SOA Integration in Pictures

SOA Guru Now CEO for Data Services Provider. David Linthicum is one of the industry’s leading SOA and integration consultants, speakers and authors. Until recently, he was a managing partner with ZapThink, which bought out his consultancy — the Linthicum Group – six months ago. Now, he’s leaving ZapThink to serve as CEO for StrikeIron — an on-demand Web services provider specializing in data integration. ZapThink notes that he’ll continue as a contributor and associate. No word yet on how this will affect his popular blog at InfoWorld.

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NC’s Strikeiron names Linthicum CEO

Prior to joining StrikeIron, Linthicum was a managing partner with Zapthink, a consulting and advisory organization dedicated to SOA planning, implementation, training, mentoring and strategy. In his career, Linthicum has assisted in the formation of many of the ideas for modern distributed computing including Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and B2B application integration.

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SOA Visionary to Drive Continued Growth for the Next Generation of SOA and Web 2.0

Linthicum is an internationally known Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and Web 2.0 expert. Prior to joining StrikeIron, Linthicum was a managing partner with Zapthink, a consulting and advisory organization dedicated to SOA planning, implementation, training, mentoring and strategy. In his career, Linthicum has assisted in the formation of many of the ideas for modern distributed computing including Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and B2B application integration. Additionally, Linthicum has several blogs and is a regular contributor to a number of top tier industry publications. Linthicum has authored ten books, three of which were best sellers.

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StrikeIron Names David Linthicum as New CEO

Linthicum is an internationally known Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and Web 2.0 expert. Prior to joining StrikeIron, Linthicum was a managing partner with Zapthink, a consulting and advisory organization dedicated to SOA planning, implementation, training, mentoring and strategy. In his career, Linthicum has assisted in the formation of many of the ideas for modern distributed computing including Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and B2B application integration. Additionally, Linthicum has several blogs and is a regular contributor to a number of top tier industry publications. Linthicum has authored ten books, three of which were best sellers.

Read more at: StrikeIron Press Release

ZapThink’s Linthicum takes reins as CEO of data services provider StrikeIron

On April 2, Linthicum was identified as CEO of StrikeIron in an article on SysCon.com, “RIA, SOA & Web 2.0 Mashups – Mash What?” StrikeIron is also conducting analyst briefings this week on Linthicum’s new role as new CEO, though no news releases have apparently been issued.

Linthicum will continue as a ZapThink contributor and associate, said Ron Schmelzer, ZapThink managing partner and senior analyst. “Actually, it’s a very positive thing happening.

“Technically, Dave Linthicum is still a ZapThink contributor and associate. We had negotiated something as part of our acquisition that would allow him to also serve as a CEO if an opportunity so presented itself. And one did. So, we’re all still one big happy family,”said Schmelzer.

“I’m still a ZapThinker at heart, however I also have passion around what StrikeIron is doing and wanted to be a part of it,” said Linthicum. “I loved working with/at ZapThink. I will still be a contributor, adviser, and friend of ZapThink.”

Linthicum has offered his expertise on Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), SOA and Web 2.0 through speaking, consulting, advisory services, and prolific blogging and writing. In September, ZapThink acquired The Linthicum Group, making its founder a major partner in the SOA services firm.

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Leapin’ Linthicum!

Anyone who has seen Dave Linthicum in action at IT conferences knows this guy is one ball of fire. He entertains, cajoles, incites, and educates on the perils and possibilities of SOA and integration.

Dave is also my SOA blogging counterpart over at InfoWorld, and a seasoned CTO and CEO of technology startups.

Now Dave, who had merged his consulting firm with ZapThink only a few months back, has taken another leap of leadership in the SOA space, as CEO of StrikeIron.

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Big Companies Embracing Software Mashups

Experts say that although enterprise mashups promise to help make software development easier, they also present a new set of challenges. One of the key characteristics of enterprise mashups is that they put more power in the hands of end users. “The average I.T. establishment is reluctant to give users more power,” says Jason Bloomberg, senior analyst at consulting firm ZapThink. The answer, he says, is for the I.T. department to provide oversight, defining what kinds of mashups are allowed, and then to govern that process. Software and service vendors can help companies implement management tools.

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StrikeIron Launches Super Data Pack

“StrikeIron offers a compelling solution for users who are looking for agile, resilient access to multiple external data sources,” said Jason Bloomberg, Senior Analyst, ZapThink LLC. “When you combine StrikeIron’s Super Data Pack with the StrikeIron Web Services Marketplace, users can start with simple data mashups, and quickly build sophisticated service-oriented composite applications that solve dynamic business challenges.”

Read more at: StrikeIron Press Release

StrikeIron: Taking the Complexity out of Service Consumption

The traditional route for most independent software or hardware vendors (ISVs) to differentiate their application functionality is to build or acquire functionality and then integrate it tightly into their own offerings. However, over time, this approach leads to substantial complexity and brittleness as customer requirements and business objectives change.

The introduction of Web Services and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) offers ISVs a new opportunity to add functionality to their offerings without having to build or acquire that technology and then go through a painful technology merging process. The ability to consume third-party Services that other vendors provide is a new capability that ISVs should explore as they continue to seek differentiation for their offerings. In this ZapNote, we explore the idea of embedding third-party Services within ISV offerings and how to do so without adding to their complexity.

StrikeIron Launches the Marketplace API

“StrikeIron offers a compelling solution for ISVs to extend and differentiate their solutions by enabling ‘smart consumer’ applications that can now be integrated with live data from StrikeIron’s extensive and diverse catalog of Web services,” said Ron Schmelzer, senior analyst, ZapThink LLC. “The StrikeIron Web Services Marketplace provides a significant variety of web services that enhance CRM, ecommerce, financial, data cleansing and countless other applications, delivering on the promise of Web services and service-oriented architectures to deliver composite, on-demand applications.”

Read more at: StrikeIron Press Release