http://webservices.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Web 2.0 Copyright 2008 SOA WORLD MAGAZINE Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:48:00 GMT SOA WORLD MAGAZINE 10 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/587865.htmhttp://webservices.sys-con.com/read/587865.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:30:00 GMT Two of the biggest launches in Rich Internet Application history took place in 2007/2008 when Adobe launched AIR 1.0 in February '08 and Microsoft launched Silverlight (September '07). At the 6th International AJAXWorld RIA Conference & Expo in October SYS-CON Events is delighted to be presenting major industry keynotes from the two industry executives with overall responsibility for both of those massive richer-web initiatives: Adobe's CTO Kevin Lynch and Scott Guthrie, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft's .NET Developer Platform. http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/600928.htmhttp://webservices.sys-con.com/read/600928.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:45:00 GMT It's important to remember that there is a huge resource being created on the Web these days in terms of both services and content. This includes access to SaaS applications (that are better than their enterprise-bound counterparts), service marketplaces, and even mash-able applications that you can mix and match with other Web 2.0 applications / APIs / services or enterprise applications / services to quickly solve business problems. http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/582242.htmhttp://webservices.sys-con.com/read/582242.htm Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:00:00 GMT It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that mashups are moving from things that are conceptual and fun, to things that are productive and businesslike. The fact is, developers are leveraging mashups to solve all sorts of business problems these days, and the speed to production and the value of these little applications is compelling. http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/583760.htmhttp://webservices.sys-con.com/read/583760.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:45:00 GMT IBM announced IBM Mashup Center will be hosted as a free trial on the Web with which non-technical business people can use to experiment and build customized mashups following the success of early corporate adopters Boeing Corporation and Carrefour Group. On schedule for mid-year delivery, the IBM Mashup Center allows business people to create situational applications, or mashups, by remixing information from anywhere to gain business insight and do their jobs smarter and more effectively. Using IBM's mashup technology, even non-technical users will be able to exploit standards and Web-based technology to gain access to myriad information, such as Web sites and feeds, spreadsheets, databases, applications, unstructured text from an email, video, audio and other information on the Web, and make sense of it all in minutes. http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/576281.htmhttp://webservices.sys-con.com/read/576281.htm Wed, 28 May 2008 15:30:00 GMT Layer 7 Technologies announced its go-to-market partnership with Steria Benelux. Steria will act as a channel partner for Layer 7's SOA gateway products in Belgium to offer leading SOA security, governance solutions and support to its current and prospective customers. http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/573470.htmhttp://webservices.sys-con.com/read/573470.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT Spending time with my parents over the holidays got me thinking about the differences between this generation and the previous one. My parents expect to spend a certain amount of time and effort managing certain aspects of their lives. For example, when they drive to an unfamiliar vacation spot, they inquire about directions and even write or plot the route before they head out. Whereas for me, it is a matter of popping out an iPhone or a GPS device, saving time, improving accuracy, and avoiding the mistakes of manually drafting the directions. http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/560954.htmhttp://webservices.sys-con.com/read/560954.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 14:15:00 GMT As I've been stating for the past five years: if you want to provide real value to your enterprise, SOA should extend out of the firewall and into the Internet. However, this was not universally accepted by the rank-and-file SOA guys. Generally speaking, most viewed SOA as something that occurred exclusively within the firewall, and extending the reach of their SOA to Internet-based resources was taboo. http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/497055.htmhttp://webservices.sys-con.com/read/497055.htm Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:00:00 GMT Enterprise mashups - the convergence of Web 2.0 mashups and service-oriented architecture (SOA) - can create a world of opportunities for enterprises to come up with internal and customer-facing self-service, composite and 'situational' applications. These applications can be created just-in-time by empowered enterprise business users and by simply combining SOA-enabled information sources and services or SOBAs (service-oriented business application) on the intranet and Internet. http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/456101.htmhttp://webservices.sys-con.com/read/456101.htm Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:45:00 GMT I am always being told off by i-technologists for quoting Picasso as having said that computers are useless. But I still love his reasoning: 'Because they can only give you answers.' Picasso, like AJAXWorld Magazine, liked questions. So we thought we would share with you what some of the world's leading rich Internet application pioneers are thinking may be the next questions that we need to see answered. From that, readers can themselves infer: where is AJAX headed next? http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/437479.htmhttp://webservices.sys-con.com/read/437479.htm Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:00:00 GMT A new breed of web manager is emerging to link content management more closely to website visitor satisfaction. The new web manager may operate under several professional guises: 'customer advocate,' 'information guru,' or 'metator,' to name just a few. They need to employ a very different set of soft skills than traditional webmastering, and many enterprises are struggling with the personnel challenges of this transition. http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/412664.htmhttp://webservices.sys-con.com/read/412664.htm Sun, 08 Jul 2007 09:00:00 GMT Can afford to take just one day off, get out of your cubicle and see what other people up to these days? Is J2EE still in favor? What's this ESB is about? Have you even heard of using Flex as a Web front end of your Java applications? Do not miss an event in NYC this Monday, that is created for people who think that they are way too busy to take several days off and spend them in the class. Just take one day off and attend the Real-World Java event. The discounted rate for this event is $395. To get this discount, enter the coupon code ?JUGgold' while registering http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/176945.htmhttp://webservices.sys-con.com/read/176945.htm Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:45:00 GMT We have a long way to go before the next generation of the Web truly arrives. Years and years. As commentator Shel Israel has said: 'Web 2.0 isn't dead. It's just barely being born.' In line with its commitment to keep developers, IT managers, and vendors alike ahead of the i-Technology curve, SYS-CON Media has just unveiled its latest new magazine and website: Web 2.0 Journal (www.web2.sys-con.com). http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/176369.htmhttp://webservices.sys-con.com/read/176369.htm Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:15:00 GMT Last week, Microsoft marshaled its vast resources and influence to launch a full-blown think tank and incubator for the disruptive and increasingly pervasive technologies and products of the Web 2.0 age: it's called Live Labs. Dion Hinchcliffe was fortunate to be in invited attendance at Microsoft's terrific Search Champs conference last week and had a front row seat to listen to Dr. Gary Flake as he explained the innovative vision for this new and extensive research organization. http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/173822.htmhttp://webservices.sys-con.com/read/173822.htm Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:45:00 GMT Controlling anarchy on the writetable Web might be as simple asking that folks flash their Identity 2.0 credential right before they change something on the Internet. This ensures their personal identity is attached to the change. And creating a verifiable chain of evidence might be all it takes for people to act more responsibily. Wiki vandalism, comment flaming, and other forms of anonymous mischief on the writeable Web may be eliminated forever when you know that your ID will be attached to it in perpetuity, affecting your hireability, possible suitability for public office, and more, forever. http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/90104.htmhttp://webservices.sys-con.com/read/90104.htm Thu, 26 May 2005 12:00:00 GMT Over the past few years Web services have grown from a conceptual draft based on the ideal of cross-platform programmatic interoperability to a formal specification and a vision of grand-scale distributed system architectures. Today we are putting that vision to work and designing systems with service-oriented architectures that are critical to our businesses. Amazon.com has been one of the forerunners in the adoption and promotion of Web services. Consistently striving to remain on the forefront of technology, Amazon has thoroughly embraced Web services - so much so in fact, that you can tie some serious revenue numbers directly to the external use of Amazon's Web services. http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/39607.htmhttp://webservices.sys-con.com/read/39607.htm Mon, 21 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT Use of atomic transactions is a well-known technique for guaranteeing consistency in the presence of failures. The ACID properties of atomic transactions (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) ensure that even in complex business applications consistency of state is preserved. http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/39578.htmhttp://webservices.sys-con.com/read/39578.htm Mon, 23 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT Atomic transactions are a well-known technique for guaranteeing consistency in the presence of failures. The ACID properties of atomic transactions ensure that, even in complex business applications, consistency of state is preserved.