"Application Integration" Articles & Interviews

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1. SOA Will Test Your Patience

   [ Guest Opinion ] Topic: SOA | Author: VentanaResearch | Date Published: 09/08/2006

   A year ago, most SOA projects were point-to-point pilot efforts . Now, these projects are moving into the mainstream and being asked to handle mission-critical functions. ( DHL and The Hartford are examples of this trend.) This means that all the SOA problems that were swept under the rug...

2. Web Services Hit the Fast Track

   [ Interview ] Topic: Web Services | Author: ArthurCole | Date Published: 07/13/2006

   Arthur Cole spoke with Bharat Shah, manager of business development, OSS Nokalva, Inc . Cole : For those who may not be familiar with the term Fast Web Services, what exactly are they and how do they differ from traditional Web services? Shah : Fast Web Services, ITU-T X.892 | ISO/IEC...

3. Implementing SOA Not a Matter of ‘If’ but ‘When’

   [ Article ] Topic: SOA | Author: DennisByron | Date Published: 01/08/2009

   The decision facing IT management to move to a service-oriented architecture (SOA) is not one of "if" but "when." Aadarsh Baijal of McKinsey recently worked on that firm's annual Enterprise Software survey along with Abhijit Dubey and Junaid Mohiuddin. He says, "Web services/SOA ranked second in...

4. Service Oriented Architecture

   [ Guest Opinion ] Topic: SOA | Author: AnalystPerspectives | Date Published: 04/04/2008

   We are pleased to be partnering with Analyst Perspectives and offering an excerpt of their high valued content. Click here to download the full report.    SOA helps in the integration of applications, enabling enterprises to share information even within disparate systems. This process of easy...

5. Why WOA vs. SOA Doesn't Matter

   [ Interview ] Topic: SOA | Author: LoraineLawson | Date Published: 09/10/2008

   Loraine Lawson asked Gartner Vice President Nick Gall, who is credited with first describing Web-oriented architecture (WOA), to give business and IT leaders the bottom line about the WOA versus SOA debate. Lawson : I read that you coined the term Web-oriented architecture in 2006. Is that...

6. CERN Finds Success with SOA

   [ Interview ] Topic: SOA | Author: LoraineLawson | Date Published: 02/06/2009

   After patiently assuring Loraine Lawson that CERN was not attempting to create a black hole on the earth , Derek Mathieson, section leader responsible for the E-business systems at CERN, discussed why the research organization decided to adopt SOA. CERN, which stands for European Organization...

7. Systems Integrator Sees Integration as Crucial to Business Re-Engineering

   [ Interview ] Topic: Business Process Management | Author: LoraineLawson | Date Published: 03/03/2009

   Loraine Lawson spoke with Kadeer Begs, CTO of Prolifics , one of the largest IBM partner systems integrators, about why he thinks SOA will survive, why Web services interoperability is a pressing problem, and why integration is so crucial to business process management. Lawson : Do you think...

8. Enterprise Wikis Focusing on Integration

   [ Interview ] Topic: Collaboration Software | Author: LoraineLawson | Date Published: 12/11/2007

   Loraine Lawson spoke with Jeff Brainard, director of product marketing for Socialtext , a maker of enterprise wikis. Lawson : What's going on with integration and wikis? Brainard : We're seeing a lot of interest in integration of wikis into existing enterprise infrastructure. One of the...

9. Rosenberg: What Microsoft Doesn't Know About SOA

   [ Interview ] Topic: SOA | Author: LoraineLawson | Date Published: 09/12/2007

   Loraine Lawson spoke with Dave Rosenberg, CEO of MuleSource , the leading provider of open source infrastructure and integration software. Lawson : So. You're among those who feel Microsoft doesn't "get" SOA? Why do you say so? Do you think they don't get it - or don't want to get it? ...

10. Is Data the Missing Last Mile for SOA Success?

    [ Interview ] Topic: SOA | Author: LoraineLawson | Date Published: 03/27/2009

    Ash Parikh, who manages and blogs about Informatica's SOA and real-time data integration strategy, says data is SOA's last mile . As he explained to Loraine Lawson, companies invested in SOA tools, but forgot to factor in access to quality data. He explains how Informatica's data integration...

11. Platform-as-a-Service Gives SaaS a New Push

    [ Interview ] Topic: SaaS | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 05/16/2008

    Ann All spoke with Michael West and Mark Koenig, both vice presidents at Saugatuck Technology , which helps senior executives, information technology vendors and investors to assess, conceptualize and build world-class companies through thought leadership, deep industry experience and proven...

12. SOA Governance and Microsoft

    [ Interview ] Topic: SOA | Author: LoraineLawson | Date Published: 10/22/2007

    Loraine Lawson spoke with Roberto Medrano, executive vice president of SOA Software , which offers a SOA governance suite. Lawson : I understand you've integrated two of your three major products with Microsoft's BizTalk Server. Would you please give our readers a brief overview of your...