<<Wake announcement for SOA
<http://apsblog.burtongroup.com/2009/01/wake-announcement.html>
Chris Haddad, Anne Thomas Manes, Richard Watson, Kirk Knoernschild,
Chris Howard, Mike Rollings, and Burton Group wish to thank you for all
your caring thoughts and condolence messages. We have planned a memorial
service event for Service Oriented Architecture, who met its demise on
January 1, 2009. Please join us on February 3rd at 2pm Eastern time to
honor SOA.
To accommodate friends and family, two venues have been arranged:
* SOA Friends (non-Burton Group Clients): Burton Group channel
<http://www.brighttalk.com/channels/750/view>
* SOA Friends and Burton Group Family (Burton Group Clients):
Register Online
<http://campaign.burtongroup.com:80/CT00209001MTc2MwAA.HTML> or
Call 800.824.9924 ext. 174 (for calls outside the U.S., dial
+1.801.304.8174)
Official Announcement:
Many service oriented architecture (SOA) initiatives have stalled or
failed, and with the impending 2009 budget cuts, prospects for SOA look
bleak. Except in rare situations, SOA has failed to deliver its promised
benefits. It's time to face reality: the term "SOA" now carries too much
baggage. It's time to declare that SOA is dead and move on to more the
practical matter of bringing up its offspring: Services. In this
service, Research Director Anne Thomas Manes will examine the myths and
misconceptions that derailed SOA efforts, provide guidance for salvaging
value, and supply actionable direction for future efforts.>>
You can find this at: http://apsblog.burtongroup.com/
For those of you unfamiliar with the term a wake is a cathartic
get-together held after a funeral. It is a traditional Celtic custom
and usually involves the consumption of large quantities of alcohol. I
am not sure what technology is being used to deliver drink across the
Web, but no doubt we will all benefit soon from this great lurch forward.
Gervas
