"What I do not buy into is the idea that all systems should be seen either as services that expose their functionality only via unidirectional XML messaging or as clients of such systems"
We want as few a services running as possible for two reasons. Firstly, you don't want to waste the cpu on services that are never used. Second, the fewer services running, the fewers vunerabilities the system will have. To get a list of services curre
Substitute a standard web services interface for a speaking tube, a business rules management system for his encyclopedic knowledge of policies and regulations, data mining or predictive analytics for his customer knowledge and adaptive control for his experimentation and you have Decision Management. The Answerer but on an industrial scale.
Keep audiences, friends, family, coworkers, associates, clients, and customers in the loop. Create loops that folks can subscribe to. Subscribe to loops and receive notifications about important events and news. RSS. SMS text-messaging. Instant messag
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