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• When and why to build a responsive application

  Herve Mischler, SAP's visual designer, offers advice on responsive application design and recommends when it might be preferable to go native. Continue Reading

• Ops director uses cloud accounting software to treat integration woes

  Medical device company Safe Orthopaedics got off to a healthy start, thanks in part to a cloud accounting software product. Continue Reading

• Learning is easier in N.C. with cloud-based identity management system

  North Carolina is moving to a cloud-based identity management system to make it easier to gain access to learning materials. Continue Reading

• REST vs. SOAP: A retail use case comparison

  In the REST vs. SOAP use case debate, the decision is affected by performance and reliability considerations. Continue Reading

• Five different approaches to integrating social commerce platforms

  Five technology vendors discuss their strategies for developing social commerce platforms that engage customers and integrate with enterprise systems. Continue Reading

• Cloud computing projects: How Boeing, Trimble got PaaS going with SOA

  At WSO2Con 2013 in San Francisco, enterprise architects from Boeing and Trimble Navigation discussed their cloud computing use.Continue Reading

• Kanban vs. Scrum: Which Agile tool should you use?

  When contemplating Kanban vs. Scrum, some Agile testing experts suggest taking time into consideration.Continue Reading

• Modernizing legacy apps: Five signs it's time

  While each situation is unique, there are some consistent signs it's time for an organization to modernize its legacy apps.Continue Reading

• Maximizing and managing big data with SOA middleware

  This guide provides expert advice on using the SOA-data relationship to manage big data and data hierarchies.Continue Reading

• Solution architects' evolving role and Agile development methodology

  Changes in Agile development methodology are changing the way architects need to think about doing their job.Continue Reading

• Mobile computing backlash: App modernization needs on the rise

  Mobile computing is on the rise, and application capabilities are having a hard time keeping up with the latest devices.Continue Reading

• How using a test-execution model can improve software test results

  Doug Hoffman discusses his test-execution model and design practices to help software professionals.Continue Reading

• Social media for business forces changes to enterprise architecture

  Social media can be a boon for businesses, but they’re challenging classic approaches to enterprise architecture -- and changing it.Continue Reading

• Mobile middleware: Data movement and application design best practices

  Properly used, mobile middleware can help reduce development time and improve the user experience.Continue Reading

• Where Agile and enterprise architecture collide

  Agile and enterprise architecture may butt heads when development processes aren't in sync.Continue Reading

• Enterprise architecture best practices for Agile development

  Old techniques used to build models no longer hold well. Follow these enterprise architecture best practices for successful Agile development.Continue Reading

• How to approach Web service design and WSDL creation

  Not everyone can agree on where to start when it comes to Web service design, but there are some common approaches that should be followed.Continue Reading

• API design: How to properly build an application program interface

  Don't let your entire API project go awry. Knowing the applications well is just one way to nail the design and foster developer loyalty.Continue Reading

• Mobile developers agree: HTML5 and JavaScript apps fall short

  An Embarcadero and Dimensional Research survey concludes that HTML5 and JavaScript apps still lacking when it comes to mobile development.Continue Reading

• JavaOne 2013: Pairing REST and JSON to build APIs

  Learn tips on best practices for building REST and JSON APIs from a presenter at JavaOne 2013.Continue Reading

• Digging into quality: API best practices, problems and advice

  Planning and testing are crucial parts of API development, because a bad API can mean a longer development cycle and a higher defect rate.Continue Reading

• Architecture plan and design best practices: Outputs, interfaces and scheduling

  Having a clear architecture plan will save time in the long run and avoid tying up valuable IT resources.Continue Reading

• Solving common business process execution language problems

  Business process execution language-related issues, whether technical or process-oriented, can be resolved with custom-code processes.Continue Reading

• NFL statistical data company scores touchdown with API service

  NFL data statistics company discusses how it evaluated several API service vendors.Continue Reading

• API project planning: Steps to add value in data, app integration

  API projects can be less than successful if proper planning isn't performed, according to experts.Continue Reading

• Mobile development: The pros of HTML5, hybrid, native applications

  Whether to make use of a hybrid, HTML5 or a native application depends on each specific situation.Continue Reading

• SOA governance: Integrating the service repository and registry

  Integrating the service registry and repository can help IT professionals with software development and deployment.Continue Reading

• Guide: When and how to use REST

  This guide goes over RESTful APIs and basic scenarios where REST should be used instead of SOAP.Continue Reading

• Trends in database and mainframe legacy modernization

  At Red Hat Summit 2013, Red Hat's Emily Brand and JBoss' Jason Anderson discussed the latest trends in updating mainframes and databases.Continue Reading

• For effective business process design, focus on user experience first

  Forrester Research Senior Analyst Clay Richardson describes three key steps for incorporating user experience into business process design.Continue Reading

• SOA: Why enterprise architects should deploy a domain-based approach

  Organizations are finding enterprise architects can achieve SOA success by adopting a domain-based approach.Continue Reading

• SOA and RESTful interfaces: When, why they should be combined

  The debate between SOA and RESTful interfaces has raged for a while, but many application architects say they are confused as to which one is better.Continue Reading

• How to properly build the server side of mobility applications

  Building desktop versus building mobile applications: More than the device is different.Continue Reading

• App lifecycle management: How APM can help

  At EclipseCon 2013, Compuware APM technology strategist Daniel Kaar discussed how APM technology improves app performance in production environments.Continue Reading

• The rise of SOA: Integration gateways converge

  A SOA integration gateway can help ensure security policies are enforced.Continue Reading

• Gartner: Business process competency centers bring big benefits

  Want faster, better BPM projects? Create a business process competency center (BPCC). Gartner's Bruce Robertson explains how to get the job done.Continue Reading

• Developers get into BaaS, mobile APIs for new opportunities

  Backend as a Service and mobile APIs offer devel¬opers a whole new dimension of opportunity: cloud services to build the mobile apps of the future.Continue Reading

• Creating an SOA center of excellence for application integration

  A well-built SOA Center of Excellence for application integration is crucial to service-oriented architecture. Here is a breakdown of how to build it.Continue Reading

• Using patterns for big data design

  Design patterns have caught on as a way to simplify development of software applications. Increasingly, that means using them for big data design.Continue Reading

• Using SOA for big data and cloud data management

  Big data and cloud data management can be problematic. Learn how SOA can manage data in several ways.Continue Reading

• Why SOA applications are easy to migrate to cloud

  Learn why SOA applications are the easiest of all apps to migrate to the cloud.Continue Reading

• Centers of Excellence: Managing organizational skills

  Centers of Excellence are effective, but tend to slow projects down. Learn how to better organize skill sets with CoEs.Continue Reading

• 'Big data' and the changing role of enterprise architects

  As more companies turn to 'big data' to gain new business value, the role of enterprise architects shows signs of changing.Continue Reading

• RESTful services take on a role in health IT infrastructure

  Gerald Beuchelt, project software systems engineer at MITRE, discusses the role of RESTful services in building a national health IT infrastructure.Continue Reading

• How three SOA integration projects are connecting apps, processes

  SOA is a potent middleware connector. At Oracle OpenWorld, project leaders shared their experiences with SOA connecting applications and processes.Continue Reading

• The future of financial services may be banking on SOA

  After recent difficulties for financial services, one active director suggests that banks invest in modernization via SOA.Continue Reading

• Solutions architecture learning guide

  The need to understand solutions architecture is increasing as 'solutions architect' becomes a popular IT title in more and more organizations.Continue Reading

• Solution architecture becomes part of software development efforts

  Over the years, the enterprise architect has joined the pantheon of software team titles. Now it is time to include the solution architect.Continue Reading

• How to succeed with PaaS today

  SearchSOA.com recently spoke with cloud advisor Geva Perry for a Java University webcast on how to achieve a state-of-the-art PaaS today.Continue Reading

• Business architecture takes the fore in application portfolio analysis

  A shift to business-focused application portfolio analysis is under way, and business architecture is coming to the fore, experts say.Continue Reading

• Cloud connectors gain traction in enterprise application integration

  More enterprises are turning to cloud connector and data integrator products to meet their enterprise application integration needs, experts say.Continue Reading

• Predictive analytics and event processing: The future of BPM?

  They may change how business decisions are made, and together they can enhance applications and vertical niches. But success hinges on linking them to strategic goals—and finding people with the right skills.Continue Reading

• Thinking like a developer for better REST interfaces

  Organizations need to think about a developer’s needs in the development or deployment of RESTful services. Read this tip by George Lawton that will help create better REST interfaces.Continue Reading

• Guide to integration architecture

  The landscape of integration architecture is shifting as service-oriented and cloud-based architecture take the fore.Continue Reading

• HTML5 browsers gain influence as application integration pendulum swings

  HTML5 browser front ends on new Mobile Web apps give added importance to the 'client' in the client server equation. But SOA has a back-end role too. Scalability is an issue for heavily used applications.Continue Reading

• Old SOA versus new SOA? Open APIs change the game

  The ‘Goracle’ Android trial shows API evolution. It’s seen too in API management tools. Established SOA is meeting a new SOA of open APIs, some say.Continue Reading

• BPEL trends update: We’ll always have orchestration

  BPEL’s role as Web services orchestrator seems assured, but the broader spotlight has moved to BPMN 2.0.Continue Reading

• ESB performance depends on service design

  ESBs have found increased use among SOA infrastructure tools - but they may not provide greater services reusability, if configured incorrectly.Continue Reading

• Complex event processing boosts agility to create competitive advantage

  There’s nothing complex about event processing’s simple payoff: When properly integrated with other systems, it adds considerable value—and those benefits are increasingly accessible to companies of all types and all sizes.Continue Reading

• API learning guide

  The expansion of Web services, mobile, cloud and SaaS platforms has altered the realm of APIs. This guide offers the latest in API developments.Continue Reading

• Elements of API style: Daigneau talks REST vs SOAP

  Web services APIs have vastly expanded over the years to include a host of REST-based methods. Resource and Message APIs have become common in addition to SOAP APIs.Continue Reading

• Gartner analyst: REST APIs gain added importance in application integration design

  Architecture changes today center on design of the API, says Gartner. The API increasingly supports REST interfaces.Continue Reading

• Mobile middleware services help connect devices to back ends

  Enterprise middleware's role as mediator is being replayed these days in the fast moving world of mobile services development. There, mobile middleware is assuming the mediator's role.Continue Reading

• EAI expert Gregor Hohpe talks about integration patterns

  At the FuseSource Camel event, Gregor Hohpe discussed a ''Conversation Design Pattern.'' He said it may eventually rival time-tested messenger patterns.Continue Reading

• Financial analysis of cloud computing costs vs. on-premise architecture

  Randy Heffner uses some broad numbers to generate some ballpark figures that help demonstrate when cloud does and does not make sense in part 3 of the 2011 SOA in Action VTS keynote.Continue Reading

• The relationship between SOA and the cloud

  Randy Heffner discusses SOA, cloud architecture, and how the two fit together in this, the first part of Heffner's keynote address from the 2011 SOA in Action VTS.Continue Reading

• SOA architecture and infrastructure: Working with basic building blocks

  This e-book reveals how building a SOA infrastructure for the cloud requires a truly service-oriented approach and a thorough understanding of the value of services. Read best practices for SOA architecture and how to use the building blocks of SOA ...Continue Reading

• ESB and SOA infrastructure: The role of ESBs in application integration

  How important are enterprise service buses (ESBs) to service-oriented architecture (SOA) and the enterprise? Will new efforts to understand ESBs pay off in the long-term? This e-book provides valuable insight on the role of ESBs in application ...Continue Reading

• The enterprise architect’s role in ITIL v3

  Find out why you should integrate enterprise architecture processes with ITIL, according to Henry Peyret, principal analyst at Forrester.Continue Reading

• Cloud governance: Learning from SOA

  Cloud governance is an often neglected but necessary component of successful cloud computing deployments. Service oriented architecture (SOA) governance and best practices can help.Continue Reading

• XML Tutorial

  This tutorial contains XML articles, tutorials, examples, tips, tools, white papers, expert advice and more to pump up your XML know-how quickly.Continue Reading

• Gartner Analyst: Rethink the application paradigm - consider business capabilities

  'Application' may no longer be the best way to describe what we develop.Continue Reading

• Representational State Transfer - REST Tutorial

  This learning guide will delve into representational state transfer (REST), its progress in various app dev tooling platforms and its uses in SOA.Continue Reading

• J2EE Learning Guide

  This guide explains what J2EE is, how it's used, and how it fits into the world of Web services. Check back often for updates and new additions.Continue Reading

• Mobile development resource guide

  The tremendous success of the iPhone and the launch of the Google-backed Android phone have refocused attention on mobile computing services. This mini-guide provides links to many of the developer resources available both from the more publicized ...Continue Reading

• How do you decide whether to move BPM to cloud?

  Metastorm business transformation maven Neal Lohmann discusses cloud computing and Business Process management migrations. Issues to consider when moving BPM to the cloud include the types of processes, their complexity, the number of interfaces, ...Continue Reading

• Cloud Data Architecture Quick Guide

  Our new Cloud Data Architecture Quick Guide provides the tips, expert advice, definitions, implementations, examples, trends and news you need to know.Continue Reading

• Special report: Mainframe application modernization

  Mainframe application modernization keeps legacy systems vital. The mainframe remains central and its ongoing transformation is among notable SOA success stories.Continue Reading

• SOA with .NET & Windows Azure: Realizing Service-Orientation with the Microsoft Platform from Thomas

  SOA with .NET & Windows Azure: Realizing Service-Orientation with the Microsoft Platform presents readers with a hands-on review of key issues in applying SOA techniques on the .NET platform. This is another in the series of Prentice Hall ...Continue Reading

• The impact of HTML5 on Web applications

  HTML, the HyperText Markup Language, is an essential part of the Internet experience. HTML5 is one part of what WHATWG sees as essential to the future of Web applications.Continue Reading

• Enterprise Architecture Patterns Quick Guide

  In this quick guide, find resources and commentary to help you learn what patterns are and how to put them to use. Also, discover sample patterns to give you ideas about how to use patterns in your organizationContinue Reading

• Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for Java EE Study Guide

  Becoming a Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for Java EE requires means passing a comprehensive exam. This book prepares you for the exam, and can be a handy reference afterward.Continue Reading

• Roles of the Enterprise Architect with Business Process Management (BPM)

  Both the enterprise architect and business process management (BPM) are often found between business and IT. In this three-part series, discover the different roles the enterprise architect can play when it comes to business process management.Continue Reading

• Enterprise architects can use BPMN as common language for process modeling

  With BPMN, enterprise architects can create models with direct input from business users and those same models can be translated by developers into executable code.Continue Reading

• Developing applications that work with message-oriented middleware requires mind shift

  Message-oriented middleware helps developers create applications with asynchronous functionality increasingly vital to modern distributed applications. But programmers must be ready to cede control over orchestration to make the jump to messaging ...Continue Reading

• Open source ESBs drive integration but not without risk

  Among SOA technologies, the ESB is one of the most discussed options for open source. The ESB is a popular open source choice because the amount of flexibility and integration needed for implementation means that vendor lock-in with a commercial ...Continue Reading

• UML Basics

  Unified Modeling Language (UML) is one of the most popular software modeling languages. Read this tip to learn about the basics of UML, including diagrams, profiles, and updates.Continue Reading

• Road-Mapping: An Essential EA Skill

  Enterprise architects play a role in developing the strategic landscape of a company. Road-mapping is an essential part of building that strategy.Continue Reading

• OSGi framework helps you manage Java components

  The OSGi framework specification began as an embedded format. Its use by the Eclipse and Java communities position it as an increasingly popular way to manage software components.Continue Reading

• WSDL Tutorial

  Our Web Services Description Language (WSDL) tutorial provides the tips, expert advice, news, trends and products you need to get started with or optimize your use of WSDL.Continue Reading

• 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

• 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

• Service Integration Architecture

  Discover how service-orientated architecture (SOA) is a best practice that can increase business agility and support changing business processes and functions.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

• How difficult is SOA?

  SOA often gets spoken about as if it's incredibly difficult to achieve, but, in truth, the principles on which it is based aren't so hard to understand.Continue Reading

• WADL: The REST answer to WSDL

  In order to obtain metadata description capabilities for REST, like the ones WSDL gives to SOAP, developers have created WADL (Web Application Description Language).Continue Reading

• SOA Tutorial

  This tutorial introduces you to service-oriented architecture, or SOA. In this SOA tutorial, you'll find articles, tips, expert advice, white papers and more that will explain how SOA fits into the world of Web services.Continue Reading

• XML Security Tutorial

  Securing XML is an essential element in keeping Web services secure. This tutorial is a compilation of resources that review different types of XML security standards and approaches for keeping your XML Web services secure.Continue Reading

• Client-side Java strikes back

  This tip gives an overview of client-side Java and the market landscape, then discusses how/why desktop Java is becoming an extremely attractive alternative to Windows.Continue Reading