Articles by Andre Tost

Building a Powerful, Reliable SOA with JMS and WebSphere ESB

Thu, 18 May 2006 12:15:00 EDT

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is never established in a vacuum. In any real life situation, an existing IT environment must be taken into consideration, offering functionality -- and data -- that cannot simply be replaced by a set of new services. Hence, a key aspect of building an SOA is to decompose existing applications into smaller blocks (that is, the 'services') that communicate over standard protocols and have well-defined interfaces. The advantage of this is that such environments are more flexible, without tight coupling between various parts of the overall system.

Java Track - Java Web Services Programming Tips, Techniques & Tricks

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 EST

This session will present a collection of programming tips and tricks related to consuming and providing Web services in Java. This collection has been created by a number of developers and consultants and is the result of many real-life project experiences.

Exchanging Trade Information Among Mercosul Member Countries

Fri, 26 Nov 2004 00:00:00 EST

Mercosul (or Mercosur) is a trading zone among Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay founded in 1991. Its purpose is to promote free trade and the movement of goods and people, and skills and money between these countries. The four member countries combined represent the fourth largest economy in the world.

The WebSphere Application Server 5 Web Services Technology Preview

Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 EDT

Last month we described two new specifications that define the handling of Web services in J2EE, JSR101/JAX-RPC, and JSR109. Both will be part of the J2EE 1.4 release, which is scheduled to go public by the end of the summer. In this article, we will show an example of an implementation of both new standards, which is provided in the Web Services Tech Preview for WebSphere Application Server 5.

Web Services Standards

Fri, 21 Mar 2003 00:00:00 EST

If you follow the latest trends in the software industry, you will have noticed that Web services technology is getting a lot of attention. While it is not a completely new thing anymore, more companies are getting serious about Web services today and putting solutions into production that provide and/or consume Web services interfaces. One crucial aspect of this is standardization. The promise of Web services technology is to allow you to connect applications that were developed on different platforms and in different programming languages.