http://soamatters.com/blog Kyle Gabhart's SOA Blog Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:50:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the most pure and simple service oriented scenario, a single consumer interacts directly with a single service provider. For more complex situations, intermediaries are used to provide additional capabilities: Security Transactions Routing Data Mapping Interface Mapping Reliability Protocol Translation And etc... What exactly is an intermediary? An intermediary is a piece of hardware or software that bridges the gap between ... http://soamatters.com/blog/2008/09/26/service-design-intermediaries/ 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 ... http://soamatters.com/blog/2008/08/19/live-from-times-square/ I've just published a SOA book through Wiley Press and it is now available on Amazon (hence the catchy title for this post).  Woo-hoo! The book was a ton of hardwork, but I am quite pleased with the result.  The aim was to address what I considered to be a significant ... http://soamatters.com/blog/2008/07/28/the-jungle-book/ The structure of data for your service operations is very important.  This is the primary way that information is transmitted within a service oriented environment.  Moreover, the data model that you use for services will largely dictate service compatibility, interface flexibility, and to some degree will determine the extent of ... http://soamatters.com/blog/2008/07/22/service-design-composite-schema/ Immediately after the conference last month, I got caught up in vacation and then working with a couple of new clients.  I'm back in the saddle now, and wanted to share some of my experiences. The SOAWorld conference was very well attended, including the co-located events: Virtualization World and Data Services ... http://soamatters.com/blog/2008/07/17/soaworld-east-2008-perspectives/ Up until now, there has been such a rush to roll out initial SOA services and supporting infrastructure, that little attention has been given to what good service design truly entails.  This is a natural evolution that must occur with any technology or methodology.  Throughout this summer, I plan on ... http://soamatters.com/blog/2008/06/19/service-design-are-you-a-soa-poser-or-a-com-poser/ Primitive man and woman were forced to adapt to their environment to survive. Animal hides for clothes, crude weapons and tools made out of stone or bone, and roots or berries for food (perhaps sabertooth steak or terradactyl ribs if company is coming over). Eventually, some nearby tribe ... http://soamatters.com/blog/2008/06/02/service-oriented-dinosaurs/ For those of you out there championing the cause of service orientation, the title of this post may catch you off guard. Likewise, casual observers of the service orientation movement might assume that developing services for reuse is the norm. Believe it or not, my title is not ... http://soamatters.com/blog/2008/04/25/only-a-fool-would-build-reusable-services/ 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 ... http://soamatters.com/blog/2008/03/28/soa-soa-everywhere-and-not-a-moment-to-blog/ A rose by any other name would still smell sweet, just as a strategic corporate initiative is no more or less successful due to its use of certain en-vogue terms such as Enterprise Architecture (EA), Business Process Management (BPM), and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). I was struck by the ... http://soamatters.com/blog/2008/02/05/a-rose-by-any-other-name/