Stephen G. Bennett

Version Control vs. Metadata Repository

By: Stephen G. Bennett Nov 14, 2008Nov 18, 2018

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“What is the difference between version control system and a Metadata Repository? Is it necessary to have both of these components?

How is SOI Different From Traditional Integration

By: Stephen G. Bennett May 20, 2008Nov 20, 2018

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I would like to quickly highlight the differences from more traditional integration approaches such as point to point (p2p), Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and batch integration.

Review of SOA: Design Patterns Book

By: Stephen G. Bennett May 16, 2008Nov 18, 2018

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Recently I went on a 4 week hiking trip to Peru and Bolivia so I needed to read a book that would allow me to delve in and out at short notice. What better than a patterns book. So I took with me SOA Design Patterns.

Service Oriented Integration

By: Stephen G. Bennett May 14, 2008Nov 20, 2018

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The primary goal of service-oriented integration is to better leverage existing systems within the IT environment by applying service-oriented principles.

SOA Reference Architecture

By: Stephen G. Bennett Feb 14, 2008Nov 20, 2018

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In an earlier blog I highlighted some of the concepts around service orientation. In this blog I want to cover some aspects of a SOA reference architecture. The concepts of Service-Oriented Architecture have been around for some time now; however, there was little focus on standards. Standards-based infrastructure technology enables SOA and make it realistic…

Review of SOA: Principles of Service Design Book

By: Stephen G. Bennett Aug 10, 2007Nov 20, 2018

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I had a lot of plane and bus time on my hands while travelling in India and decided to read SOA: Principles of Service Design during my travels.

SOA 3.0 :)

By: Stephen G. Bennett Jan 5, 2007Nov 18, 2018

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It seems that every article I read at the moment has 2.0 appended to it, Web 2.0, SOA 2.0, China 2.0, Where 2.0, Identify 2.0, Business 2.0, blah, blah, blah. So I thought I would go one better and get a head-start on SOA 3.0 🙂

SOA: Myth or Hype?

By: Stephen G. Bennett May 19, 2006Nov 18, 2018

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SOA is still in its infancy and like all new propositions comes with its own juxtaposition of inflated expectations versus cynicism.

Is 2006 the Year that SOA Really Takes Off?

By: Stephen G. Bennett Jan 6, 2006Nov 18, 2018

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So is 2006 the year SOA really takes off? Unfortunately it is not an easy Yes or No answer. To highlight this quandary and to hopefully answer whether 2006 will be the year that SOA takes off, we should consider 2 well-known models – Crossing the chasm, and the Hype Cycle.