Comments on: Schrödinger's SOA http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2009/01/schrdingers-soa.html Thoughts on IT architecture, governance, technology trends and the business value of IT Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:25:03 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bart Du Bois http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2009/01/schrdingers-soa.html/comment-page-1#comment-379 Bart Du Bois Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:08:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/schrodingers-soa/#comment-379 It sure seems to be easier to claim SOA to be dead/undead then it is to describe its meaning or contribution :)<br/><br/>Why are'nt we more specific about which part of SOA has failed so miserably that it should be amputated? <br/>+Surely it's not the focus on business processes. <br/>+Surely it's not the ability to trace IT's contribution to these business processes. <br/>+Surely it's not the clarification of the role of architecture for agility<br/>+... It sure seems to be easier to claim SOA to be dead/undead then it is to describe its meaning or contribution :)

Why are’nt we more specific about which part of SOA has failed so miserably that it should be amputated?
+Surely it’s not the focus on business processes.
+Surely it’s not the ability to trace IT’s contribution to these business processes.
+Surely it’s not the clarification of the role of architecture for agility
+…

]]> By: Bart Du Bois http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2009/01/schrdingers-soa.html/comment-page-1#comment-381 Bart Du Bois Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:08:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/schrodingers-soa/#comment-381 It sure seems to be easier to claim SOA to be dead/undead then it is to describe its meaning or contribution :)<br/><br/>Why are'nt we more specific about which part of SOA has failed so miserably that it should be amputated? <br/>+Surely it's not the focus on business processes. <br/>+Surely it's not the ability to trace IT's contribution to these business processes. <br/>+Surely it's not the clarification of the role of architecture for agility<br/>+... It sure seems to be easier to claim SOA to be dead/undead then it is to describe its meaning or contribution :)

Why are’nt we more specific about which part of SOA has failed so miserably that it should be amputated?
+Surely it’s not the focus on business processes.
+Surely it’s not the ability to trace IT’s contribution to these business processes.
+Surely it’s not the clarification of the role of architecture for agility
+…

]]> By: Steve Jones http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2009/01/schrdingers-soa.html/comment-page-1#comment-378 Steve Jones Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:48:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/schrodingers-soa/#comment-378 SOA is Dead is a headline that vendors need so they can start flogging Mashup Servers, Cloud Integration Platforms and the "next big shiny thing".<br/><br/>For me the underpinning element in Anne's post is that in a downturn the business doesn't want to <i>waste</i> money on shiny technology it wants to <i>invest</i> in <i>outcomes</i>. This means that little-SOA is at least seriously wounded while Big-SOA is strutting around the boardroom SOA is Dead is a headline that vendors need so they can start flogging Mashup Servers, Cloud Integration Platforms and the “next big shiny thing”.

For me the underpinning element in Anne’s post is that in a downturn the business doesn’t want to waste money on shiny technology it wants to invest in outcomes. This means that little-SOA is at least seriously wounded while Big-SOA is strutting around the boardroom

]]> By: Steve Jones http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2009/01/schrdingers-soa.html/comment-page-1#comment-380 Steve Jones Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:48:00 +0000 http://mwdtemp.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/schrodingers-soa/#comment-380 SOA is Dead is a headline that vendors need so they can start flogging Mashup Servers, Cloud Integration Platforms and the "next big shiny thing".<br/><br/>For me the underpinning element in Anne's post is that in a downturn the business doesn't want to <i>waste</i> money on shiny technology it wants to <i>invest</i> in <i>outcomes</i>. This means that little-SOA is at least seriously wounded while Big-SOA is strutting around the boardroom SOA is Dead is a headline that vendors need so they can start flogging Mashup Servers, Cloud Integration Platforms and the “next big shiny thing”.

For me the underpinning element in Anne’s post is that in a downturn the business doesn’t want to waste money on shiny technology it wants to invest in outcomes. This means that little-SOA is at least seriously wounded while Big-SOA is strutting around the boardroom

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