Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Mon, April 16, 2012 - Managing the petabyte-scale and larger data stores that are a fact of life with Big Data is a different beast than managing traditional large-scale data infrastructures. Online photo site Shutterfly--which manages more than 30 petabytes of data--shares its strategy for taming the storage beast.

Tue, November 23, 2010 - Nearly a year into their tenure as co-CEOs of SAP, Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe are saying all the right things and getting good marks from industry analysts--proving that a dual-CEO model is not a recipe for disaster. But the duo still faces significant challenges.

Wed, June 09, 2010 - Bad news CIOs: There's still no integration pixie dust. So keep up the hard and important work, says Forrester.

Mon, March 08, 2010 - Broadening adoption of a service-oriented architecture requires more planning, better management tools and more effective measurement of what's working -- and not working.

Mon, May 25, 2009 - Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has gone from a curiosity to the mainstream in just a few years as businesses turn to the technology to take advantage of the inherent economies of scale. Yet that's only the beginning.

Mon, May 18, 2009 - If you need more computing or storage capacity in your data center but capital expense is an issue, then a public cloud computing service makes a nice option. You get on-demand IT resources that are infinitely scalable and you pay for what you use.

Thu, May 14, 2009 - Cloud computing is a reality, and it's a force that IT professionals need to quickly come to terms with. The economic and social motivation for the cloud is high, the business need for speed and agility is greater than ever before, and the technology has reached a level in which prudent investments in cloud services are fast and easy. The number of cloud success stories is growing every week.

Tue, March 31, 2009 - Effective governance for service-oriented architectures defines rules for their operational and organizational structure.

Mon, March 23, 2009 - Breaking free from applications work is helping these IT execs tap into innovation.

Tue, February 03, 2009 - An enterprise architect can help your company make connections throughout your organization's technical and business communities. But only if you understand how to set the stage for effectiveness--and that begins before the EA's first day of work.