Dan Sholler

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 the same time the prevailing mode seems to be that that this architecture is becoming a permanent fixture of the IT landscape, and the question is only about how to apply and and over what scope. The team at Gartner has a solid set of research on this under way, and that research is summarized in the recent Key Issues for SOA, EDA and WOA, 2009. note. (Gartner subscription required)  There is a lot more to come, stay tuned.