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Dan Woods

Dan Woods
Company: Evolved Media
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Dan Woods is CTO and editor of Evolved Media. He has written 15 books about topics such as mashups, wikis, mesh collaboration, manufacturing, services-oriented architecture, RFID, open source, and the Java Web Server.

Well-crafted services are the key to BPM, and everything else.
Well crafted services that match the problem domain are the key to enabling BPM technologies or any form of model-driven development to work properly. Jun. 23, 2008
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Enterprise Services and Widgets: A Recipe for Information Access
The services documented on the enterprise services wiki plus two new widget environments are a new recipe for information access that should expand access to the information and functionality in the SAP Business Suite. May. 15, 2008
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Can a Community Create a BPX Book?
The BPX community is now involved in creating a book that explains what the Business Process Expert role is, why it works, and how to go about adopting it. But can a community create a book? Dan Woods argues yes, as long as the process has the right structure and staffing. Mark Finnern rejects that idea in favor of an emergent process. May. 14, 2008
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Bit Torrent Style Collaboration in the ES Packages Wiki
The ES Packages Wiki, which launched on SDN at SAP TECHED Amsterdam on October 18, 2006, represents a new application of wikis in the SAP Ecosystem, one that adapts the many-to-many communication of wikis to fit within the existing structures for harvesting ideas and managing intellectual property like the Enterprise Services Community. Oct. 18, 2006
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Context: Why adding Dummies to SAP Worked
SAP NetWeaver for Dummies first attracted attention because of the incongruity of the two brands. How on earth could the For Dummies(tm) juggernaut and SAP meet in the same book? Once the surprise wears off, however, people have actually found that the book provides a clear explanation of the context in which SAP NetWeaver exists. Perhaps the focus on context that the For Dummies form demands is the key to clear communication about technology. Jun. 29, 2004
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Five Ways to Look at SAP NetWeaver
SAP NetWeaver is an inflection point between SAP's past and the company's future. Here are five ways of looking at this technology and what it means. Jul. 26, 2003
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What led SAP to Java?
SAP has made a fortune selling applications based on ABAP, its proprietary language. What is their motivation for moving to the Java language which is the centerpiece of SAP NetWeaver? Jul. 25, 2003
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How I learned to speak SAP
I have been around the IT business for almost all of my 20-year career, and when I don't know a three letter acronym, I just ask. But my learning curve about SAP had a much different shape because of the way that certain key terms have specialized meanings that are unique to SAP.  Jun. 24, 2003
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