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How do you draw up and follow a capability map?
How you draw a capability model and map is really up to you. You can define the taxonomy in an Excel spreadsheet or in any number of EA tools on the market.
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Enterprise mashups cause concern for SOA governance
Do emerging enterprise mashup applications cause concern for SOA governance? They sure do, but SOA governance guru Todd Biske has some tips for minimizing the risk.
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Making enterprise applications more mashup friendly
There's a lot of attention paid to reusing existing resources with enterprise applications mashups, but what about modifying existing applications to make them more mashable?
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Mashups and mobile: A match that makes sense
Mobile devices have become increasingly popular. Providing workers with access to enterprise applications from these devices is proving to be a rewarding challenge.
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Maximizing reusability of SOA services
Reusability is often seen as the "holy grail" of software development – everyone wants it but nobody gets it. As such, maximizing reuse is a very tricky challenge.
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Making the business case for enterprise mashups
Our mashup expert, Michael Ogrinz, suggests a new branding campaign is the answer to making a lasting business case for enterprise mashups as a practice.
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Enterprise mashup software: Where are we now?
Finding stability in today's enterprise mashup environment can be a challenge. Expert Mike Ogrinz explains the current situation and offers practical advice for building new mashups.
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The trick to SOA governance enforcement
How can an enterprise architect enforce SOA governance without becoming the bad guy? The fear is that one can be seen as uncooperative and counterproductive if one says "no" too often. The answer m...
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Building enterprise data mashups with data from Data.gov
There is a lot of content available on Data.gov, the United States' site for publishing data and statistics. Can enterprise data mashups uncover any potential for-profit uses of this public informa...
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When should you consider SOA governance tools?
SOA governance can be defined as the policies, peoples, and proccesses that keep a SOA initiative in line. So when should you invest in tools to help? Our expert has the answer.
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Can enterprise mashups leverage my firm's existing RSS assets?
Enterprise Mashups Expert Michael Ogrinz discusses how RSS mashups can combine existing data outputs in new and useful ways. RSS can even be used as "SOA Light" in some cases.
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What do enterprise mashups have in common with RAD from the 1990s?
People see mashups as delivering faster development time. Is this similar or different from RAD (Rapid Application Development), as discussed in the 1990s? Our expert has the answer.
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Can a service repository be kept on the cloud?
If an architect has created a useful services repository, can that be easily uploaded, maintained and protected in a public cloud computing scenario? Expert Todd Biske provides the answer.
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BPM tools and an SOA: How to pair the two effectively
When pairing BPM and SOA, a BPM modeling tool should take advantage of a service registry/repository. Expert Todd Biske explains why.
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Is BASE a more scalable alternative to ACID transactions?
ACID is used to summarize the basic properties of a transaction in the database sense of the word, not the logical "business" transaction sense. On the other hand BASE is used to summarize the prop...
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What does Oracle Fusion 11g mean for the industry?
Overall it has the feeling of a large set of enhancements to a variety of products in response to various customer requests. Oracle can finally say they have a real app server.
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How do I balance throughput requirements and interoperability?
Are there any rules of thumb that would make one decide to do in-process interop versus Web services interop based on throughput requirements?
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What are chief criteria for analyzing "enterprise mashups"? Especially in relation to a "mainframe w
What are chief criteria for analyzing "enterprise mashups"? Especially in relation to a "mainframe wrappering" project? Jason Bloomberg has the answer.
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What divides mainframe level transaction processing from Java or .NET server level transaction proce
OSGi expert Eric Newcomber discuesses what divides main-frame level transaction processing from Java or .NET server level transaction processing.
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How do I create a REST Strategy?
If I have decided that REST is worth pursuing what would be a reasonable strategy for identifying REST design/development opportunities within a development group, application portfolio, etc?
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Important customizations for SOA governance
It's important not to let solid governance practices be limited to SOA, because deficiencies in other areas impact efforts.
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Mindset change needed to meet mobile user expectations
Smartphones, tablets and desktop computers don't just differ in screen size; they are different form factors.
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SOA governance: Versioning tools and best practices
Following certain best practices and using appropriate versioning tools are key when it comes to service-oriented architecture governance.
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