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Dynamic documents as two-way end points help bind people and processes to SOA: Read the full paper. Listen to the podcast. Sponsor: JustSystems North America. Making services oriented architecture SOA a fixture across larger swaths of enterprise IT and business processes has grown into a top goal. Finding additional innovation to amplify a SOA's value is therefore always welcome. ...; Tags: Document, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-05-16
News to know: XP meets XO; Yahoo; Facebook; Verdiem; DIY phishing: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO. Christopher Dawson: Sugar-free Windows, as predicted Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack Larry Dignan: Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?...; Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Privacy, TechMeme, Icahn, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Does 'SOA lifecycle management' say it better than 'SOA governance'?: Oh what a difference five years makes. Back in the good old days, 2002-03, IT people at the time our ancestors were fascinated with this new approach called "service oriented architecture," which would make integration faster and cheaper and less onerous. Now that many companies have services in production, they...; Tags: Lifecycle Management, SOA, SOA Governance, Miko, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-05-15
SOA market passes $2 billion mark, whatever that means: Research and Markets has just issued its latest assessment of the SOA market, and estimates the worldwide SOA market will grow from an estimated $2 billion in 2007 to more than $9 billion by 2014. What, exactly, is the "SOA market?" The market research firm defines it...; Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-05-13
SOASYNC: SOASYNC, a global data synchonization software based on Service Oriented Architecture, can securely synchronize over 24 cross platform multi-vendor databases with custom cross database mapping incrementally and bidirectionally across the Internet. SOASYNC server runs on a wide range of operating in which Java 1.4.2 is installed. It also supports most...; Tags: Server, Soalib, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Programming Languages, Java, Storage, Middleware, Databases, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Data Management; Software downloads 2008-05-09

Integrate services into business processes to achieve your SOA objectives: A correctly implemented service-oriented architecture SOA is built on flexible and effective business and infrastructure services. This sample chapter from Implementing SOA: Total Architecture in Practice discusses various ways you can integrate those services into your organization's business processes. It looks at service interaction patterns, service access mechanisms, types of...; Tags: Business Process, SOA, Service, Addison-Wesley, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Operational Planning, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations; Book chapters 2008-05-08
Apotheker goes for theatrics; Kagermann the details: SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker had a simple message in his keynote Tuesday: It's all about the business network, which consists of companies, suppliers, customers and all the data that flows between them. And to be in that network you need SAP. Sound...; Tags: SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Apotheker, Coca-Cola Enterprise, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Software, Sales, Web Services, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-06
Webcast: Best Practices for a Successful SOA Implementation: Pundits claim that you will reap returns on your SOA investments only after the implementation reaches a critical mass. Oracle Fusion Middleware customers have repeatedly demonstrated phenomenal ROI from the get-go. It is a potent combination of seasoned implementers and underlying product capabilities that have ensured tactical as...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Webcast, SOA, Best Practice, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts 2008-05-05
Analyst: Start SOA governance now, even if its just on Excel: It's 11:00 -- do you know where your services are? Today's enterprise has a hodgepodge of services coming from all different directions -- from enterprise packaged applications, Web 2.0 and cloud applications, and devices of every size and sort. 'Just because you aren't aware of services doesn't...; Tags: SOA, SOA Governance, Microsoft Excel, Tool, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-05-01
News to know: Microhoo; Adobe; MacBook Air; OLPC; RIAA: Notable headlines: Microsoft: We'll raise our bid for Yahoo, but can't make up our mind yet. Techmeme Jason O'Grady: Excess thermal paste causing high temps in MacBook Air Ryan Stewart: Adobe Open Screen Project Dan Farber: IBM...; Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Advertisement, RIAA, Apple MacBook, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, 3G, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Professional Development, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Career, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Tibco Software And Silicon Valley. . .: I rarely get to write about Tibco Software, one of the oldest Silicon Valley companies, and one of my favorite companies. The reason I rarely write about Tibco is that Tibco has been my most loyal supporter and sponsor for what I've been doing the last three plus years, publishing...; Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Financial Accounting, Pricing, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software, Finance, Marketing, Management, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-05-01
TIBCO puts infrastructure pieces in place for cloud compute-caliber SOA: TIBCO Software founder, chairman and CEO Vivek Ranadive used his keynote presentation at the opening of the TUCON user conference today to describe the need for an "event cloud" to support the demands on next generation of enterprise infrastructure. Such an elevated level of cloud management would...; Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., SOA, Vivek Ranadive, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Performance Management, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-04-30
TIBCO proactive management approach enables SOA performance delivery as a managed service: The business of running IT for major organizations has been moving in a maturity model direction for some time. ITIL, IT service management methods, various compliance measures, and the seemingly never-ending mantra for IT to do more with less are behind these necessary trends. Yet SOA brings...; Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Performance, Information Technology, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Performance Management, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Microsoft's Oslo connections begin to bud: Microsoft took another step in unveiling its "Oslo" SOA strategy, with a sample application intended to not only demonstrate the vendor's interoperability as a SOA platform, and also show how it can automatically scale to meet the increased and unpredictable workloads SOA will bring to data centers. ...; Tags: Oslo, Microsoft BizTalk Server, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Application Servers, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Oracle closes BEA deal; Last 'logical' purchase?: Oracle said Tuesday that it closed its acquisition of BEA Systems following European Commission approval. In a statement, Oracle president Charles Phillips BEA will help the company's vision of a "a modern service-oriented architecture SOA infrastructure" and provide "a series of complementary and well-engineered middleware products." ...; Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Wall Street, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Mergers & Acquisitions, Construction, Middleware, Corporate Law, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-29
HP ramps up integrated SOA management and lifecycle offerings: HP has unleashed a slew of product updates and enhancements to provide lifecycle services quality and management support, moving ever closer to a comprehensive mission-critical SOA maintenance portfolio. Today's launch covers a wide range of products and includes new versions of Service Test and Service Test Management....; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., SOA, Service Test, Business Availability Center For SOA, Monitoring Data, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-04-29
The Long Tail of Services: The "Long Tail" explains the growing use of services outside of the core domains of SOA, business process implementation and integration, says XAWare chief science officer, Kirstan Vandersluis. Commentary--The "Long Tail" moniker has been used extensively some would say overused in marketing and mass media over the last couple...; Tags: Long Tail, SOA, Service, Head Area, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web 2.0, Web Services, Operational Planning, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Business Operations, XAWare, business process; News items 2008-04-28
Analogy: WOA treats symptoms, but SOA the cure for IT complexity: "There is a very specific disease of Enterprise IT that SOA cures. It cures chronic ESSD, or Enterprise Software Stupidity Disease." Leave it to Miko Matsumura Software AG to come up with a clever analogy for all things service-oriented. Miko has been following the WOA-SOA brouhaha I...; Tags: Patient, Information Technology, SOA, Business User, Miko, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Strategy, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software, Management, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-04-28
News to know: Ubuntu; Microhoo; IT scapegoats; XP; Google: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft: Pondering the alternatives to Yahoo Microsoft should walk away from Yahoo WSJ: Ballmer's big choice Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04 Gallery: A peek at Ubuntu 8.4 Jason Perlow: Ubuntu: I'm...; Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Information Technology, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Phishing, Help Desk, Podcasts, Web Services, Microsoft Windows XP, Middleware, Call Centers, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Security, Spam And Phishing, It Operations, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-28
'WOA: the SOA that works': "WOA: the SOA that works." That's how fellow ZDNet blogger and analyst Phil Wainewright described the Web Oriented Architecture phenomenon that has been a topic of hot discussion as of late, at the latest Analyst BriefingsDirect podcast we just wrapped yesterday. The podcast (audio...; Tags: SOA, WOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-04-25