The fact that you're reading this article means that you are probably
planning a service-oriented architecture (SOA) initiative and recognize that
some level of governance is required in order to be successful. If you are
like most people in this position, you are also somewhat confused as to the
meaning of SOA governance. Governance is the current buzzword, and combining
governance with SOA creates a phrase that every independent software vendor
(ISV) wants a piece of. How do you sort out what is marketing hype from what
is truly valuable and relevant to your organization's SOA efforts?
Governance Scope Within an IT Organization
Much of the hype around SOA governance has been focused on operational
governance. Defining, tracking, and managing factors like service-level
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Web services tool vendors frequently compete on how quickly their users can
"generate a Web service from scratch" or "expose a Java/COM+/CORBA class as a
Web service." While speed of development is important, the broader business
needs of an enterprise must be the main driver of new technology adoption.
Blindly applying new technology ultimately results in more poorly conceived
software. ... (more)
Over the past two months, we've looked at the process of extracting a
business application pattern from a series of business requirements. You've
seen this pattern take shape, from its original form as a design meeting the
specific needs of a particular business application (configurable product
balance information) through an initial abstraction that was modified by
other business requi... (more)
With Whitehorse, Microsoft has placed a significant stake in the ground when
it comes to modeling enterprise services. While Whitehorse is part of the
not-yet-released Visual Studio 2005 (codenamed "Whidbey"), Microsoft has
publicly discussed and demonstrated significant elements of Whitehorse, and
alpha code is currently in use by select Microsoft customers. This article
will discuss ke... (more)
I know what you're probably thinking as you look at the title of this
article: "software reuse - been there, done that, and it doesn't work...."
And it's true that many a software architect or project leader on a WebLogic
project has broken his or her pick on the slag heap of reuse efforts and that
the legacy of monolithic CASE tool suites has left a bad taste in many
developers' mouths w... (more)