Best of the blogs: Blame the vendors for inflating expectations. Dave Linthicum does just that “for pushing SOA technology as a cure-all for the years and years of bad architecture and lack of integration.” Read Linthicum’s 4 tips for moving forward with your SOA projects despite the downsides. Security: We all know Microsoft’s track record with security, but now it’s inviting breaches with InfoCard. “I find it hard to even believe they are suggesting that InfoCard is in any way a good idea,” Dave Rosenberg writes in this post. “Seriously, does Microsoft need to invent more security holes? Business users should not be responsible for others’ IT behavior, just like IT staff shouldn’t be responsible for deciding sales discounts.” And then Rosenberg wanders way off topic and into the realm of metal bands Slayer and Mastodon, but I’ll just let you read about that for yourself. The news beat: Novell’s recently ousted chief executive Jack Messman quit the board a month-and-half earlier than expected. Intel joins forces with Siemens to create secure VoIP for enterprises based, of course, on the chipmaker’s dual-core processors. And Microsoft tries to dazzle E.U. antitrust regulators by claiming that Vista will benefit Europe in revenues and jobs, and referring to analyst firm stats to prove its point. Technology Industry