Latest News from Paul Lipton

SOA World Cover Story — Are You Being Served?

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:30:00 EDT

'A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.' - Groucho Marx. People have begun to understand that a properly implemented SOA has the potential to improve business agility and adaptability to changing business conditions, but we're still suffering from at least one innate prejudice common to IT folks.

Governance, Security, and Management in a Service-Oriented World

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:00:00 EDT

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?

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

Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:00:00 EST

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?

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

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 17:15:00 EDT

Web services/SOA architect and guru Paul Lipton was speaking at a technical conference recently when he overheard someone 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 important. You've got to get a handle on your governance.' The goal was laudable, Lipton writes, but the wording was off target.

Accessing Resources: New Web Service Application Patterns for a Service-Oriented World

Fri, 27 May 2005 14:30:00 EDT

Mae West said, 'When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.' But, sometimes, when choosing between two equally appealing options, the best policy is to take both. WS-ResourceFramework and WS-Transfer, two new specifications for accessing XML representations of resources through Web Services have been announced.

In a Service-Oriented Architecture, Who Will Do the Cooking?

Tue, 03 Aug 2004 00:00:00 EDT

The acclaimed essayist and novelist Nora Ephron once said, 'What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you.' Nothing could better capture the spirit of service-oriented architectures (SOAs) than this statement from a person who clearly does not consider cooking a core competency. Translated to human terms, an SOA can help make sure that the right person is doing the cooking at the right time.

In a Service-Oriented Architecture, Who Will Do the Cooking?

Fri, 09 Jul 2004 00:00:00 EDT

The acclaimed essayist and novelist Nora Ephron once said 'What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you.' Nothing could better capture the spirit of Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs) than this statement from a person who clearly does not consider cooking a core competency. Translated to human terms, a SOA can help make sure that the right person is doing the cooking at the right time.

The Evolution of B2B in a Web Services World

Mon, 29 Mar 2004 00:00:00 EST

Is a comprehensive, highly flexible service-oriented architecture in your future? Only if the assortment of mission-critical Web services you're deploying now is highly manageable. The use of Web services as a simple means of enabling two companies to do business together in an automated fashion is now common.

Snow White's FIRST Web Services

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 00:00:00 EST

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.

Web Services Orchestration, Management, and Security - Will They Play Together?

Tue, 24 Feb 2004 00:00:00 EST

Starting with an overview of standards in three critical areas of Web services and how each affects the other, this session offers practical knowledge and a deeper understanding of future trends and the need to address certain real-world issues in order to create a more cost-effective and agile IT infrastructure.

Composition and Management of Web Services

Thu, 05 Feb 2004 00:00:00 EST

Father James Keller, the founder of a religious order called The Christophers and a popular religious television and radio personality in his day, wrote an amusing story about Mozart. He said, 'A young man, just beginning the study of musical composition, once went to Mozart and asked him the formula for developing the theme of a symphony.

No Man Is an Island in the World of Pervasive Computing

Fri, 28 Mar 2003 00:00:00 EST

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.

Web Services in a Wireless World

Mon, 21 Oct 2002 00:00:00 EDT

Conventional wisdom is a curious thing, especially when applied to a technology as new as Web services. Web services are often thought of as distributed business processes participating in a B2B relationship using Internet protocols and XML-based data standards.

MS Gets It At Last!A Java architect plays with the Beta 2 of .NET...and is pleasantly surprised

Fri, 01 Feb 2002 00:00:00 EST

My first thought, when I heard about .NET, was 'Here we go again!' It sounded like yet another attempt on the part of Microsoft to revitalize what appeared to be a fading technology and vision. Increasingly, as a programmer and architect, I was getting the impression that the exciting stuff was happening in the Java universe. For example, there were innovative ideas coming out of the open source community, such as the Apache Struts and Cocoon projects.