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SOE: Service-oriented economics
Service consumers and provides need trust and the proper incentives to make a corporate SOA function like a working marketplace.
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Wanted: VP of SOA
Jason Bloomberg presents the ZapThink take on the job description for your new VP of SOA.
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Silverlight: Web services rich client for the browser
Microsoft's latest entry into the rich client market, Silverlight, promises to challenge Flash and Java in the browser-based Web services consumer market.
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The Content Assembly Mechanism and SOA data service lay
The new OASIS Content Assembly Mechanism provides significant technology advances that reduce and spread out data service integration burdens. By providing an open public standard the CAM approach ...
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WSDL 2.0, new messaging for Web services
Semantic, messaging and bindings changes highlight what's new in WSDL 2.0.
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SOA as a corporate responsibility
David Linthicum discusses how corporations are experiencing inefficiencies with enterprise architectures and the benefits of implementing SOA.
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Avoiding pitfalls of SOA application performance manage
Building composite applications inside an SOA creates a new set of performance issues, requiring a deep understanding of service interdependencies and how this changes application management and mo...
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Enterprise Web 2.0, SOA linkage: Will lack of standards
While the potential of blending SOA with Web 2.0 concepts is compelling, the lack of standards in this area could leave users stuck inside proprietary platform development.
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Astoria: REST Web services extensions from Microsoft
Microsoft's new Astoria framework targets the creation of REST Web services and provides interfaces with data services and Ajax development.
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Oracle's SOA market play for BEA Systems
The competitive drive not to allow IBM to run away with the SOA pie gives Oracle a legitimate reason to acquire BEA Systems even if they have significant product overlap.
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SaaS, composite applications and SOA: Making them work
SOA, SaaS and composite applications come from different app dev impulses, but consultant Robert Schneider insists they can be combined effectively at the enterprise level.
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Using RELAX NG For data integration
XML Schema proving a difficult fix when it comes to data integration? Perhaps you should take a look at RELAX NG.
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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.
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Who's killing SOA?
Jason Bloomberg discusses the possible directions that SOA may take now that it has surpassed the "hype" phase.
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Web services stacks – Windows Communication Found
Microsoft's Dino Chiesa offers up a look inside Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and its uses as a Web services stack. He also discusses upcoming REST and Ajax support in .NET 3.5.
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The standards behind Web services
This tip digs into the status of the standards that form the WS-I Basic Profile 1.1, including those from W3C, OASIS and IETF.
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The 2008 SearchWebServices.com SOA survey
SearchWebServices.com is conducting its annual reader survey, delving into all things SOA related. It represents a chance for readers to help guide the site's coverage and one lucky respondent will...
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The convergence of service orientation and business str
Where the core competency model focuses on doing things more efficiently than market rivals, a differentiation-based strategy focuses on doing things differently (or doing different things) than ma...
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SOA: Are we in business yet?
SOA purports to be a business-driven initiative, so how well are you handling business case issues?
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Avoid vendor driven architecture (VDA)! / Podcast previ
David Linthicum discusses how many people purchase SOA technology from their existing vendors, no matter what their needs or requirements might be and how this may not be the best move for the busi...
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Move to MBaaS fast-paced, but could be rocky
Adoption of cloud MBaaS is taking hold, but there are dangers of moving to the technology too fast.
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Using EA principles for SOA governance
Mapping is among the key actions that will ensure SOA governance gets off on the right foot.
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Emphasize user experience in business process design
Forrester Research Senior Analyst Clay Richardson describes three key steps for incorporating user experience into business process design.
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Enterprise architects find success with domain approach
Organizations are finding enterprise architects can achieve SOA success by adopting a domain-based approach.