I just wonder if is it for big SOA as Anne announced or for whole SOA?!!! All the best
Ashraf Galal On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Gervas Douglas <[email protected]>wrote: > <<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 > >
