SOA Consortium Releases New Podcast from K. Scott Morrison, Layer 7 Technologies
Original post provide by Latest News from AJAX & RIA JOURNALThe SOA Consortium announced the availability of a podcast and slide deck of the presentation by K. Scott Morrison, VP of Engineering and Chief Architect at Layer 7 Technologies, on “How to Fail at SOA,” recorded at the SOA Consortium meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in June. Calling on Layer 7 Technologies’ six years of experience Scott warned meeting attendees about repeated patterns of bad practices, pitfalls and bad decisions.
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