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SOA arguments 'drowning in alphabet soup'

A report indicates that arguments about the benefits of SOAs are not be in communicated to those at the top of businesses that could use them. Read more »

British Telecom Global Services Ignites wide-area SOAs

British Telecom hopes a new SOA product will persuade big businesses to experiment with distributed applications. Read more »

BEA lights US$87.5m fire under its SOA ambitions

Fuego has been acquired to give BEA's offerings a BPM boost. Read more »

Gates: XML and SOAs are the future

Web services standards and the emergence of service-oriented architectures are showing us the direction the Internet needs to move in, according to the Microsoft chairman. Read more »

Zope launch next-generation application server

The open-source organisation has released the first version of Zope X3, which has been completely rewritten to improve the architecture. Read more »

Sonic mulls standardising ESB architecture model

Progress Software's Sonic Software division is weighing up offering its enterprise service bus (ESB) architecture and reference model as the basis for an industry standard. Read more »

Software AG gobbles up WebMethods

Software AG said it has reached an agreement to acquire enterprise software company WebMethods for US$546 million in cash. Read more »

Semantic web breaking out of the lab

Semantic web technology is on the verge of becoming commercially viable for businesses looking to develop their web capabilities. Read more »

HP adds compliance to OpenView

Two Hewlett-Packard products introduced this week aim to simplify IT management tasks and help companies comply with new accounting regulations. Read more »

BEA redesigns for SOAs

This week BEA Systems on Tuesday sketched out plans to optimise its infrastructure software for a services-oriented architecture, a modular system design being adopted by corporate customers. Read more »

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Enhance reuse by embracing a service-oriented architecture

Thinking of your apps strictly in terms of components can limit your reuse options. Find out how to increase your options by defining applications as services. Read more »

How to design a service-oriented architecture using Web services

If you're a consultant preparing for the Web services revolution, this is the advice that will make you the architect and most trusted adviser on the project. Read more »

Classifying and representing data in SOAs

Data management is a core requirement of service-oriented applications and in this article we show you how to classify and represent data using a few simple techniques. Read more »

Introduction to the Mach-II application framework

Explore the power and flexibility of Mach-II--the first object-oriented application development framework built from the ground up specifically for ColdFusion MX. Read more »

Java jams: five IDEs tested

We put five of the most popular Java Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) up against each other. Find out which tool is tailor made for your development requirements. Read more »

Flexible software architectures on rise

A long-established concept called a "service-oriented architecture" will give businesses better return on their IT dollars and keep the software industry vibrant, analysts say. Read more »

Commonly used architectural patterns in Java applications

This article uses two patterns, layering and partitioning, to illustrate the importance of the relationships between the packages that compose your applications. Read more »

Development architecture saves time

The establishment of a detailed development architecture will provide your organisation with decision making guidance. Such a framework can guide decisions concerning the application development life cycle, reducing costs and increasing efficiencies. Read more »

SOA do's and don'ts

SOA is commonly acknowledged as the most cost-effective and efficient way to integrate disparate information systems together. Here are some tips from Builder AU to get you started. Read more »

Implement the components of an SOA with Web services

Design and implement the components of your Web service using the benefits of SOA. Learn how to create services that not only meet business requirements, but that also provide a rich and strategic solution. Read more »

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Enterprise Architecture has failed in a big way

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Most EA initiatives failed. My guess is that more than 90% never really resulted in anything useful. Read more »

PowerBuilder hitches wagon to .NET

Nick Gibson [blogs:byteclub] -- The recent release of Sybase's PowerBuilder rapid application development tool allows users of the toolkit to deploy applications on the .NET architecture. Will it be enough to regain their footing in the enterprise tool space, against the behemoths of Visual Studio and Eclipse? Read more »

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