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Latest Articles from Sean Rhody
By Sean Rhody  This column might have been titled 'on the SOAPbox,' except I think I used that one already. Nevertheless, I want to discuss platforms. Politicians used to use platforms, (real ones, not some murky promises that they abandon after the election) to stand above the crowd, so as to be see... Aug. 2, 2005 10:45 PM EDT Reads: 18,898 Replies: 1 | By Sean Rhody  When I was in college, I considered becoming a teacher, but then the thought of the pay scale as well as some time spent substitute teaching convinced me that computers might be a better way to go. I mention this because I never did get the chance to take any education courses, so I do... Jun. 28, 2005 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 18,655 Replies: 1 | By Sean Rhody Sometimes the old clichés are the best ones. I've been working with a number of different groups and companies recently, defining and refining their takes on service-oriented architecture and Web services. In thinking about the different perspectives necessary for a full understanding ... May. 26, 2005 02:30 PM EDT Reads: 18,875 | By Sean Rhody Despite the fact that I have a toolbox full of tools, I'm not a mechanic. I have wrenches and sockets in all sizes and shapes, and because I'm not inherently tidy, they tend to get all mixed up in the toolbox as I use them. So as you may expect, when it comes time to tighten a bolt, I ... Apr. 26, 2005 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 21,406 | By Sean Rhody Recently, Paris Hilton's cell phone was hacked, and all her contact information was released on the Internet. Although I wasn't important enough to rate a listing, many other celebrities were apparently flooded with phone calls after their private numbers became oh-so-public. While the... Mar. 18, 2005 12:00 AM EST Reads: 24,895 | By Sean Rhody Sean Rhody, editor-in-chief of Web Services Journal and Anne Thomas Manes, vice president and research director at Burton Group discussed Web Services trends on Rhody's 'Web Services Update' SYS-CON.TV (www.SYS-CON.TV) program. They also discussed today's UDDI version 3.0 announcement.... Feb. 3, 2005 12:00 AM EST Reads: 20,423 | By Sean Rhody One of the fun parts of being a software architect is trying to figure out how to build whatever it is that you are supposed to build. It's even more fun when you look at the architecture for an entire enterprise, and have to make choices that integrate every complexity and account for... Feb. 2, 2005 12:00 AM EST Reads: 22,265 | By Sean Rhody A couple of issues ago, I railed about the lack of Web services- based technology to provide the last hurdle of any service - representation in a user interface. While many Web services will only be accessed programmatically, still more are destined to find their way, one way or anothe... Jan. 4, 2005 12:00 AM EST Reads: 22,526 Replies: 1 | By Sean Rhody As I get ready to celebrate the holidays this year, I spent a little time reflecting on what I would like from the various Web services vendors. While a case of scotch was definitely tempting, what I really want is a better toolset. Dec. 2, 2004 12:00 AM EST Reads: 21,656 | By Sean Rhody One of the things I continually rail about in the Web services world is the lack of last mile technology - you know, the ability to get a Web service in front of a user. Even though a large number of Web services are designed solely for computer to computer communication the continuing... Oct. 28, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 22,117 Replies: 4 | By Sean Rhody We've been covering Web services technologies for quite some time now, almost three years. In that time - I think it amounts to two eternities in Internet time - we've seen all sorts of interesting things occur. Cooperation, coopetition, even the creation of a group whose sole purpose ... Oct. 1, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 18,242 | By Sean Rhody Yes, I know it's corny, but I've had a few things on my mind regarding service-oriented architecture, component-based development, and even the infamous enterprise service bus. (Hey, at least the title isn't 'Get on the Bus'). All of these have something to do with Web services. None o... Aug. 31, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 19,358 | By Sean Rhody I was recently invited to be a guest speaker at the eBay Developers Conference, where I was part of a panel whose topic was 'Delivering the Promise of Web Services.' I found it particularly interesting, if slightly worrisome. What struck me most was the differentiation between Web serv... Aug. 3, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 18,592 Replies: 2 | By Sean Rhody Roughly last year at this time, as we covered the convergence of EAI and Web services, many people were asking about the ultimate survival of EAI as a software solution. In one sense, this was understandable, as the technologies that make up Web services provide significant amounts of ... Jul. 2, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 18,019 | By Sean Rhody When I started to think about writing this month's column I looked on the Internet for a good way to define service-oriented architecture (SOA). Some of the definitions were interesting, like 'A Service Oriented Architecture is basically a Collection of Services' (www.service-architect... Jun. 4, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 19,552 | By Sean Rhody The saying goes, 'when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.' It comes from carpentry, where it implies a certain amount of limited capability for a craftsman, but it has applicability in a wide range of situations. In particular for the IT industry, it denotes that s... Apr. 30, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 14,680 | By Sean Rhody At one point in my career I worked right across the street from Enron. I used to pass the big E on the sidewalk as I made my way to the account I was working on. Like most of us, the fall of Enron surprised and angered me. Apr. 5, 2004 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 15,393 Replies: 1 | By Sean Rhody There's a joke in the industry that states that the only really secure computer is in a room where no one is allowed to go. It has no Internet connection, and no network connectivity. It has no monitor, so no one can peek over a user's shoulder to see what is on the screen. And it's no... Mar. 5, 2004 12:00 AM EST Reads: 14,011 Replies: 1 | By Sean Rhody One of the more interesting observations I've made in the past year concerns the model on which corporations base their IT strategies. I've visited a large number of major corporations, and there's a very strong trend. These corporations are large, with established business practices a... Feb. 5, 2004 12:00 AM EST Reads: 12,324 | By Sean Rhody Every year about this time, I like to take a moment to reflect on things. Some people make resolutions, but I've never been very good at that, so instead I try to take a look forward and see where the year is going to take us, and what we need to accomplish. Dec. 31, 2003 09:13 AM EST Reads: 12,206 Replies: 1 | By Sean Rhody Every now and then, I feel like two separate people. On one hand, I want to talk about services, pure and simple. I don't want to clutter it all up by discussing how to present the service to a user, or how to make it pretty, or how to make it cross platform. And yet, part of me realiz... Dec. 1, 2003 09:23 AM EST Reads: 11,410 | By Sean Rhody Recently, I've been seeing some chatter around adding a programmatic aspect to Web services that is currently not part of the specifications - namely, adding object orientation (in particular inheritance, although I'm sure polymorphism is implied). I've thought about this, and I think ... Oct. 27, 2003 12:00 PM EST Reads: 10,469 | By Sean Rhody Let's start with a high-level overview of WS-I and, if you can, highlight key members, new members, and what your broad mission statement is. Sep. 26, 2003 10:33 AM EDT Reads: 18,426 Replies: 1 | By Sean Rhody One of the most frustrating things I've ever encountered in my life is trying to loosen a nut using a socket from the wrong measurement system. You know, I've got a metric nut, but an English socket set. So I find a socket that's close, but it's loose, and inevitably I end up stripp... Sep. 26, 2003 10:01 AM EDT Reads: 11,038 Replies: 2 | By Sean Rhody (September 11, 2003) - Today marks the second anniversary of the destruction of the World Trade Center, and the attack on the Pentagon and the heroics over that field in Pennsylvania. Last year I wrote a column about what it was like that day, two years ago, to watch in horror as frie... Sep. 10, 2003 05:06 PM EDT Reads: 9,227 Replies: 14 | By Sean Rhody In the battle over application servers, I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that the battle is over. The bad news is that everybody lost. And by that I mean something a little different from what you might think. Application servers are no longer a hot property. Yes, ... Sep. 10, 2003 01:08 PM EDT Reads: 11,474 Replies: 2 | By Sean Rhody This past August, I celebrated a major milestone - 10 years in the publishing business. Over the last decade, I've had the opportunity to participate in, and in some cases, even anticipate major technology changes. First with client/server, then with the Internet and Java, and now ... Aug. 19, 2003 08:49 AM EDT Reads: 9,874 | By Sean Rhody Since PowerBuilder Developer's Journal is now in its 10th year of publication, we asked a couple of old friends to share their thoughts and memories about the magazine. Aug. 8, 2003 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 11,047 | By Sean Rhody When I first graduated (well, actually, the second time) I had an offer from a company for a programming job. They were going to hire me, contingent upon my passing the IBM Programmer's Aptitude Test. So one day I drove my college junk heap an hour out of my way to take this test. ... Aug. 7, 2003 10:50 AM EDT Reads: 11,508 | By Sean Rhody In June I attended the JavaOne conference out in San Francisco, to keep up with what the Java world was doing, and to see how it impacted Web services. I see a number of parallels between Web services and the way that the various Java specifications have been created, and some key diff... Jul. 24, 2003 11:44 AM EDT Reads: 10,628 Replies: 1 | By Sean Rhody Have you ever visited one of those theme parks that depict life as it was in colonial times? I'm always fascinated by the blacksmith and other craftsmen who show you just how hard it actually was to produce items that we take for granted, and how many modern inventions, such as electri... Jul. 8, 2003 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 10,711 | By Sean Rhody From time to time I hear people say 'those who can, do; those who can't, manage.' Usually a developer mutters this as he begins another 80-hour week courtesy of a slip in the project plan. Of course, once you get to be management yourself, you realize there's more to it than simply tic... May. 27, 2003 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 13,508 | By Sean Rhody My dictionary defines service as the work provided by one that serves. Sometimes it seems that you have to define something by itself, even when you don't want to. Web services provide the ability for an organization to expose its business processes for consumption, either public or pr... May. 23, 2003 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 10,555 | By Sean Rhody When I was a kid, I loved to put things together. I especially liked building things with LEGO. Never mind the TV, dump a huge pile of LEGO blocks in front of me and I'd be quiet for hours, building a LEGO version of the Eiffel Tower, or some other construct that only a kid could imagi... Apr. 22, 2003 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 12,758 Replies: 1 | By Sean Rhody My neighborhood is home to a host of birds, many of which fly south during the winter months. With spring in bloom, I always look forward to the return of the various avian travelers who dart and weave all over the open fields near my home. That's the kind of migration I look forward ... Apr. 22, 2003 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 11,782 | By Sean Rhody One of the more interesting conversations I have with IT organizations is over what constitutes a portal. While issues vary, it is clear that there is a business definition of a portal that is distinctly different from the technology definition of a portal. That isn't necessarily a bad... Mar. 27, 2003 12:00 AM EST Reads: 11,028 | By Sean Rhody Back in the old days, when you needed to communicate with someone distant, you usually had to send a letter. There was no instant response, and there was no way to tell when your message was received. Now we have always-on e-mail, BlackBerrys, and assorted other devices to make what wa... Mar. 27, 2003 12:00 AM EST Reads: 114,868 | By Sean Rhody When I was younger, I found out the hard way that I was allergic to certain medications - I got three shots and went into shock. It left me deeply afraid of needles. To this day, doctors need to give me something to bite on when they give me a shot. Dentists, well, let's just say they ... Feb. 24, 2003 12:00 AM EST Reads: 11,924 | By Sean Rhody What's in a name? A rose by any other name will still smell as sweet. Well, perhaps in the world of horticulture, but in the information technology arena, I'm not sure that aphorism applies. I'm sure you all realize that I'm referring to the recent purchase of Rational Software by IBM ... Jan. 21, 2003 12:00 AM EST Reads: 10,794 | By Sean Rhody The Web services world is currently cluttered with code-intensive solutions that require intimate knowledge of lower-level protocols to successfully deploy applications as Web services. Much like the initial situation of the World Wide Web, when a detailed knowledge of the HTML specifi... Dec. 17, 2002 12:00 AM EST Reads: 10,972 Replies: 2 |
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Sean Rhody is the founding-editor (1999) and editor-in-chief of SOA World Magazine. He is a respected industry expert on SOA and Web Services and a consultant with a leading consulting services company. Most recently, Sean served as the tech chair of SOA World Conference & Expo 2007 East.
