November 2008

• November 11, 2008 11 Nov'08

  What's new at the W3C

  The W3C continues to be the main organization for creation of internationally recognized standards for XML, WSDL, and HTML. At any given time, a large number of related standards are working their way through the standardization process in various ...  Continue Reading

• November 11, 2008 11 Nov'08

  Roy Schulte on the BPM drive and SOA adoption

  Few individuals are more closely associated with advanced middleware than Roy Schulte, vice president of Gartner. For a number of years, Schulte studied the role of software in fine-tuning the processes of modern corporations. Most recently, he has ...  Continue Reading

• November 10, 2008 10 Nov'08

  Podcast special

  Find the latest service-oriented architecture performance news and application development updates with the podcast special page. Listen to recent podcasts covering tips on software architect skills and SOA performance optimization.  Continue Reading

• November 07, 2008 07 Nov'08

  Is this the dawning of the age of hosted providers?

  Recently spoke with John Rymer, analyst with Forrester. The topic was going to be cloud computing, but Rymer advised that this term, for now at least, has hardly any meaning. That is because ...  Continue Reading

• November 07, 2008 07 Nov'08

  Test SOA for the unexpected

  Testing service-oriented architecture requires thinking outside the box to the point that your test cases hit an application with totally unexpected input, argues Thomas Fredell, CTO of IntraLinks. ...  Continue Reading

• November 06, 2008 06 Nov'08

  Real-Time loading comes to Sybase analytical data engine

  Sybase announced Sybase IQ Real-Time Loading Solution, a combined software and services offering for continuous loading of real-time data into the Sybase IQ analytics server.  Continue Reading

• November 06, 2008 06 Nov'08

  Podcast: SOA Performance Optimization and Management with Thomas Fredell

  SearchSOA.com editor Jack Vaughan recently discussed the SOA Test conundrum with Thomas Fredell, CTO, IntraLinks. Says Fredell, changes in Web services' uses or behaviors can often have unexpected influence on 'back end' components.  Continue Reading

• November 06, 2008 06 Nov'08

  Podcast: SearchSOA tips on software architect skills

  In a brief podcast, SearchSOA.com Editor Jack Vaughan discusses some lessons learned in the area of software skills.  Continue Reading

• November 06, 2008 06 Nov'08

  Sun previews GlassFish V3 ahead of Java EE6 release

  It's a 'prelude' allowing developers to get their hands on the future GlassFish OSGi-based lightweight server. V3 supports JRuby and Comet server data push formats.  Continue Reading

• November 06, 2008 06 Nov'08

  Tackling SOA quality challenges and multi-tiered systems: An organizational perspective, part 1

  This first article will explore the SOA quality challenges at a high, organizational level and propose an approach to minimize the challenges in terms of how the teams are structured. This article will also promote a framework for collaboration and ...  Continue Reading

• November 05, 2008 05 Nov'08

  How SAML fits into your SOA security scheme

  With software delivered as a service on the rise and more organizations moving toward service-orientated architectures (SOA), exploits in such environments are becoming ripe targets for rogue attackers. This tendency has created a need for specially...  Continue Reading

• November 04, 2008 04 Nov'08

  Inside the SOA big tent; Azure at PDC; more

  Microsoft is a big tent now. The developers and the platform folks see most things differently, including SOA and the cloud. As in much of application development and integration, the view from the desktop and the view from the management office are...  Continue Reading

• November 04, 2008 04 Nov'08

  COBOL apps moving to SOA: Rip-and-replace meets the recession

  As an antidote to service-oriented approaches that discard applications developed over the years in COBOL and Java, an OpenSpan executive advocates viewing SOA as a journey. OpenSpan forged a deal with Software AG announced at the latter company's ...  Continue Reading

• November 03, 2008 03 Nov'08

  Services reuse drives ROI for SOA, survey finds

  Software component reuse is catching on and paying off, said the head of Evans Data, which recently surveyed developers on their SOA project experiences.  Continue Reading