Enterprise Architecture News & How-To


At BEA eWorld: BEA passes Beehive to Apache

BEA Systems used the stage of its annual user conference in San Francisco to disclose plans to turn its open-source Project Beehive effort over to the Apache Software Foundation.

Briefing: Business Services Network

Grand Central wants to be the switchboard for Service Oriented Architectures - and they just might succeed.

A review of RMTrack 2.0 and Cape Clear SOA Editor 4.8

Mike Gunderloy reviews RMTrack 2.0 and Cape Clear SOA Editor 4.8

Review: Cape Clear SOA Editor

Web services may not have all the buzz these days, but more and more of them are going into action. For designers who want to start by defining an interface, the Cape Clear SOA Editor packs a lot of power into a free package.

ADT at Gartner ITxpo: Analyst sees SOBA emerging as next trend in Web services

In an industry with no shortage of acronyms, Gartner is touting a new one, SOBA, or Service-Oriented Business Applications.

Software applications infrastructure: The “new middleware”?

What exactly should those developing solutions view as “middleware”? The answer lies in an understanding of how vendors are approaching the software stack as a means of implementing SOA.

Longhorn's Architecture

Longhorn is the next major version of Microsoft's Windows operating system for consumers. These architectural models show how everything fits together.

ZapThink examines Ascential SOA

Ascential Software Corp. has placed a big bet on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). And Bob Zurek, the firm's vice president of advanced technologies and product management, contends that the bet is already beginning to pay off.

Briefing: Infravio Ensemble

Ensemble offers a contract-based approach to creating an SOA backbone in your enterprise.

IBM reaches security 'checkpoint'; champions SOA

Announcement of new support for Web services security across IBM's WebSphere infrastructure and Tivoli identity management middleware.

Web services, SOA ready for next step

The next step in Web services may be figuring out how to maintain, update and manage the XML standards-based technology.

Integration Is Key to Simplifying Application Architecture

If you want to simplify your applications portfolio to achieve your enterprise architect vision, think ahead to the next stepping-stone toward your goal.

Web services pressuring middleware makers

XML and SOA are challenging the survival of traditional integration middleware vendors.

Blue Titan, BEA build integration into apps

Integration moves to the top of the list in development.

Architecting Security for Web Services

Ponder the security challenges posed by Web services, how to address them with security architecture, and what security architecture can offer going forward when XML traverses firewalls.