SOA filling the Gaps

This post is the third post in the "Web 2.0 for dummies" posts, based on my Web 2.0 presentation in a conference. In year 2000 there were three leading operating systems families: Mainframe - The most robust and scalable platform, which was able to execute heterogeneous workloads, UNIX and Windows . The third was the least mature and the least scalable and robust platform. As an experienced expert in IBM Mainframe operating system, I was able to identify Windows 2000 Data Center weaknesses and to think of an add-on product for overcoming some of Windows ' limitations. The theoretical solution targeted both Data Centers and Web. I applied to a Seed Venture Capital which checked the document describing the problems and the proposed solution. The Venture Capital rejected my start up proposal. The only reason for immediate rejection was: "It is not pure Internet solution" i.e. the reason for rejection was possible applicability to Enterprises Data Centers. I am...

This post is based on my presentation on Web 2.0 . It is a continuation to Part 1: WOA , posted few days ago. For tasting Web 2.0 I am presenting four videos appearing in YouTube a Web 2.0 site for videos I choose deliberately a video on collapsing ( Domino Fall Down ) by search engine available in YouTube . The reason for my choice will be discovered in the next post of my Web 2.0 for Dummies posts to be appeared shortly. The Domino Fall Down Video slide shows a typical YouTube screen including: • The video was created by FlippyCat, probably an amateur and not a media expert. • Statistical information about FlippyCat • Options for the viewer e.g. adding to PlayList, downloading etc. • Flagging option in case of improper content or a content violating Copyrights. Flag is an alert for YouTube to delete the content. Flagging option illustrates a problem of partial content control by Web 2.0 projects. The YouTube 's community's help is needed for discovering improper content....

I presented in a conference of mixed audience: IT professionals and non IT professionals. The topic was: Web 2.0: The New Internet generation. The presentation was an introductory: describing and experiencing by navigating through examples of Web 2.0 services and discussing their attributes and the cultural and technological differences between them and traditional IT companies and products as well as Web 1.0 services and product. As SOA is the major topic of this blog, I am discussing the links between SOA and Web 2.0 before posting the rest of the presentation. The main links between SOA and Web 2.0 are as follows: Mashup s and Services share the same vision: non-IT people assembling services for creating an application. The results are Reuse of these services, Agility and fewer resources in comparison to previous Application Development methods. It should be remembered that assembling Services in an Enterprise or Virtual Enterprise context requires robustness, control and managem...

I read a new Aberdeen Group research titled: "Encryption and Key Management" (August, 2007). The article depict the changes of Data protection architecure and mechanisms and highlights current trends. The basic change is from data protection architecture which centralize all critical data in one place and denies unauthorized access to it to a more distributed data architecture. Aberdeen conclusion was based on a survey. However, many people can reach the same conclusion in less methodological approach: Data quantities, formats and locations are growing massively. users preserve data on PCs and on removable devices (e.g. Disk On Keys and CDs) as well as on multiple servers placed in multiple locations. The data protection approach of the DOD's Orange Book of the begining of the 90's is no longer realistic. Aberdeen Group basic findings can be summarized in three bullets: Critical and sensitive data should be indetified and protected. Probably not all other data could b...