Mark Potts is a fellow and chief technology officer within HP's management software business. Prior to joining HP, Mark was the founder and chief technology office of Talking Blocks, which HP acquired in September 2003. Talking Blocks was a software company that provided products for managing SOA and Web services.
Web services is now delivering on the promise of interconnecting systems,
within and between organizational boundaries. But the benefits of open
interoperability of such distributed resources only increase the complexity
of the computing environment that has to be managed.
Earlier this year Gartner published a report defining a Web services
management platform as one of four platforms required for successful Web
service deployments. In this article we'll look at the role traditional
systems management has played in the enterprise, requirements specific to
managing a Web services environment, and how Web services in a managed
environment can improve service levels while reducing the overhead and costs
associated with managing complex distributed environments.
Systems Man... (more)
There is still enough hype around service-oriented architecture (SOA) that
it's difficult to get a handle on the realities of implementation. While most
IT managers now understand what an SOA can do for IT, many still need help
figuring out how to get started. New questions about management, reuse, and
legacy applications are also emerging as more and more companies think about
how to ad... (more)
Mark Potts is a fellow and chief technology officer within HP's management software business. Prior to joining HP, Mark was the founder and chief technology office of Talking Blocks, which HP acquired in September 2003. Talking Blocks was a software company that provided products for managing SOA and Web services.
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Gaurav Mantri
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John Karamitsos
Kaj van de Loo
Bob Little
Alois Reitbauer
Chris Schin
Richard Gordon
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