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Chief Technology Officer, IONA
n his role as Chief Technology Officer at IONA, Mr. Newcomer is responsible for directing and communicating IONA's technology roadmap, as well as IONA's product strategy as it relates to standards adoption, architecture, and product design. Mr. Newcomer joined IONA in November 1999, after nearly 16 years at Digital/Compaq, where he held a variety of technical and management roles. He joined IONA as the company's transaction processing architect, and also served as IONA's Vice President of Engineering, Web Services Integration Products. Mr. Newcomer leads IONA's participation in all standardization activities, and has been involved in Web services standardization activities from the beginning. He was a founding member of the XML Protocols Working Group at W3C, which produced SOAP 1.2. He is also a former editor of the Web Services Architecture specification at the W3C and is IONA's primary representative to OASIS and WS-I. Mr. Newcomer is co-author and editor of the recently published Web Services Composite Application Framework (WS-CAF) set of specifications and co-chair of the WS-CAF technical committee at OASIS.
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August 5, 2006
Software Development / software standardization
Wikimania is this weekend and by chance I happened to meet Joseph Reagle on the way back from lunch yesterday with Philippe LeHegaret and Steve Bratt. Joseph used to work at W3C with Steve and Philippe and they were kind enough to introduce me.
August 3, 2006
music / Software Development
Jane and I went to see the 12:01 Blues Band at the Acton Jazz Cafe last Saturday night. It was a great night out. Both cafe and band were very enjoyable. As I mentioned before, Jane and I lived in Chicago just after college (1978-1982, can it really be that long ago?!?) One of the great things about living there then, and living where we did (in the DePaul neighborhood on the near North side), was...
July 28, 2006
services and soa / Software Development
This week the new SCA website went live and in addition to an update on the work we've completed since we kicked it off in January, we announced new partners, including Cape Clear, Interface21, Primeton Technologies, Progress Software (formerly Sonic Software), Red Hat, Rogue Wave Software, Software AG, Sun Microsystems and Tibco Software.
July 27, 2006
books and publications / Software Development
By sheer chance my visit to China last week coincided with the release of Chinese edition of our SOA book. The publisher was kind enough to invite me to a book signing ceremony, which involved a 30-minute lecture, an hour or so interview, and a Q&A session with the audience before any actual signing occurred.
July 18, 2006
books and publications / Software Development
Gunnar Peterson posted a review of the SOA book I wrote with Greg Lomow, and also put it on the book's Amazon page. Thanks, Gunnar! I hear from many people privately about the book, and that's always great, of course, but I really appreciate it when someone takes the trouble to post a public comment or review.
July 18, 2006
books and publications / Software Development
Gunnar Peterson posted a review of the SOA book I wrote with Greg Lomow, and also put it on the book's Amazon page. Thanks, Gunnar! I hear from many people privately about the book, and that's always great, of course, but I really appreciate it when someone takes the trouble to post a public comment or review.
July 18, 2006
music / Software Development
A couple of weeks ago I was in Chicago for the Eclipse Board meeting. Afterward i went with one of my friends to see Barrelhouse Chuck "and friends" at Rosa's Lounge. It was great. Rosa herself was behind the bar, and Barrelhouse's friends included Pete Crawford, Katherine Davis, and Eiko, who took over on piano while Chuck sang a couple of songs.
July 18, 2006
music / Software Development
A couple of weeks ago I was in Chicago for the Eclipse Board meeting. Afterward i went with one of my friends to see Barrelhouse Chuck "and friends" at Rosa's Lounge. It was great. Rosa herself was behind the bar, and Barrelhouse's friends included Pete Crawford, Katherine Davis, and Eiko, who took over on piano while Chuck sang a couple of songs.
May 17, 2006
Software Development / telecom industry
Today I'm in Nice at the TeleManagement World (TMW). I used to attend these events 10-12 years ago, when I was at Digital. Some things haven't changed - Keith Willets is still talking about the importance of back office standards in the context of telecom industry transformation, and the operators are still talking about new and better services, such as mobile TV.
May 13, 2006
services and soa / Software Development
Well I'm still in Zurich today, which is great. Two nights - soon to be three - in the same hotel room is welcome change. Today I went up to the top of Mt. Rigi and hiked around a bit before coming back down.
May 13, 2006
services and soa / Software Development
Well I'm still in Zurich today, which is great. Two nights - soon to be three - in the same hotel room is welcome change. Today I went up to the top of Mt. Rigi and hiked around a bit before coming back down.
May 12, 2006
miscellaneous / Software Development
Ok, today I am in Zurich but yesterday I was in Munich so I will report on that. Not much to say except we had a great visit with a senior SOA architect at O2. I can say a couple of things - they are definitely interested in SOA, and one of the interesting aspects the architect mentioned is the benefit of SOA in the context of standardizing IT terminology across projects and departments.