John Crupi's Blog
Ok, ok, it's an overstatement. But the ROI of SOA is difficult, at best, to
define and measure. Have you noticed that the press and blogosphere is filled
with SOA implementers/analysts discussing the ROI of SOA and the idea that
stand-alone SOA efforts are DOA? For a small snapshot of this teacup tempest,
look no further than the recent commentary from SOA expert David Linthicum,
the Nucleus Report on SOA ROI, and the subsequent commentary from ZDNet's Joe
McKendrick and IT advisors Neil Macehiter and Neil Ward-Dutton.
While these experts differ on issues like the importance of SOA ROI, how to
calculate SOA ROI (if at all), and why we don't have more/better of it, they
all seem to agree on one thing: 'Enterprise-wide support for SOA hinges on
the ability to demonstrate value to the business at large — more growth,
revenue opportunities, and all that... (more)
Enterprise mashups, one of the hottest Web 2.0 technologies today, could
impact your SOA in a very positive way. But are you ready for them? How does
an SOA architect prepare for this dynamic technology?
Do you know what a mashup is and what value it brings to an enterprise? Can
you distinguish between a consumer mashup and an enterprise mashup? Equally
important, do you understand the difference between a mashup and popular
enterprise technologies like business intelligence, data warehouses, portals,
and the Enterprise Service Bus?
Mashups are not exactly new. Analysts and pundi... (more)
Some of us are ready for the Web 2.0 wave that is now breaking over us, and
some of us are not. The McKinsey Quarterly just put out an insightful
article, “Eight Business Technology Trends to Watch” (registration
required), that outlines eight unique business trends that will be enabled by
the Web 2.0 technology wave. With apologies to the guys at McKinsey for
oversimplifying their detailed work, here’s my brief synopsis of their
‘Big 8’:
McKinsey’s Eight Business Technology Trends to Watch
‘Distributing co-creation’: Let everyone in your supply chain create.
‘Using consumers a... (more)
Enterprises trying to improve business unit productivity and the reuse of IT
assets continue to struggle. IT organizations have achieved some success by
attacking these challenges with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), but in
most cases have still only exposed small portions of the overall IT service
portfolio. Much of this struggle has been to deliver a "just enough" SOA to
the business unit to improve its ability to build applications and features
to get to market faster, better, and cheaper. And as we've learned,
accomplishing this is easier said than done.
The fact is tha... (more)
Enterprises trying to improve business unit productivity and the reuse of IT
assets continue to struggle. IT organizations have achieved some success by
attacking these challenges with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), but in
most cases have still only exposed small portions of the overall IT service
portfolio. Much of this struggle has been to deliver a "just enough" SOA to
the business unit to improve its ability to build applications and features
to get to market faster, better, and cheaper. And as we've learned,
accomplishing this is easier said than done.
The fact is tha... (more)
John Crupi is the CTO of JackBe Corporation. As CTO he is entrusted with understanding market forces and business drivers to drive JackBe's technical vision and strategy. He has 20 years experience in OO and enterprise distributed computing.Previously, Crupi spent eight years with Sun Microsystems, serving as a Distinguished Engineer and CTO for Sun's Enterprise Web Services Practice. He is co-author of the highly popular 'Core J2EE Patterns' book, has written many articles for various magazines and is a well-known speaker around the globe. He is a frequent blogger and was selected to join the International Advisory board for SYS-CON's AJAX & RIA Journal.
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