Vol. 7 Iss: 11 Read back Issues

SOA's Last Mile Combining Enterprise Web 2.0's (EW2.0) ability to deliver business-critical applications over the Web and Service Oriented Architecture's (SOA) capability to deliver services provides a solution that offers the ubiquitous consumptio... Dec. 6, 2007  Reads: 1,680

"Many SOA Vendors Can't Explain Their Own Product," Claims David Linthicum Last month I wrote about vendor-driven architectures (VDA), and I had a few vendors ask me to look on the other side of the fence. In essence, to consider how vendors can better address the needs of the customer, considering the n... Dec. 6, 2007  Reads: 9,248

Legacy Transformation and SOA Despite the IT industry's obsession with the 'next big thing,' even valuable innovations are often put into context by legacy systems. Your bank account, mortgage, home and auto insurance, and pension are all likely to be running on... Dec. 4, 2007  Reads: 1,045

SOA World - Where Are Your Business Rules Anyway? The primary purpose of most business applications is to bring automation and efficiency to the business. Outside of a few examples, most of our business applications are required to evolve along with our business, and that, of cou... Dec. 3, 2007  Reads: 2,965

SOA to the Rescue, When Drug Discovery Needs Data Fast! As the demand for new medicines grows, so does the need for better information to manage and execute the R&D processes. There is huge pressure to make informed decisions, especially during the project's early stages when the risk ... Dec. 1, 2007  Reads: 4,804

SOA Feature Story: Real-Time SOA Starts with the Messaging Bus! Service Oriented Architectures are increasingly being used to implement high-performance and real-time systems. Traditional systems operate in 'human real-time,' where human patience is the limit. Increasingly, however, systems ... Nov. 30, 2007  Reads: 12,665  Replies: 3

Technologists Are No Longer Speaking in Tongues Recently I had a chance to do some training in France. I participated in a week of coursework with classmates from all over the world. Some were from France, Spain, Holland, Sweden, and England; others were from even further - the U... Jan. 14, 2008  Reads: 9,587

SOA World - Legacy Systems, The Risks & Misconceptions One of a CIO's top priorities is to leverage information to enable better business decisions and outcomes. Many CIOs trace constraints on their business back to the limitations of older legacy information systems - specifically, o... Dec. 3, 2007  Reads: 3,415