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SOAInstitute.org to Focus on APIs

 As businesses turn digital and ecosystems become increasingly open, the nature of integration is changing. SOA helped us connect IT transactions and systems within a controlled environment. APIs will help us turn legacy into advantage, exposing assets to be consumed by innovators outside your own team. The transformative power of APIs will last twice as long and have many times the impact of the web. Whether you goal is to drive innovation, become a mobile business, or navigate a hybrid cloud, APIs are part and parcel of your strategy.

In principle, the acronym API stands for Application Programming Interfaces, but the notion of what API means has evolved significantly. APIs today are quite different from the application programming interfaces of old, and the transition from SOA to API centric systems is a very natural one. Enterprises that embark on this journey will continue to leverage the engineering practices embraced by SOA, but will extend their ecosystem in new ways through APIs. Experiencing the power of APIs involves much more than simply data monetization. The power of APIs can be successfully applied to business challenges ranging from changing business models to embracing a world of devices and sensors.
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Changing - A Core Business Competency

Contributed by:Daniel Morris,  Managing Principle,  Wendan Consulting
By: Daniel C. Morris, Partner, OICAlliance

With the operational problems caused by the current economy and the uncertainty that possible new legislation is causing, the need to change quickly and effectively is greater than ever. Few companies are prepared or capable of rapid, efficient change – especially broad based change.

 

Putting Business Information Architecture to Work

Contributed by:Jim Rhyne,  Principal Consultant,  Software Renovation Consulting
By: Jim Rhyne - Software Renovation Consulting

In a previous article, we talked about using web semantic technologies such as OWL and SBVR to create conceptual models of a business. In this article, we explore an example of using a Business Information Architecture to solve a business/IT problem. The architecture exercise helped clarify thinking about the possible solution forms and served as a model for the corresponding IT application and data changes.

Can SharePoint 2007 be my Enterprise Business Process Management (BPM) Solution?

John Jones, Vice President of Application & Integration Services, HighPoint Solutions

SharePoint 2007 provides a basic set of business process management (BPM) functionality. Many IT shops and business users who have SharePoint 2007 running in their environment may be wondering what BPM capabilities SharePoint 2007 does have, and how it stacks up to traditional packages that promote themselves as complete BPM solutions.

Most Enterprise BPM solutions are comprised of the following high level components:

Continuous Improvement with BPM and Enterprise Architecture Together

Today's global environment requires businesses to work smarter and to improve the coordination between planning and execution to continuously improve business processes and optimize costs. While Business Process Management (BPM) and Enterprise Architecture (EA) each have value on their own, they are also naturally synergistic, and together provide better business outcomes and strategic alignment of business and IT. When done together, BPM provides the business context, understanding and metrics, and EA provides the discipline for translating business vision and strategy into architectural change. Only when supported by appropriate collaboration and governance processes can BPM and EA roles work effectively together towards the common goals of the enterprise.

The Strategic Promise of SOA to Supply Chain Management

Contributed by:Tom Dwyer,  Editorial Director and current Faculty Member,  BPMInstitute.org
By: Tom Dwyer, Vice President Research, BrainStorm Group

Attaining superior efficiency, high visibility and customer satisfaction across the entire supply/demand chain is essential for all organizations in today’s competitive markets. Supply chain efficiency has profound implications on an enterprise’s ability to meet its customer’s demands, the enterprise’s reputation, and the overall financial success of the enterprise. However, an enterprise’s supply chain also presents the single biggest opportunity for operational inefficiencies in any enterprise.

Monitoring SOA End to End

Contributed by:John Moe,  Principal Consultant,  J Moe Associates
By: John Moe, Head of Business Integration, TORI Global

For those organisations that have moved into live running of business applications based on SOA, one of the (many) current headaches is monitoring and managing end to end transactions. Although application, network and infrastructure monitoring tools have been around for many years, the loosely coupled nature of SOA presents some challenges in providing the transaction visibility, integrity and recovery capability that mainframe users have enjoyed since the 1970s.

Cloud BPM Workshop - How to Design & Deploy Business Process Applications in the Cloud

Organizations are constantly being pushed to create leaner organizations while maintaining productivity and profitability.To address this situation, Fujitsu is now offering complete process lifecycle management via the Cloud.Join us for a demonstration and discussion around how to quickly build business process applications in the Cloud with the Interstage Cloud BPM offering. During this session, we will walk you through:1. Getting started by creating your own secure space on the platform

Complete BPM in the Cloud

The Fujitsu InterstageBPM.com SolutionInterstageBPM.com provides organizations with secure Internet access to the world-class Fujitsu Interstage(r) Business Process Management (BPM) platform - without needing to install or maintain hardware, software, or network infrastructure.

Is SOA really a failure?

By: Keshav Deshpande, Sr Software Architect, IntegrityOne Partners

I recently came across an article titled "SOA is dead, long live services!" It grabbed my attention (in fact, it is subject of a very lively discussion in the blogosphere), and got me thinking about how SOA has come to reach the "trough of disillusionment" stage. I decided to put some thoughts together, a sort of "a posteriori" analysis of my own experiences. So, why do SOA projects fail? We have the usual litany of suspects: market over-hype, vendor "marketecture", lack of skilled resources, funding, etc. But that would be too easy, maybe even a cop out.

What role should SaaS play in your BPM strategy?

Contributed by:Neil Ward-Dutton,  Research Director,  MWD Advisors
By: Neil Ward-Dutton, Research Director, MWD

Driven by the continued success of companies like Salesforce.com, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model has become an increasingly important element of the mix of technology sourcing options available to enterprises over the past two years. Recently, a number of vendors have introduced SaaS-based BPM technology tools and platforms, eager to “surf the wave” and ensure that they don’t miss out on any opportunities, should enterprises start to shift wholesale to using the SaaS model for their IT capabilities.

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