There is always a temptation, when facing a hard design decision in the process of creating an interface or a protocol, to produce two (or more) versions. It’s sometimes a good idea, as a way to explore where each one takes you so you can make a more informed choice. But we know how this [...]
Then: Web services standards One of the most frustrating aspects of how Web services standards shot themselves in the foot via unchecked complexity is that plenty of people were pointing out the problem as it happened. Mark Baker (to whom I noticed Don Box also paid tribute recently) is the poster child. I remember Tom [...]
Then: Web services standards One of the most frustrating aspects of how Web services standards shot themselves in the foot via unchecked complexity is that plenty of people were pointing out the problem as it happened. Mark Baker (to whom I noticed Don Box also paid tribute recently) is the poster child. I remember Tom [...]
Last Wednesday the Open Group made available their SOA Source Book. They describe it as “a collection of source material produced by the SOA Working Group for use by enterprise architects working with Service-Oriented Architecture”. Having looked at it I have to say it seems to have a high information density and would be a [...]
I created the @vambenepe Twitter account a while ago to reserve the username. Yesterday I posted three tweets, so I guess I am now “on Twitter”, in case anybody cares. We’ll see where this goes. @jamesurquhart gave me a kind (but intimidating) welcome and @Beaker hasn’t called me a “jackass” yet, so things are looking [...]
Yet another cloud standards organization effort. This one is better than the others because it has the best domain name. A press release to announce a Wiki. Sure. Whatever. Electrons are cheap. Cynicism aside, it can’t hurt. But what would be really useful is if all these working groups opened up their mailing list archives [...]
If you’re not yet seasick with all the reviews of Google Wave, here are a few additional thoughts. My mental picture for a Wave is that of an IRC channel on which each message is an edit to an XML doc. And where the IRC server (or a bot, like Zakim) keeps a log of [...]
If you’re not yet seasick with all the reviews of Google Wave, here are a few additional thoughts. My mental picture for a Wave is that of an IRC channel on which each message is an edit to an XML doc. And where the IRC server (or a bot, like Zakim) keeps a log of [...]
Oracle Press Release Oracle® Launches New Continuous Delivery Model for PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutions First Enhancement Pack Continues Path Toward Service-Oriented Architecture Redwood Shores, Calif. – July 14, 2009 News Facts To support its higher education customers today and help prepare them to better meet student, faculty and staff needs tomorrow, Oracle has launched a [...]
The very first Enterprise 2.0 Boot Camp, which set up shop yesterday at Oracle HQ, is now history. Although the “recruit” attendance was not what we expected – there were a lot of no-shows, perhaps to be expected on a Monday – the feedback was excellent. Ajay Gandhi, previously from BEA and now a senior [...]