From the feature well: There are some regulatory rules for litigation that IT had better understand -- and some of them kick in come Dec. 1. Now, for something you might not know: the rules themselves carry names including Rule 26 (f), Rule 26 (a) (1) [B] and Rule 26 (b) (2) [B]. These address early discussion prepardness and disclosure. Ephraim Schwartz breaks down those, and a few more, in New litigation rules put IT on the front lines of data access.

Podcasts: Dave Linthicum poses this important question: Can your enterprise see the emerging Web? But that comes after he looks at how much SOA really costs. "A lot of people are trying to figure how much their service-oriented architecture will cost," he says. "Service-oriented architecture is a journey, not a destination. It's a journey not a project, but if we have to run it as a project." Tune into The SOA Report.

Best of the blogs: When an office partner moves in after the previous one spent 15 years with you, and the newbie brings a software system that demands after-hours support, one reader asks, what are your options? Well, Bob Lewis has three in Living with a bad decision, but he only really recommends one of them.

Posted by Tom Sullivan on November 21, 2006 10:41 AM