Now Magazine: SOA Now Enterprise Architecture Issues and Discussions http://www.nowmagnow.com/ Good SOA Plumbing Keeps the Services Flowing Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) promises to reduce the amount of new coderequired to create new applications by allowing the reuse of existing services. http://www.nowmagnow.com/soa-now/goodsoaplumbing111.html Wed, 05 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT Successful SOA Governance: It's Up to You! Deciding to build a service is an investment decision, and should be treated as such. http://www.nowmagnow.com/soa-now/successfulsoagovernance111.html Wed, 05 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT Base Computing: What Happens After SOA and MDM? Many smart and well-meaning people in the information technology industry are searching for ways to understand the impact service oriented architecture (SOA) and master data management (MDM) will have on enterprise IT strategies. http://www.nowmagnow.com/soa-now/0407/soamdm111.html Wed, 05 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT What Drives IT Service Management Requirements? In the context of IT-business alignment, IT service management needs to focus on ensuring the correct services are provided by IT, in an appropriate manner to meet changing business requirements. http://www.nowmagnow.com/soa-now/0407/whatdrivesitservice111.html Wed, 05 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT Succeeding with SOA Are you worried about getting a business return on your service-oriented architecture (SOA) investment? http://www.nowmagnow.com/soa-now/0407/succeedingwithsoa111.html Wed, 05 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT Leverage Complex Event Processing No one would argue that the state of business today isn’t highly complex, particularly where information systems are concerned; and few would argue that complexity adds business value. http://www.nowmagnow.com/soa-now/0407/leveragecep111.html Wed, 05 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT Eleven Emerging Ideas for Information Architects Eleven Emerging Ideas for Information Architects. http://www.nowmagnow.com/soa-now/0407/elevenemergingideas111.html Wed, 05 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT Creating Centralized IT IT can work effectively within emerging SOA initiatives by changing the typical tradition of support to a new tradition of active SOA development and business-process implementation. http://www.nowmagnow.com/soa-now/1106/creatingcentralizedit111.html Wed, 05 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT The Challenge of Enterprise SOA Just as SOA is not a specific product that you can buy, neither does it describe a specific approach that you should use. http://www.nowmagnow.com/soa-now/1106/challengeofenterprisesoa111.html Wed, 05 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT How IT Projects Fail It is an unfortunate but well-documented fact that many IT projects never make it into production. http://www.nowmagnow.com/soa-now/1106/howitprojectsfail111.html Wed, 05 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT Project Organization, Staffing and Funding There are three distinct types of projects that IT within large enterprises must support in an SOA initiative: application development, business solution development, and services development. http://www.nowmagnow.com/soa-now/1106/projectorganization111.html Wed, 05 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT Common Sense and SOA Security Over the past five years, an "alphabet soup" of new Web Services Security specifications, standards, and buzzwords has been thrust upon the technology scene. http://www.nowmagnow.com/soa-now/1106/commonsenseandsoasecurity111.html Wed, 05 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT