Comments on: Centralize vs. De-centralize. Is SOA the answer? http://swanthinks.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/centralize-vs-de-centralize-is-soa-the-answer/ It's here today Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:12:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Service-Oriented Architecture mobile edition http://swanthinks.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/centralize-vs-de-centralize-is-soa-the-answer/#comment-21 Service-Oriented Architecture mobile edition Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:59:36 +0000 http://swanthinks.wordpress.com/?p=69#comment-21 [...] Robert Swanwick posted by Joe McKendrick November 21, 2008 @ 2:59 [...] [...] Robert Swanwick posted by Joe McKendrick November 21, 2008 @ 2:59 [...]

]]> By: Todd Biske: Outside the Box » Blog Archive » Centralization and SOA http://swanthinks.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/centralize-vs-de-centralize-is-soa-the-answer/#comment-19 Todd Biske: Outside the Box » Blog Archive » Centralization and SOA Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:30:54 +0000 http://swanthinks.wordpress.com/?p=69#comment-19 [...] This post, by Robert Swanwick, was brought to my attention by Brenda Michelson courtesy of her followup post. In the first post, Robert describes a situation of a company that has historically operated as autonomous business units, each doing what was best for their own customers, including each building their own web channel. As they tried to incorporate more customer contributions into those web channels, he states that “they sought to build a common platform.” He didn’t provide additional details on what common means, whether it was shared customer presence across all of the web channels, or if all of the web channels were consolidated into one. He goes on: However, the autonomous business units lived on. Because they are quite independent, they are constantly seeking to diverge in order to meet the specific needs of their customers. At the same time IT continues to work towards increased centralization. As you can imagine, this is creating some tension. A service oriented architecture (SOA) with shared web services and appropriate SOA governance might be their salvation. If IT can control the main architecture and help facilitate the sharing of approved web services, this firm may be able to get the centralization they need while allowing for business units to meet their own customer needs. [...] [...] This post, by Robert Swanwick, was brought to my attention by Brenda Michelson courtesy of her followup post. In the first post, Robert describes a situation of a company that has historically operated as autonomous business units, each doing what was best for their own customers, including each building their own web channel. As they tried to incorporate more customer contributions into those web channels, he states that “they sought to build a common platform.” He didn’t provide additional details on what common means, whether it was shared customer presence across all of the web channels, or if all of the web channels were consolidated into one. He goes on: However, the autonomous business units lived on. Because they are quite independent, they are constantly seeking to diverge in order to meet the specific needs of their customers. At the same time IT continues to work towards increased centralization. As you can imagine, this is creating some tension. A service oriented architecture (SOA) with shared web services and appropriate SOA governance might be their salvation. If IT can control the main architecture and help facilitate the sharing of approved web services, this firm may be able to get the centralization they need while allowing for business units to meet their own customer needs. [...]

]]> By: brenda michelson http://swanthinks.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/centralize-vs-de-centralize-is-soa-the-answer/#comment-16 brenda michelson Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:44:48 +0000 http://swanthinks.wordpress.com/?p=69#comment-16 Hi Robert, I've added my 2 cents here: http://tinyurl.com/63a9uh -brenda Hi Robert,

I’ve added my 2 cents here: http://tinyurl.com/63a9uh

-brenda

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