http://www.soamag.com The SOA Magazine is a monthly online publication provided by SOA Systems Inc. and Prentice Hall/PearsonPTR and is officially associated with the "Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl." SOA en-us Copyright 2006-2007, SOA Systems Inc. http://www.soamag.com/I36/0210-3.php If you don't know where you are, a map will not help. If you don't know where you are going, any road will do. Usually, a maturity level provides a way to predict future performance within a given discipline or set of disciplines. But, most importantly, it helps to identify the gaps and helps in prioritizing the areas that are in need of development, improvement or enhancement. Hence, it tells you where you are and helps you to put a roadmap together. Regardless of the current level of maturity, you need to understand that SOA governance maturity cannot be achieved overnight. It requires total commitment and some if not total culture change... SOA http://www.soamag.com/contributors/bio-fyashar.asp#When:14.01.10 http://www.soamag.com/I35/1209-2.asp In part one of the article series dedicated to SOA Governance, we learned about governance in general and we discussed Enterprise, IT and SOA governance and how they are related. In part 2, we walk through the governance lifecycle and discuss how best we should organize for SOA and SOA governance. We further explore service management and monitoring and establish a series of fundamental SOA governance tasks, roles and responsibilities... SOA http://www.soamag.com/contributors/bio-fyashar.asp#When:14.01.10 http://www.soamag.com/I33/1009-3.asp With immense projected growth, the Government must modernize its IT systems. Air traffic will double or even triple in the next twenty years, the number of retirees will double throughout the States, infrastructure will boom, the population will skyrocket, and under such pressures, the legacy systems will surely collapse, and if no action is taken, problems will abound. Some government agencies have considered Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) as the most effective means to address this dire issue. Moving to SOA, however, entails substantial challenges... SOA http://www.soamag.com/contributors/bio-fyashar.asp#When:06.11.09 http://www.soamag.com/I4/0207-3.asp Globalization is having a tremendous impact on IT. Fueled by technological change and innovation IT is becoming more capable than ever of establishing itself as a true partner to business, a trend that is creating the opportunity for a new breed of IT professional: one that is both technology and business savvy. In this article we discuss the genesis of this accelerating wave of change, how it has been responsible for and relates to the service-oriented architectural model, and how it is contributing to a new field we can call "business technology." (First published in The SOA Magazine Issue IV, February 2007.) SOA http://www.soamag.com/contributors/bio-fyashar.asp#When:29.01.07