Introduction to integration and Open ESB, part I: Open ESB serverside artifacts.

First lets look more closely at integration as the problem which the ESBs (Enterprise Service Bus) are here to resolve. Integration headache is the result...

0 replies - 583 views - 07/03/08 by Masoud Kalali 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 - 62 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 - 1084 views - 07/01/08 by Masoud Kalali in Articles

Book Review: Executing SOA: A Practical Guide for the Service Oriented Architect

This book can literally be torn into two parts - one for the business focused stakeholders in your SOA initiative and the other for the SO Architect. Being an IBM Press book, there is the obvious...

0 replies - 784 views - 06/30/08 by Aslam Khan in Book Reviews

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 - 883 views - 06/30/08 by Viktor Grgic in Articles

Gunther Lenz on "Practical Software Factories with .NET"

In the recent article An Introduction to Software Factories, Gunther Lenz discussed the motivation for Software Factories, the basic building blocks, and how...

0 replies - 112 views - 06/30/08 by Aslam Khan in Articles

WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Performance Testing - Round 3

This article is the third in a set of articles that measure and compare the performance of the WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) against other leading...

0 replies - 1090 views - 06/26/08 by Masoud Kalali in News

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 - 962 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 - 979 views - 06/24/08 by vpartington in Articles

WS-Transfer, WS-ResourceTransfer, WS-Enumeration and WS-MetadataExchange on their way to W3C

William Vambenepe, an architect in Oracle's middleware management products, think that the alliance which formed between IBM, Microsoft, HP and Intel in order...

0 replies - 65 views - 06/24/08 by vambenepe in News

Top 10 SOA Pitfalls: #6 - SOA does not solve complexity automatically

After discussing #7: Incorrect granularity of services , let's move on to #6.In organizations data and functionality/processes are often fragmented, but are...

1 replies - 1253 views - 06/19/08 by rdegroot in Articles

Free Book: Java Testing and Design

This book shows how to understand what application you want to write, what strategies are likely to get you there, and then how to measure your level of...

0 replies - 3192 views - 06/17/08 by Nitin Bharti in Uncategorized

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 - 1632 views - 06/17/08 by gerovermaas in Articles

Axis2 Web Service Support in NetBeans IDE 6.1

For NetBeans IDE 6.1, we've developed support for Axis2 web services. Axis2 is a highly popular Open Source framework for web services. Axis2 is interoperable...

0 replies - 805 views - 06/17/08 by Jeff Rubinoff in News

Design Patterns Refcard Available for Download

DZone continues its Refcardz series with a new, free PDF cheatsheet on Design Patterns.

20 replies - 5368 views - 06/16/08 by Jill Tomich in Articles