IBM research on IT customers doing SOA implementations have produced a tale of two mindsets, said Mark Heid, program director for IBM WebSphere infrastructure, and it is changing the way the company releases updates to its application server. Putting out advanced feature packs on Java EE 5 and Service Component Architecture (SCA) has proven to be the middle road attempt at satisfying both crowds.
One group of developers is asking Big Blue to let them catch their breath after the release of WebSphere Application Server 6.1 this past spring, he said.
