July 31, 2010

SOA Governance Resource Guide FAQ

What is the SOA Governance Resource Guide?
The SOA Governance Resource Guide narrowly and deeply focuses on helping CIOs, CTOs, IT architects and developers understand the costs, benefits, risks, and best practices related to SOA Governance. The vast majority of information available to this audience is "noise" - content designed to influence users' thinking or to sell something. We identify, categorize and present high-value Resources - the vast majority of which SOA Governance users and buyers will never find. By using the SOA Governance Resource Guide, these users will learn much more about all aspects of SOA Governance in much less time.

Why use the SOA Governance Resource Guide?
  • Save time
  • Discover great new resources
  • Spend time enjoying great content instead of looking for it
  • Say goodbye to spam, mediocre content, and deceptive sites.

Does the SOA Governance Resource Guide have an editorial process, and, if so, what is it?
Yes. The SOA Governance Resource Guide has an editorial process to ensure that each Resource is reviewed multiple times. We also have a place on every page where you, the Guide users, can report problems or errors with our Resources and pages. Our editors then check these errors and correct them.

What sites and content will I not find in the SOA Governance Resource Guide?
We do not include Resources that:
  • Are spam sites
  • Have deceptive or overbearing advertising
  • Are largely advertorial (for example: containing primarily promotional material for vendors)
  • Give the appearance of participating in phishing or any other type of malicious activity ("phishing" being the fraudulent acquisition of sensitive personal information by masquerading as a trustworthy entity)
  • Are of unknown origin (i.e. we cannot establish who operates the site)
  • Require registration or payment to access content
Are there Resource Guides on other IT Topics?
The publishers of the SOA Governance Resource Guide, NorthPage Research (that's us), produce several additional IT Resource Guides including:

Do you know of a topic for which a dedicated Resource Guide would be helpful? Please let us know.

We regularly add new Resource Guides. Stay current, here.