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• Companies see growing need for application modernization

  Legacy apps don't live up to today's needs. Whether they like it or not, organizations are becoming more aggressive about application modernization.  Continue Reading

• Use cases for Lean Six Sigma as a BPM tool

  Lean Six Sigma and BPM are intended to improve business optimization. Learn how working with both improves long-term goals.  Continue Reading

• A single-page application may benefit BPM

  Here are some factors to consider when weighing the applicability of taking a single-page application approach to all or part of your BPM application.  Continue Reading

• Call it 'microservices,' but it's still SOA

  Experts suggest that terms like 'microservices' and '12-factor apps' may not signal the death of SOA, but are simply a new name for an old technique.  Continue Reading

• Making sense of mobile application integration

  Architects tend not to realize that mobile application integration is far different from traditional application integration. Learn how to manage integration in a different way.  Continue Reading

• Understanding how DevOps software development evolved

  Many IT organizations are turning to the practice of DevOps software development. But this requires more than implementing an open source tool.  Continue Reading

• Making sense of business process tools: BPM, BPaaS, iBPM

  As business process tools gain in popularity, enterprise architects need to evaluate what they know about BPM, BPaaS and iBPM.  Continue Reading

• Do BRM standards really matter?

  Learn about new standards for implementing decision management and why it can impact purchasing BRM standards products.  Continue Reading

• Navigating the BPaaS landscape

  With the growth of the cloud has come an explosion of BPaaS offerings. Will they help solve business problems?  Continue Reading

• Middleware stack adds layers, lightens up, thanks to cloud

  The addition of layers in the middleware stack and demand for development of lightweight applications will lead to better cloud access.  Continue Reading

• Selecting the right business rules management system

  At first glance, most business rules management systems look alike. Dig deeper to uncover niche capabilities and appropriate prices, experts say.  Continue Reading

• Best practices for implementing BRM

  BRM is being leveraged by enterprises in order to enhance agility and communication.  Continue Reading

• Cache networks for better mobile application performance

  Architects find they can improve mobile application performance by leveraging caching networks and new data synchronization protocols.  Continue Reading

• Integration tools that bridge the mobile DevOps gap

  A new generation of mobile DevOps integration tools promises to streamline the application development lifecycle and reduce the severity of bugs.  Continue Reading

• Integration services create new application

  Streamlining integration services reduces IT development and opens the door for citizen integrators to roll out new applications.  Continue Reading

• Rise to the challenges in using HTML5 for mobile apps

  Developers and architects should know the benefits and limitations of HTML5 for mobile apps. Starting with this tip could be a good first step.  Continue Reading

• How to use a rich JavaScript client to exchange info with microservices

  Microservices can be used to address a number of issues, including a synchronous response to requests.  Continue Reading

• How to address security risks posed by middleware tools

  Middleware tools can present a huge vulnerability, enough to offset their benefits. However, with some simple steps you can protect yourself and your data.  Continue Reading

• Web services vs. cloud services: Are they the same?

  Learn how Web services and cloud services differ, and how working together impacts business efficiency.  Continue Reading

• Where JMS 2.0 misses the mark

  JMS 2.0 added significant ease-of-use and messaging features to the popular API. Bill Claybrook looks at what's new in JMS 2.0 and what's missing.  Continue Reading

• Read and write considerations when designing APIs

  This is the third installment of a four-part series offering enterprise architects advice for designing APIs.  Continue Reading

• Understanding basic Java messaging concepts

  We're moving into an age of increased application componentization and distribution of components, even in the cloud. Developers should look beyond JMS for Java messaging.  Continue Reading

• Software development starts with an API-first approach

  Learn why businesses are taking an API-first approach for streamlined software development.  Continue Reading

• How to use high-performance computing to analyze big data

  Researchers and business users alike analyze big data in order to glean insights as to what customers actually want and need.  Continue Reading

• Infusing process intelligence by using BPM as middleware

  Using BPM tools to bridge systems together provides business context by baking in process intelligence.  Continue Reading

• Why different languages should be used for app and API construction

  From stability to security, there are several reasons why different development languages should be used for application development and API construction.  Continue Reading

• Why a REST-friendly vs. REST architecture should be used to control state

  To control state in the cloud, architects should consider implementing a REST-friendly, rather than a REST architecture model.  Continue Reading

• Updating COBOL programs: Pitfalls to avoid when going from COBOL to C

  To keep operational expenses low, keep these modernization considerations in mind when dealing with COBOL programs.  Continue Reading

• Where data persistence and large volume sets collide

  Data persistence can be problematic because it is often related to how an application is functioning.  Continue Reading

• Enterprise BPM: Fit processes to align with goals, not personalities

  Enterprise BPM is supposed to improve workflow; however, at many organizations it's a relic of past employees and practices.  Continue Reading

• Making the decision: Is SOA or REST best for big data applications?

  When designing big data applications, an important consideration is whether to use SOA or RESTful APIs to connect big data components and services to the rest of the application.  Continue Reading

• Rethinking API design to make applications more Agile and cloud-ready

  Architects need to look at a new kind of API design based on resources and verbs instead of technical, self-defining data models.  Continue Reading

• Apache Hadoop applications: How to integrate Hadoop for mobile use

  To meet the needs of mobile application development, existing Hadoop applications should be used.  Continue Reading

• Data mining social media: Twitter's untapped potential

  Data mining social media can help businesses gather crucial information. This article gives advice to developers who want to get started.  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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Best practices for solutions architecture

  Solutions architecture has gained a reputation for being difficult to define. Even so, best practices unique to solutions architecture have emerged.  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

• 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

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

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

• 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

• 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