Folks that have heard me talk or have debated the finer points of SOA with me know that I am prone to say that the Achilles Heel of SOA is the 'data problem'. I figured that I would finally blog about it. Here is the basic issue - business services...

The industry has sold reuse with objects, with components, and now is selling it with services. Here how I see this – SOA’s potential benefit is agility. Factor your services keeping in mind the business challenges and business opportunities – factor...