links for 2008-07-29

check out Jeff’s view on relationship between ITIL & EA & SOA…”[EA] bricks describe the information needed for a configuration item (CI) inside of the CMDB. That a CI has to have a type associated with it and that type should be a brick inside of EA.”

i’m wishing IBM would fully connect the dots between SOA, BPM, Rules, Event Processing & Information Strategies… you know, like their customers do

I need to try this… “GoAnimate is a new site where you can create your own animations.” that’s the former art student in me, not new viral marketer…but then again… Greg the Architect is entertaining…

management teams of a shared ilk scare me, shows lack of guts at the top. this article points out why you need to “Hire into your weakness.”

…posts that regress conversation! Again, SOA is NOT box of middleware & bag of protocols. SOA is an approach that allows IT to (finally, correctly) instantiate the intent of the business, and easily adapt to business change

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