Month: January 2009

  • Another good Democamp Dubai

    2 days ago, there was the 4th episode of Democamp Dubai. This event brings an opportunity for internet startups to present their product to the public – and it’s an amazing chance to do some networking and getting to know the people. I know I blog about this event a bit late, just like I…

  • SOA is dead, or is it?

    When I joined Dubaiworld three years ago as a information architect, SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) was the buzzword. All major vendors, IBM, Microsoft, SUN, had ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) solutions, and SOA’s were going to save the world, but instead it was a big failure. While the business side of IT was too busy making…

  • Wishlist for 2009

    Dear all, Happy new year to all, I wish 2009 will bring you good health, prosperity and success. In these times, many would hope for economical stability, so we should add that to this also. 2008 was a good year, we launched places.ae, and were approached by some very interesting companies for partnerships, and have…