Which SOA Governance Dilbert character are you?

At the Vordel "Vortex" conference last week in Dublin, I used Dilbert analogies to explain some of the different users who Vordel 5 appeals to:

1) Developers (symbolized by Dilbert himself of course):

• Policy Studio simplifies the developer's life by allowing policies for Web Services to be created using drag-and-drop and drag-and-link. No messing around with XSLT or XPath.

2) Network admins (which I've symbolized by Dogbert, Dilbert's nemesis, although I guess he is, strictly speaking, a consultant)

• XML Gateway and XML Firewall which ensure that developers cannot create "Rogue Services", without the services coming under a policy umbrella. Also, because the XML Gateway and XML Firewall ensure that the XML traffic now is controlled, whether it is on Web protocols or on messages queues, it fits in with the world-domination plans of Dogbert.

3) Non-technical Managers (who I've symbolized by the Pointy-Haired Boss, of course)

• VordelReporter provides reports on Web Service behaviour over time, answering questions like "Who uses each Web Service?", "What kind of response times are our Web Services providing?". But, arguably just as important for the Pointy-Haired Boss, it provides nice colorful views of Service Health (green for good, red for bad, orange for in-between)
• The new Adobe Flash based Real-Time Monitoring provided as standard with the XML Gateway and XML Firewall. This provides an instant view on XML Networking usage, right in the browser, with spikes and troughs shown in real-time.
  

[ Dilbert characters courtesy of Scott Adams ]