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:: Web Services and SOA News - May, 2006 ::


The Missing Link in SOA

CIOs and CTOs must be convinced that SOA provides the necessary means to facilitate fast and effective implementation of new business practices into the infrastructure beyond Web services methodologies.

Posted: Wednesday, May 31, 2006





The real challenge of SOA

Four steps to making your business transform

Posted: Wednesday, May 31, 2006





Burton: WS-* specs good, but SOA security needs more

The security standards within the Web Services Framework (WSF) have made significant progress, and a wide variety of products support Web Services Security (WS-S), the foundation of the WS-* security architecture

Posted: Wednesday, May 31, 2006





SAP Leads Industry in Driving Customer Evolution to Enterprise SOA

Unveils First Enterprise SOA Appliance to Be Linked into a Central Composite-Application Hub for Accelerated Business Co-Innovation Across SAP Ecosystem; Ships First Services-Enabled ERP Suite

Posted: Wednesday, May 31, 2006





Blindly navigating mainframe and SOA integration

Old-school programming languages like COBOL are arguably the most significant roadblock between mainframe and SOA harmony

Posted: Wednesday, May 31, 2006





SOA Gets Sell-Side Religion

Looking across companies who are either piloting or actively pursuing Service-Oriented Architecture frameworks to support their business strategies, more and more of them are aimed at accentuating, strengthening, and making more efficient selling and service strategies.

Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006





ESB Integrates Departmental Apps for SOAs, Web Services

ESBs provide Web services-based application integration in service-oriented architectures

Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006





Tending the Web Services Ecosystem

Deploying a few pilot Web services without a repository and management system in place is fine. But when you get serious about building an SOA, you can't skimp on these important pieces. Repositories and management systems work as a team, yoked together to yield stable, reliable, and highly available services

Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006





J2EE Seen In Oracle's SOA 2.0 Vision

A combination of Java Enterprise Edition 5, aka J2EE, and Oracle's Project Fusion middleware components will build the service-oriented architecture (SOA) of Oracle's future

Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006





IBM rolls out SOA products

IBM announces new IT management and security products and consultancy services aimed at businesses building service oriented architectures

Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006





Oracle Outlining "SOA 2.0" Vision

Oracle's Ajax, Event-Driven Approach Part of SOA 2.0 Strategy

Posted: Monday, May 29, 2006





Oracle talks up next-generation SOA 2.0

Soa version two combines soa and event-driven architecture, vp says

Posted: Monday, May 29, 2006





Eliminating Security Breaches

Web services-enabled SAP NetWeaver platform begins to form the fabric of IT infrastructure for application and business integration. This seamless integration introduces security concerns. As all the business logic is now being exposed through a standard interface, assessing the security of Web services presents a new challenge

Posted: Monday, May 29, 2006





SOA: Focus Is On Approaches Not Technology

So what's hot these days in the world of SOA? Governance, registries, orchestration...? Nope

Posted: Friday, May 26, 2006





Service Oriented Architectures Get Sell-Side Religion

Being demand-driven is what makes companies profitable and worthy of investment -- and ultimately ensures them against being acquired. One could even say that the extent to which a company is truly demand-driven determines how well they control their own freedom

Posted: Friday, May 26, 2006





Bulletproofing Your SOA

Several keys exist in the SOA and Web services lifecycle, but it boils down to a list of five keys to avoid security, reliability and compliance issues

Posted: Thursday, May 25, 2006





IBM Powers Up SOA Machines

IBM has taken some of its hardware and software technology and applied it to three appliances designed to secure and improve the performance of service-oriented architectures (SOA)

Posted: Thursday, May 25, 2006





It Takes a Community To Raise Web Services

Like object-oriented design before it, the hardest part of web services is figuring out exactly what the services should be, what data is required, and how granular to make them

Posted: Thursday, May 25, 2006





MS unveils web mapping services

Microsoft Corp launched on Tuesday a new version of its Windows Live Local online mapping service with real-time traffic reports and features to make it easier to share maps and information

Posted: Wednesday, May 24, 2006





IBM focuses on security in launch of SOA appliances

IBM on Tuesday launched an appliance for service-oriented architectures that's meant to ease the strain of providing corporate-level security

Posted: Wednesday, May 24, 2006





OMG Announces Three Special Events to be held at Boston, MA Technical Meeting

Events to Focus on OMG's Standards and Education Work in Regulatory Compliance, Service-Oriented Architecture and Software-Defined Radio; June 24-30, 2006

Posted: Wednesday, May 24, 2006





Extending Data Systems Into SOA

Data services are an essential, but often overlooked, component for delivering data--the lifeblood of any organization

Posted: Tuesday, May 23, 2006





Security expert warns of web services threat

Companies must do more to protect web systems or business will suffer

Posted: Tuesday, May 23, 2006





Whirlpool whirls into Web services

Whirlpool is using SAP's ESA in building a customer portal and phone support system.

Posted: Tuesday, May 23, 2006





AJAX Composite Apps

The last mile between your users and your SOA

Posted: Tuesday, May 23, 2006





Mainframe Integration Patterns

Eric Roch says the mainframe is an odd creature to integrate, but SOA holds the potential to make legacy systems more interoperable.

Posted: Monday, May 22, 2006





Sun sees beyond inhouse tech to develop SOA blend

SeeBeyond technology integrated

Posted: Monday, May 22, 2006





Best Practices For Securing Web Services

Ensuring complete Web Service security

Posted: Sunday, May 21, 2006





SOA Web Services and Enterprise Open Source Conference Faculty Announced

This year's conference will feature a distinguished faculty, whose members are the world's top celebrity experts in their fields

Posted: Sunday, May 21, 2006





Combining SOA and Event-Driven Architecture Using an Enterprise Service Bus

Facilitate and simplify business integration

Posted: Sunday, May 21, 2006





Sun and Microsoft showcase interoperability between Java platform and .Net framework

Sun Microsystems, Inc., the creator and leading advocate of Java technology, recently announced the availability of a collection of WS- components to help drive web services interoperability between the Java platform and the .Net framework. These Web Services Interoperability Technology (WSIT) components are focused on the areas of security, messaging, quality of service and metadata support and are being delivered through the open source OpenJava EE community as part of Project Glassfish. In addition, Sun is simultaneously releasing a NetBeans 5.5 plug-in for WSIT to help facilitate development of cross-platform web services

Posted: Sunday, May 21, 2006





Microsoft MapPoint Web Service Access for Startup Applications

Starting today, web developers can purchase Microsoft MapPoint Web Service usage transactions in small blocks for their applications. Maps4MyApps.com provides access to the MapPoint web platform for transactions usage starting out as low as 1,500 transactions per month - ideal for small or start up applications requiring map look up and driving directions

Posted: Friday, May 19, 2006





The Brave New World of Web Services

"In the past, a process or a function could still be automated but it was almost impossible to integrate multiple functions, geographies, and systems," said Illuminata's Jonathan Eunice. "But now you can have applications up and running that I.T. managers historically have had to go through hell and high water to get to talk to one another."

Posted: Thursday, May 18, 2006





Gain an Insight into the Latest Trends in Outsourcing, Managed Services and SOA

Research and Markets has announced the addition of IT Flexibility in the Enterprise (Customer Focus) to their offering

Posted: Thursday, May 18, 2006





Data Warehousing Raises the Bar on SOA

It is a bold statement of the obvious to say that data warehouses are data centric. This is different from the way that order entry systems are process centric, payment card validation is real-time sensitive or airplane avionics is computationally intense

Posted: Thursday, May 18, 2006





Companies ready to talk up SOA 2.0

It seems that we just can't wait for a new buzz-phrase. While most of the world is trying to come to terms with SOA and what it means, Oracle is trying to ignite interest in SOA 2.0

Posted: Thursday, May 18, 2006





Bill Gates advises CEOs: Software puts information to work for people

Speaking to more than 100 CEOs gathered at Microsoft's Redmond, Washington State headquarters, for the 10th annual Microsoft CEO Summit, Microsoft Corp

Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2006





Planning and Conducting Enterprise Service Bus Rides (Part II)

A PSG Group excerpt from Brenda Michelson.

Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2006





Make way for SOA 2.0

Oracle, Gartner talk up the next-generation version of SOA.

Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2006





JavaOne 2006: SYS-CON's Dion Hinchcliffe Joins Java, AJAX, Web 2.0, and SOA Panel

Session TS-4372 – Hinchcliffe Will Be Joined by Well-Known Experts Like Rod Johnson and Craig McClanahan

Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2006





SAP Targets Enterprise SOA

Amidst "the industrialization of software," the German juggernaut continues its service-based strategy

Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2006





IBM Acquires Yet Another Business Intelligence ISV

Unicorn’s technology will help beef up the SOA and MDM capabilities of Big Blue’s WebSphere and Rational product families

Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2006





SOA's Next Wave: Service-Oriented Clients

Savvy CIOs seeking more benefit from SOAs and Web services are turning an eye toward end users

Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2006





SOA Link Initiative Adds HP Support

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) vendors have announced that HP has joined them in their commitment and mutual support for SOA Link, an end-to-end SOA Governance Interoperability Initiative

Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2006





SOA Versus the Appliance

They're not necessarily at odds

Posted: Tuesday, May 16, 2006





Roadmap to mainframe application modernization part 3

In a three-part series, Infostructure Associates president Wayne Kernochan outlines a modernization path for business-critical applications in an existing mainframe environment. This is the third installment

Posted: Tuesday, May 16, 2006





The changing face of application development

Application integration has become a crucial challenge, both for developers designing the apps, and businesses acquiring them, says analyst firm Gartner

Posted: Tuesday, May 16, 2006





Enterprise Open Source Conference Sponsored by the World's Leading Companies

Sponsors and Exhibitors Include Adobe, CalAmp, Cassatt, Centric CRM, Chariot Solutions, Composite Software, Exadel, Metallect

Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006





Hewlett-Packard Joins SOA Link

A group of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) vendors today announced that HP has joined them in their commitment and mutual support for SOA Link, an end-to-end SOA Governance Interoperability Initiative

Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006





Microsoft and Google square up in fight for global control

Bill Gates should be very afraid of the popular search engine, say Edward Helmore and John Naughton

Posted: Sunday, May 14, 2006





The Enterprise Mashup

Finding a way to mass-produce enterprise mashups encompassing business functionality has remained elusive.

Posted: Sunday, May 14, 2006





The SOA Collaboration Challenge

What's needed to support the entire SOA lifecycle is more than just tracking the technical aspects of services.

Posted: Sunday, May 14, 2006





InfoWorld's SOA Executive Forum in New York City Completely Sold Out

Strong Market Demand for Comprehensive Education About Service-Oriented Architecture Unites Both Vendor and IT Solutions Management Communities

Posted: Friday, May 12, 2006





Recycling Your SOA

SOA requires a rededication and realignment of the traditional development lifecycle, especially when it comes to capturing the benefit of reuse.

Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2006





State CIOs' Wish Lists Include Wireless, SOA

In states such as Michigan and Kentucky, CIOs are dealing with an endless sea of legacy systems. They need more effective tools to bring those machines up to 21st-century standards--or they need to rip them out and replace them.

Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2006





Bringing Application Awareness to the IP/MPLS Service Provider Cloud

SOA and Web Services promise to greatly simplify the implementation of distributed computing applications

Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2006





Enterprises Reveal Their Opinions on Current ITSystems Today as Progress Takes Place for Integration

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Business Process Management and Integration Survey - Customer Focus to their offering

Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2006





OASIS panel ponders: What is SOA

Mark Chapman of Oracle Corp. asked a key question while leading a panel discussion on SOA at the OASIS Symposium: Do you pronounce it S-O-A or do you call it So-ah?

Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2006





Microsoft develops new SOA acronym for financial services

With IBM and Gartner preparing to evangelize SOAs at the analyst's Symposium and IT/expo next week, Microsoft has got off to an early start by announcing an architecture targeting developers and integrators in financial services

Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2006





IBM unveils mainframe SOA tools

IBM Monday announced a new programming language and new tools designed to allow companies to more easily transform the company's System z mainframe into a core platform for building out a service-oriented architecture (SOA)

Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2006





Web Services Addressing 1.0 is Now a W3C Recommendation

W3C Standardizes a Proven Method for Addressing Web Services Messages The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced today that Web Services Addressing 1.0 - consisting of the Core specification and the SOAP Binding - is a W3C Recommendation. Industry now has a reliable, proven interoperable standard to address Web services messages

Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2006





IBM Repositions the Mainframe as Central to SOA

For the past four decades, the glass house has been called a data center, and the key word there has been center, not data. Well, at least for the people selling systems and servers

Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2006





SQL Server 2005 Is the One to Beat

Super-fast performance, robust toolset and better security options make Microsoft's latest database management system a must for most shops

Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2006





Planning an SOA: Gathering around the drawing board

Involve stakeholders from all over the enterprise, and with the right tools you can model a robust SOA foundation.

Posted: Monday, May 08, 2006





SOA services deployment: Putting theory into practice

Rigorous testing is the name of the game, complemented by policies that nail down what service consumers can and cannot do.

Posted: Monday, May 08, 2006





Organic SOA: Developing a sustainable lifecycle

Creating a scalable service-based enterprise ecosystem requires a broad architectural vision.

Posted: Monday, May 08, 2006





SOA service design: Developing for the future

You can't separate service creation from the big picture, but start small and stick to standards if you want to scale.

Posted: Monday, May 08, 2006





SOA domain analysis: All about data and services

SOA is all about using what you have -- but discovering all the data and service resources already in place is a huge undertaking.

Posted: Monday, May 08, 2006





SOA management: Governance plus intermediaries

Management is what distinguishes SOA from a bucket of services. Here's how to publish and proxy services for a fully scalable system.

Posted: Monday, May 08, 2006





Bridging the SOA-ITIL gap

Many companies are conducting separate ITIL and SOA efforts in a vacuum, says Jeff Kaplan

Posted: Monday, May 08, 2006





SOA, Web Services and IT Java Summit Hosted by Sun

Creator and advocate of Java technology firm, Sun Microsystems, Inc. will host the Horizons 2006 Summit in San Francisco, May 16-18, 2006, the first conference since Sun acquired SeeBeyond in June 2005

Posted: Monday, May 08, 2006





IBM enhances mainframe software for SOA enablement

IBM has announced software enhancements for the System z that it says will make working with the mainframe easier and more relevant in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) environment

Posted: Monday, May 08, 2006





Planning and Conducting Enterprise Service Bus Rides (Part I)

A PSG Group excerpt from Brenda Michelson.

Posted: Sunday, May 07, 2006





Web services top priority

SOFTWARE as a service is top priority in Microsoft's $1.4 billion R&D drive, says chief executive Steve Ballmer

Posted: Friday, May 05, 2006





Oracle SOA Suite

An integrated and standards-based platform

Posted: Friday, May 05, 2006





Are You SOA New School, or Old?

Why you need to know the origins of your technology

Posted: Friday, May 05, 2006





Building Blocks of SOA Governance

Establishing demand and supply centers is a reliable approach for SOA governance

Posted: Friday, May 05, 2006





SOA Is Here - Are You Ready for IT?

How loosely coupled applications and their need for stronger governance will impact your IT organization

Posted: Friday, May 05, 2006





IBM Introduces New Version of WebSphere Product Center

IBM has introduced the latest version of IBM WebSphere Product Center, its master data management software designed to provide clients increased flexibility and control over product information, enabling them to accelerate time-to-market and generate new business and revenue opportunities

Posted: Friday, May 05, 2006





Best of breed and the SOA ecosystem

A major benefit of service oriented architecture (SOA) is the ease with which an ecosystem has developed to support it

Posted: Thursday, May 04, 2006





Will SOA Reduce the Need for Developers?