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Government and Open Source Software

Wed, 20 May 2009 10:56:50 EDT

Published a new article on Government and Open Source Software. Government and Open Source Software — For the past several years, US Government agencies have shown an increased interest in open source software. Most people will be surprised to learn that the reason for so much interest by the government in open source software is really based [...]

Government and Open Source Software

Tue, 19 May 2009 12:15:00 EDT

For the past several years, US Government agencies have shown an increased interest in open source software. Most people will be surprised to learn that the reason for so much interest by the government in open source software is really based on the government acquisition process and how the open source business model relates to this process.

Thoughts on How to Select Between COTS and Open Source

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:00:00 EDT

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:

How Business responds to IT and SOA.

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:32:29 EDT

A great cartoon from Geek and Poke on how Business responds to IT and SOA.

COTS & Open Source Selection Thoughts

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:53:36 EDT

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 [...]

Zen and the Art of SOA

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:43:05 EST

Many organizations are struggling to find balance and harmony on their journey to embrace service-oriented architecture (SOA). There are many reasons for this discord, including the background and skill sets of the team members, natural friction created by company organization, and even the prevailing company culture. These factors tend to influence how an organization approaches [...]

Service Level Agreement Attributes

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:00:24 EST

I am frequently asked about the type of information that you would have in a service-level agreement. So I have put together a list of items I would expect to be in an SLA. ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION Service Name This is one seems pretty obvious — should be a bit descriptive about what service is to be provided. Fully Qualified Name The [...]

What is SOA Governance?

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:55:33 EST

Lots of buzz around SOA Governance and what it means. David Linthicum talked about this in a recent posting and broke it down into Design Time Governance and Runtime Governance. While I think this is the most popular break down of SOA Governance, I believe there is more to the whole Governance concept as demonstrated [...]

Quote of the Day

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:38:54 EST

Not sure where this came from but I thought it was pretty humorus. Calling an illegal alien an “undocumented immigrant” is like calling a drug dealer an “unlicensed pharmacist”.

The Beginning of the End for SOA?

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:52:19 EST

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 [...]

From Principles to Policies

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:00:27 EST

You have defined your SOA Goals and Principles, so now the question becomes, ‘How do you actually achieve these goals, and meet these principles?’ - The quick answer is SOA Policies. SOA Polices are what makes governance real. Polices translate your goals and principles into actionable behavior, and by adhering to these polices an organization has [...]

From SOA Goals to Principles

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:00:04 EST

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 [...]

SOA Goals - How do I know they are the ‘Right’ Goals

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:34:14 EST

So you have bought into the whole SOA thing, but to what end? What are you really trying to accomplish and what do you expect to gain with SOA? Most people toss out the obvious things such as reduce time to market, reuse, cost savings, etc - and these are all valid goals, but in the [...]