Miko Matsumura Platform Software Executive Technologist

soa governance do be do be do

I’ve been hearing a lot about SOA Governance is something you do not something you buy. Dave Linthicum says it. Anne Thomas Manes says it. I happen to agree… but I want to make sure we dont overcorrect. I responded to Dave’s post with the following: Sculpting is also something you do, not something you buy. Buying a chisel doesnt make you Michaelangelo However, even Michaelangelo doesnt try to carve marble with his bare hands. So get the best people AND the best tools and...

Disruption in Data?

Philip Howard’s piece titled Merchant relational databases: over-engineered and out-of-date? is a fascinating look at some emerging trends in Database technology. The research piece references a recently published paper by Michael Stonebraker et al. It states: We conclude that the current RDBMS code lines, while attempting to be a “one size fits all” solution, in fact, excel at nothing. Hence, they are 25 year old legacy code lines that should be retired in favor of a collection...

The Tao of SOA Governance

I understand the reaction people have to the phrase SOA Governance. Mike Meehan of SearchWebServices says: …let’s be honest, the term “SOA governance” sucks. It reeks of someone else telling you what to do, hectoring you over every little detail of a project. It sounds about as desirable as a colonoscopy with an IMAX camera. Still, I’ve wound my way around and around this thing and keep coming back to it. We have a phrase at Software AG webMethods which is “Liberate and...

microsoft yahoo: news analysis

Game on microsoft! Conference Call Details Here Microsoft’s PowerPoint preso about it is here The four themes are: Expanded R&D capacity Emerging User Experiences Scale Economics and Operational Efficiencies I’ll talk most about Emerging User Experiences, especially in Mobile Microsoft takes the fight to google with unsolicited 45 billion dollar acquisition offer. 62pct premium over street price. Damn! Henry Blodget has the financials. Unsolicited offer–the...

microsoft yahoo: news analysis

Game on microsoft! Microsoft takes the fight to google with unsolicited 45 billion dollar acquisition offer. 60pct premium over street price. Damn! Big implications for the consumerization of the enterprise and of course the future of the compute...