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- IBM Smart SOA Tutorial
- The forces of change are all around us. Organizations need the agility to adapt rapidly and the adoption of SOA can help provide this agility and enable change. This animated tutorial explains how IBM's Smart SOA approach provides basic to advanced guidance for pursuing SOA projects allowing you...
- Tags: SOA, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Presentations 2008-07-24
- How Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Impacts Your IT Infrastructure
- Read this paper to see how SOA impacts your IT infrastructure - in particular, how business processes and transactions are handled differently in an SOA environment than in traditional application architecture. The paper also discusses the new elements which are necessary for an IT infrastructure to support SOA and shares...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Information Technology, SOA, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-07-24
- Gartner Analyst paper: Magic Quadrant for Integrated SOA Governance Technology Sets, 2007
- Good governance of a service-oriented architecture SOA is becoming a core competency. This Gartner Research Note examines the market for SOA governance through a set of integrated technologies. While no vendor yet offers a best-in-class service-oriented architecture governance technology set, best of breed is preferable to best of brand, when...
- Tags: Quadrant, Gartner Inc., SOA, SOA Governance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-07-24
- SmartsIntegrator (zip)
- SmartsIntegrator enables you to connect disparate systems, applications and business entities, and automate rules and workflows upon them. For example you can connect your customers, suppliers and back-end systems to fully automate an order processing scenario. Once connected, the overall value of your IT infrastructure becomes much greater than the...
- Tags: Quality Componentware, SmartsIntegrator, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operational Planning, Channel Management, Web Services, Process Improvement, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Marketing, Quality
- Software downloads 2008-07-21
- Deciphering the term "SOA"
- SOA stands for Service Oriented Architecture. It's one of those acronyms you see bandied about all over the place. But what does it really mean? Here's my best guess and some SOA resources. by John Sheesley
- Tags: SOA, Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, John Sheesley
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Understanding SOA and Business Mashups: Automate. Coordinate. Collaborate. No coding required!
- Featured Speaker: Tim Zonca, Master Masher and Director of Product Marketing at Serena Software Service Oriented Architecture SOA has been the talk of business process management, IT and enterprise architecture for the last decade, but the promise of SOA remains largely unfulfilled. Learn how Serena Business...
- Tags: Serena Software Inc., Webinar, SOA, Mashup, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts 2008-06-26
- Edwin (zip)
- Edwin is a wizard-based software application for creating Web-service based (Service Oriented Architecture - SOA) data layers from the structure of your underlying data source. All data-sources accessible via OLE-DB are supported, which includes the vast majority of popular databases. Edwin will automatically create a large set of Web methods...
- Tags: Web, Stored Procedure, Record, DreamState Software, Edwin, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Channel Management, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-06-20
- Realising business value from an integrated service-oriented architecture system in a multivendor world. - Avoid common pitfalls when integrating across your enterprise
- Most analyst surveys agree that close to half of the companies around the world today are already investing in functional deployments, piloting, or seriously considering a service-oriented architecture SOA system. Businesses need to reduce time to market, improve business alignment for growth, and do a better job of unlocking...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-06-13
- Changing the way industries work - The impacts of service-oriented architecture
- It might seem natural for business executives to dismiss discussions of software design, but service-oriented architecture SOA is a high potential technical innovation worthy of business executives' attention. Like the Internet, SOA has the potential to fundamentally alter how businesses collaborate and compete. And ready or not, it will...
- Tags: Industry, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-06-13
- Smart SOA: Best practices for agile innovation and optimisation
- In this era of unprecedented change, organizations need agility to adapt rapidly. Part of what separates winners from losers is the ability to respond quickly and intelligently to market opportunities, competitive threats and regulatory constraints - in short, to innovate and create value. The best companies understand how to...
- Tags: Innovation, SOA, Best Practice, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-06-13
- SOA enabled business process transformation: achieving sustainable agility for the globally integrated enterprise
- This paper explores the nature of the globally integrated enterprise and how service oriented architecture SOA takes on a whole new meaning in a world where market dynamics are constantly changing and business transactions are crisscrossing company firewalls and geographic boundaries. SOA is helping companies achieve the business ...
- Tags: Business Process, SOA, Business Process Transformation, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-06-13
- SOA Management: Bringing SOA into the mainstream of IT operations
- Managing SOA services is usually done by a specific project team initially. However, in the long run, SOA must be managed in production by IT operations to take advantage of trusted operational processes. This paper describes an approach to SOA management that integrates SOA into the fabric of...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-06-06
- Software Quality Management for SOA: Enterprise quality managers take the helm
- SOA brings challenges for every part of the IT organization, and the IT quality organization is no exception. SOA requires quality management across all types of testing--functional, performance, security and compliance. IT quality managers can develop a successful SOA quality program by finding the right strategy, implementing the...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-06-06
- Increase Business Agility Through BRM Systems and SOA: Best Bets to Increase ROI on Your Enterprise Applications
- The widespread acceptance of Service-Oriented Architecture SOA proves that enterprises have realized the promise of this technology. That promise of increased agility comes from a basic software design principle: loose coupling. SOA allows for business functions to be exposed as independent services. Web services, which is one way to implement...
- Tags: ROI, SOA, Agility, Enterprise Application, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-05-27
- The Information Perspective of SOA Design, Part 8: Use of IBM WebSphere Information Analyzer in SOA Design
- WebSphere Information Analyzer is a tool that allows for profiling and discovery of quality related aspects of existing data stores. It also helps users perform gap analysis between source and target systems. This paper demonstrates to an architect community how tools from IBM - in particular IBM WebSphere Information Analyzer...
- Tags: IBM WebSphere, SOA, IBM Corp., WebSphere Information Analyzer, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Middleware, Enterprise Software, Application Servers, Web Services, Databases, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-05-22
- SOASYNC (zip)
- 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
- The Information Perspective of SOA Design, Part 7: The Execution Approach for the Data Quality Analysis Pattern in SOA
- This is the seventh paper in a series called the "The Information Aspect of SOA Design." The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate to an architect community the execution approach of detailed data quality analysis in the context of an SOA environment. This paper focuses on the implementation of...
- Tags: Data Quality, SOA, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Databases, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-05-08
- 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
- 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
