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Aligning Business Goals, IT Projects
Lee Nackman's Java Pro Live! keynote marks the important contributions of Java's evolution and the role of Eclipse in defining the world of SOA.
by Terrence O'Donnell
Java Pro Live!, September 14, 2005
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(Running time: 52 minutes, Windows Media format)
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Dr. Lee R. Nackman
Vice President, Product Development and Customer Support, IBM Rational Software
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IT is moving from a technology-driven world to a business-driven world, according to Dr. Lee R. Nackman, vice president for product development in Rational, at IBM Rational. Nackman spoke to a large gathering of developers and architects on September 13 at the second Java Pro Live! conference in San Diego, Calif. The convergence of Java, Eclipse, and the world of SOA in the IT industry, Nackman said, in many ways corresponds with the convergence of communications that is breaking down symbolic barriers to create a "flatter" world, which is giving people the opportunity make greater strides in commerce.
Nackman's keynote address began by taking look at the business environment and what he argued is a trend in the way organizations are making decisions about IT projects. Using a comparison of data between 1999 and 2002, Nackman pointed out a shift in which more decisions on IT projects are being made jointly by business and IT executives, reflecting what he sees as an evolution of Java, the effect of Eclipse, and how these technologies fit together in the world of SOA. Nackman said that anecdotal evidence showed this trend to be continuing in 2005, clearly demonstrating that "business folks are driving more decisions about IT projects."
In support of the theme of his discussion, Nackman cited a book by Thomas Friedman published recently, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2005), that Nackman said does a great job of articulating what's going on in the world with the convergence of almost-free communications that are breaking down a variety of barriers. For instance, the tearing down of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was significant as a symbol of increasing freedom around the world, and the 1995 IPO of Netscape symbolized the start of the Web world, and Nackman cited the discussion of these events in Friedman's book as being illustrative of the world becoming a flatter place where there are opportunities for people worldwide to take important roles in what's happening in the business world and commerce.
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