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SOA for Retail

By David Dorf on October 8, 2009 11:34 AM

SOA finally seems to be catching on in the retail industry thanks in part to the maturation of the tools and standards. Companies like New Look have even introduced the acronym to the business folks as part of their transformation....

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First ARTS User Conference

By David Dorf on September 1, 2009 7:20 AM

The Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS), a subsidiary of the NRF, is holding its first user conference in a few weeks. I have been an active member for about four years, and the quarterly meetings have always been about...

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SOA Integrations

By David Dorf on April 7, 2009 4:00 PM

There are two strategies for leading SOA initiatives. When IT drives the strategy, SOA is typically used as an integration tool, making products work together with minimal coupling. When the initiative is driven by the business, SOA becomes an enabler...

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SOA for New Look

By David Dorf on January 12, 2009 7:40 AM

There were lots of press releases germane to the retail industry this week, principally to mark retail’s yearly conference, NRF. Oracle had its share, which you can review here. One jumped out at me because it was related to my...

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2009: The Year of Services

By David Dorf on January 9, 2009 11:22 AM

Anne Thomas Manes' comment SOA is Dead; Long Live Services is spot on if taken in context. Taken out of context, it can be quite shocking. But here's the important part of her blog posting: Although the word “SOA” is...

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Web 2.0 Honeycomb

By David Dorf on December 4, 2008 10:00 AM

If you caught my article in RIS News entitled Web 2.0 Shapes the Next Generation of Enterprise Retail Software, then you have some idea of Oracle Retail's direction for user interface design. But here's a little more detail for those...

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Adaptive Behavior

By David Dorf on November 5, 2008 11:27 AM

Retail has always been about satisfying customer demand with the right level of supply. Over-supply product and you're stuck with margin erosion from mark-downs. Under-supply and you frustrate your customers with empty shelves so they head to your competition. So...

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SOA Architect of the Year

By David Dorf on October 24, 2008 8:59 PM

The winners of the seventh annual Oracle Magazine Editors’ Choice Awards were recently announced, and Himanshu Parikh, Director of Enterprise Architecture and Compliance at Ross Stores, was selected SOA Architect of the Year. I have had the pleasure of working...

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