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Entries from March 2009

Progress Software gets a new CEO

March 31st, 2009 · No Comments

In a surprising shift, the founder and longtime CEO of Progress software Joe Alsop is leaving the company (see the press release) Rick Reidy, the new CEO has been a longtime employee who started with Progress in 1985. However, this change at the top might signal a change in direction for the company, which historically [...]

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SOA delivers value

March 27th, 2009 · No Comments

The final analysis of our 2008 survey (which concluded in December) shows us that SOA is clearly delivering value in many organizations.  (See Survey Update: The Value of SOA Gartner subscription required). While the impact of SOA on costs was only moderately positive, SOA made significant contributions to the agility of the IT organization, and [...]

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SOA is back in town

March 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Curiously, despite all the talk about recession, the stock market, and healthcare reform, the most popular topic around here is still SOA. Like everything else, we have seen our share of organizations who were planning major initiatives around SOA to put those on hold, and some to question the value of them yet again. At [...]

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