Four Steps to SOA

This is from a recent Computerworld article -- guidelines to help
with the migration to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
1/ Define SOA
Be sure everyone agrees what it means. Lot of management folk think
it is web-services, and some think it is XML. The key is both IT
leaders and business leaders need to be clear on what it means and
why it matters.
2/ Train Staff
First educate the senior managers. In most cases SOA is grassroots
and driven by a few IT technology evangelist. Also a lot of
traditional IT folk will consider it a departure from what they are
used to. Training and education will help to flatter the curve.
3/ Establish and Enterprise Governing Committee
The goal is to reduce silos and reuse code -- so if SOA is done in
isolation it will not add the value of doing SOA.
4/ Think Big, but start Small
Big-bang projects in IT rarely work - so find small high vale
projects - that have relatively small developement efforts and where
benefits can be realized rather quickly (like 6 months)

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VCU ISTM672- Telecommunications - module 2

Discussion (participation required!!) Telecommunications' impact in IT & Business

Goals for the session:
1/ Better understanding of “Why Telecommunications matter”
2/ Technologies/frameworks/Protocols: SOA, XML, TCP/IP, VoIP
3/ Start thinking of a new business opportunity (made possible owing to telecommunications) - Very high-level idea

Outline of discussion
1/ Open discussion (30 Mins.)
–Telecommunications is networks.
–Networks are the backbone of information systems.
** the “Network” is the computer

2/ Managing “Telecommunication” (30 Min.)
–Return on Assets (ROA)
–Costs, bandwidth, and scale
–LAN, WAN, wireless
–Security – (never compramize security)
–The “Networked” Application (distributed applications)
- What keeps IT management awake at night!?
** Opportunities & Issues with BPO

3/ What “Telecommunications” means to the Business (15 min)
–New Business and Economic models (opportunities)
- Return on Investment (ROI)
- Social impact - it has changed the way we work.
** the WorldCom impact on price
** Bandwidth -- drives new opportunities
** Wi-Fi and Wi-Max

4/ Telecommunications – what it means to SOA. (30 Min.)
- The traditional Application Container vs. the Networked Application Container