In the business world the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield
-Warren Buffett
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
.NET vs J2EE
December 2004 column in SD Times, Allen Holub, a Java expert and one of its staunchest defenders, questioned the relevance of the JCP, saying, "Just look at created-by-committee junk like EJB (Enterprise JavaBeans Technology) and JSF (JavaServer Faces). I personally believe that EJB has been responsible for the failure of more companies than almost any other single technology. EJB is too expensive at every level."
(extract taken from https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40009708)
December 2004 column in SD Times, Allen Holub, a Java expert and one of its staunchest defenders, questioned the relevance of the JCP, saying, "Just look at created-by-committee junk like EJB (Enterprise JavaBeans Technology) and JSF (JavaServer Faces). I personally believe that EJB has been responsible for the failure of more companies than almost any other single technology. EJB is too expensive at every level."
(extract taken from https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40009708)
TOP STORY
Adobe agreed to buy Macromedia for $3.4 billion in stock, in a deal that would create a software company with broad ability to distribute media to PCs, cellphones and hand-held devices.
Acquisitions are on the rise and the order of the day is to acquire your competitor and get his market share. Though the compaq taker over was not very successful for HP.. it was due to the fact that the products of the merger was not strategically aligned by HP. Whereas Macromedia take over appears to be promising for Adobe. In time we will know.
Adobe agreed to buy Macromedia for $3.4 billion in stock, in a deal that would create a software company with broad ability to distribute media to PCs, cellphones and hand-held devices.
Acquisitions are on the rise and the order of the day is to acquire your competitor and get his market share. Though the compaq taker over was not very successful for HP.. it was due to the fact that the products of the merger was not strategically aligned by HP. Whereas Macromedia take over appears to be promising for Adobe. In time we will know.
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
There are two primary components to IT... the design/development of services, and the opertaion/delivery of services.
"Business - IT Development" alignment is driven by business requirements (functional, service level, cost, time-to-market, etc). SOA isn't a "requirement", but a technique that helps IT achieve the desires of the business to support their business processes.
"Business/IT Operations" alignment is properly performed as defined by ITSM/ITIL Best Practices, and as illustrated in my graphic below. Business and IT need to work as a intimate partnership to define, implement, deliver, and continually refine an optimized Service Portfolio at contracted service levels and an established and predictable cost point. Again, SOA is simply a technique that helps IT achieve operational excellence.
All other functions are internal to IT. The fact that requirements are fleshed out in an Agile fashion and constructed/deployed using a SOA strategy is meaningless to the Business Unit. They simply want IT to build the capability they need, adjust it when asked, and deliver it as expected.
"Business - IT Development" alignment is driven by business requirements (functional, service level, cost, time-to-market, etc). SOA isn't a "requirement", but a technique that helps IT achieve the desires of the business to support their business processes.
"Business/IT Operations" alignment is properly performed as defined by ITSM/ITIL Best Practices, and as illustrated in my graphic below. Business and IT need to work as a intimate partnership to define, implement, deliver, and continually refine an optimized Service Portfolio at contracted service levels and an established and predictable cost point. Again, SOA is simply a technique that helps IT achieve operational excellence.
All other functions are internal to IT. The fact that requirements are fleshed out in an Agile fashion and constructed/deployed using a SOA strategy is meaningless to the Business Unit. They simply want IT to build the capability they need, adjust it when asked, and deliver it as expected.
Monday, April 04, 2005
John Crupi - CTO of Sun's Enterprise (On SOA)
"[W]e cannot do SOA without a mutual effort between IT and the BU. Gone are the days of throwing the requirements over the fence and hoping it hits. Not only do these two groups have to work together, they have distinct roles and responsibilities. Basically, the BU runs the show and owns the business drivers, use-cases and processes. IT implements the BU requirements and owns the service definitions. It's unfortunate that we really do have to refer to this as a "shift", because we should be doing this anyway. But, the reality is that IT and BU typical function as disparate groups and rarely work together to have the business use-cases drive the process and service definition."
"[W]e cannot do SOA without a mutual effort between IT and the BU. Gone are the days of throwing the requirements over the fence and hoping it hits. Not only do these two groups have to work together, they have distinct roles and responsibilities. Basically, the BU runs the show and owns the business drivers, use-cases and processes. IT implements the BU requirements and owns the service definitions. It's unfortunate that we really do have to refer to this as a "shift", because we should be doing this anyway. But, the reality is that IT and BU typical function as disparate groups and rarely work together to have the business use-cases drive the process and service definition."
John Evdemon made two points on SOA relevant to this issue several months ago:
SOA does not enable or ensure the alignment of IT and business. The IT industry has been promising this for decades – there is no silver bullet for aligning IT and business. Alignment of IT and business is an organizational issue that will not be resolved by an architectural design philosophy alone.
Service Orientation will happen in your organization in one of two possible ways: chaotically (typical approach) or in a disciplined manner. The path your organization takes (and the cost of later fixing that path) is up to you.
SOA does not enable or ensure the alignment of IT and business. The IT industry has been promising this for decades – there is no silver bullet for aligning IT and business. Alignment of IT and business is an organizational issue that will not be resolved by an architectural design philosophy alone.
Service Orientation will happen in your organization in one of two possible ways: chaotically (typical approach) or in a disciplined manner. The path your organization takes (and the cost of later fixing that path) is up to you.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Why microsoft products ?
After nearly half a decade of working on Microsoft platform i have just switched to a non microsoft software for data integration, the product is considered to be a leader in the segment but in the past couple of weeks have just realized why the development cost are so low in the MS platform.
1) There are enough news groups about the product im working on
2) the site of the company looks more like someones hobby site ( content !!!..where is it ??!)
3) The application doesnt have an intuitive look and feel and things dont come naturally to the user as a MS product.
4) the messages/ prompts were written by some guy who doesnt know the grammer of the english language !! i didnt know if i should click on Yes/No !!!
5) Google results are very poor for the product.
Been working on .NET since Beta 1 but even then i had more documentation then.... hmm.. im begining to see the light ....
After nearly half a decade of working on Microsoft platform i have just switched to a non microsoft software for data integration, the product is considered to be a leader in the segment but in the past couple of weeks have just realized why the development cost are so low in the MS platform.
1) There are enough news groups about the product im working on
2) the site of the company looks more like someones hobby site ( content !!!..where is it ??!)
3) The application doesnt have an intuitive look and feel and things dont come naturally to the user as a MS product.
4) the messages/ prompts were written by some guy who doesnt know the grammer of the english language !! i didnt know if i should click on Yes/No !!!
5) Google results are very poor for the product.
Been working on .NET since Beta 1 but even then i had more documentation then.... hmm.. im begining to see the light ....
Microsoft Acquires Groove Network :
"The nature of work itself has changed. Many of us, for better and worse, work in the office, at home, in hotels, at Starbucks." -- Groove Networks CEO Ray Ozzie, during a conference call last week to discuss his collaboration-software company's acquisition by Microsoft
"The nature of work itself has changed. Many of us, for better and worse, work in the office, at home, in hotels, at Starbucks." -- Groove Networks CEO Ray Ozzie, during a conference call last week to discuss his collaboration-software company's acquisition by Microsoft
Monday, March 14, 2005
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates
revealed his company's collaboration and communication vision
yesterday and unveiled two new Microsoft Office System products,
Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 (code-named Istanbul) and
Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1), and
one new service, Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2005. Gates also
highlighted some of the technologies that Microsoft plans to ship in
the next Office version, code-named Office 12.
revealed his company's collaboration and communication vision
yesterday and unveiled two new Microsoft Office System products,
Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 (code-named Istanbul) and
Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1), and
one new service, Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2005. Gates also
highlighted some of the technologies that Microsoft plans to ship in
the next Office version, code-named Office 12.
Multiple Child Aggregation:
An eyeopener docuement on Multiple Child Aggregation here
What ive been critizing all along seems to be the best approach .. duhhhh....
The document only describes the scenario on SQL Server and so the performance on Oracle is still debatable ;)
An eyeopener docuement on Multiple Child Aggregation here
What ive been critizing all along seems to be the best approach .. duhhhh....
The document only describes the scenario on SQL Server and so the performance on Oracle is still debatable ;)
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Heres a site with lots of good articles
Mostly useful for consulting and mangement type people
The details are published by the Wharton college and most
of the articles would be like the current affairs/ trends etc
Mostly useful for consulting and mangement type people
The details are published by the Wharton college and most
of the articles would be like the current affairs/ trends etc
The Top 10 Things Every CIO Should Know
Good artice, gives good pointers, at first glance i would say that the author just discusses simple ideas...but in reality thats all a CIO could focus on. How IT can can advance a company in its strategic direction.
Read the article here
Good artice, gives good pointers, at first glance i would say that the author just discusses simple ideas...but in reality thats all a CIO could focus on. How IT can can advance a company in its strategic direction.
Read the article here
The Top 10 Things Every CIO Should Know
Good artice, gives good pointers, at first glance i would say that the author just discusses simple ideas...but in reality thats all a CIO could focus on. How IT can can advance a company in its strategic direction.
Read the article here
Good artice, gives good pointers, at first glance i would say that the author just discusses simple ideas...but in reality thats all a CIO could focus on. How IT can can advance a company in its strategic direction.
Read the article here
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
22 Imutable laws of marketing
great read for geeks, Eric describes in brief about the 22 imutable laws of marketing here
great read for geeks, Eric describes in brief about the 22 imutable laws of marketing here
Monday, January 10, 2005
The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. -Oprah Winfrey
'Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.'- Seneca, Epistles. Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC - 65 AD)
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. - Henry Adams (1838 - 1918)
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. -Bill Cosby
Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. - Dr. David M. Burns
Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his. -Franklin P. Jones
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.-Herm Albright
Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. -William James
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. -Isaac Asimov
Life is a sexually transmitted disease. -R. D. Laing
The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive. - Robert Heinlein
When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. -Japanese Proverb
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. -Chinese Proverb
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. - Albert Einstein, "Science, Philosophy and Religion: a Symposium", 1941
'Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.'- Seneca, Epistles. Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC - 65 AD)
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. - Henry Adams (1838 - 1918)
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. -Bill Cosby
Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. - Dr. David M. Burns
Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his. -Franklin P. Jones
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.-Herm Albright
Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. -William James
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. -Isaac Asimov
Life is a sexually transmitted disease. -R. D. Laing
The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive. - Robert Heinlein
When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. -Japanese Proverb
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. -Chinese Proverb
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. - Albert Einstein, "Science, Philosophy and Religion: a Symposium", 1941
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