- WOA! SOA meets Web 2.0 – SD Times On The Web – "The ugly truth behind SOA, as we've discussed here a few times, is that it's a slow evolution, not a revolution. It's complex, expensive, but typically worth it if you hang in there. However, hanging in there is something that U.S. companies don't do well. Tactical issues often trump strategic projects, thus SOA is slow on the uptake. "
- Ironick: Less is More – The Comic – Comic that compares Apple, Google, and the typical enterprise application. Pretty funny.
- InfoQ: How to GET a Cup of Coffee – "We are used to building distributed systems on top of large middleware platforms like those implementing CORBA, the Web Services protocols stack, J2EE, etc. In this article, we take a different approach, treating the protocols and document formats that make the Web tick as an application platform, which can be accessed through lightweight middleware."
- Julian Harris, Social Computing Guy » Second Generation Web Services: REST/WOA vs SOA – "SOA has been around a few years — and where are we? Dion Hinchecliffe’s response is, well, actually, SOA has its place, but it’s complex and inflexible and in lots of cases, REST / WOA (Representational State Transfer / Web Oriented Architecture) is likely way more sensible"
- WW Grainger: Investing in Nuts and Bolts – Seeking Alpha – "I'm talking about WW Grainger, Inc. (NYSE: GWW), a global industrial service business powerhouse. Grainger provides the nuts and bolts – and just about everything else – from one of its more than 600 branches to over 115,000 customers every day."
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