Oracle recently proposed it will lead the Eclipse Foundation’s tooling project for Business Process Execution Language. BPEL helps simplify the development of service-oriented architecture applications, consequently helping to reduce cost, complexity and inflexibility of integration projects.
Intermediation-based, networking-centric approaches enable your SOA to work seamlessly in support of the most sophisticated enterprise applications.
Sun Microsystem’s announcement this week of its intent to purchase SeeBeyond Technology shakes up the application integration space, but the impact of the deal will largely depend on Sun’s skill in executing the purchase.
In-process integration beats out other, out-of-process integration approaches in many ways. You get higher performance, more reliable integration, and better security.
Vendors are making significant announcements this week in San Francisco at
the annual JavaOne conference, which marks the 10th anniversary of Java.
Sun Microsystems has released an early developer beta of a repository/registry designed to help users locate and reuse Web services. The Sun Service Registry combines an integrated repository for storing the metadata accumulated around Web services with services lifecycle management capabilities.
Beginning to incorporate a service-oriented architecture into the enterprise sounds great, but managing the associated services, interfaces and metadata is a critical element. SOA management products, such as those for metadata management, are thus becoming more and more important.
Service-oriented architectures are facilitating the evolution of traditional siloed, proprietary call/contact centers into standards-based, multi-channel doorways into the enterprise. So says Brian Garr, program director and segment manager for contact center solutions in IBM’s software group.
Capitalizing on two of the hottest IT topics for 2005 according to Gartner–SOA and open-source software–Skyway Software is shipping a version of its SOA platform for the open-source Linux operating system.
Few software companies have beat the security-begins-in-the-application-development-process drum louder than automated software testing solutions vendor Parasoft Corporation. “Prevent errors as you write the code,” is the company mantra (if not exactly its slogan). The advent of service-oriented architectures that support wide-scale use of Web services makes that message even more urgent, says Wayne Ariola, Parasoft’s VP of corporate development.
BEA Systems has unveiled a new line of products for the emerging service infrastructure market, and launched a rebranding campaign to freshen its image.
Building a solid IT infrastructure is essential to maintaining communications in your organization. Here''s a sampling of key products vendors are showing off at TechEd 2005.
If you’re wondering what your organization should invest in, Gartner’s ideas may help you decide. Gartner is encouraging IT firms to make room in their programs and budgets for five key topic areas this year: open-source software, voice/data convergence, service-oriented architecture, IT utility and global sourcing.
Interest is reaching an all-time high for service-oriented architecture, and application and integration servers will play a pivotal role in SOAs, according to a recent study by The Yankee Group.
Enterprises vying to take advantage of the capabilities in service-oriented architecture now have another product to choose from—Allen Systems Group recently released its SOA starter kit.