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The state of service-oriented architecture: SOA trends in 2012
The SearchSOA.com 2011-2012 reader survey shows a big upswing in use of SOA to support new mobile and cloud computing applications. SearchSOA 2011-12 Survey
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SOA hits the mainstream: A look at SearchSOA.com Reader Survey 2011-2012
SOA shows maturity, success and even some signs of popularity in the SearchSOA.com reader survey. And the future is bright. For emerging mobile and cloud computing, SOA could be an essential enterprise ingredient. Feature
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Can SOA get more flexible to meet complex challenges?
Addressing concerns of flexibility and complexity requires building and maintaining solid SOA governance and proper enterprise infrastructure. SearchSOA 2011-12 Survey
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Will ''mobile business model'' influence the future of SOA?
Experts suggest that, going forward, the mobile worker and the consumer will be more central to successful IT planning. SearchSOA. 2011-12 Survey
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Successful SOA implementations require planning: User stories
User stories demonstrate how careful planning and integration are crucial to effective SOA-based system upgrades and successful cloud adoption. Tutorial
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Application modernization moves toward business transformation: Looking to 2012
In the coming year the tenor of application modernization efforts may change, as overall business transformation takes on greater importance. Feature
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Forrester's David West on Lean applications, Agile and SOA
SearchSOA.com's Jack Vaughan sat down with Forrester Analyst David West at Forrester's Application Development & Delivery Forum to see what aspects of the burgeoning Agile movement were playing out in the world of services creation and integration. Feature
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Gartner AADI Summit 2011 conference coverage
As the Web and cloud computing continue to grow as important drivers for enterprise infrastructure, the Gartner AADI Summit in 2011 focuses on exciting opportunities for mobile and social apps. guide
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Common sense enterprise architecture
On one level, enterprise architecture is about asking the right questions. It is a way of formalizing best practices for software development. Comment
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William Ulrich on ''Business Architecture'' - Seeking a common language
Consistent vocabulary and view of the business can work wonders. Business architecture is discussed as road to app transformation in this Q&A. Feature
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Service virtualization tool adds REST support: Symptoms of SOA
Agile development and composite applications are a hallmark of SOA these days, but they are not without their difficulties. The push to rapidly deploy composite apps complicates the life of the QA team , whose members must now create test beds to wor... News | 07 May 2012
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IBM Impact conference coverage 2012
IBM Impact 2012 in Las Vegas brings IT pros from all over the world together to talk about trends in BPM, cloud computing and of course SOA. News | 02 May 2012
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Web architect shares experiences with Oracle Service Bus
An ESB coupled to a portal is central to a health care system upgrade. The SOA-based project runs on an Oracle Service Bus. News | 29 Dec 2011
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SOA mainframe migration issues in the City of Inglewood, CA
Taking legacy applications off the mainframe and updating them with Java or .NET is a tempting idea, but the process may not be as easy as it seems. News | 08 Nov 2011
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Legacy application migration best practices
Learn about the best practices that simplify the process of maintaining legacy applications and make legacy migration less costly. News | 08 Nov 2011
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Open-source project finds right PaaS
Open-source project jclouds found a Platform as a Service (PaaS) that fit its unique needs in CloudBees. News | 28 Oct 2011
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Stanford breach discloses third party data service dangers
Business associates need to review their HIPAA agreements with health care providers before they are the next offenders. This is clear in light of news that Stanford Hospital reported data on 20,000 emergency room patients had been posted to a public... News | 09 Sep 2011
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Gartner: Cloud services brokerages can lead way to cloud computing
The Value Area Network (VAN) might morph into a SOA-oriented information broker and advanced cloud services brokerage. Mohawk Fine Papers used a Liaison CSB to streamline application integration of its business ecosystem. News | 10 Aug 2011
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A CIO's SOA strategy fuels business transformation
CIO Neal Kadarabek explains how a SOA strategy and an agile project management approach turned IT from an anchor into a business transformation engine at Hallmark Services Corp. CIO Innovators | 13 Jul 2011
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"Development as a team sport" theme plays out at IBM Innovate event
The cause for software productivity was forwarded this week at the IBM Innovate 2011 event in Orlando, Fla. News | 07 Jun 2011
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Skills, ESBs and ROI: Pictures from the SOA journey
Barriers to immediate and wider use of SOA may include limited skill sets and the time it takes to build-out supporting SOA infrastructure. These and other issues were discussed at IBM Impact 2012. SOA user stories
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Take ''T-I-M-E'' to understand legacy applications
A review of old apps may lead you to Tolerate, Invest, Migrate or Eliminate them. How do you decide? A Gartner analyst gives some guides. Application Modernization
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Who develops your business architecture for SOA?
Where do we find the analysts required to develop business architecture and transform business models needed develop aligned SOA solutions? Ramsay Millar discusses his research. Tip
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Monolithic applications present monumental development challenges
Monolithic applications can provide huge throughput, but they may be too tightly coupled with mainframe hardware for iterative modernization projects. Tip
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SOA with TOGAF
When realizing SOA with TOGAF, the architect should remember that the object is to have SOA solutions that focus on managing the enterprise's complexity and provide business agility. Tip
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Lean integration posed as approach to middleware
So-called Lean integration has emerged from the factory floor to offer a new approach to middleware architecture. Does it run counter to SOA? Tip
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SOA development is path to renewal for growing Brazilian bank
At Itau Unibanco, email- and paper-based development team communications have given way to a new approach to development, based around a repository of software models and services. Tip
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On enterprise architect skills today - Q&A with The Open Group's Leonard Fehskens
SearchSOA.com's Jack Vaughan recently spoke with Leonard Fehskens, Vice President and Global Profession Lead at The Open Group. Tip
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Modernize? Consider the MIPS
Forrester’s Phil Murphy says modernizing mainframe apps continues to make sense for organizations on the high end of the MIPS scale, recommends following a modernization framework. Tip
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Software test veteran suggests: Set up a SOA Test Center of Excellence
SOA changes architecture, and savvy application development managers know it changes test frameworks, too. Tip
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Eric Newcomer on RESTful Transactions and Web Service
Eric Newcomer explains the difference between RESTful transactions and Web Services transactions. Ask the Expert
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Jason Bloomberg on ESB usage
Jason Bloomberg answers questions of ESB usage. Ask the Expert
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JP Morgenthal on Cloud
JP Morgenthal answers the question: What questions should an enterprise architect ask when reviewing a proposal for a cloud initiative? Ask the Expert
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IT and business users to talk about EA
Is it good to discuss elements of EA with business users - for example should one let them know if the group is looking to apply TOGAF or other architecture frameworks to a product line? Ask the Expert
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BPM portal tools
Sri Nagabhirava discusses what a business process management portal tool is and how to go about using them for best business analysis needs. Ask the Expert
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The business side of SOA testing processes
Rami Jaamour discusses the ways in which both business and IT people can work together in the SOA testing processes. Ask the Expert
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BPM testing
Rami Jaamour discusses how to go about testing for an optimized business process management environment. Ask the Expert
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Hard vs. live real time systems
Anne Thomas Manes explains the difference between 'hard' real time and 'live' real time systems. Ask the Expert
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Regression testing explained
Rami Jaamour explains what regression testing and how to go about making sure that it is being done correctly. Ask the Expert
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Open source UDDI tools
Anne Thomas Manes provides a list of open source UDDI implementations and open source UDDI client projects, but explains why there aren't any good open source UDDI tools. Ask the Expert
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Service Integration Maturity Model (SIMM)
The Service Integration Maturity Model (SIMM) is a paradigm developed by IBM that defines the extent to which various services are integrated in a service-oriented architecture (SOA)... (Continued) Definition
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Semantic Web
The Semantic Web is an idea of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee that the Web as a whole can be made more intelligent and perhaps even intuitive about how to serve a user's needs...(Continued) Definition
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mail server (mail transfer/transport agent, MTA, mail router, Internet mailer)
A mail server (also known as a mail transfer agent or MTA, a mail transport agent, a mail router or an Internet mailer) is an application that receives incoming e-mail from local users (people within the same domain) and remote senders and forwards o... Definition
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link checker
A link checker is a program that tests and reports on the validity of the hypertext links on the pages in a Web site. Definition
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Web site
This definition is also listed under presence, site and Website. Definition
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URL-minder
URL-minder is an agent or robot program (bot) that notifies you when a particular Web page has changed. Definition
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bot (robot)
A bot (short for "robot") is a program that operates as an agent for a user or another program or simulates a human activity. Definition
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XIPC
XIPC is a middleware product that manages interprocess communication across programs in a network. Definition
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Financial analysis of cloud computing versus on-premise architecture
Randy Heffner uses some broad numbers to generate some ballpark figures that help demonstrate when cloud does and does not make sense in part 3 of the 2011 SOA in Action VTS keynote. Video
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SOA Podcast Library
The SearchSOA.com Podcast Library contains the podcast and video content SearchSOA.com has produced. Check back often for new additions and updates. Podcasts
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Podcast: Leonard Fehskens on architecture and emerging patterns
Leonard Feshkens talks about the future of enterprise architecture. Feshkens' take brings light to the topic of software architecture, which, increasingly, has come to be. Podcast
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Podcast: Active Blazer Rob Davies on multicast software
Davies focuses on multicasting middleware and explains the somewhat unfamiliar concept, its uses and its details Podcast
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Podcast: No longer a toy - Dr. Harding on SOA
Where is SOA at today? The Open Group's Dr. Chris Harding says we have moved past the stage where SOA is a toy. This podcast illuminates key trends that include SOA governance and vertical SOAs. Podcast
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Podcast: Getting smart about 'SOA for Dummies'
In this podcast, "Service Oriented Architecture for Dummies" co-author Judith Hurwitz discusses the need for SOA, what functionality is critical to SOA and how the SOA lifecycle diverges from the traditional application lifecycle. Podcast
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SOA Essentials
This podcast offers up a practical breakdown of service-oriented architecture, including deployment tips, design concepts and standard definitions that can be of help when making the case for SOA to your business. Podcast
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Service virtualization tool adds REST support: Symptoms of SOA
Agile development and composite applications are a hallmark of SOA these days, but they are not without their difficulties. The push to rapidly deploy composite apps complicates the life of the QA team , whose members must now create test beds to wor... News
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Skills, ESBs and ROI: Pictures from the SOA journey
Barriers to immediate and wider use of SOA may include limited skill sets and the time it takes to build-out supporting SOA infrastructure. These and other issues were discussed at IBM Impact 2012. SOA user stories
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IBM Impact conference coverage 2012
IBM Impact 2012 in Las Vegas brings IT pros from all over the world together to talk about trends in BPM, cloud computing and of course SOA. News
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The state of service-oriented architecture: SOA trends in 2012
The SearchSOA.com 2011-2012 reader survey shows a big upswing in use of SOA to support new mobile and cloud computing applications. SearchSOA 2011-12 Survey
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SOA hits the mainstream: A look at SearchSOA.com Reader Survey 2011-2012
SOA shows maturity, success and even some signs of popularity in the SearchSOA.com reader survey. And the future is bright. For emerging mobile and cloud computing, SOA could be an essential enterprise ingredient. Feature
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Can SOA get more flexible to meet complex challenges?
Addressing concerns of flexibility and complexity requires building and maintaining solid SOA governance and proper enterprise infrastructure. SearchSOA 2011-12 Survey
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Will ''mobile business model'' influence the future of SOA?
Experts suggest that, going forward, the mobile worker and the consumer will be more central to successful IT planning. SearchSOA. 2011-12 Survey
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Take ''T-I-M-E'' to understand legacy applications
A review of old apps may lead you to Tolerate, Invest, Migrate or Eliminate them. How do you decide? A Gartner analyst gives some guides. Application Modernization
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Successful SOA implementations require planning: User stories
User stories demonstrate how careful planning and integration are crucial to effective SOA-based system upgrades and successful cloud adoption. Tutorial
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Web architect shares experiences with Oracle Service Bus
An ESB coupled to a portal is central to a health care system upgrade. The SOA-based project runs on an Oracle Service Bus. News
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About Service-oriented architecture (SOA) implementations
SOA implementation is the carrying out, execution, or practice of a plan, a method, or design for a service-oriented architecture. Individual instances where organizations have put SOA to work are also known as SOA implementations. Learn about SOA implementation by reading our tips, case studies and best practices for architects and IT managers involved in SOA development.