ESB Does Not Equal SOA; Learn the Real Equation
In many older integration environments reside hundreds, if not thousands, of point-to-point integrations. System A is integrated to system B with special code using the APIs of the two systems. If...
View ArticleTerrible Architecture Creates Poor Master Data Management
As your company implements 21st-century architecture with agility to accommodate future projects, you will likely need to combine many different data elements to form a highly accessible and scalable...
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Coordinate Decisions Across Your Enterprise
Can you coordinate your decisions across the enterprise so that customer service is fast and complete? In a modern architecture, it is possible to facilitate coordinated decisions from a localized to a...
View ArticleMobile Requires the Fast Responses of SOA
Enterprise consumers of mobile applications have set their expectations of performance based on popular consumer applications. Applications such as Facebook, Angry Birds, Evernote, and Dropbox—which...
View ArticleConsumer Reaction Depends on the Message, Venue, Place, and Time
Improvements in digital technology have made it easier for companies to reach consumers almost anywhere. Capturing their attention still depends on coming up with a compelling message, the correct...
View ArticleEvolution of the ESB Can Increase Responsiveness of the Organization
For about a decade, the acronym ESB—within the context of enterprise application integration (EAI) or middleware—has stood for enterprise service bus. It is a technology set that shares messages and...
View ArticleHow Business Process Management Is Just Like Football
Do you have a plan? Do you have a strategy for success? Does every team member know his or her role in moving the organization forward to success? BPM Parallels Football Business is often compared to...
View ArticleMobile Devices Will Change the Enterprise
There are few emerging technologies that will change the enterprise more than mobility. If you are as old as I am (Check out my bio—you can see my gray hair), you remember that phones were tied to the...
View ArticleBig Data Analysis Is Like Measuring the Water in a Lake
One analogy for Big Data analysis is to compare your data to a large lake. I don’t mean a little subdivision runoff pond, but rather a lake fit for skiing and other water sports. Trying to get an...
View ArticleThe True Solution to Big Data
The most accepted definition of Big Data comes from Wikipedia: “Big Data is the term for a collection of data sets so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process using on-hand database...
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