Latest News from Miko Matsumura

The Cloud Bubble: Is Computing Becoming a Utility?

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:15:00 EDT

The Gartner Hype cycle research shows Cloud Computing as being on the peak of expectations… the very top of the hype bubble roller coaster. Vendors are looking for something to sell, and the consolidation of the data center, reducing operational cost and economy of scale are as convenient of an excuse as anything. There are some fundamental technologies as well that will make a big difference such as Virtualization.

Oracle Has Made a Big Commitment to Java

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:45:00 EDT

Today, Chuck Phillips, president of Oracle, said that Oracle was committed to provide “A Single Stack of Technology to Simplify Enterprise IT”. In order for a “Single Stack” to successfully simplify IT, Enterprise Software practitioners must commit their entire Enterprise Architecture to a single vendor.

Oracle 11g Fusion Middleware LiveBlogging and News Analysis

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:30:00 EDT

So what does this say about Oracle's strategy for forming SNORKEL, the Sun acquisition? Well, at the risk of reductio ad absurdum, having bought BEA and Sun, Larry Ellison sees Java as the new SQL

SOA Developers Are From Mars, IT Operations Is From Venus

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:00:00 EST

I'll be the first person to admit that Enterprise SOA is hard. Why is it hard? Because it is at the heart of the topic of SOA. SOA is an architectural paradigm and to its credit, it is a legitimate attempt to deal with real complexity of Enterprise Information Systems. Now what we know about these systems is that they are not created fully formed leaping out of the architect's head like Athena from the head of Zeus, fully armored.

SOA Best Practices: Concrete Examples, Working Implementations

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:00:00 EDT

In planning and building SOA, concrete examples often are useful: SOA designers, vendors and users can reference a wealth of abstract guidelines, descriptions of functional layers and sets of specific standards, or software that fulfill SOA requirements.