Open Source, SOA, and the Next-generation Data Center (Panel from OSBC ’07)

In this collection of highlights from the OSBC 2007 panel with the same name, Coté talks with Akash Garg (CTO, hi5 Networks, Dave Rosenberg (CEO and co-founder, MuleSource, Dr. Sanjiva Weerawarana, founder (Chairman & CEO, about open source and Service Oriented Architectures. They cover the complexity of the “WS-Deathstar” stack, the role of open source in enterprise middle-ware, how virtualization positively effects data centers and development, SaaS’s effect on middleware, and potential uses of Amazon EC2.

Thanks to OSBC for permission to use the video, and be sure to check out next year’s OSBC, March 25-26, 2008 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.

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Microsoft TechEd 2007 – SOA, PowerShell, Silverlight and Virtualization

After a long day at the Microsoft Server & Tools Business Analyst Summit, hosted during day zero of this year’s Microsoft TechEd, James and Cote review what they heard from Microsoft and give some late-night analysis of:

  • Microsoft’s SOA strategy
  • Bringing the sexy with PowerShell & Silverlight
  • Virtualization, VMWare, and standards therein
  • Neil Macehiter tells us his impromptu take on Microsoft’s IT/business alignment
  • James and Neil’s hopes for next year at TechEd