After a decade of working to realize the benefits promised by Service Oriented IT Architecture (SOA), a new and exciting evolution of service orientation is taking place that is impacting and benefiting entire communities of consumers and businesses – the Service Oriented Business Model (SOBM). Many of us in the IT industry have been excited [...]
When I first saw blog posts and industry press questioning the relationship between Cloud Computing and SOA… I wondered what was causing the confusion. Are our definitions of Cloud Computing not clear? Do many of us still not understand SOA? Are we not correctly conveying either the Cloud or SOA’s value proposition or role in the enterprise? [...]
Even though the potential benefits are obvious, and some early adopters are already experiencing a positive ROI, I fear for the near-term future of Cloud Computing! (For a late-breaking ROI example see http://bit.ly/HDJVy) It looks to me like we are very close to the peak of the Hype Cycle – lots of, often irrational, press; [...]
Clearly the economic challenges we’ve been facing over the past 18 months have been almost unprecedented. As business leaders, it’s been very difficult to plan and to know how to best use our scarce resources. But, as always, those who demonstrate creativity, leadership and courage can seize opportunities to focus on developing powerful IT strategies [...]
