Joe McKendrick

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Joe McKendrick is an author and independent analyst who tracks the impact of information technology on management and markets. Joe is co-author, along with 16 leading industry leaders and thinkers, of the SOA Manifesto, which outlines the values and guiding principles of service orientation. He speaks frequently on cloud, SOA, data, and enterprise computing topics at industry events and Webcasts. As an independent analyst, he has authored numerous research reports in partnership with Unisphere Research, a division of Information Today, Inc. for user groups such as SHARE, Oracle Applications Users Group, and International DB2 Users Group. He is also independent analyst for GigaOm Pro. In a previous life, Joe served as director of the Administrative Management Society (AMS), an international professional association dedicated to advancing knowledge within the IT and business management fields. He is a graduate of Temple University.

Your next boss may not be the CIO, or any other IT manager for that matter

IT departments on organizations' hit lists for extinction, but don't worry -- IT skills are needed more than ever.

published 2 days ago by Joe McKendrick

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New life for enterprise service buses in the cloud

ESBs are helping some enterprises integrate cloud-based applications and manage application programming interfaces.

June 13, 2013 by Joe McKendrick

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SOA Manifesto reaches 1,000 signatures

SOA Manifesto's principles, first published in 2009, call for adaptability, collaboration and independence from specific technologies.

June 7, 2013 by Joe McKendrick

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