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Top 6 Open Source Java EE Application Servers

 This is a very basic review of active and available open source Java EE Application servers and Servlet container (Web containers) to let the community...

5 replies - 5462 views - 11/16/09 by Masoud Kalali in Articles

Who's in control of the Flow?

Flow control is something important architect's must not overlook. Let's see which strategies do people follow to control the flow...

0 replies - 723 views - 08/07/09 by wmartinez in News

Clearing Doubts About SOA Concepts

From many talks, blogs, case studies and reviews, I have collected a list of conceptions of what people think SOA is. Here is a discussion about it.

0 replies - 966 views - 08/04/09 by wmartinez in News

The Relationship Between SOA, BPM & EA

A colleague recently sent me some IBM propaganda on SOA, BPM and EA. Discussing my opinion of the white paper with him sparked an idea for a blog entry about...

3 replies - 1884 views - 05/26/09 by jpmorgenthal in News

Architecture is a Craft

Yesterday, I read Fowler’s “Who Needs an Architect” , which is an odd piece that never really answer the question to my liking, but it did get me...

1 replies - 1384 views - 05/25/09 by jpmorgenthal in News

Latency is constant - not!

If you read this blog regularily you've probably heard/read about the 8 fallacies of distributed computing once or twice ...

0 replies - 1501 views - 01/26/09 by arnonrgo in News

Deferring architectural decisions

When describing the "known exceptions" to the Knot anti-pattern, I wrote the following:Starting out on a large project, such as moving an enterprise...

2 replies - 1739 views - 01/14/09 by arnonrgo in News

SOA Anti-Pattern : The Knot

Everything starts oh so well. Embarking on a new SOA initiative the whole team feels as if it is pure green field development. We venture on - The first...

0 replies - 1993 views - 01/07/09 by arnonrgo in Articles

SOA Patterns Refcard Available - Download Now

SOA patterns describe common architectures, implementations, and their areas of application to help in the planning, implementation, deployment, operation, and...

1 replies - 4992 views - 01/04/09 by Jill Tomich 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 - 2560 views - 07/14/08 by gerovermaas 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 - 999 views - 07/01/08 by Aslam Khan 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 - 2907 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 - 2585 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 - 3249 views - 06/17/08 by gerovermaas in Articles

Top 10 SOA Pitfalls: #10 - Not Invented Here syndrome

At Xebia we are involved in quite a number of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) projects, from small to big. In that capacity we see a lot of good stuff...

0 replies - 5981 views - 06/02/08 by vpartington in News