New Look, New Focus, New Energy

Posted under General on August 22nd, 2010 by Kyle Gabhart0 comments

For the past several months I have been a bit distracted and I have not made this blog a priority.  There are several reasons for that:

I got married (January 1st).
I doubled the number of children living in my house when I did so (we have 6 between the two of us) .
I got swamped by […]

SOA and The Year of the Ox

Posted under General, SOA on January 27th, 2009 by Kyle Gabhart0 comments

Communities the world round celebrated Chinese New Year yesterday.  2009 is the year of the Ox, and with it comes new insight and possibilities into what the year holds for our world.  According to Chinese tradition, the year of the Ox represents “prosperity through fortitude”.  The Ox symbolizes that success will come to those that […]

Last minute stocking stuffer

Posted under General on December 23rd, 2008 by Kyle Gabhart1 Comment

SOA World Magazine just went live with an excerpt from my book - Service Oriented Architecture: Field Guide for Executives.  The excerpt comes from Chapter 3 “SOA Value Proposition”.  And given that so many companies are having trouble with crafting a business case for SOA, this subject is very timely.
If you intend to give this […]

Live from Times Square

Posted under Conference, General, SOA on August 19th, 2008 by Kyle Gabhart1 Comment

Well, I have officially had my 15 minutes of fame.  Back in June, I was invited to participate in a SOA Power Panel for SYS-CON in New York.  I’ve participated in a number of expert panels over the years, but this one was unique.  The discussion took place in the Reuter’s TV studio in Times […]

SOA, SOA Everywhere, And Not a Moment to Blog

Posted under General on March 28th, 2008 by Kyle Gabhart0 comments

I’ve been on the road a lot lately, working with various clients, writing courseware, writing articles, and basically doing everything EXCEPT for blogging.
Here’s some of what I’ve been up to:

Article: SOA Governance: Start Small and Build Incrementally (published March 6th by SYS-CON)

Presentation: SOA Adoption Planning (1-hour seminar I delivered in February)
Presentation: Delivered a virtual presentation […]

Ten Steps to Successful SOA Governance

Posted under General, SOA on October 26th, 2007 by Kyle Gabhart0 comments

Jason Bloomberg and I delivered a webinar yesterday — SOA Governance: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
My portion of the webinar identified 10 Steps to Successful SOA Governance:

Avoid extremes
Involve business stakeholders
Develop SOA champions
Promote service ownership
Govern by policy
Shepherd the service portfolio
Promote a common vocabulary
Invest in proper governance tooling
Encourage collaborative governance planning
Start small and grow incrementally