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SOA, Roman, Greek, or Modern: you don't 'do' architecture

You can't buy architecture, which often has been implied. by Joe McKendrick

Tags: SOA, Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Oracle's Fusion Apps finally come out from behind the OpenWorld curtain

While ERP emerged with and was designed for client/server architectures, Fusion has emerged with a full Java EE and SOA architecture; it is built around Oracle Fusion middleware 11g and uses Oracle BPEL Process Manager to run processes as orchestrations of processes exposed from the Fusion Apps or other legacy...

Tags: Client-server, Oracle Corp., Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software, Hardware, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Custom Industrial Controllers Outperform PLCs

Programmable Logic Controllers, PLCs, are used extensively for industrial control applications. PLCs provide the designer with general processor architecture, a general input / output architecture, a general mechanical architecture, and general software development architecture. Industrial designer engineers, factory automation engineers, or industrial controls developers may take advantage of generalized solutions...

Tags: Custom Inc., Architecture, Orchid Technologies, Software Development, Development Tools, Processors, Software/Web Development, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

White papers 2009-09-04

Empirical Study of Tolerating Denial-of-Service Attacks With the Fosel Architecture

Filtering techniques are one of the main approaches to protect applications from Denial of Service Attacks DoS. However filtering techniques suffer from two main challenges: the accuracy detection of DoS traffic and processing time. Fosel Filtering with the help of an Overlay Security Layer has been proposed to protect application...

Tags: Denial Of Service, Architecture, Fosel, Security

White papers 2009-07-14

Do we need cloud oriented architecture?

One of the criticisms leveled at service oriented architecture is that the 'architecture' aspect has often been overlooked. In one of his latest analyses, ZapThink's Ron Schmelzer wonders where architecture fits among all the excitement around cloud computing. "The discussion of architecture has been given short shrift in cloud...

Tags: Conversation, SOA, Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-07-01

Software Architecture Analysis: Improve Software Longevity and Business Agility

To meet the demands of the business and the marketplace, development teams must create code that is reusable, secure, and defect-free. Teams also need the ability to regain control over code bases that have evolved over multiple iterations and diverged from their intended architecture. This paper explains how better application...

Tags: Software, Coverity, Analysis, Architecture, Team Management, Management

White papers 2009-04-13

HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array and Mainframe White Paper: High Performance FICON

As previously mentioned in this paper, zHPF or high performance FICON for system z is an enhancement of the FICON channel architecture; which also means compatibility with certain standards: Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling standard (FC-FS), Fibre Channel Switch Fabric and Switch Control Requirements (FC-SW) and Fibre Channel Single-Byte-4 (FC-SB-4)...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Fibre Channel, HP StorageWorks, Mainframe, High-performance, Architecture, Disk Array, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Hardware

White papers 2009-03-01

Architecture of Open Source ERP Tools

There are probably as many definitions of software architecture as there are people defining it. Most of them begin by stating that software architecture is the general structure of a system, or that it maps the requirements of a system onto specific design or implementation decisions. From the very beginning...

Tags: Software, Open Source, Architecture, WordPress.org, Tools & Techniques, Management

White papers 2009-02-13

BriefingsDirect analysts discuss Service Oriented Communications, debate how dead SOA really is

Read a full transcript of the discussion. Find it on iTunes/iPod. Learn more. Charter Sponsor: Active Endpoints. Additional underwriting by TIBCO Software. Special offer: Download a free, supported 30-day trial of Active Endpoint's ActiveVOS at www.activevos.com/insight. Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights Edition,...

Tags: Communication, SOA, Service, Architecture, SOC, Communications Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-01-26

A Standard for Architecture

Among the various architecture approaches, there is a useful standard that defines what information systems architecture means, the Reference Model for Open Distributed Processing (RM-ODP). [ISO 96] The paper will cover this reference model as one way to think about software architecture. This model is representative of mature software architecture...

Tags: Architecture, iCMG, RM-ODP, Research & Development, Tools & Techniques, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Business Operations, Management, Quality

White papers 2009-01-01

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Office Project Server 2007: Workload Scenarios and Reference Architecture (Level 300)

This webcast covers Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 workload scenarios and reference architecture to help to plan the deployment. The presenter discusses typical product operations broken out by user roles and explains how they affect performance. The presenter also presents typical reference architecture based on key capacity planning characteristics. This...

Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Office, Server, Microsoft Corp., Architecture, Microsoft TechNet

Webcasts 2008-11-12

Transforming Business-Critical Infrastructure Through Migration to Itanium-Based Servers: A Decision-Maker's Guide to the Benefits, Challenges, and Available Resources

Itanium-based servers are changing the face of business-critical computing by delivering enterprise-class scalability and availability on an industry-standard computing architecture that is more flexible and affordable than proprietary RISC and mainframe architectures. The broad choice of vendors, operating systems, and applications provides a solid foundation for integration, and enables core...

Tags: Intel Itanium, Benefit, Migration, Architecture, Mainframes, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

White papers 2008-11-01

Building a Simple Yet Powerful MMO Game Architecture, Part 2: Gaming and Web Integration

Massive Multiplayer Online MMO virtual-world games offer tantalizing new ways to learn, entertain, collaborate, socialize, visualize information, and do business. In this series, learn about an architecture based upon the first 3D MMO game from IBM, PowerUp. Integrating a Web back end with a Multiplayer Online Game MOG is a...

Tags: Web, Architecture, IBM Corp., Integration, Games, Personal Technology

White papers 2008-10-21

Infrastructure Architecture Essentials, Part 1: Build a Reliable Yet Inexpensive Infrastructure Architecture

Building a highly reliable architecture doesn't have to cost a fortune. Simple steps and a bit of bargain hunting can ease the strain on one's budget. Words such as enterprise, architecture, and infrastructure sound big and expensive to small businesses. The truth is, small businesses (that is, organizations with 50...

Tags: Small Business, Architecture

White papers 2008-09-30

Building a Simple Yet Powerful MMO Game Architecture, Part 1: Introduction

There is growing excitement among business, education, and government institutions in Massive Multiplayer Online MMO virtual-world games and how they can be applied to business and educational needs. MMO games offer tantalizing new ways to learn, entertain, collaborate, socialize, visualize information, and do business. In this series, learn about an...

Tags: Architecture, IBM Corp., Games, Personal Technology

White papers 2008-09-08

Documenting Software Architecture, Part 4: Develop the Functional Model - Moving From the Abstract to More Detailed Constructs

In this series, learn why and how one should document software architecture. In this paper, learn how to develop and document the macro-level design artifacts of the functional aspects of the system's architecture. The functional model view addresses the techniques one can use to decompose the problem domain into a...

Tags: Software, Construct, Artifact, Architecture, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Management

White papers 2008-07-29

Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?

  A few days ago an industry colleague and I were having a discussion about Linux and whether or not it is necessary for it to be application compatible or simply just "interoperable" with Windows from a protocol and data exchange standpoint. His view is that Linux...

Tags: Intel X86, Architecture, IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Documenting Software Architecture, Part 3: Develop the Architecture Overview

In this paper, learn about the architecture overview, which provides a high-level schematic of the various dimensions of the architecture. The architecture overview provides different views of the developing architecture of a system. Architecture, by definition, helps communicate the developing solution to key stakeholders of the company, though not all...

Tags: Software, Architecture, Strategy, Management

White papers 2008-06-27

Flow Control in Output Buffered Switch With Input Groups

The paper has recently proposed a novel architecture called Output Buffered Switch with Input Groups OBIG together with a scheduler called Parallel Wrapped Wave Front Arbiter with Fast Scheduler (PWWFA-FS) for building large, fast switches. This paper continues this work and tackles the issue of flow control. The paper shows...

Tags: Paper, Sun Microsystems Inc., Architecture

White papers 2008-05-18

Documenting Software Architecture, Part 1: What Software Architecture Is, and Why It's Important to Document It

Software architecture has increasingly become important for the development of complex real-time systems. In this new series, learn why and how one should document software architecture. One will learn about the five different views, or aspects, that one should document for any medium-to large-scale software development project. This first paper...

Tags: Software, Architecture, Software Architecture, Tools & Techniques, Management

White papers 2008-04-15