Wednesday, December 30, 2009
17 Shining Examples of Where SOA Has Been Put into Action – SOA in Action Blog
Joe McKendrick writes: There was a lot going on in the SOA space during the year 2009 — many organizations were in the midst of finding new ways to service-orient their operations. Here are some of the actual business cases [...]
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
SOA adoption: The human face of governance
In the many discussions we’ve had with analysts, users and suppliers over the advancement of SOA and governance, we always came back to the human element as a weak or missing link. Successful adoption and efficiency of SOA hinges on acceptance, trust, collaboration and news ways for people to [...]
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Integration Consortium Winds Down
The IC board has, after careful consideration and deliberation over the past year, determined that the best course of action for the IC is to shut down as a 501(c)(6) and allow the community to be open and virtual.
Effective December 31, 2009 we will be phasing out the formal 501(c)(6) organization and [...]
Monday, December 14, 2009
Sakai: Open Source … Open Minds by Larissa Biggers : Learning Solutions Magazine
Larissa Biggers writes: In the age of rapidly changing technology, institutions of higher learning must consider the following questions:
* Is it possible to implement a flexible, affordable, and sustainable learning system that will grow with our organization’s evolving needs?
[...]
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Learning in Tandem: Where are all the new ideas? I/ITSEC 2009 re-cap
Koreen Olbrish wrote: Last week I attended I/ITSEC, which (if you haven't been) is an awesome display of immersive learning environments for government and military. The conference is a veritable who's who of technology and service companies who work in the training and simulation [...]
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Open Source Proves Elusive as a Business Model – NYTimes.com
Now, disagreement over the value of MySQL — both as a stand-alone entity and as part of a big company — lies at the heart of a bitter public battle between Oracle and the European Union over the Sun acquisition. The fight illuminates a larger truth [...]