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August 01, 2003
Homeland Security Meets ARPA
Taking a page from the Dept. of Defense, the Dept. of Homeland Security has announced its own version of DARPA: HSARPA. DARPA is a major source of high-dollar research grants in universities and private companies. HSARPA will focus on funding projects related to bio-terrorism, but says any idea related to homeland security is eliglble.
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SOA is Not a Silver Bullet. SOA is a Discipline
A recent CBDi commentary says "SOA is ... not the silver bullet that many are suggesting; it's plain hard work." The article is obviously intended to make people think they need to pay for CBDi research reports before entering the scary world of service oriented architectures, but once you get past that, there's some pretty good information in there regarding what an SOA is and what that definition means to architectural choices about coupling and components. If you're an SOA expert, you can skip it. If you're trying to figure this out and build a mental model of what an SOA is, I recommend it.