Robert J. Williams Jr is Chief Enterprise Architect at Maxworks. He is an Enterprise Architect with 30 years experience that includes the Unix development team and Software Technology Centers at Bell Labs to the Architecture IPT Lead for the US Army's DCGS-A project (an Intel SOA project). He has been using ESBs / Web Services to develop SOA Solutions since 2004. He has developed distributed/ service oriented solutions since 1996 (Bell Lab's version of CORBA) and is a certified Rational Consultant.
SOA C-level skeptics come in all shapes and sizes. They can be in any industry or any government agency. They can be close friends who “really like you” and no matter what, will invite you to their backyard barbeques. However, despite their differences or that fact that they may be you...Aug. 27, 2009 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,269
In today’s economy, an enterprise must have strong financial motives for transitioning to SOA. SOA’s superior technical capabilities are a strong motive for information technology professionals to make that transition. However, enterprise stakeholders are motivated by solid investment ...
This article explains how an Open Source SOA Roadmap can use a typical Web application project’s funding as the basis for a successful SOA transition effort. It is the first of three articles that explains how open source technologies and techniques can be leveraged to successfully del...
