SOA filling the Gaps

A broad metal chain made of torus-shaped links Source: Wikipedia 9 years ago I wrote a post titled: The Chain is as Strong as the Weakest Link in the Chain . Based on my experience in a Penetration Test, I argued that human beings are the weakest link.  Many employees Security awareness is insufficient. Few employees are even motivated to breach Security.   As far as the home computing or the consumers computing is concerned, there is even less Security Awareness than in organizations. I am a Security and Risk Management expert, therefore I should be aware of Cyber and Security threats and I should refrain from being damage by these threats.  I am certainly aware of them, however I failed twice by ignoring a potential threat. This post is about lessons learned from my Security protection failures.  I love you - I hate you Many years ago I received an e-mail message from a friend. My friend is an IT expert,...

Bob Dylan 's song  in is about The Times They Are A-Changin'. Information Technology Leading Vendors are also changing. If a company does not adapt to changes it may not Survive or it may Survive but no longer as The Market Leader.  The first three sections of the post are about Computers Industry Revolutions. The fourth is about, the current revolution. The sections following these sections, are a discussion of Microsoft's Survival probability. You can't compete with NCR Thomas Watson Jr. Source: Wikipedia When Thomas Watson Jr. replaced his father as IBM's president in 1956, he was told that he will not be able to compete with the Computers Industry Leader NCR .  In 1956 I was in a kinder garden. In the beginning of the decade starting on 1970, I was working as a junior Computers Programmer: IBM was the  Computers Industry Leader.   NCR is now a player in the Automatic Teller Machines, Retail Store Automation and Self-Service Kiosks mar...

My Vendors Survival posts series included posts on Google , EMC , Facebook , Apple , Sun Micro Systems , Microsoft , Software AG . and other companies.  Two posts were written about HP. The first post written in 2008, was titled: Vendors Survival: Will HP Survive until 2018? - HP's EDS acquisition First Take . EDS was acquired by HP in order to become one of the two largest IT Services companies.   My prediction was not optimistic: "Sorry, but the optimistic view seems to me less realistic than other scenarios". After years of large layoffs, including many EDS's previously employed, no one could argue that I was wrong.  The second post revisited my predictions on 2012. It was titled: Vendors Survival: Will HP Survive Until 2018? - Revisited . It was mainly about large layoffs as indicator of failure.  Since October, 2014 the question I asked is irrelevant.  Now we should ask: Which HP, if any, will Survive Until 2025?  HP was splitted to two c...