe (ZDNet blogger and CTO of Sphere of Influence). To me a lot of his posts have a bit too much evangelism and not quite enough practicality in them. Maybe it’s just me. But I think he’s really hit the nail on [...]
Posted on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 by adminEarlier this week, Martin LaMonica at CNET reported that Novell will be taking the covers off its latest foray into open source identity management: the Bandit project (a somewhat surprising choice of name given the focus on security, privacy and so forth but that’s by the by – there is some justification for the name [...]
Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 by adminSOA Software (which until March 2005 was known as Digital Evolution) today announced its fourth acquisition in the last 20 months. Blue Titan, which like its new parent is based in Los Angeles, is the latest and follows the earlier acquisitions of: Flamenco Networks, whose technology is the basis of SOA Software’s XML VPN product [...]
Posted on Monday, May 8, 2006 by admin
