About a month ago, I did a webinar with MuleSource with some advice for IT departments in these “tough times.” You have to register to view the recording, available here, but I’ll tell you it’s totally worth it! ;> You can also flip through the slides above, but the recording is much richer, of course.
The talk is not really technology focused at all, but more focused on the types of things IT folks should be thinking about and doing while they’re waiting for the good times to return. In summary: figure out how save your ass first (hint: tells the people who give you money what they’re getting for their cash), and then, if you can, work on small wins that bring in new revenue for the company. Being something of an SOA basher, somewhat counter-intutively I look at towards the original goals and motivations for SOAs before they went WS-* as a potential framework to help.
Also, the other nice part is that I end up having several side conversations with MuleSource’s Mahau Ma and also from the questions submitted during the talk.
Disclosure: MuleSource is a client and paid for this webinar.
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