Paul Lipton

"In the newly competitive age of regulation and globalization, SOA promises much in terms of business agility and efficiency but how do we maintain visibility, control, and appropriate governance of this new and much more highly distributed service-oriented world? Most authorities in this field agree that management and security are complimentary foundations of an essential framework for SOA success, but what does that really mean and how do you achieve it? For example, how do you comply with service-level agreements and fulfill partner expectations in a Service-oriented world? Where does governance fit in and what is its relation to these other SOA elements? This session will examine important architectural, technical, and business principles, and make concrete recommendations concerning all of these elements of a SOA while focusing on the operational issues which ... (more)

No Man Is an Island in the World of Pervasive Computing

Do you want to understand our industry? Forget the big-name industry pundits and think-tanks. Look to the great poets like Donne and Shakespeare. You can't go wrong. The great poets can provide a long-term, human perspective on how we think, dream, and scheme. That insight is useful even in the new world of Web services and pervasive computing. A better understanding of our own human nature will help us overcome our fear. This is important because too much fear can be both paralyzing and fatal, especially in IT. But, a tiny bit of fear can be helpful if it inspires us to continu... (more)

Snow White's FIRST Web Services

One day, Snow White decided to deploy a Web service. Her IT dwarves immediately went to work and were pleasantly surprised to find how easy it was to create the Web service using modern development tools. To Snow White's development dwarves, it almost seemed like magic. Since Snow White's cottage was a Java shop, they deployed the Web service in their J2EE application server, but they could have just as easily used .NET and it would have seemed just as magical - maybe even more so, given the wealth and power of the Wizard of Seattle. Since Snow White had lived in a palace with a ... (more)

Governance, Security, and Management in a Service-Oriented World - When New and Old Collide

Significant investments in the successful management and administration of many critical business systems have had mixed success over the years. In a new, more competitive age of regulation and globalization, SOA promises much in terms of business agility and efficiency, but how do we maintain visibility, control, and appropriate governance of this new and much more highly distributed service-oriented world? Most authorities in this field agree that management and security are complimentary foundations of an essential framework for SOA success, but what does that really mean and ... (more)

The Well-Spoken SOA - How Well Is Your SOA Running?

The American comedian and actor Steven Wright once said, "It doesn't make a difference what temperature a room is, it's always room temperature." Words are wonderful that way. They can give you a little blast of pleasure when used cleverly, but like everything else they are subject to fashion. For example, I was speaking at a technical conference recently when I overheard a person whom I know, who is well-respected in this field, say something along these lines: "You have to know how well your SOA is running. Knowing the overall health and responsiveness of your SOA is very impor... (more)