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• Report on REST- REpresentational State Transfer

  Web services added a host of WS* standards that met different enterprise computing needs - authentication, security and the like. An alternative mechanism was waiting in the wings. That is representational state transfer, or REST. SearchSOA.com ... Continue Reading

• Special Report: Microsoft's Oslo SOA modeling initiative

  Microsoft's emerging Oslo SOA modeling initiative provides a new take on issues of SOA and software design. For its part, Microsoft is broadening its approach to include more UML-related modeling tools. In a surprise move, Microsoft joined the ... Continue Reading

• top-level domain (TLD)

  A top-level domain (TLD) identifies the most general part of the domain name in an Internet address. The TLD always follows the last dot in a URL. (Continued) Continue Reading

• Business Process Modeling Notation Mini-Learning Guide

  This guide provides links to background information to help you understand BPMN and various articles to help understand the context in which BPMN is being used. In addition, there are links to a number of articles exploring the interplay of BPMN and... Continue Reading

• OSGi Mini Tutorial

  It arose as a component standard in the embedded world, now it's poised to join the enterprise. Find the latest OSGi articles, tips, and expert responses with the OSGi mini-guide. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • API management
  • object-oriented programming (OOP)
  • API testing
  • WSO2

  • dependency injection
  • open API (public API)
  • source code
  • user interface (UI)

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• Win SOA Design Patterns book

  Answer this question about the origin of design patterns and win a copy of Thomas Erl's acclaimed book "SOA Design Patterns."Continue Reading

• BPM Resource Guide

  What's happening with Business Process Management? Find out with this resource guide that covers latest news on BPM tools, initiatives and platforms.Continue Reading

• Lightweight Framework Resource Guide

  This Lightweight Framework Resource Guide covers the latest news on Ruby on Rails, GlassFish, Spring and Plain Old Java Objects (POJO).Continue Reading

• transcoding

  Transcoding is the ability to adapt digital files so that content can be viewed on different playback devices.Continue Reading

• SOA: What do you know?

  You know a thing or two about SOA and enterprise architecture. You've read the latest news about SOA and now it's time to find out how much you know. Take this interactive quiz and be entered to win a $100 Amazon.com gift card.Continue Reading

• SOA Data Integration Tutorial

  This SearchSOA.com tutorial will focus on information that shows you how to think about data integration inside a service-oriented architecture. It will cover data services, data governance, XML, REST, data mashups, business intelligence (BI), ...Continue Reading

• Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Tutorial

  SOAP has gained status as a common messaging protocol in Web services and SOA projects. This SOAP tutorial provides insight as to what SOAP standard is and when to use it. SOAP basics, how it compares to REST, SOAP attachments and how SOAP functions...Continue Reading

• WSTx (Web Services Transactions)

  WSTx (Web Services Transaction) is a set of XML markup specifications designed to permit the use of open, standard protocols for secure, reliable transactions across the Web... (Continued)Continue Reading

• business event management

  Business event management is the practice of incorporating business logic into labeling events, communicating events and handling events... (Continued)Continue Reading

• event handling

  Event handling is the receipt of an event at some event handler from an event producer and subsequent processes... (Continued)Continue Reading