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- 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
- 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
- SOA Strategy: A Comprehensive Yet Flexible Suite for a Pervasive Architecture
- This paper looks at some of the advantages of implementing SOA with a suite strategy, and specifically focuses on the Oracle SOA Suite of products. Then by briefly highlighting the experiences of a major SOA installation, it shows how the suite strategy paid off for one global customer.
- Tags: Oracle Corp., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-04-09
- Strategies for enabling more effective IT-Business collaboration with business rule technology
- Effective collaboration between business and IT is essential to the success of both SOA and BPM; as Microsoft points out, "SOA by itself is not sufficient to guarantee alignment of business and IT." A Business Rule Engine can act both as a technology and collaboration enabler; this...
- Tags: Business Process, Application, Business Analyst, Collaboration, Information Technology, Business Logic, Business, Calculation, SOA, Rule, Workflow, Organization, Logic, Business Rule Engine, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Operational Planning, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Software, Business Operations, Management, Theresa ONeil
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- IBM expert explains the ROI story for SOA and talks new tools
- Hot on the heals of the recent IBM Impact 2008 - Smart SOA conference where IBM announced new tools to help enterprises deploy a SOA architecture, here is an interview with one of IBM's SOA experts: Michael McCarthy, vice president for SOA portfolio management. See how Michael...
- Tags: ROI, SOA, Tool, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Podcasts, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- Innovate Over ERP with Service-Oriented Architecture, Business Process Management, and Enterprise Social Computing
- In this free white paper, learn how to unlock the hidden potential of SAP and other Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to improve agility and responsiveness. Discover how the right mix of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Business Process Management (BPM), and Enterprise Social Computing can dramatically increase the return on...
- Tags: Business Process, BEA Systems Inc., BPM, Social Computing, ERP, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operational Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Business Process Automation, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Middleware, Software, Business Operations, It Operations
- White papers 2008-04-21
- Surprise! IBM brings SOA to the real world with new tools
- IBM's current television ad campaign spouts the mantra "Stop Talking. Start Doing." While I usually dismiss this kind of stuff because it comes from high-powered marketing wonks and is usually divorced from actual product strategy, I have found one example where IBM is putting its money where its mouth is....
- Tags: SOA, Tool, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- 2-Layer BPM: Oracle's Unique Strategy Towards Exceptional Agility and Business Process Efficiencies
- This CNET white paper explores the unique concept of 2-layer Business Process Management (BPM) supported by Oracle's Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) offering, and its successful implementation at ABN AMRO, a global financial services company.
- Tags: Strategy, Business Process, Oracle Corp., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operational Planning, Web Services, Business Process Automation, Financial Planning, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Finance
- White papers 2008-03-31
- Building SOA Applications With Reusable Assets, Part 4: The Requester-Side Caching Pattern
- This series explores reusable assets such as recipes, software patterns, and models and how they can accelerate the development of SOA solutions. This paper explores the requester-side caching pattern to address performance nonfunctional requirements when implementing reusable services. The requester-side caching pattern was harvested from a real SOA engagement and...
- Tags: Asset, SOA, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Model-Driven Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2006-11-22
- 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
- 6 strategies for building dynamic business applications with SOA and rules technology
- What happens when your business changes and your applications don't change to support it? Existing applications must be updated or completely rewritten, and cobbled together to try to keep up with the new (and always changing) demands of the business....
- Tags: Application, Small And Medium Enterprise, Information Technology, Business Application, Web Service, Business, SOA, Rule, Service, Logic, Decision Logic, Dynamic Business Applications, Decision Service, Term Decision Service, Business Rule Engine, Figure B, WSDL Service, Bottom Line Application Development, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Smb/Sme, Web Services, Middleware, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Rik Chomko
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- IT news for April 18: Google's strong earnings; PayPal browsers; NetSuite's OneWorld suite
- "News to know" is a joint venture between TechRepublic and ZDNet that publishes every weekday morning. For breaking news and top stories, see ZDNet's Between the Lines. TechRepublic Paul Mah: PayPal to get selective about browsers Jason Hiner: Flock -- Is there room for a...
- Tags: Google Inc., TechRepublic Inc., Larry Dignan, Information Technology, NetSuite Inc., Earnings, Web Browser, PayPal, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Professional Development, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Career, Internet, Operating Systems, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- Webcasts for Developers
- You will learn how to free yourself from annoying distractions that waste time and kill your creativity, migrate applications to a services-oriented architecture, avoid development pitfalls with tool automation, simplify web services implementation, build scalable robust web services and never start with a blank slate.
- Tags: Developer, Web, Webcast, Web Service, Tool, IBM Corp., Channel Management, Productivity, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
- Doculabs MarketFocus White Paper: Review of the Adobe Intelligent Document Platform and Adobe LiveCycle
- Adobe recently released its Adobe LiveCycle software, which includes a number of software products that provide core document services designed to align with services-oriented architectures and to leverage open standards like J2EE and XML. This approach makes Adobe LiveCycle a good fit for the architectural directions and best practices of...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe LiveCycle, Doculabs Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), J2Ee, Tools & Techniques, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management
- White papers
- The Service Delivery Platform
- SOA enables greater reuse of IT assets, faster delivery of value to the business, and greater adaptability to support ongoing change. But SOA is not a product. It is a set of design and architecture principles. Implementing SOA requires a service delivery platform. This webcast will focus on best practices...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
- Virgin Mobile USA: Delivering Superior Customer Experience
- Virgin Mobile USA, LLC provides a Pay As You Go wireless service designed around the needs of the youth market. Virgin Mobile is utilizing a service-oriented architecture (SOA) implemented on BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1 to integrate and manage all aspects of its operation, including point-of-sale order processing, product fulfillment, service...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., SOA, Virgin Mobile, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- Accredited Home Lenders: Service-Oriented Architecture for Mortgage Banking
- Accredited Home Lenders took proactive steps to refine and integrate its core business processes with the goal of assembling an automated loan lifecycle that would simplify and accelerate human intervention whenever possible. Accredited Home Lenders implemented a service-oriented architecture (SOA) to integrate and streamline its core business processes. The new...
- Tags: Business Process, BEA Systems Inc., Banking, SOA, Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Operational Planning, Mortgages, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Finance, Capital Structures
- Case studies
- BEA Systems, Inc.: Knowledge Management Portal Implemented on a Service-Oriented Architecture
- Ensuring the worldwide sales force had ready access to all of its internal tools, customer information, and most current company and product information was becoming more and more difficult. Therefore, BEA deployed a knowledge management portal-known as Knowledge Express-on a service-oriented architecture (SOA). It is built on BEA WebLogic Platform...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Knowledge, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Portals, Knowledge Management, Web Services, Strategy, Business Intelligence, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Management, Data Management
- Case studies
- Government From Chile General Treasury of the Republic: Taxpayer Portal Implemented on Service-Oriented Architecture
- The General treasury of the Republic of Chile has built a self-service portal for taxpayers on BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1.The portal's service-oriented architecture (SOA) is allowing the government to add new citizen services continuously and adapt the portal infrastructure to serve multiple purposes. Within three months of its launch, the...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Government, SOA, Portals, Web Technology, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Software, Internet, Web Services, Software
- Case studies
- Best Practices for Implementing Effective Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Governance - Level 200
- The use of Web services and service-oriented architectures (SOAs) is becoming more widespread as businesses seek an approach that offers application integration, increased IT productivity and software reuse. In this informative webcast, Brent Carlson, co-founder and VP of Technology at LogicLibrary, offers valuable best practices and implementation techniques for SOA...
- Tags: SOA, Best Practice, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
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