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IBM cuts ribbon on SOA institute
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IBM Corp. has launched a service-oriented architecture center devoted to helping federal agencies adopt and benefit from SOA information technology initiatives.
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Posted: Monday, April 30, 2007
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Real-World AJAX Book Preview: A Safer More Secure AJAX
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As with any new technology or methodology, AJAX development has security risks. Many of these are easily avoided through good Web coding standards.
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Posted: Monday, April 30, 2007
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Oracle Launches Oracle(R) Universal Content Management 10g Release 3
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New Product to Deliver Industry's Most Unified, Services-based Enterprise Content Management Software
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Posted: Monday, April 30, 2007
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Should We Pay SOA Bonuses?
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I was listening to talk radio this weekend, and to a gentleman who was selling a book that made the case that humans work better when using incentives.
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Posted: Monday, April 30, 2007
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Ask The Web Services Expert: Questions & Answers
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What is fundamentally different about testing a Web service from testing a traditional Web application?
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Posted: Monday, April 30, 2007
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Web 2.0 Threats and Risks for Financial Services
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Web 2.0 technologies are gaining momentum worldwide, penetrating in all industries as enterprise 2.0 applications.
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Posted: Monday, April 30, 2007
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SOA performance, easier said than done
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Everything looks good on paper. When you're planning out a major new IT initiative, say a service-oriented architecture ....
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Posted: Monday, April 30, 2007
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Master Data Management Meets SOA
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A symbiotic relationship
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Posted: Sunday, April 29, 2007
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SOA & Open Source Java — Enable a Module-Based Approach to Constructing Services
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The Jedi mind trick is a Force power that can influence the actions of weak-minded sentient beings
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Posted: Sunday, April 29, 2007
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Understanding SOA Architectures and Models - Part 2
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While there are SOA reference architectures all over the place, including mine, the best known SOA reference architecture is defined by OASIS. Here is their definition, albeit a work in progress:
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Posted: Sunday, April 29, 2007
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Does my business need a Web site?
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Does every small business need a Web site? It is estimated that over 60 percent of Americans regularly shop online, representing 8 percent of all retail sales.
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Posted: Sunday, April 29, 2007
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AJAX in a SOA
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A service-oriented architecture isn't much more than a loosely coupled collection of services - often Web services
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Posted: Friday, April 27, 2007
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IBM SOA Partner Program Grows 200 Percent
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New Tools and Assets to Help Business Partners Target SOA Opportunities
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Posted: Friday, April 27, 2007
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3 SOA Implementation Tips
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Three tips for navigating the sea of service-oriented architecture standards.
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Posted: Friday, April 27, 2007
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IBM Opens First SOA Institute for U.S. Federal Organizations
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the first Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) center devoted solely to helping U.S. Federal agencies
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Posted: Thursday, April 26, 2007
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Can You Buy SOA?
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SOA World Conference Tech Chair Sean Rhody Live from SYS-CON.TV's Times Square Studios
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Posted: Thursday, April 26, 2007
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How ADFS "Does" Identity Federation
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Give external partners access to data by using Active Directory Federation Services
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Posted: Thursday, April 26, 2007
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Outage planned for Web services
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All ITS services, including LoboWeb, WebCT and on-campus Internet, will be down from 9 p.m. May 12 to 11 a.m. May 13.
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Posted: Thursday, April 26, 2007
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SOA Help Wanted: Balancing Outsourcing, Insourcing and Re-Skilling
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What's the best strategy for staffing enterprise service-oriented architecture initiatives? You might be surprised.
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Posted: Thursday, April 26, 2007
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SOA Comes at a Cost
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Companies look to develop best practices around the business processes and technology changes required with SOA as its popularity and use continues to soar.
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Posted: Thursday, April 26, 2007
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Ready, Set, Evaluate! Windows Server 'Longhorn' Reaches Beta 3
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Microsoft Corp. today unveiled the first publicly available test version of the next edition of Windows Server(R), code-named "Longhorn."
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Posted: Thursday, April 26, 2007
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The Big Shift with AJAX and Web Service Bus Architectures
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AJAX and Web Service Bus architectures enable the shift from request and response to message and event-driven architecture
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Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2007
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Web services transaction spec approved
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OASIS has approved as an official standard WS-Context 1.0, bolstering Web services in transactional environments.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2007
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Web 2.0 Mashups and the Oracle-Hyperion Deal
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Wouldn't trusted providers of Web services constitute a form of mashup governance by making their offerings mission critical, in effect engaging enterprises based on trust, compelling value, customer service and ease of integration and use?
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Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2007
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CFDJ Cover Story — ColdFusion/.NET Integration
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As both a .NET programmer and ColdFusion developer, I always wondered how I could leverage the world of .NET in ColdFusion. Both platforms come with powerful features and using them together might be a wonderful friendship
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Posted: Tuesday, April 24, 2007
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Microsoft's BizTalk Services Simplify SOA
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Microsoft has delivered a set of new services based on its BizTalk Server technology to help developers build new SOA-oriented applications.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 24, 2007
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Tony Baer: Oracle's 'X' Marks the Spot
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Oracle's Project X tries to accomplish what has so far eluded organizations: defining a set of common business objects so one enterprise system can exchange its customer object or process with another.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 24, 2007
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SOA and SaaS: Where do the twain meet?
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Just as light can be both wave and particle, software as a service (SaaS) can sometimes be part of service-oriented architecture (SOA) and sometimes have nothing to do with it.
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Posted: Monday, April 23, 2007
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Review: Move .Net Apps To Linux
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The open-source .Net community has been growing rapidly over the past three years due to the efforts of Mono .Net, the Novell-sponsored project that lies at the heart of this movement.
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Posted: Monday, April 23, 2007
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SOA Governance Only Solving Part of the Problem
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As I've stated here a few times before, while I do believe in the notion of SOA governance the available tools and technology will only get you a small part of the way down the true SOA governance path.
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Posted: Sunday, April 22, 2007
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SaaS, SOA, and AJAX
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Most small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) require the same software capabilities as large enterprises but don't have the resources and in-house technical expertise necessary to manage it themselves.
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Posted: Saturday, April 21, 2007
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Real-World AJAX Book Preview: Flavors of XML
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Earlier we compared formatting payloads in JSON versus XML. One of the chief advantages of sticking with XML is that it can be validated ...
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Posted: Friday, April 20, 2007
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Four Keys for SOA Success, Even in Government
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This month’s issue of Public CIO includes a lengthy feature on SOA implementations and what it takes to succeed.
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Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2007
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IBM Updates WebSphere SOA Portal for Web 2.0 Era
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Business Accelerators Said to Decrease Deployment Time
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Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2007
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Joe McKendrick Asks "Just a Bunch of Web Services or SOA?"
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Joe McKendrick will present "JBOWS* or SOA? – A Reality Check" (*Just a Bunch of Web Services) session at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo.
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Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2007
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Business Processes for SOA Apps
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This tutorial shows how one can quickly develop an SOA application which involves Web Services and processing business elements with Netbeans
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Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2007
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Software standards: SOA and application development
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The OASIS standards consortium has unveiled its Open Composite Services Architecture initiative.
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Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2007
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Tricky Business: Building Fault-Tolerant Web Services
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Building Web services and SOAs requires nothing less than a complete and thorough review and re-engineering of IT systems environments, from storage media and databases to servers and networks, to end-user applications.
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Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2007
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ZapThink To Present "Web 2.0 & SOA" at SOA World Conference & Expo 2007 East
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Web 2.0 in general, are primarily social phenomena, while SOBAs, and SOA generally, are primarily business phenomena
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Posted: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
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OASIS approved Web Services Transaction Ver 1.1
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OASIS approved the Web Services Transaction Version 1.1 specification, which has three parts: WS-Coordination, WS-AtomicTransaction, and WS-BusinessActivity.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
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SOA and Data Integration
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The marriage of data integration and SOA could end up in divorce
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Posted: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
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SOA & Web Services - Is It Done Yet?
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Three steps to checking in your code with confidence
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Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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SOA Best Practices - Four Steps to Securing Your Web Services
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Security has the inherent nature of spanning many different layers of a Web Services system
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Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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How Web services can use JavaSpaces
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In my previous article I laid out some differences between the various technologies that get lumped under the term "grid computing" and how Web services and grid computing can work together.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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SOA For Document Capture
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You can’t pick up a technology industry magazine (or read one online) without being assaulted by articles on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
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Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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Gartner Application Integration & Web Services Summit
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Over the last few years, it has become more and more apparent that in the brave new service-oriented world, application integration and development are two sides of the same coin.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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81 per cent of people turned off by housing association web services
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8 out of 10 people are not using the housing association online services available to them, according to housing professionals within local authorities, in a survey commissioned by IBS OPENSystems.
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Posted: Monday, April 16, 2007
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Secure Your ASP.NET Apps And WCF Services With Windows CardSpace
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In May 2005, Microsoft introduced its vision for an identity metasystem that would reduce the complexities and risks associated with managing and exchanging digital identities.
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Posted: Monday, April 16, 2007
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Microsoft: The SOA road less traveled
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When talking to analysts who cover service-oriented architecture and are studying Microsoft's approach to SOA, a one word description emerges: "different."
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Posted: Monday, April 16, 2007
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Explaining SOA
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I have to explain SOA 3 – 5 times a day, depending on what I'm doing that day. It's a common question, and is still a good question if you ask me.
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Posted: Monday, April 16, 2007
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Evolving Applications for SOA and Virtualization Allow Greater Connectivity
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To address key IT goals of standardization, interoperability, and reusability to help address business needs including time-to-market pressures, competitive differentiation, compliance, and cost control
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Posted: Sunday, April 15, 2007
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Which Comes First? BPM or SOA?
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Confused about which comes first, BPM or SOA? Should you focus on business improvement or on integrating to your legacy environment?
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Posted: Sunday, April 15, 2007
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SaaS, SOA, and AJAX
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Most small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) require the same software capabilities as large enterprises but don't have the resources and in-house technical expertise necessary to manage it themselves.
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Posted: Sunday, April 15, 2007
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New Microsoft data center powers Web services push
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In a century-old farming town in central Washington state, Microsoft has built a farm for the Internet age.
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Posted: Sunday, April 15, 2007
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On-Demand Integration: Addressing the SOA Challenge
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On-Demand is a new business model that is becoming increasingly important to both Enterprise and Small and Medium Business (SMB) customers
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Posted: Saturday, April 14, 2007
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Security in a SOA
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Key to achieving the plug-and-play goals of SOA
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Posted: Saturday, April 14, 2007
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Engaging the SOA Market the Open Source Way
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Iona’s acquisition of LogicBlaze is targeted at the open source development for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).
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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2007
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Asian businesses still hesitant on SOA adoption
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Nearly half of businesses in the Asia-Pacific region have no plans to initiate service-oriented architecture (SOA) projects, though more can be done to persuade them otherwise, according to a new study by research analyst IDC.
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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2007
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How To Navigate A Sea of SOA Standards
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Facing too many emerging standards -- and not enough vendor support for them -- in your service-oriented architecture implementation? Consider these steps in your planning.
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Posted: Friday, April 13, 2007
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IT vendors need to elevate SOA knowledge across Western European industries, says IDC
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An IDC study of SOA among Western European executives reveals that while familiarity with SOA varies signficantly between vertical industries, the importance ascribed to SOA is fairly consistent.
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Posted: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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Passport to SOA
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Sandy Carter's whirlwind tour of leading markets deploying SOA solutions.
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Posted: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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SOA's Hidden Danger
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There's been a great deal written about the benefits of service-oriented architecture (SOA) -- some of it real and some of it hype -- about how adopting SOAs can make a business more nimble
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Posted: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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Solve Performance Problems with FastSOA Patterns
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Here we're going to show a FastSOA mid-tier service and data caching architecture applied in three real-world scenarios. The scenarios show how to accelerate SOA performance and mitigate performance problems
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Posted: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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WS-BPEL Ratified as OASIS Standard
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OASIS, the international standards consortium, today announced that its members have approved the Web Services Business Process Execution Language (WS-BPEL) version 2.0 as an OASIS Standard, a status that signifies the highest level of ratification.
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Posted: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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5 things to consider when beginning an SOA
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Best of the blogs: Sure, there are more points to understand when embarking on an SOA project, but David Linthicum starts with the top 5 to worry about. The first, of course, is people.
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Posted: Thursday, April 12, 2007
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Debbie Moynihan To Deliver "SOA and Open Source" Session at SOA World Conference & Expo
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Many developers and architects are looking to speed adoption of SOA by leveraging open source!
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Posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2007
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Improving Processes With Automated SOA Governance
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Like many other parts of the IT infrastructure and software development lifecycle, the more you can automate your SOA governance, the more effective and efficient it will be.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2007
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OASIS advances SOA standards
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Pushing simplification in cross-vendor components
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Posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2007
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The Indispensable SOA
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What it's doing to industries and how you can start with it
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Posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2007
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CICS Gets Another SOA-Friendly Infusion
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IBM Corp. last week announced a new version of its CICS Transaction Server for z/OS.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2007
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Beyond the Blueprint
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Transformative issues can plague SOA projects as they move to implementation.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2007
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Time for a Web Services Reality Check?
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"Web services are not the answer to every technical problem existing in companies today, but just as with many new technologies, Web services originally made a few promises that haven't quite made it to reality,"
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Posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2007
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Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack Beta 1 (x64)
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Exchange 2007 SP1 Beta 1 is now available for download.
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Posted: Monday, April 09, 2007
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Sean Rhody Named Tech Chair of SOA World Conference & Expo
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Rhody is the founding-editor and editor-in-chief of "SOA World Magazine" and a respected SOA industry expert
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Posted: Monday, April 09, 2007
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Phixr: another Web-based photo editing app
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Phixr is a free, Web-based photo editing tool that celebrates its one-year anniversary tomorrow
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Posted: Monday, April 09, 2007
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Security in a SOA
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Key to achieving the plug-and-play goals of SOA
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Posted: Monday, April 09, 2007
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Chopping Down Trees: How To Build Flatter BPEL Processes?
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The natural visualization of a business process is of boxes and arrows arranged in a tree-like formation
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Posted: Monday, April 09, 2007
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Management and Governance Key to SOA, Report Finds
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Companies working to tie together their disparate software and database systems using a service-oriented architecture (SOA) appear to be having mixed results, according to a report issued by the research firm Aberdeen Group.
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Posted: Monday, April 09, 2007
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SOA Vendors Need to Increase User Understanding
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IDC Report Issued in Milan Says SOA Knowledge Varies Among Industries
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Posted: Saturday, April 07, 2007
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SOA Adoption to Double in Enterprise
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Nearly 60 Percent Surveyed Plan to Increase Web Services Security, Too
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Posted: Friday, April 06, 2007
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I'll push and you pull. The mashup approach to application integration
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The phenomenon of mashup applications[1] on the web intrigues me. The applications themselves are fascinating enough but on top of that you have the richly painted canvas of reaction and opinion from the IT community.
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Posted: Friday, April 06, 2007
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