Looks like analysts can’t help but keep coining terms to one up each other. Now Burton Group analysts are talking about Superplatform, which I quote from this article :
"The Burton Group defines the superplatform, an outgrowth of the middleware market, as a tightly integrated suite of products that provides a platform for enterprise computing."
I find this illuminating statement in that article:
"While scalability is still an issue for some organizations when choosing a superplatform, "less than 5%" will find Windows is not scalable enough."
Less than 5% ? What 5%? Don’t you want to know how analysts come up with these numbers? Well, if you do, you might have to pay $ to get that information. Anyway, is it 5% of all enterprises? Or 5% of Fortune 500?
Want some more words of wisdom? Here goes:
"If you’re Visa, and you process 8,000 transactions per second, you might have trouble. But if you’re an insurance company, no problem."
Hmmm….
And finally the comment about Java portability not being important is somewhat twisted as one reader points out here.
"For several organizations, vendor lock-in is an important issue, but the portability benefits of choosing a Java platform become less as enterprise environments get more sophisticated and complex."
So, are you ready for your superplatform?
SOA Software Architecture Analysts
September 16th, 2005
I confess I did not plan it this way, but this is how it ended up. I had asked a question a while ago whether I should buy a new bike or fix my old one?
Anyway, I decided to remodel my bicycle instead of buying a new one even though
I was pretty tempted to get a new one. But, I had a lot of fun making over my bike during
the 2 weekends. Basically, I had to fix my old bike’s brakes (cost me nothing to
do it with the tools and parts I already had) and add a new saddle cover that
cost me $15. To get rid of the old look, I spray painted the old bike with a
bright yellow color (cost me $10 for the paints) for the frame and metallic
black for the wheel rims. I then designed and ordered a new set of decals (vinyl
strickers - cost me around $30!) to re-brand my old bike into my very own custom
bike. So here is introducing my own brand - Coorg Mountain Bikes! 
Instead of fixing my old bike, if I had gone out and bought a new bike, I am sure I would have spent atleast $250 if not more.
So what did I do with the money I saved? After my earlier posting, Hurricane Katrina has struck the country hard. We all have to do our little parts.
So, I put the money not spent buying a new bike and then some more into good
use to help the victims of Katrina. A lot more is needed,
so please consider giving,
if you haven’t already. Please, Please, Please! I did it with a bike, you can
do it with your bike or something else. Fix. Save. Donate.
[For the curious: Mercara
is the capital of Coorg
& what can I say about Caffeine
other than I love coffee and we grow it well in Coorg.]
Life Bike
Hurricane Katrina
September 7th, 2005