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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Mastering SOA Series
- This series of papers, written by SOA experts, captures best practices and implementation patterns in a seven-step model that defines a practical approach to Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). These steps provide insight to achieving success with SOA, from service development and integration through security and scalability.
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Resource centers
- TechNet Webcast: End-to-End Service Monitoring With System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Level 200)
- This webcast discusses some common challenges that customers have in monitoring distributed applications, and explains how Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 addresses those issues. The focus here is not about how to develop a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) or how to design distributed applications, but rather how to monitor them....
- Tags: Webcast, Monitoring, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
- MSDN Webcast: Enabling a New Generation of Dynamic Applications Through Service-Oriented Architecture (Level 200)
- The presenters of this webcast discuss the Microsoft vision for service-oriented architecture and show how Microsoft supports this vision by way of an integrated platform. The presenters explain how one can use the existing systems, Line-Of-Business (LOB) applications, and data and expose them as services (using the .NET Framework and...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Vision, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Digital Media, Software, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- SOA Integration Frameworks in Financial Services
- Financial Services companies have built up a large number of Line-Of-Business oriented systems and databases over the years. This has led to the development of application and information silos where it is virtually impossible to bring all the information about a client together in one place. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)...
- Tags: Database, Financial Service, SOA, Financial Planning, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Financial Services, Storage, Finance, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
- Webcasts
- What Insurers Need to Know About service-oriented architecture (soa)
- The attendee of this webcast will learn about the role of standards - leveraging ACORD XML and dealing with customers and partners - the benefits of SOA.
- Tags: SAS Institute, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
- The Middleware [R]evolution
- How did middleware evolve from a necessary evil—proprietary plumbing that glued disparate systems together—to one of the most strategic areas of IT and business today? Enter SOA. Service-oriented architectures get many of their core services directly from middleware. Those services include: Security functionality Deployment and management...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Middleware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers
- Pacorini Stays on Top of Global Logistics Market With IBM SOA Solution
- As a market leader in the delivery of green coffee, Pacorini has maintained its competitive position up to now by offering timely customer service. However, although it used advanced technologies and leading SCM software, the company's internal business processes were not integrated. It was a challenge to manage siloed information,...
- Tags: Business Process, Customer Service, Logistics, SOA, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operational Planning, Supply Chain, Product Marketing, Web Services, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Marketing
- Case studies
- MSDN Webcast: Windows Communication Foundation Top to Bottom (Part 04 of 15): Exceptions and Faults (Level 200)
- In a distributed system, exceptions that occur remotely must traverse process or computer boundaries before they reach the client. In a service-oriented architecture (SOA), the boundary is a service boundary that may be located in the same process, or across process or computer boundaries. Beyond these distribution boundaries, there may...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Windows Communication Foundation, Boundary, Exception, SOAP, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Productivity, Web Services, .Net, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Webcasts
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