SOA: Wanted Dead or Alive
Burton Group analyst Anne Thomas Manes set off a storm of IT industry chatter around the viability of SOA when she pronounced that service-oriented architecture is dead and the recession killed it. Manes says the term SOA itself is a problem. However, services and service orientation, as well as mashups, business process management, SAAS and cloud computing all SOA-related technologies will continue to gain importance.
- The Burton Group's Anne
Thomas Manes set off some serious buzz when she proclaimed in a Jan. 5 blog
post that SOA is dead, and especially the term service-oriented architecture.
In the post entitled, quot;SOA Is Dead; Long Live Services, quot; Manes
said:
SOA met its demise on January
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Will Google Help Contextual Web Blossom With Chrome?
Yahoo, Mozilla and several startups have created browser plugins or widgets to help define the contextual Web, where users can derive greater intelligence and value from their Firefox, Internet Explorer and Chrome Web browsers. Adaptive Blue, Zemanta, Lijit and Zentac are all fostering such technologies. Google has dabbled in the contextual Web for Gmail, but when will Google make Chrome contextual for users?
- While companies struggle with keeping costs down during the recession, programmers tired of being bound by social networks and other walled destination sites will have their heads down building tools to make our Web browsing experience more intuitive and efficient.
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How to Build Online Banking for Generation Y
Growing up in a world immersed in digital technologies, Generation Y holds the highest of expectations about how they think their online banking experience should be. Knowledge Center contributor Shelby Hutcherson explains how regional and community banks can develop online financial services that attract and retain members of Generation Y, their toughest new customers yet.
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Born at the dawn of the digital age in the early 1980s, the oldest among
Generation Y have never known a world without personal computers and video
games. The youngest of these so-called Millennials are still in their early
teens, using their cell phones for texting more than talking, counting ...
NHL Makes Power Play for Online Video
By boosting its online video capabilities, the National Hockey League hopes to both improve the online experience for fans and increase interest in all NHL online content and products. eWEEK Labs takes a look at what the NHL is doing.
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10 Things You Should Know NOW About ... Web 2.0
eWEEK editors keep you up-to-date on important IT topics.
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Online Holiday Shopping Sales Decline by 3 Percent
Apple and Hewlett-Packard, however, are two of a handful of companies that posted online sales gains this holiday e-shopping season.
- A report this week from comScore shows sales from Web sites declined
three percent overall this holiday shopping season, although some Web
stores, such as Apples and Amazons, posted gains.
Despite large
discounts from retailers hoping to salvage year-end sales in the face
of a crumbling economy...
LinkedIn Founder Hoffman Replaces Nye as CEO: Report
LinkedIn, the professional social networking company, said its Chief Executive Dan Nye is resigning after less than two years at the helm, the Wall Street Journal reported.
- (Reuters) LinkedIn, the professional social networking company, said its
Chief Executive Dan Nye is resigning after less than two years at the helm, the
Wall Street Journal reported.
Nye will be replaced by LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, the paper said, adding
that the reasons behind Nye's depar...
Bash Bush Site Sells on eBay in Four Days
The Internet entrepreneur behind an online video game inviting users to throw footwear at President George W. Bush sold the property on eBay in just four days, he told Reuters on Friday. Briton Alex Tew, who made Internet history in 2006 when he made a million dollars selling pixels at a dollar each on milliondollarhomepage.com, set up sockandawe.com on Monday after an Iraqi journalist made headlines worldwide by pelting the visiting U.S. president with his footwear.
- LONDON (Reuters) The Internet entrepreneur behind an online video game
inviting users to throw footwear at President George W. Bush sold the property
on eBay in just four days, he told Reuters on Friday.
Briton Alex Tew, who made Internet history in 2006 when he made a million
dollars selling p...
Warner Music Pulls Videos from YouTube
Warner Music Group ordered YouTube on Saturday to remove all music videos by its artists from the popular online video-sharing site after contract negotiations broke down. The order could affect hundreds of thousands of videos clips, as it covers Warner Music's recorded artists as well as the rights for songs published by its Warner/Chappell unit, which includes many artists not signed to Warner Music record labels.
- NEW YORK (Reuters) Warner Music Group ordered YouTube on Saturday to remove
all music videos by its artists from the popular online video-sharing site after
contract negotiations broke down.
The order could affect hundreds of thousands of videos clips, as it covers
Warner Music's recorded artist...
Top Web Products, Services of 2008
eWEEK is taking the final month of the year to honor these new Web products or services released in 2008. Honorable mentions go to any company that has enabled offline access to normally Web-based apps, such as Google Apps' Docs. While not new products, offline access is crucial to the consumers and workers who depend on them while on the go. For this slide show, Apps from Google rule, with nods to Yahoo and startups.
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