SOA filling the Gaps

More than ten years ago I presented in a local ERP conference in Haifa . I am not an ERP expert. I was invited to present because I worked as a self-employed consultant for GiGa Information Group , which was acquired in February 2003 by Forrester Research .   Instead of presenting non-expert's presentation, I preferred to tell the audience that I am presenting Giga's Analyst's Byron Miller's presentation. Miller's presentation was interesting. He described three ERP states, depicted in the simple image above. I built a simplified image based on his classification. The current state, in 2002, was Suite state. transformation to the other states requires advancements in Technical Integration and in Semantic Standards. The harder task is Semantic Standards, therefore different ERP states are applicable for the same level of Technical Integration. Suite state, in which you have to chose a single ERP vendor solution, is the less desired state. According to...

There is an old saying: Respect and Suspect. When someone declares, writes or says something, do not decry or ignore him – respect him.  It may turn out that the information he provides is valuable or useful. On the other hand, Suspect and check whether what was manifested is true, half true or false. This attitude is the corn stone of Scientific Research. I am not a Scientist, but during few decades in IT , I found Respect and Suspect as very useful approach as well as in my hobby playing Bridge (respect and suspect your opponents bids and play). The old saying came to my mind, while reading good news: Oracle Fusion Applications was released for use by Early Adopters after five years of development. The article was published by Mark Fontecchio in PeopleSoft Planet site. The following bullets summarize the article: 1. Oracle Fusion Applications is ready but are the customers ready for using it? 2.   Potential users  Those wh...