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Can't Wait Until Carmakers Harness APIs

In the tech space we use the term dashboard a lot. Think about how overused that term is when delivering web applications, portals, home page, start page...

0 replies - 1045 views - 05/03/13 by Kin Lane in Articles

New Enterprise Drivers

The Breakup of the Corporation, Connected Business Strategies, The Now Generation, and The Long Tail are driving organizations towards a New Enterprise...

0 replies - 747 views - 04/28/13 by Chris Haddad in Articles

API Companies Are Hot Properties

Just this week CA Technologies announced that it acquired Layer 7, an API management company, making Layer 7 the second acquisition this week after Intel...

0 replies - 1590 views - 04/23/13 by Christopher Taylor in Articles

Application Services Governance Requires More Than an SOA Registry

All SOA infrastructure products should participate in managing, storing, deciding, or enforcing policy.  More than a SOA Governance registry is...

0 replies - 884 views - 04/13/13 by Chris Haddad in Articles

What is the Value of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System?

According to PWC.com ERP systems can add tremendous value to a company’s core business functionality.  Below PWC.com summarizes the primary value...

0 replies - 725 views - 04/03/13 by Todd Merritt in Articles

API and SOA Convergence

As the technology discussion pivots to focus on APIs, teams are wondering how API and SOA converge.   Are services simply being re-branded?  Are...

0 replies - 1450 views - 03/21/13 by Chris Haddad in Articles

Objective and Subjective Conjoining of Software Components

The presentation, called "SOAP: Service-Oriented Architecture and Programming", Don Box waxes poetic on the objective and subjective conjoining of software...

0 replies - 830 views - 03/21/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

The Saga Pattern and that Architecture vs. Design Thing

It has been few months since SOA Patterns was published and so far the book sold somewhere between 2K-3K copies which I guess is not bad for an unknown...

0 replies - 2633 views - 01/28/13 by Arnon Rotem-gal-oz in Articles

Understanding Oracle SOA - Part 1

This is a very well explained video about SOA basics. A little history plus some practical knowledge.

0 replies - 1692 views - 01/26/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

Domain Specific Software Engineering (DSSE)

Domain Specific Software Engineering (DSSE) believes that creating every application from nothing is not advantageous when existing systems can be leveraged to...

0 replies - 1174 views - 01/08/13 by Todd Merritt in Articles

Web Service Standard Complexity

Are we over-standardizing web services and hindering their adoption? No, and in fact I feel that it is helping its adoption in the modern corporate world....

0 replies - 2765 views - 01/01/13 by Todd Merritt in Articles

SOA Forcing A Shift In IT Governance

As more and more companies adopt a service oriented approach to developing and maintaining existing enterprise systems, IT governance also needs to shift...

0 replies - 1389 views - 12/31/12 by Todd Merritt in Articles

Messaging for Modern Applications

Deploying modern applications in the cloud can introduce new challenges like distributing and integrating application components across private and public...

0 replies - 3914 views - 12/28/12 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

When to use SOAP over REST

So, how does REST based services differ from SOAP based services, and when should you use SOAP? Representational State Transfer (REST) implements the standard...

2 replies - 4731 views - 12/26/12 by Todd Merritt in Articles

A Good API is Hard to Find

A Good API is Hard to Find from JavaZone on Vimeo. APIs have seen dramatic growth in the last few years, and they're now powering...

0 replies - 3464 views - 12/09/12 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles