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SOA for the 'flex-pon-sive' business
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is not just about technology, it's also a new "flex-pon-sive" (flexible and responsive) way of thinking about a business, the author writes. In this article the author defines a flex-pon-sive company as "one that r... News | 04 Jun 2007
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SOA Software adds consulting partners
SOA Software Inc. announced a new consulting partner program to provide training, support and development assistance to enterprises developing service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure. The program includes 35 consulting business offering a ... News | 04 Jun 2007
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Standard Web services stack remains illusive SOA goal
A single Web services stack all vendors can agree on may be a laudable goal, but even advocates of the major open source contender, Apache Axis 2.0, do not believe it is a reachable goal and argue that competition among stacks may be a good thing. Article | 04 Jun 2007
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ActiveBPEL for SOA released
Active Endpoints, Inc., a provider of BPEL-based service-oriented architecture (SOA) orchestration products and services, announced public beta of ActiveBPEL for People. The new product uses WS-BPEL 2.0 to integrate human interaction with business pr... News | 01 Jun 2007
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Does anybody understand SOA?
Despite all the talk of a business-IT alignment, most business people don't know and don't care about service-oriented architecture (SOA), and most IT people seem unclear as to how it will work if it works, writes Joe McKendrick. Meanwhile, marketers... News | 01 Jun 2007
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New ITIL version released
Information Technology Infrastructure Library 3 is a new version of the best practices standard for IT operations. It has been updated to reflect changes in IT, including the advent of Web services and service-oriented architecture (SOA), during the ... News | 31 May 2007
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Is 'enterprise architect' the right term?
A new book suggests that "enterprise architecture" may not be the right term for the work architects currently do in IT. In the world outside IT, architects design buildings that get built and then they walk away, whereas what enterprise architects d... News | 30 May 2007
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Why SOA needs advocacy
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is moving from having hype to needing advocacy, says Dana Gardner, principal analyst Interarbor Solutions. In this podcast he hosts a panel discussion with Dr. Richard Soley, chairman and CEO of the Object Manageme... News | 30 May 2007
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Telelogic offers SOA architecture tool
Telelogic AB announced a new System Architect for SOA tool as part of its launch of the latest version of its Tau model-driven development product. The architect tool combines modeling with business process analysis, the company said. News | 30 May 2007
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Will SOA go the way of CORBA?
Is service-oriented architecture (SOA) "just XML/SOAP based CORBA with evolving standards around it?" The author explores the opportunities and pitfalls of the service-oriented approach. News | 30 May 2007