SOA filling the Gaps

     I was a Junior IBM Mainframe COBOL Programmer in the beginning of the 1970's.  IBM 360 computers was the leading platform with SVS Operating System and afterward MVS Operating System. IBM Mainframe platform was a leading platform in the decade before I started my computers career. My roles were changed to a System Programmer, a Manager, a Consultant etc.  I worked on many other platforms and on multiple platforms environments. The IT industry was also changed and the IBM Mainframe was no longer the leading platform. However, unlike other proprietary platforms it survived.  Nine years ago I wrote a post about a new Mainframe released. The post was titled:  IBM z-Enterprise First Take: Data Center in a Box or Cloud Computing . IBM Mainframe was still a viable platform for large Enterprises. It should be noted that Public Cloud implementation replacing Core Mainframe systems by Linux and/or Windows based systems is not yet a vi...

Steve Balmer. Picture source: Wikipedia The Professional manager and the Captive manager      were described in previous posts.  This post is dedicated to another manager type: The Conservative. Characteristics of The Conservative Manager The Conservative Manager's management style is described by his type: His goal is to preserve: The  Organization's Culture, The Business behaviour, The Business Lines, The Marketing Methods etc. Major Changes, Revolutions and Innovations are not expected.  Improved efficiency could be expected.  If the Conservative is a CEO or a company's President, then the whole company's patterns will be preserved. If he is a lower lever manager, then the patterns of the department or domain he is managing, will be preserved. Frequently, the Conservative Manager was a classic number 2 or number 3 in the hirarchy.  Classic in the above context is a long time employee who accumalated a lot of knowl...