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 Will the cloud succumb to the same short-sighted, market pressure that doomed the ASP model and still plagues SaaS approaches? It’s not up to vendors to answer this question. It’s up to you … the enterprise architect.Jun. 19, 2009 11:45 AM EDT Reads: 535 |
 The challenge for EA is to be able to balance the long-term goals against the pressing short-term needs of the business. There are intense commercial pressures right now to reduce costs at a time when capital expenditure is severely constrained. Operational efficiency has become an imp...May. 28, 2009 10:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,698 |
 Cloud computing is not the savior of IT. It's nothing but a way to deploy your enterprise architecture in such as way that has the potential to be more productive and cost effective. In essence, it's a tool, not a way of life. It's not magic, it's not even new, but if approached correc...Apr. 17, 2009 01:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,113 |
 We've all experienced the hype: "We're a SOA tool, and we're here to help!" However, most SOA vendors out there don’t understand the value of SOA, or even how to approach SOA. They focus on the tactical and not the strategic. Why? A tactical approach is easier for them to sell, and eas...Sep. 9, 2008 05:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,854 Replies: 1 |
 From Application Virtualization to Xen, a round-up of the virtualization themes & topics being discussed in NYC June 23-24, 2008 by the world-class speaker faculty at the 3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo being held by SYS-CON Events in The Roosevelt Hotel, in midtown ...Jun. 10, 2008 08:30 PM EDT Reads: 98,326 Replies: 2 |
 While few will disagree that the inefficiencies of existing enterprise architectures have reached a critical level, many count on 'flying under the radar' of those who look at a company's efficiencies. Let's face it; enterprise architecture is very technical and difficult to understand...Jan. 23, 2008 05:00 AM EST Reads: 10,008 |
 One of a CIO's top priorities is to leverage information to enable better business decisions and outcomes. Many CIOs trace constraints on their business back to the limitations of older legacy information systems - specifically, outdated applications. A legacy-based environment can mak...Dec. 3, 2007 07:00 PM EST Reads: 3,976 |
 When looking at technology buying patterns in the world of SOA, there's one common thread. The Global 2000, and many government agencies, are purchasing from their existing vendors, no matter what the needs or requirements. I call these solutions purchasing 'comfort technologies' since...Nov. 9, 2007 08:45 AM EST Reads: 6,638 |
 With the advent of Web services and SOA, we've been seeking to create architectures and systems that are more loosely coupled. Loosely coupled systems provide many advantages including support for late or dynamically binding to other components while running, and can mediate the differ...Oct. 15, 2007 01:45 PM EDT Reads: 10,585 Replies: 2 |
 IT architectures have evolved to include process orchestration as a fundamental layer due in no small part to the emergence and widespread adoption of the WS-BPEL standard. WS-BPEL, also known as Business Process Execution Language or just BPEL, is a standard owned by OASIS that provid...Mar. 12, 2007 05:15 PM EDT Reads: 18,272 Replies: 2 |
 B2B marketplaces facilitate efficient search and transactions by offering services such as buyer/supplier and product/services searches and transactions such as procurement and asset disposal.Feb. 7, 2007 09:45 PM EST Reads: 16,097 |
