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Mobile app development trends in 2012 and beyond
Industry experts weigh in on the mobile app development trends in 2012 and shed light on what to expect in the coming year. Feature
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RESTful services take on a role in health IT infrastructure
Gerald Beuchelt, project software systems engineer at MITRE, discusses the role of RESTful services in building a national health IT infrastructure. Feature
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OAuth security API guide: Recent and related
This guide explores the current state and projected future of OAuth, as well as its effect on Web services and development as a whole. Feature
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Guide to integration architecture
The landscape of integration architecture is shifting as service-oriented and cloud-based architecture take the fore. Feature
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Old SOA versus new SOA? Open APIs change the game
The ‘Goracle’ Android trial shows API evolution. It’s seen too in API management tools. Established SOA is meeting a new SOA of open APIs, some say. Feature
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How will mainframes fare in the face of mobile and Web?
Heard at IBM Impact: Mainframes mean high-integrity transactions. How does this jibe with mobile apps using ''eventually consistent'' transactions? Feature
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Is REST remaking SOA? Gateways add features
Lightweight REST-based SOA is beginning to exist aside established enterprise SOA. Crosscheck’s Mamoon Yunus discusses the trend. Feature
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API learning guide
The expansion of Web services, mobile, cloud and SaaS platforms has altered the realm of APIs. This guide offers the latest in API developments. Guide
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Enterprise architects mix REST integration with SOA
RESTful services play a major role in modern application integration efforts, but REST integration is not always the best path for every enterprise. Feature
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Gartner analyst: REST APIs gain added importance in application integration design
Architecture changes today center on design of the API, says Gartner. The API increasingly supports REST interfaces. Application Integration
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What's new in .NET, WCF 4.5?
The move to 'lighter is better' is not just a Java trend. A drive to simplify underlies changes to Microsoft's flagship development framework as well. News | 30 Oct 2012
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API server plus services gateway equals REST services integration
Gateway specialist Vordel has added an API server to its array of integration tools for REST and SOA management. A cloud broker is also in the offing. News | 26 Jun 2012
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Microsoft, others put OData Web protocol up for OASIS standardization
The OData protocol, associated with JSON and REST efforts, started with Microsoft but may be expanded by the OASIS standards group. News | 06 Jun 2012
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IBM Impact 2012: Is this the age of SOA 3.0?
SOA has been used for application transformation for several years - now SOA itself is undergoing a transformation. News | 03 May 2012
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Microsoft folds Hadoop into SQL Server 2012, Windows Azure
Microsoft said it will release SQL Server 2012, formerly Denali, next year and detailed its Hadoop-based strategy for handling the explosion of big data at the PASS 2011 conference. News | 13 Oct 2011
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IBM Watson under the hood: Booch describes Jeopardy champ's systems architecture
Grady Booch describes systems architecture of Jeopardy champ Watson. It uses the well known pipe and filter pattern and the less known UIMA-AS scheme. Under the hood | 20 Jul 2011
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Progress releases Sonic ESB 8.0
Progress Software's Sonic ESB 8.0 came out today with new support for a number of open standards. Sonic now supports a RESTful approach to integration. News | 12 Apr 2010
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IBM REST engine taps into Microsoft-backed OData protocol
An update to IBM's WebSphere eXtreme Scale server links .NET to WebSphere. Using the Open Data protocol, IBM's WebSphere eXtreme Scale REST data service offers ready connections to AJAX and PHP clients as well. With these data services, any HTTP clie... Article | 27 Jan 2010
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IBM Sabbah's say on REST for collaborative ALM
Let's face it, services in general, and RESTful services in particular often can incur a performance penalty. Sometimes the benefits of the REST approach outweigh the drawbacks. But it is something to study. That is just one of many reasons why the a... News | 08 Jun 2009
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Expert Query: What is the difference between RESTful transactions and Web Services transactions?
REST based transactions assume that only one party to a global transaction accesses the shared state at any given time, sort of like passing a token. The other participants have no knowledge of what's going on at another participant and their operati... Article | 06 Mar 2009
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SOA and RESTful interfaces: When, why they should be combined
The debate between SOA and RESTful interfaces has raged for a while, but many application architects say they are confused as to which one is better. Tip
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REST vs. SOAP: How to choose the best Web service
Here is a breakdown of when it's best to use REST or SOAP Web services. Tip
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Thinking like a developer for better REST interfaces
Organizations need to think about a developer’s needs in the development or deployment of RESTful services. Read this tip by George Lawton that will help create better REST interfaces. Tip
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OAuth protocol gains for securing Web services authorization
OAuth (Open Authorization) allows Web application users to move from site to site without an additional login. It has gained exceptional attention of late in the world of services and security. Tip
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Look to Open Virtualization Format for managing cloud computing workloads
Standards for cloud computing are slowly evolving. Open Virtualization Format (OVF) is one such standard that software architects may tap into. Tip
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''Development with the Force.com Platform'' provides quick view into key PaaS
Salesforce.com's Force.com was an early platform as a service. Central is Apex, a general language with some DSL-like traits. In an interview, author Jason Ouellette explains. Books
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Rethinking the conventional wisdom of data architecture
As the business world becomes more Web-connected enterprise architects should stay ahead of the game. Often, this means bucking the deep-set trends of conventional wisdom. Tip
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REST: Preferred architecture and infrastructure for Web applications
"REST is the architecture for the Web," according to Gartner analyst Anne Thomas Manes, "[and the Web] is the most successful scalable application in history." Tip
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Enterprise architecture: Looking back at 2010 and forward to 2011
We've seen a lot of topics and technologies interacting in 2010. From enterprise architecture to business process management, mainframes to the cloud, and even security issues. Tip
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RESTful resources for potential REST developers
The RESTful approach to Web services is widely seen as a simpler alternative to SOAP. Many big name Web services providers such as Amazon, Twitter and Google use the RESTful approach extensively. If you are contemplating getting a REST style Web serv... Tip
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REST or SOAP: Which offers the most benefits for mobile applications
When choosing between REST or SOAP for mobile apps, it's important to remember there are two major models: native and wrapped mobile web applications. Answer
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What role does an ESB play in RESTful integration?
ESBs may move from the central integration hub toward a specialized role integrating new RESTful architecture with legacy applications. Answer
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When collecting ''big data'' consider the best level of scrutiny
We’ve faced the challenge of large-scale data analytics before. The new wrinkle is that we’re able to capture more data than ever. But, we should not be hoarders. Answer
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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 properties many large scale Web sites follow to relax or ... Ask the Expert
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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? Ask the Expert
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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? Ask the Expert
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Are tools available to work with OSGi today?
Eric Newcomer weighs in on the considerable debate in the OSGi community right now about the availability of working tools. Ask the Expert
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The Servlet API and RESTful development
Jason Bloomberg the state of the Servlet API now and whether it improperly inhibits RESTful development. Ask the Expert
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REST on SOA
Jason Bloomberg clarifies the best scenarios for building REST-based services in a service-oriented architecture context. Ask the Expert
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REST vs. SOAP
David Lithicum puts an end to the ongoing debate of REST vs. SOAP. Ask the Expert
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REST (representational state transfer)
REST (REpresentational State Transfer) is a simple stateless architecture that generally runs over HTTP. REST involves reading a designated Web page that contains an XML file. The XML file describes and includes the desired content. Definition
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SOA and RESTful interfaces: When, why they should be combined
The debate between SOA and RESTful interfaces has raged for a while, but many application architects say they are confused as to which one is better. Tip
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REST or SOAP: Which offers the most benefits for mobile applications
When choosing between REST or SOAP for mobile apps, it's important to remember there are two major models: native and wrapped mobile web applications. Answer
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REST vs. SOAP: How to choose the best Web service
Here is a breakdown of when it's best to use REST or SOAP Web services. Tip
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Mobile app development trends in 2012 and beyond
Industry experts weigh in on the mobile app development trends in 2012 and shed light on what to expect in the coming year. Feature
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What's new in .NET, WCF 4.5?
The move to 'lighter is better' is not just a Java trend. A drive to simplify underlies changes to Microsoft's flagship development framework as well. News
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RESTful services take on a role in health IT infrastructure
Gerald Beuchelt, project software systems engineer at MITRE, discusses the role of RESTful services in building a national health IT infrastructure. Feature
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OAuth security API guide: Recent and related
This guide explores the current state and projected future of OAuth, as well as its effect on Web services and development as a whole. Feature
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What role does an ESB play in RESTful integration?
ESBs may move from the central integration hub toward a specialized role integrating new RESTful architecture with legacy applications. Answer
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Thinking like a developer for better REST interfaces
Organizations need to think about a developer’s needs in the development or deployment of RESTful services. Read this tip by George Lawton that will help create better REST interfaces. Tip
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API server plus services gateway equals REST services integration
Gateway specialist Vordel has added an API server to its array of integration tools for REST and SOA management. A cloud broker is also in the offing. News
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About Representational State Transfer (REST)
Representational state transfer (REST) is a process of getting content from a website by reading a designated page that contains an XML file that both describes and includes the desired content. REST is generally seen as being a simpler and quicker approach to publishing Web services, as opposed to Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). RSS feeds are an example of a RESTful service. Check out the latest REST news on basics, best practices and how-to resources for architects and developers working on SOA and Web services.