Exclusive Q&As

Cloud Computing Expo: Exclusive Q&A with Yahoo! SVP Cloud Computing

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:00:00 EDT

"Ultimately, we believe that advancement in cloud computing technology will be driven by open source initiatives where large communities of engineers can collaborate and develop new code for the new applications and demands posed by the cloud model," says Shelton Shugar, SVP Cloud Computing at Yahoo!, in this Exclusive Q&A with Jeremy Geelan in the run-up to the 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, being held November 2-4 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.

BPMN Support Arrives in Modeling Tools

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:03:00 EDT

ActiveVOS 7.0 has a new design canvas that uses the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) 2.0 specification to create executable BPEL processes. In a move to meet the growing demand for business process agility, Active Endpoints is readying the next release of its business process management (BPM) suite. The Waltham, Mass.-based modeling tool and process execution firm is rolling out ActiveVOS 7.0 later this month, and I got a sneak peek last week.

Tech Q&A With One of the 50 Most Powerful Women in the World

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:15:00 EDT

Marissa Mayer is one of the technology luminary’s that are driving the future of search, discovery and online experience. She was one of Google’s first 20 employees and the first female engineer at Google. She is currently the VP of Search and User Experience at Google, and is responsible for leading development projects and products [...] Related posts:

Bad Samaritan Economist Ha-Joon Chang Criticizes Globalization

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:00:00 EST

The United States and other wealthy countries are hypocritical in the way they view trade policy, according to leading economist Ha-Joon Chang.

Exclusive Q&A with John Goodson, VP & GM of DataDirect Technologies

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:45:00 EDT

'Data services apply the same philosophy of reuse and flexibility that SOA offers, but to the data tier,' explains John Goodson, executive leader of DataDirect Technologies, in this Exclusive Q&A. 'Data services,' Goodson continues, 'provide a level of abstraction that frees developers from concerning themselves with the physical location or format of the underlying data.'

Web 2.0 and RIAs Will Drive the Growth of SOA Middleware: Gordon Van Huizen

Sun, 25 May 2008 09:45:00 EDT

'When we speak of enterprise mash-ups, composite applications and software as a service (SaaS), it's easy to forget that you actually need infrastructure behind the user experience to make it happen,' says Gordon Van Huizen in this Exclusive Q&A with Jeremy Geelan. SOA middleware is among the fastest growing segments of the software industry, Van Huizen notes, adding: 'I believe that the increased interest in Web 2.0 and Rich Internet Applications will drive the growth of middleware faster than EAI did.'

SOA World - Exclusive Q&A with David Linthicum, CEO of StrikeIron

Wed, 21 May 2008 13:15:00 EDT

In this wide-ranging interview with SYS-CON.com David Linthicum, CEO of StrikeIron, addresses the hot new Data Services trend and the all-important notion of enterprise mashups, which he pinpoints as the defining technology of the year ahead. 'I'm surprised people are paying me for this work, I'm having a blast,' quips Linthicum.