Posted under SOA on March 12th, 2007 by Kyle Gabhart
A common theme that I have come across in working with various clients in the initial stages of SOA adoption, is an interest in case studies. It seems that the significant paradigm shift required by SOA leads to a need for real-world illustrations of how others have employed SOA in order to spark their own […]
Posted under SOA on March 2nd, 2007 by Kyle Gabhart
Jason Bloomberg has posted a fascinating argument in favor of what he describes as “competitive SOA”. The premise is that while a typical SOA governance approach would dictate that there should never be duplicate services made available in the enterprise, there may sometimes be value in tempering governance “by a healthy dose of competition […]
Posted under SOA on March 2nd, 2007 by Kyle Gabhart
I’ve been following the whole SOAP vs REST debate for some time now. I still remember the first time that anyone ever challenged me on why I recommend SOAP to clients and not REST. It was James Duncan Davidson (creator of Tomcat and Ant) and we were speaking together on the “No Fluff […]