Sunday, April 23, 2006

MSDN Multimedia WebCasts

Multimedia Quick training materials are available for various .net topics. Its gives a quick insight and a jump start to the development, especially if it is a new technology.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/learning/learn/newtodevelopment/#Multimedia

SOA Trends and Market

By 2006-end, more than 60 % of the $527 billion market for IT professional services will be based on Web services standards and technology. Frost & Sullivan
Nearly two-thirds of the 612 IT professionals surveyed in the Computerworld / CIO Magazine are training existing staff to meet the new requirements for implementing and close to half will bring in consultants. 41% say they already have trained staff in place. 19% will outsource key segments. When asked about their primary strategy for meeting staffing requirements for SOA, 40 % of the IT executives reiterated that they would train their current staff. CIO.com
Reports Reveal SOA is Top of Business and Software Trends of the Year

Sand Hill Group, in collaboration with McKinsey & Company, released the findings from their first CIO Insight Survey and the Software 2006 Industry Report. The CIO Insight survey revealed that the two leading software trends are software-as-a-service and SOA. Business Wire



SOA May Be an Early Hit in the Midmarket

A lot of service-oriented architecture (SOA) talk today is about which industries are embracing it first—namely financial services and telecommunications—and how it will affect large enterprises. Often overlooked is the opportunity for SOA in the midmarket, where companies often lag large enterprises when it comes to technology. But SOA might level the playing field, making it quicker and less expensive for small and midsize businesses (SMBs) to assemble and maintain innovative software that provides competitive advantage.