tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23402499.post114860047888956210..comments2019-09-27T19:10:17.415+00:00Comments on Services Fabric: Capability vs Service: What's the difference? Does it matter?Nigel Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426482151464159257noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23402499.post-80701311954965212372008-03-18T09:55:00.000+00:002008-03-18T09:55:00.000+00:00IBM’s Component Business Modeling makes exactly th...IBM’s Component Business Modeling makes exactly this point. For an overview of CBM see http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/index.wss/ibvstudy/imc/a1017908?cntxt=a1005266 . The CBM talks about services external and internal to the business, or business unit component, and the capabilities they expose for consumption by others. For a more concrete example which uses the IT capabilities of the IT organization see<BR/>http://domino.watson.ibm.com/tchjr/journalindex.nsf/495f80c9d0f539778525681e00724804/d4d986d0842b91938525732c00660345?OpenDocument . Both also talk about removal of duplication and improved agility of services offered by enterprises internally within themselves and externally to others. Where the services are cohesive value offerings through loosely coupled business components. Applying the object oriented ideas of high cohesiveness and loose coupling to the capabilities exposed by business unit components. Exposing the value propositions (capabilities) that the business unit component offers as externally facing (human and ICT) services.York Earwakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713104074127353681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23402499.post-59787861893504389092008-03-18T09:49:00.000+00:002008-03-18T09:49:00.000+00:00IBM’s Component Business Modeling makes exactly th...IBM’s Component Business Modeling makes exactly this point. For an overview of CBM see http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/index.wss/ibvstudy/imc/a1017908?cntxt=a1005266 . The CBM talks about services external and internal to the business, or business unit component, and the capabilities they expose for consumption by others. For a more concrete example which uses the IT capabilities of the IT organization see<BR/>http://domino.watson.ibm.com/tchjr/journalindex.nsf/495f80c9d0f539778525681e00724804/d4d986d0842b91938525732c00660345?OpenDocument . Both also talk about removal of duplication and improved agility of services offered by enterprises internally within themselves and externally to others. Where the services are cohesive value offerings through loosely coupled business components. Applying the object oriented ideas of high cohesiveness and loose coupling to the capabilities exposed by business unit components. Exposing the value propositions (capabilities) that the business unit component offers as externally facing (human and ICT) services.York Earwakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713104074127353681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23402499.post-1148918807133394992006-05-29T16:06:00.000+00:002006-05-29T16:06:00.000+00:00For a more detailed, and potentially definitive, d...For a more detailed, and potentially definitive, definition around capabilities and service I'd also recommend the <A HREF="http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=soa-rm" REL="nofollow">OASIS SOA Reference Model</A> group. Its heading towards public draft two and very clearly puts itself on the side of the Service provides access to capabilities argument. <BR/><BR/>Steve<BR/><BR/>PS Cheers for the plug :)Steve Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18324989580856894788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23402499.post-1148858079460667352006-05-28T23:14:00.000+00:002006-05-28T23:14:00.000+00:00Anyone interested in this would probably enjoy rea...Anyone interested in this would probably enjoy reading <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374292884/sr=8-2/qid=1148599930/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-9449398-0471261" REL="nofollow">'The World is Flat' by Thomas Friedman</A> like I recently did.<BR/><BR/>I was expecting a largely political book on globalisation with some cleverly argued points.<BR/><BR/>But actually, I was pleasantly surprised by how more than this, there is significant informed explanation of how technology is enabling collaboration, and therefore globalisation.<BR/><BR/>So what? Well this involves commentary about outsourcing and off-shoring (which of course are key facets of globalisation) are enabled by distributed provision and consumption of services, as is 'in-sourcing' whereby organisations offer new services to the outside world based on capabilities they’ve developed for their internal operations.Sam Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00352109510406064655noreply@blogger.com