Vol. 6 Iss: 10 Read Back Issues

Governance: The Last Mile of SOA The phrase 'SOA governance' is more likely to generate a sense of apprehension among IT professionals than any warm feelings. After all, most companies are still in the early stages of SOA adoption and so the practice of governance - and likely the concept itself - will be new territo... Nov. 5, 2006  Reads: 7,653

WS-BPEL 2.0: Not Backward Compatible? Let's face it, WS-BPEL 1.1 was not a great standard, and left so much out that many end users and vendors found it useless. In response, the vendors put a ton of proprietary extensions in their BPEL 1.1-based products, thus diluting its value to the point of 'Why bother?' This was a di... Nov. 4, 2006  Reads: 13,705  Replies: 3

Service Orientation, The Enterprise Architecture Way Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is gaining momentum as a new IT implementation paradigm. Organizations are eager to capitalize on its benefits. However, with many of these organizations focusing too narrowly on project-specific implementations, though, some are at risk of never a... Nov. 3, 2006  Reads: 13,576

The Core Four: SOA Approach to Security Management I recently attended a security conference where thousands of security products from hundreds of vendors were all vying for attention. While most of these products filled a legitimate need, the array of products reminded me of an orchestra warming up. Each instrument may sound good by ... Oct. 31, 2006  Reads: 8,121

Six Basic Rules for Securing SOA Based Projects Over the past five years, an 'alphabet soup' of new Web Services Security specifications, standards, and buzzwords has been thrust upon the technology scene. As we have watched the evolution of many Web services security specifications, it has sometimes been difficult to wade through t... Oct. 30, 2006  Reads: 9,448  Replies: 1

En Masse SOA Enablement Methodology Distilled I never quite fathomed the software development methodology craze that was gripping enterprise computing when I came onto the scene in the early '90s. In those days development teams were managing complexity and enforcing quality via draconian software development life cycles (SDLCs). Oct. 29, 2006  Reads: 9,857

SOA Approach to Modern System Management Since the beginning of the information technology era, IT managers have implemented various systems management applications, ranging from enterprise frameworks to open source products, in an attempt to manage the various servers, storage, and network devices currently found in their da... Oct. 29, 2006  Reads: 8,658

Service Synchronicity The entire premise behind the Web services paradigm is enabling access to loosely coupled services via the Web. In essence, Web services are based on a synchronous request-response type interaction. On the other hand, a client's interaction with a Web service can be synchronous or asyn... Oct. 27, 2006  Reads: 12,022