You might have seen the recent news reports about the collision between U.S. and Russian communication satellites. The U.S. satellite was one of the Iridium satellites. What wasn’t reported and you probably don’t know is that an object database management system (ODBMS) is an important part of the Iridium system. Even though ODBMSs are a [...]
February 13, 2009
I am now also posting on the Cutter Blog. My initial posting is (The Acronym) SOA is (Perhaps) Dead (at Some Companies); Long Live Services. It is a response to Anne Thomas Manes’ SOA is Dead; Long Live Services on her blog at the Burton Group.
January 9, 2009
The typical definition of an atomic task or process is one that cannot be decomposed further. This is vague and subject to interpretation. The Decomposition Matrix on this site uses a specific definition: A task (for business process diagrams) or a process (for data flow diagrams) is atomic if every input relates to every output [...]
December 3, 2008
My last posting referenced the criteria for a well-formed business process diagram mentioned in Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Matjaz B. Juric and Kapil Pant. I am going to expand on their criteria to create a more comprehensive definition of a well-formed business process diagram. To start, here are three criteria [...]
November 18, 2008
I recently received two new books on business process modeling. Both books looked interesting because they had great titles. As it turns out, one book is great and the other not so good. The not so good book is Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Matjaz B. Juric and Kapil Pant. There [...]
October 9, 2008
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HP Strengthens Public, Private Cloud Management Capabilties TalkinCloud (blog) by Nicholas Mukhar on Hewlett-Packard (HP) Software has released another content pack for its Discovery and Dependency Mapping Inventory Advanced Edition (DDMA). Jimmy Augustine (pictured), group product manager of Configuration Management Database for ... and more » 2 Feb 2012 at 10:54am
Hewlett-Packard to Make WebOS Open Source by September. X-bit Labs by Anton Shilov Hewlett Packard said this week that it had begun executing its plan to deliver an open webOS by committing to a schedule for making the platform's source code available under an open source license. The company aims to complete this ... and more » 26 Jan 2012 at 8:16pm
EnterpriseDB Debuts Cloud Database on Amazon Web Services TalkinCloud (blog) by Nicholas Mukhar on EnterpriseDB, a provider PostgreSQL and Oracle database compatibility products and services, has released its Postgres Plus Cloud Database solution on Amazon Web Services (AWS). I spoke with EnterpriseDB Executive VP of Products ... and more » 25 Jan 2012 at 8:04am
EnterpriseDB Launches Postgres Plus Cloud Database eWeek EnterpriseDB, a provider of PostgreSQL and Oracle database compatibility products and services, announced the general availability of the Postgres Plus Cloud Database on Amazon Web Services. Postgres Plus Cloud Database is an enterprise-class ... 26 Jan 2012 at 6:32pm
The Big Lie: Spying, Scandal, and Ethical Collapse at Hewlett Packard by Anthony Bianco Description: Hewlett Packard is an American icon, the largest information technology company in the world. The bedrock of Silicon Valley, it employs more than 300,000 people, its market capitalization is in excess of $100 billion and its products are in almost every home in the country where there is a printer or computer. In 2003 the company began a transition from the family management styl...
Perfect Enough: Carly Fiorina and the Reinvention of Hewlett-Packard by George Anders Description: In this bestselling work of investigative journalism, Pulitzer Prize winner George Anders presents a behind-the-scenes account of a struggle that rocked Wall Street and stunned the computer industry. When Carly Fiorina took command of Hewlett-Packard in 1999, she was venturing further than any woman previously had into traditional men’s territory. Leading the opposition against he...
Bill and Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company by Michael S. Malone Description: Others have written about the rise of Hewlett-Packard, including Dave Packard himself in The HP Way. But acclaimed journalist Michael S. Malone is the first to get the full story, based on exclusive access to corporate and private archives, along with hundreds of interviews. Malone draws on his new material to show how some of the most influential products of our time were invente...
