"A standard becomes successful when people don't talk about it anymore" says OMG's Soley

In an interview with SearchSOA, Richard Soley, CEO of the Object Management Group, explains the adoption patterns of cloud computing and SOA as an effect of hype cycles . For a major section of the interview he focuses on the financial and technical reasons for why cloud computing is more relevant for startups as compared to larger businesses and the state of cloud standards. Soley believes that the hype around cloud computing is obscuring its true value just like the roller coaster ride SOA experienced in the last decade. He furthermore states that afterwards the disillusionment at the end of its hype cycle, SOA continues to be adopted by plenty of organizations. He corroborates this fact with the success of OMG's SOA consortium and it's continued work within the OMG's business ecology initiative. Here is his general observation on hype cycles:

On similar lines he hopes that the hype around cloud computing does not affect its reputation as a great idea. But in its current avatar cloud computing has not but addressed concerns around security, transformation of legacy systems and related interoperability standards to impact large business adoption . In exchange the opex vs capex discussion makes it a game changer for startups. He says:

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