Open Source developments

Created on 12/10/2007 at 04:06AM by Steve Craggs

Lustratus Litebytes, the blog from Lustratus, has been focusing on Open Source over the last few weeks. Recent posts include a discussion on building a realistic business case for OSS, the potential dangers of the OSS trojan horse and an interesting twist to the OSS model being launched by Jitterbit.

Additionally, Lustratus has published an extensive look into the open source value proposition for SOA, which can be found here.

Tags: OSS Open source SOA

SOA and mainframes, social computing and supply chains

Created on 11/26/2007 at 08:23AM by Steve Craggs

Recent posts from the Lustratus Litebytes blog include:

user experiences with mainframes and SOA, a look at how social computing and SOA can play together and how SOA can help with today's flatter supply chains.

Tags: SOA esc social Computing supply chain Mainframe user experience

IBM buys Cognos, Microsoft SOA and SOA governance

Created on 11/12/2007 at 09:55AM by Steve Craggs

Latest posts at Lustratus Litebytes include a discussion on IBM's acquisition of Cognos, Microsoft's SOA announcements, some thoughts on SOA Governance and a lighthearted discussion on the future of SOA.

Tags: IBM Cognos Microsoft SOA Governance

Latest SOA posts at Litebytes

Created on 10/30/2007 at 03:56AM by Steve Craggs

Go to the Lustratus Litebytes blog to read about whether SOA is forgetting data, can you buy a SOA, and is open source (OSS) SOA here yet. Also, why TIBCO wont be bought next, and whether enterprise architects can ever be 'stratactical'! 

Steve

Tags: SOA EA Enterprise Architecture OSS Open source TIBCO

Articles on Open Source, Governance and Oracle buying BEA

Created on 10/16/2007 at 10:32AM by Steve Craggs

In the latest roundup of Lustratus Litebytes posts, Open Source is discussed both from a risk perspective and whether it will ever be an enterprise software giant. There are also posts on SOA Governance, and of course the mooted acquisition of BEA by Oracle.

Tags: Oracle BEA SOA Governance Risk OSS Open source

SAP buys Business Objects

Created on 10/09/2007 at 06:22AM by Steve Craggs

So, SAP is buying Business Objects. But what does it all mean? And will it result in IBM going after Cognos? Read Dr. Ronan Bradley's thoughts on the subject at Lustratus Litebytes.

Tags: SAP Business Objects BI Intelligence

SOA and its effect on Business Risk

Created on 10/04/2007 at 05:23AM by Steve Craggs

I have just put the finishing touches to a new Lustratus report on the impact of SOA on business risk. For a summary and a link to the paper, which Lustratus has decided to make free, read this post at the Lustratus Litebytes blog.  

Tags: SOA Risk

SOA at Morgan Stanley

Created on 10/04/2007 at 05:20AM by Steve Craggs

So Morgan Stanley has 'done' SOA - but there is more to it than that, as summarised by Dr. Ronan Bradley of Lustratus.

Tags: SOA Morgan Stanley

SOA, EDA and pregnant elephants

Created on 10/04/2007 at 05:17AM by Steve Craggs

Two recent posts at Lustratus Litebytes from Dr. Ronan Bradley are worth a read. The first deals with the outcome of the second IC SOA teleconference on EDA and SOA that looked specifically at business drivers for EDA. The second likens SOA programmers to pregnant elephants....! 

Tags: SOA EDA

Private power comes to BPM

Created on 09/27/2007 at 10:23AM by Steve Craggs

I met with Jan Baan, software entrepreneur and currently Executive Chairman of Cordys this week. Cordys seem to be showing what is possible with a patient investor. Read more at Litebytes, here.

Tags: BPM Cordys Baan