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BPM: Is It SOA's Reason for Being?

A service-oriented architecture makes the business case by enabling something else, and that something could be business process management.

Business Process Management: SOA's Reason for Being?

A service-oriented architecture (SOA) is supposed to bring flexibility to IT resources and lower costs by letting IT personnel reuse software components instead of coding from scratch. However, some experts have suggested that reuse -- the principal justification in most cost-benefit analyses for SOA -- might amount to just 10 percent.

Vista Ultimate Customers Await Their 'Extras'

Microsoft apologizes for the delay.

Massachusetts Considering Microsoft's New Document Format

Open XML acceptance would open door to Office documents.

Layer 7 Virtualizes SOA Security Solution

The company's XML firewall product gets an added distribution boost via virtualization.

Hacker Defaces Microsoft U.K. Web Page

A SQL injection attack is the likely culprit.

Microsoft Security Worker Called Sixth-Worst Science Job

Assessment described in a ranking of the 10 worst jobs in science.

A Peek Inside Google

Working at the search giant isn't what it's cracked up to be, ex-employee says.

Progress Adds New Features to ObjectStore

The company's object data management solution now features an AJAX-based application monitoring tool.

Surgient to Support New Microsoft, VMware Virtualization Offerings

Lab management application to be released in August.

JBoss Tools Project to Get Exadel Plug-Ins

Red Hat adds Exadel Eclipse plug-ins as an open source resource through its JBoss Tools project.

Windows Server 2008 CTP Released

Web Server Core role is included.

Eclipse's Second Synchronized Project Release

Find out what's in store for this year's synchronized Eclipse project release.

Google Takes Enterprise Search Appliances to the Channel

Deal with Ingram Micro opens worldwide distribution channel for Google's enterprise search device.

Vista Desktop Search Fight Gets Uglier

Google and Microsoft trade complaints about recent settlement.

Bluewolf Teams With Google on Business Apps

Consulting company looks to provide change-management support to organizations implementing the Google Apps product suite.

Terracotta Adds to IBM WebSphere Support

Latest release of open source Java scalability solution runs on the WebSphere Application Server Community Edition.

UPDATED: Judge Sides With Microsoft in Vista Search Complaint

Latest Vista search dust-up goes in Microsoft's favor.

Mule ESB Partner Program Launched

Program seeks to build partner community around open source enterprise service bus technology.

Quest Buying ScriptLogic

The $90M deal expected to boost Quest's position in the Windows client and server space.