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Friday, November 30, 2007

InfoWorld Daily: IT backlogs as metric for SOA?

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* IT backlogs as metric for SOA?
* InfoWorld Daily Podcast
* Take a bite out of Vista services

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IT BACKLOGS AS METRIC FOR SOA?

SOA: The fact remains that measuring SOA success is not easy. One
proposed manner is to look at the backlog of IT requests. That has David
Linthicum writing that, "in thinking about the ROI around SOA we need
to think at a bit more sophisticated level," noting that using IT
backlogs is a bit after the fact, in this Real World SOA entry. "The
fact of the matter is that the core benefit of SOA is agility. If you
have agility, ...
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TAKE A BITE OUT OF VISTA SERVICES

Platforms: What with the recent buzz about how Windows Vista is slower
than its predecessor, XP, Randall Kennedy points out that, "Microsoft
has saddled this latest incarnation with layer upon layer of Windows
Services." Some are vital, others are not. But figuring out which are
necessary is a downright daunting task. "Fortunately, there's help to be
had," he writes in this Enterprise Desktop post. The folks at
blackviper have prepared a guide outlining which services it's safe to
disable and potential consequences, ...
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This podcast, Enhancing Web Infrastructure Through Services, features
Jeya Kumar, SVP with the Services group at Sun Microsystems whom
discusses: common challenges with bringing new services to market,
role of hardware in building a scalable Web infrastructure and
insights into the Sun services framework. Click below to listen now:

http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160776361;7686777;c?http://www.infoworld.com./podcasts/2007/11/sun/audio/module_4.mp3

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