Infrastructure

HIGHLIGHTS

	Brownfield Development: Tracking the mainframe legacy 'elephant' INTERVIEW - If you are going to eat the elephant that is legacy IT systems, it's best to get the beast down to bite-sized chunks. ''Eating the IT Elephant'' talks about what's working.
	The emergence of distributed SOA infrastructure TIP - Eric Newcomer, CTO of Iona Technologies, discusses the facilities of distributed SOA infrastructures.
	REST 'ideally suited' for SOA-style data services – Burton ARTICLE - Because REST makes data "a first class citizen" it is ideal for creating data services using resource-oriented architecture (ROA), the SOA approach to information management.
	SOA infrastructure: Mediation and orchestration TIP - In this first article of a four-part series, we tackle two categories of SOA infrastructure requirements: mediation and orchestration.
	SOA Source Book delivers step-by-step implementation guidelines ARTICLE - The Open Group, a consortium focused on open standards and global interoperability within and between enterprises, has released the first edition of "The SOA Source Book."

SUBTOPICS

	Cloud and Grid Grid computing is applying the resources of many computers in a network to a single problem at the same time - usually to a scientific or technical problem that requires a great number of computer processing cycles or access to large amounts of data. Virtualization is the creation of a ...
	Mainframes and legacy applications Mainframes are high-performance computers used for large-scale computing purposes that require greater availability and security than a smaller-scale machine can offer. Legacy applications and data are those that have been inherited from languages, platforms, and techniques earlier than ...
	SOA and XML networking SOA and XML networking is the use of the SOA model to enhance the capabilities of XML networks in Web services. Find SOA and XML networking resources to help enterprise architects and IT managers optimize SOA and Web services. XML acceleration, transport and messaging, XML security
	Security Service-oriented architecture security is the protection of information assets through the use of technology, processes, and training. Find SOA security tools, strategies and identity management for Web services security and development teams. Identity management, Security tools, Security strategy

	SEE ALSO - Topics Related to Infrastructure:  SOA governance, Web services development, SOA and Web services standards, SOA strategy, Data architecture for SOA, Application integration