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WSO2 adds data services and security features in Mashup Server 1.5: The latest version from the Mountain View, Calif., and Sri Lanka company adds WSO2 Data Services and security features for enterprise-class service composition. Mashup Server 1.5 is built on the WSO2 Web Services Application Server based on Apache/Axis 2. It can be used as an individual service development and deployment...; Tags: Data Service, Security, Mashup, WSO2, Mashup Server 1.5, eBizQ, Collaboration, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Panel: supply and demand will drive SOA reuse: I recently joined Ronan Bradley, Dave Linthicum, Neil Ward-Dutton, and Elizabeth Book in an ebizQ panel discussion/podcast that sought to shed more light on the value of reuse in service-oriented architectures. (The podcast can be accessed here at my ebizQ blogsite.) There's been a lot of heated discussion lately within...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, SOA, ebizQ; Blog posts 2006-10-26
Sponsorships make better sense for supporting content creation: A nice thing about the sponsorship model for B2B podcasts is that you harbor no resentments when another technology resources portal repurposes your content. Now if I were in the page-views-driven Web advertising business, the recent move by ebizQ to aggregate and link through to my BriefingsDirect podcasts might seem...; Tags: podcast, ebizQ; Blog posts 2006-06-11
Making EA Work (Part I): CIOs are expected to run IT like a business. CFOs expect one of their biggest internal investments to produce returns that meet or exceed shareholder expectations. Enterprise Architects bridge these expectations into actionable architectures. Enterprise Architecture EA has emerged as an area critical to deriving business value from IT investments.; Tags: Shareholder, Electronic Arts Inc., Enterprise Architecture, ebizQ, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Finance, Management; White papers 2006-05-14
Using BPM to Limit Exposure Under Sarbanes-Oxley: The stakes for complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are high. The act makes business executives who sign off on reports personally responsible for accuracy. Non-compliance could mean jail. When the consequence of non-compliance is so disastrous, executives should be wary of the adequacy of merely documenting policies and procedures. Before...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, BPM, ebizQ, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Regulations, Strategy, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, It Operations, Business Operations, Management; Webcasts

Best Practices for Web Services, SOA and Composite Applications: This webcast will go beyond the hype of Web services and explore implementation architectures, as well as best practices for implementing SOAs and realizing the benefits of composite applications. Composite applications combine new functionality with existing data and applications. Because new development is usually involved, the tools as well as...; Tags: Web, Application, Web Service, SOA, ebizQ, Best Practice, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, EAI, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts
Intelligent Documents - Redefining Human-Centric BPM: Research has shown that 40 percent additional productivity improvement can be achieved over and above process automation by managing human interactions. Optimizing business processes that are document-centric, and which involve human interactions, can yield a high return on investment. In this webinar, you will learn how adopting human-centric BPM can...; Tags: BPM, ebizQ, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Strategy, Roi/Tco, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Software; Webcasts

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You have SOA answers; we have questions: Here's a pop quiz to test your knowledge of the inner workings of SOA. How acquainted are you with the origins of SOAP and XML, or the essential commands of REST? What's the story with UDDI? What the heck is a "stateless" service? ebizQ...; Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-06-11
Sense and respond -- should humans be part of complex event processing?: This week, a report out of the Financial Times cited here in the LA Times said that a bug used in the computer models used by analysts at Moody's Investors Service caused Moody's to award "incorrect triple-A ratings to billions of dollars worth of a type of complex debt product."...; Tags: Human, Application, Event, SOA, EDA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-05-23
Is SOA delivering value? We need to understand this better: Loraine Lawson just posted some thoughts about the results of a new qualitative study, sponsored by SAP and conducted in conjunction with the University of St. Gallen, which suggests that businesses are starting to see some results from SOA initiatives. Most organizations simply don't know what...; Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-05-20
Something strange in your SOA... who you gonna call?: In the US presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton's ads have been asking who is the most qualified to be picking up that 3am emergency call. Why is a service malfunctioning? Who knows? When it comes to SOA, who should be picking up those 3am SOA...; Tags: Team, SOA, Service, Management Solution, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-04-06
The best way to sell SOA? Try Web 2.0 techniques: There's no question that SOA has been a tough sell in many organizations. Conversely, the response to Web 2.0 has been almost a cult-like following -- many end users can't get enough of these online tools. SOA, Web 2.0's boring cousin How can SOA...; Tags: Technique, Web, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web 2.0, Web Services, Middleware, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Marketing, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-03-26
Keeping SOA, the silo killer, from creating new silos: Wasn't SOA supposed to bring us all together? What about all these SOA "islands" that are now sprouting up across our enterprises? There's no such thing as one single enterprise SOA I just had the opportunity to co-present a Webinar with IBM's Leif Davidson...; Tags: SOA, Survey, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-03-17
SOA as 'My Cloud': In previous posts, I speculated whether SOA often functions as 'internal Software as a Service.' Here's an interesting role for SOA: Create your own 'compute cloud' John deVadoss, director of architecture strategy at Microsoft, has an even better phrase for the phenomenon: 'My Cloud.'...; Tags: Information Technology, Business, Supplier, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Strategy, Channel Management, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Marketing, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-01-10
Complex Event Processing and SOA: a 'beautiful thing'?: Complex Event Processing and SOA: a 'beautiful thing'?Decision glueAll true. As I have blogged before (http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/decision_management/2007/07/soa_eda_bpm_and_cep_are_all_co.php) I think one of the powerful effects of automating and managing operational decisions is that it helps link SOA, EDA/CEP and BPM. Decision-making logic must be shared effectively across these different approaches and that...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Complex Event Processing, beautiful thing, SOA; Discussion threads 2008-01-04
Complex Event Processing and SOA: a 'beautiful thing'?: The drums keep beating louder for the impending marriage of SOA with Event Driven Architecture and Complex Event Processing. This is top of the news for many analysts, and something IBM, Oracle, and other vendors are positioning future offerings around. Is this the year when organizations will start linking SOA...; Tags: Business Process, BPM, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Operational Planning, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-01-04
Ten more ways SOA made a difference in 2007: From planes to trains to phones to hotels, SOA played a key role in advancing many businesses in 2007. I culled several more working examples of where SOA made a difference over the past year from my SOA in Action Website over at ebizQ, which tracks SOA success stories. More...; Tags: Airline, British Telecommunications, SOA, EasyFIDS, Marriott, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2007-12-27
Nine places where SOA is making a difference, right now: What kind of a year was 2007 for SOA? Yes, there was plenty of disgust and eye-rolling at all the hype around this still-emerging concept. But at the same time, we started seeing more and more examples of companies putting the methodologies and associated tools and platforms to innovative uses....; Tags: Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Comcast Corp., SOA, Portal, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2007-12-17
To ESB or not to ESB, that is the question: The enterprise service bus, or ESB, has been regarded as a quick on-ramp to service-oriented architecture for some time. However, industry experts have been divided as to whether they actually hurt or help SOA in the long run. Will putting ESBs in place to meet certain needs result in incompatible...; Tags: Federation, SOA, Dana, Lorraine, Fremantle, Enterprise Service Bus, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Web Services, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2007-12-14
Too many companies burden developers with SOA security: Security was tough enough before SOA came along, and now its gotten even tougher. SOA takes that individual system you were worrying about, and adds multiple systems and dependencies from across and outside the enterprise into the mix. However, all too often, SOA security gets left...; Tags: Developer, SOA, Anne, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Security, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2007-10-19