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A Rich Client Platform (RCP) is a specialized computer program intended for the creation of Java applications built on the Eclipse architecture. Applications written with an RCP are portable and can be reused, mixed and matched. Using an RCP, developers can custom-design windows, menus, tool bars, palettes, wizards and other specialized features.

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JavaOne: JBoss on SOA middleware, Java EE and data services: Is SOA middleware that different from traditional middleware? At JavaOne, Red Hat's Craig Muzilla ponders that and the future of Java EE and data services.
SOA changing management, monitoring: SOA management tools are emerging, especially those using grid, virtualization technologies and legacy systems.
SOA management requires smart choices - Forrester: Architects have many choices when it comes to SOA management, which is still immature and blurred with SOA governance, advises Randy Heffner, vice president at Forrester Research.
Seven smart statements about SOA: SOA management, the SOA business case and the limits of Web services standards are among the topics covered of late by some of the brighter minds in the SOA arena.
SOA management: Where is it, now that we really need it?: It isn't that heterogeneous SOA management capabilities don't exist, analyst say, but there's no interoperability standard and it's hard to get all the vendors on the same page.
Podcast: What is the SOA repository?: SOA governance has become a paramount concern for enterprise architects and the SOA repository is emerging as a critical tool for change and IT asset management.
MiniGuide: End-to-end testing for SOA and enterprise transactions: It is held that the way now to understand behavior of a complex distributed system is by ''following the transaction.'' This is apparent in a series of recent SOA news stories.
Nastel pursues Business Transaction Performance savings: Aimed at eliminating hidden costs in business processes and improving business transaction performance, Nastel Technologies released the AutoPilot TransactionWorks software module.
Contracts as an organizational approach to alignment: Ronald Schmelzer discusses how and why to make sure your technologists and business people are aligned for best management practices.
Business empowerment: The underappreciated SOA business benefit: Jason Bloomberg discusses how SOA allows for user empowerment which leads to a more successful empowerment of business.

LAST UPDATED: 06 Feb 2007

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More resources from around the web:
- Ed Burnette has published an RCP tutorial.
- Eclipse offers a popular open-source RCP.
- Eclipse answers frequently asked questions about its RCP.
- NetBeans is another widely used open-source RCP.





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