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Third SOA Insights podcast

It was my turn to guest on Dana Gardner’s BriefingsDirect SOA podcast the other week, which focused on two interesting issues: open source software and its contribution to SOA initiatives, and how to sell the business value of SOA outside IT shops. Both bits of the discussion with Steve Garone (ex IDC) and Jeff Pendleton [...]

Posted on Monday, November 6, 2006 by

More on Microsoft and Novell

Jon pointed out in his “crystal ball” post that we would have more to say about the Microsoft-Novell alliance. I had the chance to talk to Microsoft yesterday and was just about to put fingers to keyboard when a journalist came emailing with a request for my thoughts, which I thought I would share (it’s [...]

Posted on Saturday, November 4, 2006 by

Microsoft/Novell: The enemy of my enemy is my friend

I wrote the following as I was listening to the music and waiting for Microsoft and Novell’s partnership announcement. Its still pertinent; more to follow – particularly around the patents question and potential impact to other vendors. It comes as little surprise the Novell’s shares have spiked following the announcement about the partnership with Microsoft, [...]

Posted on Friday, November 3, 2006 by