Vendors are quick to tout SOA simplicity but some warn the process often brings unforeseen strain to IT environments.
Two specifications are helping developers navigate the stormy waters of SOA implementation; Service Component Architecture (SCA) and Service Data Objects (SDO) are two ways vendors hope to simplify the process.
Startup company draws on deep tradition and early products to establish name recognition and strong reputation.
Rich Internet apps should see a wealth of new takers, according to a study. And Java technologies are helping shape the trend that has developers dabbling with RIA to maximize the performance of Web-based apps.
If there’s an economic recovery afoot, IT budgets haven’t benefited
Rapid growth pushes software firm to a more mature development process
Setting a storage usage policy can be tricky
zLinux or Big Iron J2EE workloads perform better and are cheaper than their RISC- or Intel-based alternatives
How many new tricks can you teach an old pre-relational database? Plenty, especially if customers are still actively banking on it.
Experts have long said that AJAX, used to increase and speed site interactivity, could also be used to amplify attacks against outward facing Web apps—particularly against providers of Software-as-a-Service.
Analysts and industry pundits are paying new attention to the premise of on-demand applications. According to a new paper from consulting and research firm Saugatauk Technology, Software-as-a-Service is at a fundamental “tipping point.”
A slew of new SOA management functions are available through a new version of CentraSite, including a plug-in that lets developers ease into integration within Eclipse-based dev environments.
A 2006 report from Boston-based market researcher Aberdeen Group shows 90 percent of survey respondents say their companies are adopting service-oriented architectures.
A popular enterprise information integration (EII) platform has grown. And the latest version provides developers with the might to manage data integration deployments across large enterprises.
The cost of distributed complexity—which is also measured in air conditioned BTUs and kilowatts per hour—is about to get even more expensive