Robin Bloor: As Author
1. Published Books:
- The Electronic B@zaar, From the Silk Road to the eRoad. (Brearley). Published in April 2000, The Electronic B@zaar, became a business best seller in the UK and confirmed Bloor’s status as an expert in the field of electronic commerce. The book analyzes and describes the electronic economy. The book received many accolades, including being declared Book of the Week by The Sunday Times in the UK and being referred to as “a classic” by Publisher’s Weekly in the US.
- Service Oriented Architecture for Dummies. (Wiley). Jointly authored with Judith Hurwitz and Marcia Kaufman (both of Hurwitz & Associates) this introduction to SOA has become the best selling book on the subject. Written in the characteristic “Dummies” style the book acts as an introduction to the subject both for business readers and technology professionals.
2. Bloor Research Reports
Between 1990 and 2002 Bloor authored or co-authored the following industry reports (mostly 100-300 page product comparisons):
Database: An Evaluation & Comparison
The Future of Software
4GLs: An Evaluation & Comparison
CASE Tools: An Evaluation & Comparison
PC Databases: An Evaluation & Comparison
Database: An Evaluation & Comparison (complete revision)
Networking Options & Comparisons
Client/Server Development Tools: An Evaluation & Comparison
Object Databases: An Evaluation & Comparison
Software Testing Tools: An Evaluation & Comparison
Rightsizing
Corporate Computer Strategy
Software Quality
The Enterprise By Other means
The Enterprise in Transition
eRoad: All You Ever Wanted To know About eCommerce But were Afraid to Ask
The last of these reports provided the basis for the book; The Electronic B@zaaar.
3. As a columnist: Bloor authored a column in DMBS Magazine (in the US) for 4 years and also provided regular content for Computer Weekly in the UK. He has also regularly written individual articles for many magazines in the UK and Europe over a decade. He was the prime author for the web site IT-Director.com which he designed and built in 1998/9 and which subsequently became one of the primary UK IT related web sites .
4. Analyst activity: As one would expect of any analyst, he has authored numerous white papers, product reviews and IT research papers.
He is a skilled writer and regards writing as one of his his primary talents.
