SOA filling the Gaps

I recently  read a TechCrunch article titled: The Rise of Big Data Apps and the Fall of SaaS written by Raj De Datta. I do agree with the prefix. As far as the suffix is concerned, I can only explain why  Raj De Datta's opinion is wrong.  I usually tend not to agree with statements about premature End of Life of technologies or architectures or trends. In most cases, it easier to kill a concept in writing, than to persuade a large number of users to change their habits. The root of the opinion that Business Logic Centered Applications are in conflict with Data Centered Applications, derived from specialization of IT experts. The approach of experts specialized in Data is different from the approach experts specialized in Applications. I also read an interesting related  Gartner Research Note titled: Overlaps in Data Integration and Application Integration Represent Significant Opportunities . This Research Note written by Gartner's Analysts Ted F...

--> In previous post I compared Microsoft's Office 3.1 Word to Microsoft's Office 2003 Word. --> Many people would argue that the comparison is meaningless: IT is evolving and a version ten years younger is surely better. It includes enhancements based on experience and users requirements and bug fixes and evolution of the vendor's infrastructure and techniques. Let us ask another question: Which Microsoft Windows Operating System is better XP or Vista ? I am not sure that experts will agree that the newer Vista is better. I would suspect that even the vendor's experts opinions vary: some Microsoft 's experts probably will argue that XP is a better operating system. T he popularity of a downgrade option to XP is another indication that Vista may not always be better than XP. --> The speculations about Microsoft's intention to skip Vista 's evolution and release Windows 7 earlier than planned could sustain my thesis:...