http://davidbesemer.sys-con.com/ Latest News from David Besemer en Copyright 2009 Ulitzer.com Ulitzer.com Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:49:17 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss 360 http://davidbesemer.sys-con.com/node/705466 In today's difficult economic times, maximizing return on assets is a strategic imperative. Information assets are no exception. Service-oriented architecture (SOA), with its focus on agility and reuse, plays a critical role by accelerating development of new high-business-value applications from existing information assets. <p><a href="http://davidbesemer.sys-con.com/node/705466" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:30:00 EDT http://davidbesemer.sys-con.com/node/705466 http://davidbesemer.sys-con.com/node/705466#feedback http://davidbesemer.sys-con.com/node/314107 The original inspiration for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) was vendor neutrality and interoperability among best-of-breed technology components, comprising a cohesive system that is flexible and adaptable enough to meet ever-changing enterprise demands. Yet, recent news from well-regarded SOA technology vendors might lead one to believe SOA is heading in the opposite direction, toward a multi-faceted yet proprietary solution from a single source provider. What should enterprises consider as they plan SOAs, or do if their SOA implementations are already underway? This article reviews the best-of-breed versus proprietary approaches, and draws conclusions based on the original intentions for SOA.<p><a href="http://davidbesemer.sys-con.com/node/314107" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:00:00 EST http://davidbesemer.sys-con.com/node/314107 http://davidbesemer.sys-con.com/node/314107#feedback