New SPEC group developing SOA-based application benchmark
The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC) has formed a new working group to develop standard methods of measuring performance for typical middleware, database and hardware deployments of applications based on the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
Webinar 9/17 w/ iTKO & Guest Accenture - Test and Develop Across Distributed Teams
iTKO and guest speaker Accenture are co-presenting a webinar Thursday, September 17, on achieving quality among distributed systems and teams. iTKO Chief Scientist, John Michelsen, and Accenture Partner, Jeff Wilkinson, will present and answer questions on the topic and related solutions.
What ever happened to the withering RIA market?
..."From a services oriented architecture (SOA) perspective, RIAs are simply the user interface to composite services. This is why we care about the RIA market: To the extent that organizations can abstract the presentation of their services from the composition of those services, and in turn from the implementation of the services, we can introduce greater flexibility into the sort of applications we deliver to the business without sacrificing functionality."...
A sneak peek at BPMN 2.0 and ActiveVOS Central in ActiveVOS 7
a preview of the brand-new BPMN 2.0 designer that’s coming in ActiveVOS 7.0, also a screenshot tour of the new ActiveVOS Central application.
Open Group points standards at service-orientation architecture needs and approaches
.."The Open Group announced two new standards for architects; actually, more appro-priately, for service architects, SOA architects, and cloud architects. These standards are intended to help organizations more easily deploy service-based solutions rapidly and reliably especially in multi-vendor environments."...
iTKO’s LISA Extends SOA Testing To Speed Deployment
"iTKO LISA is shipping upgrades to its SOA validation and virtualization lifecycle quality solutions to speed up design-to-deployment for enterprise software and SOA services. "...
Crosscheck acquires Forum Systems
"Crosscheck Networks this week announced its acquisition of Forum Systems, an early player in the market for securing and accelerating Web services traffic. "...
The JBoss SOA Assessment Tool: Spend Less, Do More
"..SOA does not have to be overly complex or expensive. This white paper shows you how the JBoss SOA Assessment Tool can help you chart a course to a successful SOA implementation."...
Looking at Enterprise Software Technologies for BPM in the Cloud
"..This project really provided a chance to look at some very interesting technological underpinnings to the special needs and opportunities of BPM in the Cloud"..
Savvion Boosts BPM ROI with ‘Business Transformation'
"Savvion has launched a Business Transformation Practice to help business and IT execs capture better ROI from BPM software. Savvion’s Business Transformation Practice aims to improve five key areas of concern to business."...