SOA Principles are derived from the SOA Goals, and are a key element in
helping close the gap from goals to actions regarding the governance process.
SOA principles are derivatives of business goals. While SOA goals are
expressions of how an SOA initiative or strategy will enable or support the
business and IT strategies, SOA principles are higher level guidelines that
provide the basis for making decisions. SOA principles are aspirational in
some regards and help provide high-level decision making criteria to
facilitate and guide actions. SOA principles are reflections of business, IT,
and SOA strategy goals.” - Service-Oriented Architecture Governance for the
Services Driven Enterprise
Some examples of what your SOA Principles might include:
Data will be represented in a consistent enterprise-wide canonical data
format. Services will be designed, implemented and m... (more)
For the past several years, US Government agencies have shown an increased
interest in open source software, and with the advent of the Obama
administration's call for transparency and openness several organizations
believe open source software is part of the answer. So what is the allure
of open source to the government? Is it the promise of reduced cost? Is it
access to the source code and the knowledge that it can be modify at any time
if desired? Is it hope that the government will no longer by locked into a
specific vendor? Most people will be surprised that the reason for... (more)
Organizations continue to wrestle with the COTS vs. Open Source question and
continually look for guidance on how to select one vs. the other. Many
organizations make the frequent mistake of basing the decision on the capital
investment cost or up front investment with no thought to any other
criteria. While cost is an important factor, there are other areas that
organizations should consider as part of their selection process. These
include:
1. Technical
2. Cultural
3. Financial
Technical
The technical component to the decision is pretty straight forward with only
a ... (more)
The post from Anne Thomas Manes on the end of SOA has caused a bit of ruckus
in the IT world over the past week or so. Folks from eWeek and ebizq have
all blogged in response to this, as well as the numerous comments from
everybody in response to these postings and I figured I would join the fray.
For several reasons, businesses and organizations are being forced to do more
with less. With stagnate or decreasing IT budgets for 2009, IT departments
are going to have to invest in solutions and technologies that make them more
‘agile’, and retire legacy technology that hinders their... (more)
Several of our AgilePath customers continue to wrestle with the COTS vs. Open
Source question and continually ask for guidance on how to select one vs. the
other. More often than not, they tend to focus on the capital investment
metric (thinking Open Source is ‘free’) and neglect other key elements of
the decision. In helping customers evaluate which direction they should go,
we focus on three key areas to help provide a holistic foundation for the
decision. These areas are:
Technical Cultural Financial Technical
The technical component to the decision is pretty straight forwar... (more)
As Director of Government Solutions, Mr. Hayes is responsible for the technical pre-sales delivery strategy and business development for Mark Logic Corporation's Federal Division.
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