Cities and states tap a new IP-centric approach to data sharing. In Chicago, a major hurdle has been convincing agencies that the upfront investment will be worth the savings Web services will ...

This analyst report from Macehiter Ward-Dutton explores the various perspectives tied up with the question of what constitutes an IT service and shows how to avoid the risks of missing the real point ...

Need help building your service-oriented architecture? Vendors stand ready with a slew of service options. Adopting a service-oriented architecture promises to transform rigid networks into flexible, ...

A leading supplier of data integration software for businesses, finding that its developers were spending too much time grappling with data management inside each of its products, adapted its ...

In my last newsletter, I discussed the growing generation gap between Enterprise Service Bus platforms from established vendors such as Oracle and Tibco and the new breed of modular products being ...

Once, during a tour of a modern auto factory, Eric Newcomer was startled to come upon an aging VAX — the original minicomputer — controlling some machinery. “It was sitting on the assembly line ...

Sandra Rogers, program director for service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, and integration research at IDC, was recently asked what professional role becomes particularly important as the ...

This article by Rich Seeley, who interviewed me for the article, appeared in Tech Target yesterday discussing the results of that Aberdeen survey I discussed, both on my blog and Podcast.

Web services and service-oriented architectures (SOA) have become fundamental components in modern distributed systems, enabling interoperable, flexible and scalable digital ecosystems. However, as ...

When it comes to Web services and SOA, people are "learning as they go along, picking and choosing ideal best-user cases," says Sandra Rogers, director of SOA, Web services and integration for IDC.

If you were the CIO or chief architect at a company and I told you that you are already running multiple Web services, how would you react? Pleasantly surprised? Shocked? Would you be upset? Many ...