Service oriented architecture (SOA) is going to save us all. We all know the drill: Faster time-to-market. Lower total cost of ownership. Loose coupling makes integrating or re-wiring existing capabilities faster and adding new features easier.
Except that in most large companies, just doing SOA doesn’t do any of these things. In reality, sub-optimal time-to-market and
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As technology solutions continue to increase in complexity, organizations often respond by creating teams with deep technical expertise to design, build and maintain their technology assets. One side effect of deep technical expertise is narrowing breadth of knowledge. While most IT professionals start their careers with broad technical knowledge (though perhaps not experience), as one’s
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