Eric Newcomer

Eric Newcomer's Blog The goal of distributed OSGi is to extend the OSGi framework for distributed computing capabilities by configuring an existing distributed computing software system (such as Web services, CORBA, or Eclipse ECF) behind an OSGi service. David Bosschaert and I r... (more)

Eric Newcomer's Blog One of the biggest debates in the software industry is about getting the level of abstraction right. By this I mean a level of interaction with computers higher than binary code or machine language - in other words, anything that presents humans with a more ... (more)

Eric Newcomer's Blog Since I wrote this article questioning the validity of the Henry Ford analogy for improving software productivity through interface standardization, there's been some good posts by Hal Hildebrand and Richard Nicholson, and some good feedback at SYS-CON.com to... (more)

Eric Newcomer's Blog I am as guilty of this as anyone else. Back in the 90s I was on a big project to standardize enterprise software. We wrote a few papers about it, and a chapter in a book. We often used the "Henry Ford" analogy, which relates to the impact standards for interc... (more)

This week the new SCA website went live and in addition to an update on the work we've completed since we kicked it off in January, we announced new partners, including Cape Clear, Interface21, Primeton Technologies, Progress Software (formerly Sonic Software), Red Hat, Rogue Wav... (more)

"SOA is all about an approach to IT—a design encompassing all IT assets, and the design has to be mapped to technology. Historically, companies used CORBA or messaging systems such as WebSphere MQ to implement their SOA designs. Today, the preferred SOA infrastructure softw... (more)

Rumors are already starting about what Sun might be announcing at JavaOne this year -- will they finally agree to open source Java? Bill Roth is among those who think Sun will announce something about a "blended model" - i.e. an open source initiative at the core of their strate... (more)

Two Years Before the Blog - Comments/Pings Off I started blogging about two years ago with this entry, which was typed during the initial WS-CAF face to face meeting. This might give you some idea of what attending these type of committee meetings is like. Everyone around the roo... (more)

Definition of Software Architecture During a conversation over dinner with SOA Web Services Edge 2006 speaker and SOA Web Services Journal author, Eric Newcomer, Microsoft MVP Beth Massi defined software architecture in a way that resonated strongly with Newcomer. Here he shares ... (more)

SOA is all about an approach to IT - a design encompassing all IT assets, and the design has to be mapped to technology. Historically, companies used CORBA or messaging systems such as WebSphere MQ to implement their SOA designs. Today, the preferred SOA infrastructure software i... (more)

RPC vs Doc Literal It is really cool the way Jon Udell manages to snip multimedia content. He was telling me about this during a break at last month's Executive SOA Forum. He discovered how to do it by and trial and error. He figured if a media player could display the elapsed tim... (more)

Eric Newcomer's Weblog Software Standardization, Web Services, Transactions, and Mobility An easy blog entry to write. The SOA "Power Panel" article and video are up on the Sys-Con site. If you get a chance to watch, let me know what you think, both of the content and the form. D... (more)

In the early days of business computing, little attention was paid to the concept of sharing application logic and data across multiple machines. The big question faced by an organization was how to develop computer systems to successfully automate previously manual operations su... (more)

Replacing complex, monolithic applications with nimble applications built from exposed services promises increased developer productivity, greater flexibility, and ultimately reduced cost. The adoption of Web services and SOA can also remove a significant level of complexity and ... (more)

Imagine, if you will, the following exchange: CIO: You know, I've been reading a lot about this whole service-oriented architecture thing. WebLogic Developer: And...? CIO: It sounds pretty cool, I really think we need one. WebLogic Developer: OK...sure, we'll get right on that. Ther... (more)

The Web Services Composite Application Framework is a collection of three specifications - designed to solve problems that arise when multiple Web services are used in combination ("composite applications") to support information sharing and transaction processing. Web Service C... (more)

No standards movement in the history of the software industry has garnered as much attention or support as Web services. After the previous decade's failed attempts to reach unity, the industry has lauded the promise of more flexible, open, and interoperable software as a revolut... (more)