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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
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
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
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
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
JBoss SOA platform and new open-source projects announced by Red Hat
Red Hat is going all out for the SOA space with the announcement of the JBoss SOA platform integrated with Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL and three open-source projects for transaction monitoring, SOA, and system management. An excerpt from ZDNet: Due by the end of...
Tags: Red Hat Inc., Operating System, SOA, JBoss, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Open Source, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2008-02-15
HP announces SOA governance software and services
HP announced new service oriented architecture SOA governance software and services to speed up the adoption of SOA-related projects. An excerpt from InternetNews: The latest release of HP SOA Systinet software includes complete run-time governance of SOA services and service lifecycle management through an enhanced integration...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2008-01-28
IBM expands into SOA, acquires AptSoft
IBM announced the acquisition of AptSoft, a firm that specializes in development of business event processing software. An excerpt from ZDNet: IBM already has event-processing offerings in their portfolio, but according to Ed Lynch, business integration portfolio product manager, what AptSoft brings to the table is...
Tags: AptSoft Corp., SOA, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2008-01-24
Open source SOA framework planned for Eclipse
The Swordfish framework will bring together components required for Service Oriented Architecture SOA on Eclipse. An excerpt from TechWorld: Based on technology sourced from Deutsche Post, the framework, known as Swordfish, features an SOA runtime platform that uses three popular projects: Service Component Architecture SCA, Java...
Tags: SOA, Service Component Architecture, Eclipse, Framework, Service Oriented Architecture Framework, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Java Development Tools, Open Source, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2008-01-03
Web Services -part of SOA?
I'm just starting in this field and I wonder about the relationship between Web Services and SOAs. I know that SOA is a lot more than Web Services. But can you use Web Services outside of the SOA context? Or are they definitely a part of SOA? What do you...
Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Channel management, madison_eve, SOA, Web service, Web
Discussion threads 2007-10-08
SOA on a DNS server 2003
I have server 2003 OS and I have workedlearning is the proper wording here with this server for about six month now so i am just now starting to come to grips with it.I am ordering new servers next week(the ones i have now or just ad hoc for learning...
Tags: Domain names, Servers, eriklittle@..., SOA, server, DNS, DNS server, DNS Clients, primary server
Discussion threads 2007-07-29
When architecture meets the sales model
 There has been tons of talk over the last few years about "Software as a Service" SaaS. Quite frankly, I am not a huge fan of the idea, mainly because I do not like to put that much faith in third-party vendors TPVs. The idea itself is not bad, I...
Tags: Architecture, industry standard, Justin James, Microsoft ASP, Saas, sales, Soa, Software Architecture, software-as-a-service, Web 2.0, Xml
Blog posts 2007-07-03
(Images: Where 3D gaming meets SOAs)
Is this real?Only two images (why only two??) about a new 3 D game from IBM.Looks like the objective is to pick one of the women in the lobby and start chatting them up on an overhead walkway.Call me cynical, if you like, but shouldn't IBM be better off spending...
Tags: Kiltie, 3D, SOA
Discussion threads 2007-05-24
Images: Where 3D gaming meets SOAs
How do you address the lack of skills among businesspeople in understanding and improving internal processes? Create a video game, says IBM.
Tags: Games, Service-oriented architecture (SOA), game, businesspeople, SOA, video game, 3D, IBM Corp., video
Image galleries 2007-05-21
Is it time to reduce the complexity of our solutions?
There are many information technology trends to observe if you’re in the business long enough. For instance, when I began we spent much of our time replacing thin-clients aging dumb terminals with full-blown Windows installations and bloated software clients. The trend was to push more horsepower...
Tags: Doing More With Less, Enterprise, information technology, It&rsquo, s, Project, Service Oriented Architecture, Soa, Thin Client, Tools
Blog posts 2007-01-22
Architecture for Product Master
Looking for feedback on creating an enterprise wide product master. Is there such a concept?What should it include? Should it be only one table? What if you are using multiple systems, some of which require their own table? (e.g. accounting system has it's own product table which is...
Tags: hilio@...
Discussion threads 2007-01-18
All Things Old are New Again
Recently two IT buddies and I were playing golf (between the three of us we have 80+ years of IT experience...we're all under the age of 60). The topic of discussion: ITIL, SOA and other related issues.What struck us all as funny: Most large firms
Tags: Process improvement, IT Services, silentknight, ITIL, information technology
Discussion threads 2006-10-27
SOA, the peacemaker
Not only a technology problem onlySOA is not a technology problem only.Adopting SOA is more a cultural change than a technology change.Just purchasing some SOA infrastructure is not enough.
Tags: SOA, mulkers
Discussion threads 2006-10-25
10 things you should know about service oriented architecture (SOA)
10 things you should know about service oriented architecture SOAHas your organization started building a services architecture? What are some of the benefits you've seen so far?
Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, JodyGilbert
Discussion threads 2006-09-07
10+ things you should know about service oriented architecture (SOA)
This article is also available as a PDF download.#1: SOA is not a purely technical approachIt's important to understand that service oriented architecture,when practiced successfully, is not just a technology architecture. The SOA paradigmis really about modeling the business processes, which are not always supporteddirectly by technology components. Ultimately, services...
Tags: Brian Schaffner, business process, service oriented architecture technology, SOA
Technical articles 2006-09-07


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