Your Personal CTO

Author: Bryon Kataoka, iSOA Group CTO and Thought Leader

Blogging at 40,000 Feet

The suitcase is in the overhead, the Bose headphones are on and I’m in my aisle seat and settled in.  The double chimes told me we have reached an altitude where I can turn on my Mac and here we go. 

My name is Bryon Kataoka and some may know me as the home winemaker of Petaluma Gap Pinot Noir or a decent fair weather golfer but first and foremost the CTO of iSOA Group.  Some clients also know me as the DataPower Guy.

With the poor Dad behind me with the screaming twin boys I know it’s time to immerse myself in some deep technical thought.  Actually it’s not a bad idea.  With some deep thought I can drown out the whine of the airplane and the uncontrollable whiners in seat 30 D, E & F.

It’s working.  My thoughts are on topics I’ll blog about in future flights.  Some thoughts I have for future blogs are:

• DataPower Past, Present and Future
• API Management – still growing
• Muscling up with StrongLoop
•  Road Warriors
• Getting your swagger
• And others

But now that the twins have quieted down (or dad’s put them in the overhead), I wanted to focus on DataPower Return on Investment (ROI).  As some of you may know, or might be learning now, your DataPower investment is chocked full of potential ROI.  I cannot tell you how many times I’ve seen basic capabilities implemented with DataPower at the outset and then investment in the capabilities go dormant. 

Why is that?  Did the installers implement a set of use cases and then high tail it out of Dodge?  Were their changes in personnel and the expertise left or moved to another project?  I’ve experienced one client that had DataPower running for years with no changes.  Awesome for the longevity, but so much untapped potential!

So how does one go about getting more ROI out of your DataPower investment?  At the iSOA Group I lead a team of DataPower experts and we run a program called DataPower On Demand Services.  I won’t go into all the specifics but in a nutshell, think of it as having your own personal DataPower consultant.  You can learn more at www.isoagroup.com or reach out to your in-flight DataPower guy at Bkataoka@isoagroup.com.

Well, the flight attendant is here with the cart.  Time to sign off and consider what to write on my flight home!

Bryon Kataoka is the iSOA Group, Inc. CTO sharing his experience as a technical leader for over 20 years.  In his role at iSOA Group, Inc. he is a thought leader as well as a consultant to many companies helping them be successful with their Middleware strategy and implementations.