SOA

Demystifying Data Federation for SOA

In this article Dain Hansen unravels the mystery surrounding data federation. What are the essential requirements for a data federation solution? How is data...

0 replies - 4851 views - 09/22/08 by Masoud Kalali in Articles

Using REST along other architecture styles

Following my latest post on evolving the architecture Dru asked me for more details on our RESTful control channels. For one you can take a look at slide...

0 replies - 3098 views - 09/01/08 by arnonrgo in News

Project-Oriented SOA

Projects are the lifeblood of an IT department. Almost everything in IT is measured through a project lens. SOA, due to its global-centric nature, is often...

0 replies - 6489 views - 08/18/08 by Masoud Kalali in Articles

Interview with Jeff Davis, author of "Open Source SOA" along with a free chapter of the book.

This article represent an interview with Jeff Davis, author of Manning's Open Source SOA, around his book subject and related areas. The book itself is an...

2 replies - 5618 views - 08/13/08 by Masoud Kalali in Articles

Evolving Architectures - Architecture Retrospective

Retrospectives, every "agile" team does retrospectives.What are retrospectives anyway?A retrospective is a meeting where the team takes a look and...

1 replies - 4338 views - 08/13/08 by arnonrgo in News

Data Management: The Missing Link in Your SOA Strategy

Abstract: SOA is transforming the IT landscape and redefining the way businesses integrate software applications. Properly deployed and managed, it empowers...

0 replies - 2620 views - 08/05/08 by Masoud Kalali in Articles

Service-Orientation vs. Object-Orientation: Understanding the Impedance Mismatch

Object-oriented programming languages and techniques provide a powerful means for designing and building applications. These techniques do not always...

7 replies - 8574 views - 07/31/08 by Masoud Kalali in Articles

Top 10 SOA Pitfalls: Wrap-up

The Top 10 SOA Pitfalls countdown hit #1 last week with Rik de Groot's post on "Ignoring culture when introducing SOA", time for a wrap-up.

0 replies - 2547 views - 07/14/08 by gerovermaas in Articles

Top 10 SOA Pitfalls: #2 - Unclear ownership / Project based funding

Last week Viktor Grgic explained the Missing skills en this week we’ll continue with #2 - Unclear ownership / Project based funding

1 replies - 4239 views - 07/07/08 by Viktor Grgic in Articles

Top Down SOA: Aligning Business Functions

We constantly hear about SOA and its value to the enterprise and, today, there is certainly something called SOA-hype.  Like all hype, the real value gets...

0 replies - 989 views - 07/01/08 by Aslam Khan in Articles

The Benefits of a Data Abstraction Layer for SOA

Enterprises have complex information structures as a result of evolving applications and databases deployed through the years. In addition to modern databases,...

1 replies - 3275 views - 07/01/08 by Masoud Kalali in Articles

Top 10 SOA Pitfalls: #3 - Missing skills

Last week Gero Vermaas explained the Incorrectly Applied CDM en this week we’ll continue with #3 - Missing skills

0 replies - 2330 views - 06/30/08 by Viktor Grgic in Articles

Top 10 SOA Pitfalls: #4 - Incorrectly applied Canonical Data Model

Earlier this week Vincent explained the BDUF Pitfall en this week we’ll continue with #4: Incorrectly applied Canonical Data Model (CDM).CDM is one of the...

0 replies - 2894 views - 06/26/08 by gerovermaas in Articles

Top 10 SOA Pitfalls: #5 - Big Design Up Front

A few days ago Rik de Groot discussed pitfall #6 - which means we've now passed the halfway point of SOA Pitfall countdown! Let's quickly move on to #5.

0 replies - 2569 views - 06/24/08 by vpartington in Articles

Top 10 SOA Pitfalls: #7 - Incorrect granularity of services

After discussing #8: Security, let's move on to #7.Incorrect granularity could mean that a service covers too much functionality or too little functionality....

1 replies - 3237 views - 06/17/08 by gerovermaas in Articles