Jeff Davis has over 15 years experience in enterprise software development. He is currently Director of Software Architecture at HireRight Inc, where he is responsible for implementing HireRight’s SOA and SaaS initiatives, including HireRight Connect – a comprehensive integration platform, and the first of its kind in the pre-employment screening market. Prior to HireRight, he was a successful eBusiness consultant for several years, where he worked extensively with enterprise ERP, CRM and procurement applications. He is a recognized expert in the field of web services and SOA, and his just completed a book titled “Open Source SOA” for Manning Publications, which will be published in Spring 2009. He is a frequent speaker at industry events, most recently the Gartner 2007 Application Architecture & Integration Summit.
This article is based on the book Open Source SOA scheduled to print January
2009. This article is courtesy of Manning Publications. The ebook is
available and sold exclusively through Manning Publications.
The open source community includes many early advocates of the recent wave of
emerging SOA-related technology projects. Historically, however, open source
has sometimes been considered a "late follower," with commercial products
first to hit the market, and then followed by "me-too" open source
alternatives. One reason frequently cited by critics of open source is that
open source projects are often not innovators, but imitators (of course, some
might argue Microsoft has done very well by following the imitation model).
There may be some truth to that, but many of the... (more)
Jeff Davis has over 15 years experience in enterprise software development. He is currently Director of Software Architecture at HireRight Inc, where he is responsible for implementing HireRight’s SOA and SaaS initiatives, including HireRight Connect – a comprehensive integration platform, and the first of its kind in the pre-employment screening market. Prior to HireRight, he was a successful eBusiness consultant for several years, where he worked extensively with enterprise ERP, CRM and procurement applications. He is a recognized expert in the field of web services and SOA, and his just completed a book titled “Open Source SOA” for Manning Publications, which will be published in Spring 2009. He is a frequent speaker at industry events, most recently the Gartner 2007 Application Architecture & Integration Summit. 
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