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1. Standards, Implementations Complicate External SOA

   [ Summary ] Topic: SOA | Date Published: 11/12/2008

   According to author Maria Trombly, competing standards and varying implementations are holding SOA back. Even if vendors use the same standards, they may implement them differently, which means extra work and higher costs for firms trying to launch external SOA initiatives.

2. Mitigating SOA Risks

   [ Summary ] Topic: Network Security | Date Published: 09/04/2008

   The benefits of service-oriented architecture come with compliance, privacy and security risks, according to this piece. The use of Web services, XML and SOAP to integrate services inside and outside the firewall can leave companies open to hackers. While these risks are very real, they can also be...

3. Five Tools to Clean SOAP-Based Web Services

   [ Summary ] Topic: Web Services | Date Published: 11/29/2007

   Five tools to keep your SOAP-based Web services clean are reviewed: AdventNet QEngine, Crosscheck Networks SOAPSonar, iTKO LISA, Mindreef SOAPscope and Parasoft SOAtest. Parasoft's SOAtest came out on top due to its easily accessed scripting capabilities.

4. SharePoint Integrator Available from Mainsoft

   [ Summary ] Topic: Data Integration | Date Published: 12/11/2008

   Mainsoft has announced the availability of SharePoint Integrator for Lotus Notes version 1.5. According to this article, Mainsoft SharePoint Integrator is different from migration solutions in that it relies on documented SharePoint SOAP Web services to access SharePoint content.

5. Keep SOA Simple

   [ Summary ] Topic: SOA | Date Published: 11/29/2007

   This blog says if you're not sure where to start when defining your SOA and Web Services Management initiative, start by figuring out what to measure. The author advises keeping things simple, saying brevity, conciseness, and focusing on only the really important things is what makes people and...

6. SOA in India

   [ Summary ] Topic: SOA | Date Published: 01/04/2008

   BEA Systems' approach to the Indian market is influenced greatly by the growth of service-oriented architecture. In this piece, Steve Au Yeung discusses the potential of SOA for India.

7. SOA, Web Services Speak Ruby

   [ Summary ] Topic: Web Services | Date Published: 01/14/2008

   WSO2 is bringing the Ruby programming language to SOA and Web services with its WSF/Ruby 1.0. The new framework offers security and messaging capabilities necessary for Web services.

8. Enterprise 2.0 a Web 2.0, SOA Cocktail

   [ Summary ] Topic: SOA | Date Published: 02/26/2008

   Service-oriented architecture and Web 2.0 software are converging into enterprise mashups. This article discusses how a service-mediator platform can be used as a framework for declarative and personalized enterprise mashups.

9. You Have to Know What SOA Is Before You Can Do It

   [ Summary ] Topic: SOA | Date Published: 03/04/2008

   This piece insinuates that many people who think they are discussing or implementing service-oriented architecture are not doing so at all. Instead, they are really just doing Web-services integration. SOA is an architectural concept, not another name for integration, extols the author of this...

10. Why Is SOA Failing?

    [ Summary ] Topic: SOA | Date Published: 03/14/2008

    Blogger Anne Thomas Manes discusses Ron Schmelzer's ZapThink article that attempts to differentiate between service-oriented architecture and integration. Manes says the real issue is that IT has not been able to sell SOA to the enterprise, so most deployments are failing.

11. Vendors Use Web Services to Enable Apps for SOA

    [ Summary ] Topic: SOA | Date Published: 04/02/2008

    To solidify their positions, vendors such as SAP and Oracle are using Web services to enable their applications for service-oriented architecture. While some think mashups are stealing the show from Web services, author Tony Baer says mashups lack the ability to embed structure and enforce SOA...

12. MOVE, Inc.'s SOA Play

    [ Summary ] Topic: SOA | Date Published: 04/07/2008

    Oracle's David Chappell details MOVE, Inc.'s SOA implementation, which utilizes BPEL, Web Services ESB Mediation, application adapters and canonical data models. As a result, MOVE, a leader in online real estate, was able to improve its customer service by improving customer visibility across all...