News Desk

SOA Product Review: Intel XML Software Suite 1.1

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EDT

The one thing that unifies the distributed computing style known as SOA, in most of its manifestations, is self-describing data via the Extensible Markup Language (XML). The benefits of XML over opaque message formats in data interchange are well established. No matter if your focus is SOAP, REST, POX, or syndication with RSS or ATOM, your applications will revolve around XML processing.

DA Software Named "Gold Sponsor" of SYS-CON's SOA World Conference & Expo

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:00:00 EDT

DA Software offers products and services that enable enterprises to manage and reuse their SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) and software development assets. The company helps clients accelerate their return on investment through the use of powerful tools and complete services. These solutions enable the identification, creation and management of reusable assets, increasing the agility and quality in software development while reducing costs.

iTKO LISA to Exhibit at SYS-CON's SOA World and Virtualization Conference & Expo

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:45:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that the leading global SOA and virtualization technology provider iTKO to exhibit at SYS-CON's upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2008 West, colocated with the 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo, (www.virtualizationconference.com), which will take place November 19-21, 2008, at the Fairmont Hotel in the heart of Silicon Valley, in San Jose, California.

EMC Named "Gold Sponsor" of SYS-CON's SOA World and Virtualization Conference & Expo

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that the global leading the world’s leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions, EMC Corporation, named "Gold Sponsor" of SYS-CON's upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2008 West, which will take place November 19-21, 2008, at the Fairmont Hotel in the heart of Silicon Valley, in San Jose, California.

Composite Software to Exhibit at SYS-CON's Virtualization and Cloud Computing Conference & Expo

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that the global leading virtualization technology provider Composite Software to exhibit at SYS-CON's 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo, (www.virtualizationconference.com) which will take place November 19-21, 2008, at the Fairmont Hotel in the heart of Silicon Valley, in San Jose, California.

How to Apply ITIL to SOA Operations Management

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:00:00 EDT

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) proposes a model of software as a distributed network of cooperating services, in contrast to the traditional, more monolithic application model. Operationally managing such applications requires a sophisticated management organisation and operating framework that are capable of defining and sustaining service levels to customers across the enterprise.

Active Endpoints Named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's SOA World and Virtualization Conference & Expo

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:00:00 EDT

Active Endpoints is a leading provider of SOA orchestration solutions that enable organizations to build and deploy composite, process-driven information systems based on WS-BPEL, the SOA orchestration standard. From open source to mission-critical deployments, Active Endpoints allows users quickly adapt to evolving customer demands by reducing the cost of integration, leveraging infrastructure investments, and enabling the sharing of business processes with customers, partners, and suppliers. More ISVs, financial services, government, telecommunications, high technology, and retail organizations use Active Endpoints solutions than any other BPEL technology. Headquartered in Shelton, Connecticut, Active Endpoints is privately held. For more information about Active Endpoints, visit www.active-endpoints.com.

Intel Named "Gold Sponsor" of SYS-CON's SOA World and Virtualization Conference & Expo

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:00:00 EDT

Intel, a leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Intel XML Software Products help enhance productivity of XML and SOA application development by providing comprehensive, high performance XML processing libraries that are easy to use and easy to integrate into the existing SOA and XML environments.

Red Hat Tickles Open Source SOA

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:00:00 EDT

By the end of the month Red Hat will release JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 4.3 and JBoss Operations Network 2.1, which are supposed give it more skin in the enterprise SOA game. The company said the new revs feature cooperative support and allow for remote monitoring and management of open source SOA deployments. Red Hat’s SOA strategy is centered on driving down cost and complexity.

Data Services: Bridging the SOA and Metadata Management Gap

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:30:00 EDT

In today's difficult economic times, maximizing return on assets is a strategic imperative. Information assets are no exception. Service-oriented architecture (SOA), with its focus on agility and reuse, plays a critical role by accelerating development of new high-business-value applications from existing information assets.

Dr Michael Carey Headlines SYS-CON's DataServices World 2008 West Speaker Lineup

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:45:00 EDT

The second DataServices World, being held November 20 in San Jose, California, at the 14th International SOA World Conference & Expo, has a lineup of speakers headlined by Dr Mike Carey, one of the 50 Most Influential Computer Scientists in the world. The lineup also includes experts from Adobe, Yahoo!, IBM, Oracle, m2mi, and DataDirect Technologies. "DataServices World is about the confluence of databases, data warehousing, business intelligence, enterprise computing and Internet computing," says Ken North, DataServicesWorld 2008 West Conference Chair.

Bull Moves to Advance Its HPC Ambitions

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:15:00 EDT

Bull wants to be king of the HPC hill in Europe and so it's buying science + computing AG (s+c), an HPC solutions and services house in Germany, which happens to be the largest HPC market in Europe. What it's paying is a secret but the acquisition is supposed to turn Bull into a HPC powerhouse.

eBay Layoff Rumors True

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:00:00 EDT

Those rumors about eBay making layoffs proved true. It's kissing 1,600 people good-bye, 10% of its workforce. The move, which will save $150 million a year, isn't supposed to stem from the punk economy, which is admittedly hurting business, CEO John Donahoe said. It’s more institutional and competitive. Traffic on the site is down 11% over the last two years, though revenues this year are expected to be up 17% to $9 billion.

How to Sell SOA by David Linthicum

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:00:00 EDT

Many organizations out there don't really have to sell SOA. They understand that hype is the driver, and, in essence, leverage the thousands of articles and books on the topic to sell this architectural pattern. However, in most cases SOA has to be sold in the enterprise. If you're doing SOA right, you'll find that the cost quickly goes well into the millions, so you'll need executive approval for that kind of spending.

If VMware Is "Virtualization 1.0" Is Microsoft the Avatar Of "Virtualization 2.0"?

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:30:00 EDT

Well, Egenera - which has no market cap at all because it hasn't gone public yet - claims it is. IDC, which coined the term, defines 'Virtualization 2.0' as the next step beyond server virtualization replete with faster provisioning, high availability, disaster recovery, resource balancing and ultimately policy-based automation. Egenera says IDC is speaking its name.

Fastenal Succeeds with ActiveVOS

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:36:00 EDT

Active Endpoints announced that the Fastenal Company has deployed ActiveVOS in multiple sales applications, empowering their direct sales team to respond more quickly than before to partner, inventory and pricing changes. Fastenal operates 12 distribution centers, a fleet of 275 company-owned semi trucks and over 2,100 stores. Applications created with ActiveVOS’s SOA-based business process management and orchestration system enable salespeople to access inventory information in real-time; process sales transactions; and track orders and report information for the outlet stores.

HP Enhances SOA Governance Software

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:00:00 EDT

HP announced a new release of its service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance software, HP SOA Systinet 3.00, which helps IT organizations use their resources more efficiently to deliver better business value from their SOA initiatives. HP SOA Systinet 3.00 helps increase the business value of SOA by empowering many people within an organization to discover, evaluate and reuse services in their composite applications and business processes.

Managed Methods Releases JaxView Version 4.5

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:00:00 EDT

Managed Methods has announced the availability of their SOA management and runtime governance product JaxView 4.5. While providing full support for the SOA and Web service management for the IT operations, JaxView 4.5 expanded runtime policy enforcement features and expanded integration to UDDI registries. JaxView 4.5 features include expanded integration with CentraSite GE from Software AG.

SOA World Expo - Web Services Using Apache CXF

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EDT

Since its emergence, Web Service technology has gone a long way towards perfecting itself and finding its right application in the real world. With the maturity of the specifications, Web Service technology, with its power of interoperability, is now the major enabling technology of SOA, which is being adopted by more and more enterprises to build their application integration infrastructure.

Going Beyond Project-Driven SOA

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:00:00 EDT

We often say SOA is a discipline in enterprise architecture and if you want to get the most out of it, you have to approach SOA from business, architectural, organizational, and technological perspectives. However, most of the organizations we've worked with are taking a project-driven approach to SOA – namely, addressing tactical integration and composite application requirements with SOA tools. So where does this leave them?

What Happens When SOA and Virtualization Intersect?

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Virtualization is a buzzword that is living up to its hype as it takes hold in IT. It has spawned magazine covers, conferences, and analyst reports, and all with good reason. Virtualization allows applications to be deployed in a highly efficient manner. By taking the physical servers out of the equation, virtualization allows applications to be deployed across a number of servers, or for multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on one server.

SOA Webcast on SYS-CON.TV - DataDirect The Coming Wave in Data Services

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:00:00 EDT

"Data services apply the same philosophy of reuse and flexibility that SOA offers, but to the data tier," explains John Goodson, executive leader of DataDirect Technologies, in this Exclusive Q&A in the run-up to the inuaugural DataServices World on June 24th in New York City, of which DataDirect Technologies is the Diamond Sponsor. "Data services," Goodson continues, "provide a level of abstraction that frees developers from concerning themselves with the physical location or format of the underlying data."

RIA Conference Keynotes: Adobe & Microsoft

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:00:00 EDT

Join Scott Guthrie as he discusses Microsoft’s commitment to web standards development, Rich Internet Applications and how Microsoft is contributing to help move the web forward. Join Adobe’s Kevin Lynch as he demonstrates how Flash and HTML come together to make the most engaging, effective user experiences across operating systems and browsers.

SOA World Editorial: Plays Well with Others

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:00:00 EDT

I remember (vaguely) when I was in kindergarten, playing with my classmates, learning to make things out of clay and paper, and generally enjoying that sneaky introduction to education. Little did I know that my teacher (I forget her name, it was a long time ago) was grading my performance, checking off boxes on a card with phrases like "plays well with others" or the now infamous "Runs with Scissors."

The Cloud Computing Model Won't Catch Up with SOA Anytime Soon

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:00:00 EDT

It will take a while for SaaS in a Cloud Computing model to catch up with SOA. One obstacle for the pure plays in the cloud to join SOA is to recognize and deal with the increased testing and validation of data from even more diverse sources, as well as the governance and validation of all the underlying technologies that contribute to specific business outcomes.

SOA World Expo - Watch Out For WSO2!

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:00:00 EDT

WSO2 is the ambitious two-year-old Sri Lanka start-up that's writing a complete open source middleware platform for Web Services on Intel Capital's nickel expecting it to become the standard. It says it's the same as a comprehensive SOA platform. It is looking ahead to a Mashup Server written in JavaScript this fall. It expects to have an external Web Services Registry this year and it's working on Web Service management. Then come business rules, governance and policy, security and a portal, all based on its Web Services Framework.

WebLayers Launches Automated SOA Governance Solution for Mainframes

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:00:00 EDT

WebLayers launched an automated governance solution for mainframes. An extension of WebLayers' flagship solution, WebLayers Center for z/OS empowers enterprises to take a comprehensive approach to governance as they transition to a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). WebLayers has a high market standing in automated SOA governance. The WebLayers Center family provides a policy-based approach to automate what has traditionally been a manual, labor-intensive process of defining and enforcing governance from design to deployment.

TechTarget Gets Caught Spying on SYS-CON Media

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events' sales team replied to Scott Kelly's exhibitor inquiry, but when they never heard back from Scott, they decided to do a little Googling and here is what they found out. Mr Kelly is actually the 'Director of Product Management at TechTarget,' a technology media company that is struggling to produce a competitive show (with no luck) and compete with AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo. No wonder TechTarget is in pitiful shape as a competitor of SYS-CON Events. Look at the actions of their senior management - they can't even spy on their competitors, forget about putting together a show. :- ))

SOA Patterns: Basic Structural Patterns

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:00:00 EDT

Service-oriented architecture has become the leading solution for complex, connected business systems. While it's easy to grasp the theory of SOA, implementing well-designed, practical SOA systems can be a difficult challenge. SOA Patterns provides detailed, technology-neutral solutions to the challenges by providing architectural guidance through patterns and anti-patterns. Part 1 of this excerpt focuses on two patterns that address matters of services. These are the patterns you are most likely to use even if your service has modest requirements.

White House Asked To Create an IP Czar

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:00:00 EDT

The US Congress had trouble passing the “save the world” legislation the White House asked for this week, but it didn’t seem to have any trouble sending the White House a bill the White House didn’t want – and may veto – that would establish a so-called Senate-confirmed IP czar or Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator with cabinet-level chevrons, who’s supposed to chair an inter-agency committee and fight a tougher fight against counterfeiting and piracy worldwide.

SYS-CON's Virtualization Expo Was Larger Than Any Gartner Event in Two Years

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:00:00 EDT

Virtualization has quickly become a staple new concept for enterprise IT. At SYS-CON's 3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo, held at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, June 23-24, we had exceptional speakers with high-quality use cases not only of how virtualization maximizes the use of resources and thus saves companies money, but also of how it is fundamentally altering the way that businesses run IT. The two content-packed days emphasized value with a rich array of sessions about the business and technical value of virtualization.

Dow Drops 700 - Five Reasons to Start a SOA Technology Company Now

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:00:00 EDT

I know, the economy is rough these days. Myself, I'm unwilling to look at my mutual funds until we're through this. However, when times are tough, markets normalize, and while the stock holders and venture capitalists out there are crying in their beers, now could be a great time to start something new for those innovative and resourceful few. The idea is that when it does not seem like a good time to start a company, typically that is the best time to start a company. In this case you’re looking to bring in second generation technology, or technology created out of the lessons learned in the first. Thus, you have a better understanding of the problems at hand, and how SOA technology can solve those problems. There are huge opportunities here, as long as you make the right moves.

IBM's Got Its Head in the Clouds

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:00:00 EDT

Reminding people of how its backing was the making of Linux, IBM, to no one's surprise, has thrown its support behind cloud computing, that delicious nexus of every chi-chi buzzword technology currently in vogue: Web 2.0, rich Internet applications, software-as-a-service, SOA, grid computing, Web Services, virtualization and utility computing. IBM calls its initiative Blue Cloud - like it could have another name - and claims it's a 'game-changing model for Internet-scale computing,' providing customer with just the right size computer power while at one and the same time being 'green' as well as 'self-healing and self-managing' based on open standards and Linux. Lordy, if this thing was a cute guy with money, it would be every mother's dream.

Fujitsu & Siemens Argue Over Price for Fujitsu Siemens

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EDT

Strung-out scandal-ridden Siemens wants out of its 50-50 Fujitsu Siemens joint venture. The two companies are negotiating but Reuters says Fujitsu doesn’t want to pay Siemens’ asking price for the German-based concern. So Siemens has also reportedly been having back-up talks with Lenovo, Dell and Acer, all of which want to deepen their European businesses.

SOA Software Expands European Operations

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:56:00 EDT

SOA Software announced that it has hired Wolf Gilbert, an executive from Microsoft Corporation, to leads its rapid expansion into the European market. Mr. Gilbert, joining SOA Software as Vice President for European Operations, combines strong business credentials with a deep technology background. He holds an MBA from Southern Methodist University. Mr. Gilbert designed and built one of the first ever Java-based ORBs and spent most of the last decade as an Architect for Microsoft.

Wall Street Meltdown Leaks All Over IT’s Shoes

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:00:00 EDT

Wall Street firms, banks and insurers are the single biggest consumers of IT and the IDC-owned Financial Insights research firm calculates that IT budgets for hardware software and service recoiled almost 6% this week because of the Lehman bankruptcy and the eleventh-hour Merrill Lynch acquisition by Bank of America.

MindTree and iTKO to Compete with Parasoft

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:45:00 EDT

MindTree announced that it has entered into a global strategic alliance with iTKO LISA. MindTree will develop a ready-to-use testing framework and deliver solutions for the Travel, BFSI, Media and Retail industries using the iTKO tool set that will be made available to MindTree's customers across the globe helping them cut time-to-market by up to 20%.

MuleSource Integrates Intel XML Software Suite in SOA Solution

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:30:00 EDT

MuleSource announced a collaboration with Intel Corporation to deliver a new offering that provides off-the-shelf integration between Mule and the Intel XML Software Suite. Called Mule Xpack for Intel XML Software Suite -- the new offering is a set of instructions and Mule extensions that improve XML processing performance for SOA deployments.

SOA World - The Rise of WOA

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:00:00 EDT

How does SOA work, how can it be used? And what is WOA? With the use of a real-world example,this article describes why a properly planned and implemented Service Oriented Architecture can create a flexible way of aligning business and IT.

DataDirect Named "Diamond Sponsor" of SYS-CON's SOA World Conference & Expo

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:00:00 EDT

DataDirect Technologies is the software industry's comprehensive provider of software for connecting the world's most critical business applications to data and services, running on any platform, using proven and emerging standards. Developers worldwide depend on DataDirect products to connect their applications to an unparalleled range of data sources using standards-based interfaces such as ODBC, JDBC and ADO.NET, XQuery and SOAP. More than 300 leading independent software vendors and thousands of enterprises rely on DataDirect Technologies to simplify and streamline data connectivity for distributed systems and to reduce the complexity of mainframe integration. DataDirect Technologies is an operating company of Progress Software Corporation.