Vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and HP use terms as diverse as 'on demand', 'agile business', 'grid computing' and 'adaptive infrastructure' to describe their visions of utility computing, but the general push is similar, even if the...
As the post-mortem begins on the General Election, one of the biggest questions being asked is whether a change in voting methods could have changed the outcome. On the question of apathy it is clear that even minor changes in the turnout could...
The strategic deployment of a multi-sourcing approach can result in several key benefits and it leads to an improved focus on the outcome of outsourcing rather than on the problem that created a need to outsource in the first place.
BEA Systems on Wednesday said it had purchased privately held company Flashline to gain software for managing service-oriented architecture (SOA) projects. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
We spend years and boundless effort trying to create processes that treat everyone as equals and that evaluate proposals in a business context. When this happens I simply explain to them how we measure and evaluate business impact in prioritising...
Improved efficiency, new services, access to legacy apps - the advantages of service-oriented architecture seem endless. But there is a catch, says Fran Howarth. The little question of security. Service-oriented architecture (SOA) represents a huge...