Markets rock-n-roll

Financial markets are shaking.
It has been a long time since we've seen such a dramatic sequence of events in the financial markets, although it is months now that this could be spotted.
From the Israeli market point of view, seems like our economy manages to hold up part of the quake, yet I fear we ain't seen it all yet.
Specifically, in the IT market, where Risotech plays, we have customers from the financial sector and ISVs that I expect to react to the new situation and reduce budgets as well as perform massive firing.
I can't see a situation in which financial institute that lost 10% of its share value keep the same headcount and expenses in the mid-term.
This ofcourse has a direct impact on service companies and integrators and we take these effects into count in our short/mid term plans.

WSRR 6.1 - Important step forward

IBM released WSRR v6.1 recently.
Following several meetings with prospects interested in SOA Governance, looks like IBM did a major step forward with its Governance offering.
WSRR v6.1 adds:
1. Ability to manage non-web-services services.
2. Graphical Impact Analysis
3. More customized workflow for service lifecycle management.
4. Plugin to MS.NET which enables DotNet prospects to leverage the registry and repository.
These were all crucial points when we presented the product to prospects.

Good work...

More info on WSRR.

IMPACT 2008!

I was just invited by IBM to join the IMPACT2008.
Conference is hosted at Las-Vegas, MGM Hotel.
This event features the hottest information from the big blue on SOA solutions and best practices.
I'm excited from the opportunity to meet world leaders in SOA offering and hear about first class SOA implementations.
I believe this will enable us at Risotech to import at least part of the knowledge back to Israel as many of our customers are in transition into SOA.
I will update my blog during the event with news and pictures - stay tuned!
You can see a sneak preview of the conference on youtube.

Risotech joins Elad Systems group

As of 3rd of January, 2008, Risotech has joined the Elad Systems group. This is a powerful step for Risotech and RIO (Risotech's daughter company).
Risotech will continue to lead and innovate in IT infrastructure and SOA as and will have the endless power Elad can provide to our operations and business.