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SOA by the book with RFID, CRM and event handling
Book buyers' special orders are tracked with a service-oriented architecture implementation orchestrating RFID, complex event management, inventory and customer services applications into one process. Article | 12 Mar 2007
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SOA "suite" leaves a bitter taste
Software giants are touting their new SOA "suites" but it smacks of the bitter taste of old fashioned vendor lock-in, writes Joe McKendrick. One industry watcher says he doesn't like the word suite in the context of SOA, because "it reeks more of mar... News | 12 Mar 2007
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SOA tethers linemen in a storm
An SOA implementation at an electrical cooperative in rural Virginia provides linemen in the field with mapping and customer service data even in extreme weather and also updates FEMA on the extent of storm devastation. Article | 08 Mar 2007
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SOA Software supports IBM WebSphere
SOA Software Inc., a vendor for SOA and Web services governance, management, security, and mediation products, announced the availability of an SOA infrastructure product designed to integrate with IBM WebSphere. The new product provides policy and g... News | 08 Mar 2007
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Mike Milinkovich on what Eclipse sees in OSGi
Open Service Gateway initiative (OSGi), a somewhat obscure specification with roots in embedded systems software, is important to the future of enterprise software development, explains Eclipse director Mike Milinkovich. Interview | 07 Mar 2007
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SOA testing upgrade from Solstice
Solstice Software Inc., an SOA testing vendor, announced the release of version 5.4 of its Integra testing suite. The Integra product is now certified as compatible with Hewlett-Packard Corp.'s Mercury Quality Center, the Solstice announcement said. News | 01 Mar 2007
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Microsoft working on services engine
Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie admits his company is still trying to catch up with Google Inc., especially in the areas of Software as a Service (SaaS), and search engines. He said Microsoft is busily working on a services engine that w... News | 28 Feb 2007
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SOA for cavemen?
Talking about making SOA so easy that even a caveman could do it is a good way to get laughs from tech savvy people, Joe McKendrick finds. He explores whether it is possible or even desirable to make SOA something at least business analysts could do.... News | 23 Feb 2007
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Testing architect warns of SOA dangers
Doing SOA without adequate testing is a prescription for disaster, writes John Michelsen, founder of iTKO Inc. and chief architect of its LISA testing product. "When you have a shared set of services being leveraged by a variety of consumers across t... News | 21 Feb 2007
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SOA versus app clutter
CIOs are more interested in clearing up the clutter of 30 or more years of legacy applications than plunging into SOA, says Steve Mills, senior vice president at IBM. Getting a handle on what is running where may be an important pre-condition to movi... News | 21 Feb 2007