ZDNet | Service-Oriented Architecture Blog RSS http://www.zdnet.com/blog/service-oriented/rss en-us <![CDATA[How to succeed in the enterprise without really trying: Apple's crunch]]> Companies are now crawling with Apple sales representatives — not paid representatives, but end-users.

]]> <![CDATA[Why every organization needs four CIOs]]> Chief Infrastructure, Integration, Innovation or Intelligence Officer? CIOs now wear many hats.

]]> <![CDATA[Software developers rule the economy now]]> ‘More and more and more businesses will be going public and profiting on the creative leadership of innovative developers.’

]]> <![CDATA[Invasion of the non-authorized apps]]> Should IT departments attempt to inject themselves into the do-it-yourself app phenomenon? Dave Blazek takes a humorous perspective on this question.

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]]> <![CDATA[Online 'dating service' for tech jobs launched]]> In today’s tech scene, matching professionals to job openings may be more of a mating dance than a business transaction.

]]> <![CDATA[Behind latest systems integration boom: cloud, virtualization and government]]> Integration market to keep growing at 5% annual rate, fueled by cloud, virtualization, and government IT streamlining.

]]> <![CDATA[Build a financially viable app business? Writing the app is only step one]]> Most app publishers make less than $5,000 in revenues from their apps. This can go up, if they look at the lessons already learned by generations of software publishers.

]]> <![CDATA[Has 'cloud computing' become a redundant phrase?]]> Soon, any and all forms of computing will be taking advantage of a mix of network and local resources. Why bother to call it anything but ‘computing’?

]]> <![CDATA[IT executives: we're getting busier, and we're hiring]]> Two IT executive surveys find a bullish attitude toward IT operations and corporate growth.

]]> <![CDATA[How to pitch SOA to the business: 3 CIOs tell all]]> ‘The minute you tell a businessperson that they own a service, it suddenly gets better’

]]> <![CDATA[IBM Impact confab has a Steve Jobs vibe]]> Steve Jobs once threw rocks at IBM. Now, Big Blue treats him like a rock star.

]]> <![CDATA[IT architecture, plain and simple... well, sort of]]> Geek & Poke’s Oliver Widder points to the challenges of presenting IT or enterprise architecture as simply and plainly as possible to the business side.

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]]> <![CDATA[Let a financial type run your data center? Survey says it may happen]]> Driven by cloud computing, finance and IT departments are now set on an unprecedented ‘course of collaboration.’ What does this mean for CIOs?

]]> <![CDATA[Behind AmazonSupply, a nuts-and-bolts service oriented architecture]]> AmazonSupply has an advantage over B2B e-commerce competitors because it is an SOA-enabled platform-based model, ‘with interoperability at the very core of the DNA.’

]]> <![CDATA[All APIs are not created equal]]> APIs range from ‘the well-formed and functional to the fiendishly complex and arcane.’ Be prepared for the latter.

]]> <![CDATA[Everyone wants SOA, as long as it's not SOA]]> ‘There are 5,000 people on this planet who understand SOA; while one million people are charged with migrating to cloud.’

]]> <![CDATA[Are mobile apps cluttering our networks and attention spans?]]> The booming app culture — which encourages a new generation of Micro-ISVs to build standardized, tested services that can be plugged into enterprise operations everywhere — is something to be applauded, but it also poses a potential burden as well.

]]> <![CDATA[Best job of 2012: software engineer (again!)]]> CareerCast issues its annual ranking of 200 jobs, based on opportunities, stress and work environments. IT-related positions make the top 20.

]]> <![CDATA[Why a chargeback model for private cloud may be problematic]]> At issue: the true costs of private cloud cycles and services are not readily apparent.

]]> <![CDATA[SaaS, PaaS and IaaS: three cloud models; three very different risks]]> Software as a Service has password issues. Platform as a Service has encryption issues. Infrastructure as a Service has rogue user issues.

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