| Title: |
IBM’s Experience in Componentization |
| Author: |
David Sprott |
| Publication Date: |
20 April 2005 |
| Report Type: |
Journal |
| Report Class: |
Best Practice |
| Abstract: |
Service concepts are leading the industry down a road that results in software componentization as an inevitable response to increasing complexity and demands for adaptability at all levels. No surprise therefore that we observe leading edge organizations starting to adopt highly organized and automated component based development strategies. In this article we report on a detailed Q&A with the IBM Software Group product development organization in which they share their experience and provide practical insight and guidance. |
| Backgrounder: |
For the past five years the industry has been very focused on services. First Web Services, then Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and more recently Service Oriented everything, otherwise known as Service Orientation. These changing interests reflect the progressive maturing of architecture. In the early stages of service thinking, the most common deployment approach was to wrap existing systems and to publish Web Services that solved some form of interop problem. The widespread adoption of SOA shows there is a high level of understanding that creating loose coupling at the transport layer only solves a narrow range of problems, and that to provide business adaptability, loose coupling needs to be effective at many levels.
Some time back we forecast1 this maturing process would bring us full circle, to the point where software componentization would become recognized as a critical strategy for mature organizations.
Back in late 2003 I discussed this issue with the IBM WebSphere architects. At that time they indicated they had commenced a program to introduce componentized architecture principles to the WebSphere product line. Late last year I met with the same folk again and was really interested to hear they had made considerable progress.
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| Report Size: |
9 Pages |
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