In the late 1980s, a game show aired on NBC entitled Win, Lose, or Draw. As I reflect upon the frenzy of activity and buzz around “Enterprise Architecture” over the last couple of years, I cannot help but think of the contestants frantically scribbling things on the board, as their teammates attempted to make sense […]
The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) refers to it as architectural partitioning and the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) describes it as architectural levels, but the effort of carving up Enterprise Architecture (EA) into multiple strata and then aligning those strata together as a part of a cohesive enterprise vision is an important element of […]
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 discovers fire, but reports of […]
The first day of SOA World 2007 - West went very well. Miko Matsumura with Software AG / webMethods kicked things off with the keynote - Time Oriented Architecture: Evolution by Design? And he had some really entertaining 3-D animation and virtual simulations in his presentation. It was pretty cool. The […]
I’ve been traveling and teaching a lot since the SOAWorld conference. This past week, a couple of my students challenged me on some statements that I made during the course regarding the notion that Microsoft has arrived a bit late to the SOA table. I find this particularly interesting considering the fact they […]
SOA ROI is a hotly debated topic, with some claiming that an ROI cannot be determined:
“Can You Assign an ROI to SOA? Not so much.” (Ann All)
“ROI doesn’t apply to SOA” (Joe McKendrick)
That last posted generated some discussion which led Joe to post a follow-up entry: “SOA is not above ROI scrutiny, but…” I […]
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Kyle Gabhart is the Director of Emerging Technologies for Web Age Solutions, a leading provider of Custom IT Education and Mentoring. He has extensive experiencing in designing, aligning, developing, and managing Enterprise Architectures for organizations of all shapes and sizes. Kyle frequently writes and speaks for international audiences and occasionally people listen. |