SOA: While analyst house Forrester says that SOA and BPM are converging, David Linthicum has just a single word: Duh. Well, technically, he’s got more words than one in Real World SOA. “Truth of the matter is that from the beginning BPM has been systemic to SOA. SOA is not worth much without the notion of process management, and process management, if you ask me, is not worth much without the notion of SOA, or at least integration.” Outsourcing: Despite the doom and gloom predictions of American jobs being lost to overseas corporations, the Software and Information Industry Association, a.ka. SIIA, found in a survey that offshoring does not cost developer jobs. Instead, it is used as a form of expansion, not replacement, and occurs primarily because of a shortage of both engineers and H-1B visa workers here in the States. Best of the blogs: Grammar is not a common topic that InfoWorld contributors write about (though we practice it daily). Nevertheless, it is a part of everyone’s work day, IT or not. With that in mind, Sean McCown offers a couple simple rules for proper grammar. The news beat: An HP investigator is charged with identity theft as part of the company’s spying scandal, for which he could face prison time. What with all the phone and telly buzz at the show enterprises are on the back burner at MacWorld this time around. And Sophos buys Endforce to obtain its network access control software. Technology Industry