Taking your name off of a project
You cannot often choose the projects that you work on. However, the ones you work on should reflect your principles,…
Internet-wide Services Integration Architecture needed now!
As I mentioned in a prior blog entry, the lack of a single consensus mechanism for different Software-as-a-Service apps to…
The roadblock to Software As A Service
Prediction for 2007: The market for Software as a Service is going to peak soon, and then fall off. In…
Declaring architecture in the code
Code sits below the architecture. It is not an expression of architecture. Code realizes architecture, but is constrained by it. …
A SOA Infrastructure Reference Model
I realized that I had been using a reference model, in my head, for a long time when describing the…
Pay Attention to the Application Portfolio
One nice thing about being in Enterprise Architecture: you get to watch as the infrastructure changes. When you are working…
Finally got to read the SOA Reference Model from OASIS
It’s a gem. I never want to hear “there’s too many definitions of SOA” or “There’s no definitive definition of…
Requirements for an Enterprise Service
An enterprise SOA service is not just any old web service. There are specific requirements that it must meet. These…
Encouraging Enterprise Services
Enterprise Services save money. When done well, they create discoverable, supported, consistent, and reusable end-points for functionality. Enterprise Services cost…
Should SOA be Top Down or Bottom Up
It’s the age of the mash-up and mix-in and composed service… yet I continue to wonder if we shouldn’t still…