The Real Impact of IT Owning Your SOA Effort
I had a great lunch discussion today regarding the impact of ownership of SOA within the business. As I have…
Architecture: 1000 ways to skin the cat, either way, the cat’s till dead
Thanks to @jadkins for the colorful ending to that cliched saying, which really got me thinking. Sometimes we just make…
The Busy Executive’s Service Oriented Architecture Reference Guide
Based on feedback from my last blog entry, “The Busy Executive’s Quick Cloud Computing Reference Guide” the consensus was that people…
The Busy Executive’s Quick Cloud Computing Reference Guide
As an executive, you may be hearing many different viewpoints about Cloud Computing; some of them promising significant IT cost…
JP’s Topsy-Turvy 2009 IT Year in Review
A semi-humorous look at 2009 the year in review for IT and insight into next year's top IT topics.
Metering and Instrumentation: Two Critical and Oft Forgotten Features of Cloud Services
Additionally, proper inclusion of metering and instrumentation interfaces into you Cloud service means that you have greater control over the…
My Experience Developing A Google Wave Robot
This past weekend I set out explore some of the extension capabilities of Google Wave. One of the weaknesses that…
Blogging Is My Civic Duty
Why do I blog? For me it’s a civic duty. I have an ability to identify the real value of…
Desperately Seeking SOA Business Cases
Or, to rephrase that famous Kennedy quote, "ask not what SOA can do for you, but ask what you can…
The Reason Enterprise Architects Should Study Economics
Thus, it is here that Enterprise Architects, especially those we call Chief Architects, truly show their mettle. It is their…