SOA Lessons: The end of the hype cycle? Revisiting 2007

I have just gotten back from the Object Management Group’s SOA Consortium meeting. This is a very good advocacy group consisting of primarily corporate customers with a few collection of assorted vendors and integrators. It is a very thoughtful and pragmatic group. I have been a member of the steering committee for [...]

Is Infrastructure moving to the clouds?

Now that I am back from my trek to Redmond, I have time to come back to earth and think about what I heard. I think that several issues surfaced in my mind. Here are the three key issues that I think are worth more time:
1. We are at a turning point in [...]

Microsoft’s SOA and BPM Strategy: how is the journey?

I dragged myself to Redmond last night to attend Microsoft’s Fifth annual SOA and Business Process Management (BMP) conference. There are about 1,000 participants. Having watched Microsoft’s strategy evolve over many years, it is important to take a step back and see how the company is positioning its SOA and BMP strategies.
I will write [...]