links for 2008-07-02

“The conflicting demands of a commander’s need for an independent-minded, mission-oriented soldier and his voracious appetite for information cannot be reconciled by technology. It’s a human issue and a leadership issue.”

Sandy covers SOA, BPM and User Interaction (Portal, Web 2.0) of Oracle BEA briefing. That leaves event processing (WL Event server w/Oracle EP algorithms), JEE/Java (WebLogic & Jrocket are strategic), Tuxedo (lives on) and stds (SCA, OSGi, BPMN, BPEL)

Oracle site with information and podcasts on merged oracle & bea product lines — everything from jvm to business intelliegence

per member and community request, we are extending the deadline on the SOA Consortium & CIO Magazine SOA case study contest until July 31, 2008. this is the first and last extension. winners to be announced at Sept soa-c meeting in (where else?) Orlando

“..represents the next frontier of powerful differentiation. The qualities that many once thought of as “soft”—trust, integrity, honesty—are now the hard currency of business success and the ultimate drivers of efficiency, productivity, and profitabil