SOA centres of excellence can cut costs
"Despite high initial start-up costs, service-oriented architecture (SOA) centres of excellence can save organisations a significant amount of money in the longer term and are crucial to ensure service quality, consistency and reuse...."
The 7 myths of SOA
"Service–oriented architecture (SOA) is being hailed in some quarters as a panacea for all software problems. This contention should be met with a healthy dose of scepticism. While SOA offers very real business benefits, prospective buyers would be well advised to ensure they understand clearly what these are and how they can be achieved. Let's debunk some of the myths surrounding SOA...."
Mark Little on Transactions, Web Services and REST
In this interview, recorded at QCon London 2008, Red Hat Director of Standards and Technical Development Manager for the SOA platform Mark Little talks about extended transaction models, the history of transaction standardization, their role for web services and loosely coupled systems, and the possibility of an end to the Web services vs. REST debate.
Apache CXF: What the future holds for Web services frameworks and dynamic languages
"More open source server components and frameworks continue to emerge from developer communities. One of the latest, Apache CXF, an open-source Web services framework, graduated from incubation recently to become a full Apache Foundation project..."
Describe REST Web services with WSDL 2.0
"At their core, Web services define a mechanism for machine-to-machine interaction using a network and XML. A key component of a Web service is a formal description with Web Services Description Language (WSDL). Until recently there was no formal language to describe REpresentational State Transfer (REST) Web services—now there's WSDL 2.0. This article introduces you to REST and WSDL 2.0, and walks you through creating a WSDL 2.0 description of a REST Web service."
Layer 7 Technologies expands into Belgian market through partnership with leading European Systems Integrator Steria
Partnership Introduces Innovative Web Services Security and Governance Solutions to Belgian Marketplace
StrikeIron and Cortera Partner to Deliver Live Credit and Business Demographic Data Over the WebStrikeIron and Cortera Partner to Deliver Live Credit and Business Demographic Data Over the Web
Credit Pulse and Business Vitals Web services now available for instant integration into credit, CRM and business applications
A look at .NET 3.5 - podcast
Not a lot of attention has focused yet on something brewing known as .NET 3.5. That is probably not a bad thing. The hyperbole surrounding .NET 3.0 was extensive but, in the view of many, misplaced. Like .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5 is evolutionary. Microsoft's Thom Robbins says new technology to highlight in NET 3.5 includes AJAX, LINQ for both C# and VB, as well as tooling enhancements intended to ease the task of building WPF, WF and WCF apps.
Leapin’ Linthicum!
Anyone who has seen Dave Linthicum in action at IT conferences knows this guy is one ball of fire. He entertains, cajoles, incites, and educates on the perils and possibilities of SOA and integration.
StrikeIron Names David Linthicum as New CEO
SOA visionary to drive continued growth for the next generation of SOA and Web 2.0 leadership