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Thursday, January 19, 2006 SOA Consolidation The acquisition of Actional by Progress is yet another sign that the SOA space continues to mature. Consolidation is a necessary fact of all market places. We've noticed that the 'acquisition trail' is becoming more and more complicated, so we've put together a cheat-sheet to help you out: SOA Consolidation And congratulations to the teams at Actional and Systinet! posted by jeff | 10:35 AM Sunday, January 15, 2006 Microsoft SOA Contest The Great Microsoft WSDL Hunt  SHOW ME THE WSDL!! MomentumSI is sponsoring a contest to see if anyone can locate the Microsoft WSDL's! Yes - anyone can win an SOA Tee Shirt, even Ray Ozzie! All you have to do is:
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When "The Great Microsoft WSDL Hunt" is over, I'll publish the results. posted by jeff | 8:38 AM SOA-WS and CORBA IMHO - here are some of the major differences between SOA-WS and SOA-CORBA. Perhaps Steve V./Eric N./etc. would be kind enough to give their list. Differences:
I'll leave the discussion on IDL/IIOP/Common Facilities/etc. to the experts... posted by jeff | 6:43 AM Legacy Architects and SOA "Jeff - I've seen 5 paradigm changes - this one looks just like what we were doing 10 years ago with CORBA. I'm not sure why you expect anything different..." I often find myself attending meetings with 'legacy architects'. You know the kind - the guys that love to remind you that 'nothing is new' - hence, we shouldn't expect any new results. Thoughts... 1. 'Legacy Architects' or 'Last Gen Architects', if you prefer, remain quite ignorant about SOA-WS. 2. In a paradigm shift, 'Pessimistic Architects' have a much higher likelihood of failure than 'Optimistic Architects'. I don't mind ignorant architects - however I have a true disdain for perpetually ignorant architects - the kind who refuse to learn what they don't know. These people can kill an SOA program. Find them - remove them if you can, contain them if you can't. Pessimistic architects are good; perpetually pessimistic architects are bad. If the people leading your SOA program don't believe in SOA - you are likely doomed. Understanding the limitations of a computing model doesn't take a great architect - quite frankly, any half-assed architect can find holes in any model. Great architects are the ones that mitigate holes and while getting the entire organization completely pumped up about making the transition. Great architects push the acceptance over the chasm - past critical mass. They will have plenty of arrows in their back - mostly shot from the bows of 'perpetually ignorant architects'. posted by jeff | 5:40 AM |
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