Rawn Shah

The architectural consideration of SOA in the preceding chapter offers advice on what directions to choose and how to define the strategic goals for an SOA project. This chapter takes the next step toward execution by focusing on how to plan an SOA project. The topics in this chapter constitute the best practices we have uncovered for forming a project office (see Section 4.1), how to define the phases of SOA adoption, the need for and mechanisms of SOA governance, and finally, the various project roles and how they interact with each other. This is not intended to be a complete template for a project plan, nor do we intend to show the optimal organizational structure for the parties involved in SOA projects. Based on our vigorous experience with different clients in v... (more)

News and new product briefs (January 18, 2001)

Lineo ports uClinux to Motorola processors Lineo's latest announcements include product news in embedded systems development. First, the company has ported the uClinux 2.4 platform -- with several, but not all, features of the new Linux 2.4 kernel -- to the Motorola DragonBall processor family. DragonBall processors are commonly used in handheld computers like the Palm and Visor. The new k... (more)

News and new product briefs (February 22, 2001)

SAINTwriter allows even the suits to grok security World Wide Digital Security has released SAINTwriter 1.0.2, a report generator for its Security Administrator's Integrated Network Tool (SAINT). The companion tool makes output from the security tool easier to understand for all levels of expertise, from technical staff to executive management. SAINTwriter provides graphing and tabling too... (more)