Tag: company news

Anne Thomas Manes of Burton Group posted how SOA is Dead; Long Live Services.  This one is too juicy not to comment on!

Firstly, I totally agree...

My first post on the Progress SOA Blog! This gives me jitters... All the writing till now was somehow different. There was a carefree attitude to that writing. When I wrote my book (nearly 40% of the book on...

One of the key things I saw in 2008 was the rise of events and eventing through Event Driven Architecture (EDA).  While "events" have always existed, they have primarily been used in specific markets such as...

Last week, I had an opportunity to listen to some of our top solution spokespeople here at Progress Software present, watch the audience respond, and then drink with the sales people who are tasked to sell our solutions in what could be the worst economy in recent history. I made a note to myself...

An article in the Wall Street Journal today on approaches to IT Outsourcing (The Goldilocks Strategy) has definite parallels to what I've seen with SOA...

At our annual sales kickoff in Miami last week, I heard a story about one of the Regional Sales Managers that put a smile on my face, and it made me like Progress a little more. When asked by the CFO how he did last year, the regional sales manager responded "six cents".

Six cents....

Down in Florida for Progress' annual sales kickoff meeting and using the opportunity to visit my grandparents. Needing a car to get around, I rented a low-end model from Dollar/Thrifty, an Actional customer....

At least, I think it is. Just because I'm the author of the recently released Software Buyer's Guide, doesn't mean my opinion on its relevance is biased, really. If you...