Interview with Frank Kenney

I have a one on one with Frank Kenney Monday at 1:30  - Frank and I have had several conversations and I feel very comfortable with him.

Here are my  topics;  his answers are in italics

1. SOA Repository – our vendors, his ranks and what to look for – any concerns on the BEA/Oracle side

Flashline is most functional; Systinet version 3 coming up this summer and very functional. Today IBM is ahead of Systinet - so today BEA< IBM, and Systinet. Tomorrow flip IBM and Systinet.

Any product we use will have to integrate with data model - BEA Much further ahead than other tools in this aspect.

REACTION: Bullish on BEA at this point

- Enterprise repository vs SOA repository ( are folks looking for one solution or integrating best of breed many solutions to meet enterprise need)

Some but not alot - APM is a separate solution

- Federated registry/repository options and industry direction

All ETL - synchronization - push data around with master/slave with custom integration

2. SOA Registry – Our experience and the general impression

runtime service discovery is not a big play - maybe are not loosely coupling - description, searching and discovery - are registry - Google is registry .

NOTE: many of the feature we are describing in the repository solution would be the registry solutions he described. Interesting point that we need to clarify.

- GIF integration or any other spec IBM/HP are working for closed loop governance

HP/Software AG/Fujitsu -moving together - but not all across the aboard. The move beyond UDDI to something else is light years away

3. Data Power and Reactivity – what we are seeing and any reactions – who in Gartner is the right person

Data Power is no longer be seen as an ESB - can perform some transformation, does not control message - hardware solution is propietary - limits it ability . Starting to hear the horror stories with Data Power. Based upon the hardware solution. DP is "stuck"

NOTE: He is exactly opposite of where he ways in 1H2007 - amazing

Will found more value Reactivity - can virtualize the boxes - Can deploy Reactivity as an application on VMware on - virtualization is important - This space is still ripe

NOTE: Saw additional vendors in this space in the vendor hall

4. Service tiering from Gartner

Talk to Daryl about granularity of services Mike Blecker .

I am following with Paolo on SOA Governance thanks to Frank.