Miko Matsumura Enterprise Software Executive Technologist

The Cloud Bubble

The Gartner Hype cycle research shows Cloud Computing as being on the peak of expectations… the very top of the hype bubble roller coaster. Vendors are looking for something to sell, and the consolidation of the data center, reducing operational cost and economy of scale are as convenient of an excuse as anything. There are some fundamental technologies as well that will make a big difference such as Virtualization. Is computing becoming a utility? When someone refers to cloud, the...

If SOA is truly dead . . . ¦ Shane Schick’s Computerworld

A lovely post called “If SOA is truly dead”… Another great read in this general category comes from the insightful James Governor’s assertion that 99% of everything in software is “dead”, a rant I had heard in person but had not seen as a blog post… until now. If SOA is truly dead . . . | Shane Schick’s Computerworld 11. If SOA is truly dead, there’s a great history to be written from all the blog posts. 12. If SOA is truly dead, IBM and many...

Platforms for cloud services

Larry Ellison’s quote on Cloud Computing was pretty awesome: “The software industry is more fashion driven than ladies apparel!!!” Which isnt neccesarily a bad thing. The time cycles of fashion and technology have collided and given birth to “this year’s pink” iPod and “Blue is the new Green” cell phones. Hats off to Steve Jobs. Relevant to my previous “End of SOA SOA Sky is Falling Henny Penny 2.0” blog post, Frank Kenney from...

SOA IS OVER THE SKY IS FALLING PART 2: SOA or SOS?

In August of 2007 I wrote this post http://www.soacenter.com/?p=125 Which was a satirical piece about hysterical chicken Henny Penny who concluded that the “sky was falling” based on an acorn falling on his/her head (I guess Henny Penny must be a she because otherwise the name would be “Roostery Penny”?) It’s completely ironic to say that Gartner declares SOA to be entering the Trough of Disillusionment when in fact their “Hype cycle” research on...